BIOENG Submission System

Complete manuscript submission toolkit for the Brazilian Journal of Biosystems Engineering (BIOENG)

Overview

The BIOENG Submission System is a browser-based tool that guides authors through the complete manuscript preparation and submission process for the Brazilian Journal of Biosystems Engineering (Revista Brasileira de Engenharia de Biossistemas). The system enforces the journal's formatting guidelines and generates all four documents required for double-blind peer review in a single workflow.

The tool runs entirely in the browser: no server, no installation, no data transmission. All processing occurs locally on the author's machine.

Key Features

• 12-step guided workflow covering manuscript content, author metadata, declarations, cover letter, and reviewer suggestions
• Double-blind compliance: automatically separates author-identifying information from the manuscript
• Four .docx outputs generated from a single form, each matching the journal's official templates
• CRediT taxonomy integration: interactive checkboxes per author with automatic contribution statement generation
• Bilingual interface: Portuguese navigation labels with English document content
• Pre-formatted declarations: dropdown menus with standard statements for data availability, conflicts of interest, funding, generative AI use, IRB/ethics, and code availability
• APA 7th edition support: structured reference formatting with hanging indentation
• Zero dependencies on external servers: operates entirely client-side using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Generated Documents

The system produces four separate .docx files, each corresponding to a mandatory submission component:

This separation ensures compliance with BIOENG's double-blind review policy: reviewers receive only the anonymous manuscript, while the editorial staff has access to the supplementary identification documents.

Workflow Steps

Manuscript (Steps 1–9)

Submission (Steps 10–11)

Finalize (Step 12)

Content Markers

Within the Introduction, Materials & Methods, and Results & Discussion text fields, authors can use the following markers to structure their content:

CRediT Taxonomy

The system implements the full CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) standard, adopted by Elsevier, Springer Nature, MDPI, Wiley, and other major publishers. The 14 roles are:

Each author's roles are selected via checkboxes in their author card (Step 2). The system automatically generates the formatted contribution statement using author initials (e.g., "J.C.S.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft; M.A.G.: Supervision, Writing – review & editing.").

Additionally, the Author Identification document includes a CRediT contribution matrix — a table with roles as rows and authors as columns, with checkmarks (☑/☐) for each assignment.

Scope Areas

The journal covers 11 scope areas within biosystems engineering:

1. Precision Agriculture and Zootechnics
2. Agribusiness and Development
3. Production Biosystems and Environment
4. Rural Construction and Transport
5. Alternative Energy Sources
6. Agricultural Machinery
7. Mechatronics and Information Technology
8. Mathematical Modelling of Biosystems
9. Chemistry and Biochemistry Applied to Biosystems
10. Water and Soil Technologies
11. Waste and Effluent Treatment

Declaration Statements

Step 9 provides dropdown menus with pre-formatted statements (bilingual labels in Portuguese and English) for all mandatory declarations. Authors select a template and can customize the text. Available declarations:

Technical Specifications

How to Use

1. Open BIOENG_Article_Formatter.html in any modern web browser
2. Fill in each step using the guided sidebar navigation
3. Review your complete submission in Step 12
4. Generate individual documents or click "Generate All 4 Documents" for batch download
5. Submit the four .docx files through the journal's submission platform

No installation, registration, or server connection is required.

Citation

If you use this tool in your work or wish to reference it, please cite:

Goulart, C. (2026). BIOENG Submission System: A browser-based manuscript preparation toolkit for the Brazilian Journal of Biosystems Engineering (Version 1.0) [Software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18819656

BibTeX:

@software{goulart_2026_bioeng_submission,
  author       = {Goulart, Celso},
  title        = {{BIOENG Submission System: A browser-based manuscript
                   preparation toolkit for the Brazilian Journal of
                   Biosystems Engineering}},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.18819656},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18819656}
}

Related Resources

• BIOENG Journal: https://seer.tupa.unesp.br/index.php/BIOENG
• Author Guidelines: https://seer.tupa.unesp.br/BIOENG/about/submissions
• CRediT Taxonomy: https://credit.niso.org/
• APA 7th Edition: https://apastyle.apa.org/

Institutional Affiliation

Developed at the Department of Biosystems Engineering, School of Sciences and Engineering, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Tupã, SP, Brazil.

License

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

Under the following terms:

• Attribution (BY) — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
• NonCommercial (NC) — You may not use the material for commercial purposes
• NoDerivatives (ND) — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material

© 2026 Brazilian Journal of Biosystems Engineering (BIOENG) — São Paulo State University (UNESP)