Author affiliation indicates the institution where the author works or studies at the time of conducting research and publishing the document.

The field should be filled with the institution’s name and its subdivisions, recorded in hierarchical order from largest to smallest, along with the city and country where the institution is located.

Affiliations should be written out in full, except when only the acronym (shortened form of the institution’s name) is given. If both the full name and the acronym are provided, prioritize the full name.

If the author is affiliated with more than one institution, only the first listed affiliation will be recorded, preferably one located in Latin America.

Do not include titles (doctor, master, etc.), positions (professor, head, coordinator, etc.), or mini-biographies in the Personal Author field.

If there is no institutional affiliation information or only titles like “doctor,” “master,” or “licensed by,” fill in the field with “s.af” (meaning “no affiliation”).

Example:

Affiliation – Institution Level 1: Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Affiliation – Institution Level 2: Escola Paulista de Medicina

Affiliation – Institution Level 3: Graduate Program in Medicine (Otolaryngology)

Affiliation – City: São Paulo

Affiliation – Country: Brazil

Category: Bibliographic Description according to LILACS Methodology