Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.-
The work is original and unpublished and it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else. Authors must enclose a letter, signed by every author, stating that the work is original, unpublished and it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else.
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The manuscript file is in Microsoft Word.
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The original text must contain in the following order:
- Title in the same language of the article, and in English (if the article is in English, title must also be in Portuguese). The titles must have a maximun of 240 characters including spaces.;
- Abstract with at least 700 and no more than 1.000 characters including spaces, followed by at least three keywords;
- Abstract in English (and in Portuguese, in case the article is written in English or Spanish), following the same norms of the Abstract in the original language;
- Full text, shall have the extension between 25.000 and 50.000 characteres with spaces, typed in Times New Roman format, font 12, and with spacing of 1,5;
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The identification of authorship of the work has been removed from the file, ensuring the journal's confidentiality criteria, if the manuscript is subjected to peer review (e.g. articles), according to instructions in Ensuring a Blind Peer Review.
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Short quotations (containing less than three lines) must be incorporated into the text in quotation marks;
Long quotations (longer than three lines) must be presented in an isolated paragraph, with simple spacing, font size 11 and the left margin larger than the surrounding text (4cm).
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Footnotes must be used only when strictly necessary, for information that is complementary to the text.
Do not use footnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
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The manuscript is in accordance to the style and bibliographic requirements described in the Author's Guideline section.