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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.
  • 1. The contribution is original, unpublished and is not under review or for publication by another journal. Otherwise, it should be justified in "Comments to the Editor".

    2. Files for submission are in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF format (provided they do not exceed 2MB).

    3. URLs for references were provided when available.

    4. The text is in double space; Uses a 12-point source; Uses italic instead of underlining (except URL addresses); The figures and tables are inserted in the text, not at the end of the document in the form of attachments.

    5. The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Instructions for Authors in the section About the Journal.

    6. In the case of submission to a peer-reviewed section (eg. articles), the instructions available under Securing the Blind Peer Review were followed.

Author Guidelines

All submissions must be original and previously unpublished, and may not be submitted for publication in other journals. The papers may be in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English language. They are required to be in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman font, 12 points, 1.5 spacing between lines (except long quotations and footnotes, which must use 10 point font and single spacing between lines).

The papers shall consist of a maximum of 25 pages (including spaces, footers and bibliographical references) and will include an abstract of no more than 100 words and five key-words in Portuguese and English. 

The bibliographical references and quotations must comply with Portuguese Standard 405-1 (1994) and relevant updates. Papers not in conformity with these standards will be returned.

 

Examples:  

Book reference: 

WINOCK, Michel – O Século dos Intelectuais. 1ª ed. Lisboa: Terramar, 2000. 747 p. ISBN 972-710-280-8.  

Multiple-author book reference:

MERRILLS, J. G.; ROBERTSON, A. H. – Direitos Humanos na Europa: um estudo da Convenção Europeia de Direitos Humanos. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget, 2003. 381 p. ISBN 972-771-679-2

Reference to a book quoted before:

WINOCK, Michel – O Século ..., p.72-74.

Or

Idem, ibidem, p. 72-74.

Reference to a paper/chapter in a book:

SUÁREZ FERNÁNDEZ, Luis - Portugal y Castilla–León: dos destinos unidos. In TORRE GÓMEZ, Hipólito de la – España y Portugal. Siglos  IX-XX: Vivencias históricas. Madrid: Editorial Sintesis, 1998. ISBN 84-7738-616-1. p. 23-46. 

Reference to an article in a journal/newspaper:

DOWTY, Alan - The Past and Future of Israel. Estudos do Século XX. Coimbra: IUC. ISSN 1645-3530. N.º 8 (2008) p. 27-40.

Quote from an electronic document:

Article in a journal:

TORGAL, Luís Reis – A Universidade entre a Tradição e a Modernidade. Revista Intellectus [Online]. Vol. I. ( 2008). [Searched on 27 August 2010]. Available at WWW: < URL: http://www.intellectus.uerj.br>. ISSN 1676-7640.

Book:

MACHIAVELLI, Niccoló – The Prince. [Online]. Translation by W. K. Marriott; ed. Randy Dillon. Texas: Veroglyphic Publishing, 2009. [Searched on 27 August 2010]. Available at WWW: < URL: http://books.google.com/books>. ISBN 1442131195. 

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