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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

Author Guidelines

1. How to Submit a Proposal for a Thematic Issue

The proposals must be addressed to the Editors, should be approximately 3-4 pages in length and address each of the following criteria: 

- Title of the special issue;

- Scientific and historiographical basis, including guiding question, contribution to current historiographical debates and new perspectives that the special issue will bring to the debate;

- Structure: names of coordinators, names of authors and titles of articles (it can be provisional, but coordinators will have to select and contact authors beforehand). Special issues should have between 4 and 8 articles. 

2.  Submission of articles, reviews, and news

Articles and reviews proposed for publication in the Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura (RHSC) must be submitted using the OJS (Open Journal Systems) editorial management platform, which can be accessed through the following link http://impactum-journals.uc.pt/rhsc/submission/wizard.

All submitted texts must include the following details:

  • Author’s name;
  • Academic affiliation (max. 2), observing the following format: University, Faculty, Research and Development Unit (Ex.: University of Coimbra, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, Centre for the History of Society and Culture);
  • ORCID ID;
  • Email address;
  • Contacts.

3.  Publication of articles

 3.1. Presentation and length of the text

Articles can be written in European Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, and Italian. Submitted texts must include a title and an abstract up to 150 words, both in English and in the language of the article; a list of 3 to 5 keywords in the languages of the title and the abstract; and a final bibliography limited to the cited works.

Texts must not exceed a maximum of 60.000 characters with spaces, including abstract, footnotes, bibliography, etc. An introduction and a conclusion are required, and the titles (in bold) should be numbered.

Footnotes shall be used primarily for clarifications or occasional comments, while bibliographic references are to be inserted in the body of the text. Footnote numbers must come before punctuation marks.

 3.2. Text formatting

Texts must be typed in Microsoft Word, ISO A4 page size, 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1.5 line spacing and fully justified paragraphs (except for long citations and footnotes, which must be single spaced and typed in a 10-point font). Pages and footnotes shall be numbered consecutively.

Quotations that do not exceed three lines in length shall be enclosed in curved quotation marks (“ ”). Longer quotations must be separated from the text by one space line and written in an 11-point font, followed by an abbreviated reference to the cited work.

4. Organization of the final bibliography

 4.1. Books

BRAGA, Teófilo (1892). História da Universidade de Coimbra nas suas relações com a instrucção publica portugueza, vol. I. Lisbon: Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias.

BARROS, Henrique Gama (1885-1922). História da administração pública em Portugal nos séculos XII a XV. 4 vols Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional.

SARAIVA, António José (1988). O crepúsculo da Idade Média em Portugal. Lisbon: Gradiva.

 4.2. Book chapters and papers in conference proceedings

COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz (1997). “As finanças”, in História da Universidade em Portugal, vol. I, book I. Lisbon – Coimbra: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Universidade de Coimbra, 39-67.

MARQUES, A. H. de Oliveira (1987). “Os valores culturais e artísticos”, in J. Serrão e A. H. de Oliveira Marques (eds.), Nova História de Portugal, vol. IV (Portugal na crise dos séculos XIV e XV). Lisbon: Editorial Presença, 400-463.

COSTA, António Domingues de Sousa (1991). “Considerações à volta da fundação da universidade portuguesa no dia 1 de março de 1290”, in  Universidade(s). História.Memória.  Perspectivas.  Actas do Congresso  História da Universidade  (no 7.º centenário da  sua fundação).  5  a  9  de  março  de  1990,  vol.  1.  Coimbra:  Comissão Organizadora do Congresso História da Universidade, 71-82.

 4.3. Articles

SÁ, Artur Moreira de (1964). “Dúvidas e problemas sobre a universidade medieval portuguesa I”. Revista da Faculdade de Letras, 8, 240-273.

HESPANHA, António Manuel (2005). “O direito administrativo como emergência de um governo activo (c. 1880-c. 1910)”. Revista de História das Ideias, 26, 119-160.

SILVA, João Manuel Gonçalves (1997). “O clientelismo partidário durante a I República: o caso do Partido Reconstituinte (1920-1923)”. Análise Social, 140, 31-74.

 4.4. Manuscript sources

Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Ministério do Reino, Livro 234, fl. 23. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Manuscritos Reservados, Cód. 887, fl. 112-115v. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Códices Alcobacenses, Cód. 166, fl. 5v.

 4.5. Printed sources

Documentos Históricos da Cidade de Évora (1988). G. Pereira (ed.). Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda.

Livro Verde da Universidade de Coimbra. (1992). M. T. Veloso (ed.). Coimbra: Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra.

Obras Completas do Condestável Dom Pedro de Portugal (1975). L. Adão da Fonseca (ed.). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

 4.6. Online references

Wherever possible, web pages and websites shall include bibliographical details such as author, title, and date. The URL and the last date of access must always be mentioned.

CAMÕES, Luís de (1572). Os Lusíadas. Lisbon: Antonio Gõçaluez. http://purl.pt/1/3 (accessed May 1, 2016).

ESPERANÇA, Manuel da, O.F.M. (1586-1670). Historia Serafica da Ordem dos Frades Menores de S. Francisco na Provincia de Portugal. Lisbon: Officina Craesbeeckiana. http://purl.pt/20706 (accessed August 3, 2016).

MATTOSO, José (1992). “O culto dos mortos na Península Ibérica (séculos VII a XI)”. Lusitania Sacra, 2nd series, 4, 13-37. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/4864 (accessed May 25, 2019).

5. Shortened citations (in the body of the text)

References to excerpts, works or manuscripts shall be typed in abridged form.

(BRAGA 1982: 25)

(HESPANHA 2005: 18)

(ANTT, Min. Reino, L. 234: fl. 23).

The following abbreviations can be used: id., et al., ed., eds., coord., trad., org., intr., pref., posf., ib., cit., ad loc., cf., v., in (for collective works only), apud, s.d., s.l, s.n., and s.p.

6. Figures

Graphs, tables, and other figures must be sent in individual files with good resolution and the text must mention where each element is to be inserted.

It is the author’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish images subject to copyright laws.

7. Publication of reviews

The work under review will be identified in accordance with the model used in the bibliography, plus the ISBN. Reviews must not exceed 10.000 characters with spaces.

Authors will be sent proofs for correction. Changes to more than 5% of the original text will not be accepted.

For any questions or clarifications, please contact the Editorial Assistant. 

EDITORIAL POLICIES

All articles submitted for publication will be assessed by outside experts, in accordance with the double-blind peer-review system. This process will be directed by the Editor Chief, the Director and the Editorial Board of the RHSC.

Failure to observe any of the aforementioned procedures (points 2-6) will result in the rejection of the submitted article.

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