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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 paper must be original and cannot be simultaneously submitted to other journals. Publicum’s team strives to provide fast responses to submissions.
  • A master's degree is required for publication purposes. Regarding co-authorships, at least one of the authors must comply with this requirement.
  • The papers must be submitted in .doc or .docx format, A4 sheet size with 3cm upper left margins and 2cm bottom right margins.
  • Body text should be formatted in Calibri font, size 10; citations of more than 3 (three) lines and footnotes should also formatted in Calibri font, size 9.
  • Papers must contain an abstract in Portugues - as well as in another language (English or Spanish) - of up to 150 words each. Five keywords should also accompany submissionsboth in Portuguese and in the second chosen language.
  • References throughout the text can be formatted in author-date style  e.g.: (SUSTEIN, 2004, p. 34)  or in numeric style (as footnotes), according to ABNT rules (NBR 6023). Bibliographical references should be included at the end of the paper in accordance with NBR 6023.
  • Papers must be 15 to 50 pages long (including abstracts, footnotes and bibliographical references).
  • An attached document to the submission must be sent, containing a brief bibliography, the qualification and the institutional affiliation.

    The sections of the paper must be numbered progressively according to NBR 6024/2003.


Author Guidelines

Language: The Journal accepts manuscripts in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.

Length Limitations: The Journal prefers papers from 6,500 to 19,000 words in length (15 – 50 pages) — including abstracts, text body, footnotes and references.

Citation Format: Please use footnotes rather than endnotes. Footnotes should conform to the 20th edition of The Bluebook and the ALWD Guide to Legal Citation. Rules are available at Peter Martin’s Introduction to Basic Legal Citation.

Basics: Papers should preferably contain (i) a TITLE up to 15 words in length; (ii) an ABSTRACT from 150 to 250 words in length; (iii) from 3 to 5 KEYWORDS; (iv) an INTRODUCTION; (v) a TEXT BODY; (vi) a CONCLUSION; and (vii) a list of REFERENCES. Tables, charts, graphics and images should appear within the text. Hyphenation and page numbering should be disabled. Please promote typografical emphasis in italic. 

Authors will not be charged for submit, edit or publish their manuscripts.


Electronic Submission via OJS System

1) After registering, log in to the system: type login and password in the right sidebar. Confirm them by clicking on “Access”.

2) Once logged in to system, click on “New submission”.

3) “Step 1. Beginning”: confirm conditions for the article submission if it is the case, then agree with journal’s copyright law. On the “Comments for the editor” field, write down the name of up to five possible reviewers for the article. Inform institution name and contact email. Click on “Save” and on “Continue”.

4) Click on “Choose file” to upload the article manuscript. Select it. Click on “Open”, then on “Download”, on “Save” and on “Continue”.

5) Fill in fields correctly with information on authors, according to “Step 3. Metadata of the submission (indexation)”. It must be mentioned author’s name and academic degree, identification of institution he/she is linked to, birth city and state, nationality, email address, and article elements such as title, abstract, keywords, etc. Click on “Save” and “Continue’.

6) Submit the attached file, if it is the case. To upload it, click on “Choose file”. Select the file. Click on “Open”, then on “Transfer”. Fill in the file name field with the correct title and click on “Save” and on “Continue”. In case of more than one file, repeat procedures to upload them all. Finally, click on “Save” and on “Continue”.

7) Check if the uploaded files are right, then click on “Finish submission”.

Technical Instructions are available at Open Journal Systems: A Complete Guide to Online Publishing, pages 161-170.

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