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PUBLICATION NORMS
I. PRESENTATION OF ARTICLES:
I.I. Format:
1. Extension: from 16800 to 31500 characters, including spaces and
comprehending all parts of the article;
2. Font: Times New Roman, size 12;
3. Double space between lines;
4. Page format: A4;
5. Margins: 3 cm; 1 cm indentation in the beginning of paragraphs;
6. Paragraph alignment: Justified;
7. File type: Word for Windows (extension doc);
8. Name of the file: Artigo_Auhor’sName.doc (Example: Artigo_JohnSmith.doc)
9. Unnumbered pages;
10. Use of italics to highlight words and expressions in foreign language (avoid the
use of underlining and capitals);
11. Articles must not contain any kind of identification of their author, besides the
name of the file. The author’s data – name, title, institution and e-mail (this one
only if the author wants it published on the journal) – should be sent in a
separate
file,
named
DadosdoAutor_Author’sName.doc
(Example:
DadosdoAutor_JohnSmith.doc).
I.II. Order of the parts of the articles:
1. Title (in capitals and in bold, aligned to the left);
2. Abstract in Portuguese (from 80 to 150 words, preceded by the word RESUMO,
in capitals and in bold), followed by keywords (3 to 5, separated by commas and
preceded by the expression Palavras-chave, in bold);
3. Body of the article;
4. Abstract and keywords in foreign language (German, Spanish, French, English
or Italian), following the same rules used for the abstract and keywords in
Portuguese;
5. References (preceded by the word REFERENCES, in capitals and in bold).
References must be restricted to sources actually quoted in the article.
Follow the rules established in item VI below;
6. Notes, if any. Notes must be end notes, not footnotes, and must be restricted
to the minimum possible. Follow the rules established in item VII below;
7. Annex(es), if any. Obs.: Illustrations are not considered annexes and must
be treated according to item VIII.
II. PRESENTATION OF REVIEWS:
II.I. Format:
1. Extension: from 6300 to 10500 characters, including spaces and comprehending
all parts of the review;
2. Font: Times New Roman, size 12;
3. Double space between lines;
4. Page format: A4;
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5.
6.
7.
8.
Margins: 3 cm; 1 cm indentation in the beginning of paragraphs;
Paragraph alignment: Justified;
File type: Word for Windows (extension doc);
Name
of
the
file:
Resenha_Auhor’sName.doc
(Example:
Resenha_JohnSmith.doc)
9. Unnumbered pages;
10. Use of italics to highlight words and expressions in foreign language (avoid the
use of underlining and capitals);
11. Reviews must contain the identification of their author. The author’s data –
name, title, institution and e-mail (this one only if the author wants it published
on the journal) – do not need to be sent in a separate file.
II.II. Order of the parts of reviews:
1. Bibliographical reference of the work being reviewed, following the norms
established in item VI below;
2. Title (in capitals and in bold, aligned to the left);
3. Author’s data: name, title, institution and e-mail (if the author wants it published
on the journal);
4. Body of the review;
5. References, if any (preceded by the word REFERENCES, in capitals and in
bold). References must be restricted to sources actually quoted in the
article. Follow the rules established in item VI below;
6. Notes, if any. Notes must be end notes, not footnotes, and must be restricted
to the minimum possible. Follow the rules established in item VII below;
7. Annex(es), if any. Obs.: Illustrations are not considered annexes and must
be treated according to item VIII.
III. PRESENTATION OF SUMMARIES OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS:
III.I. Format:
1. Extension: minimum of 3150 characters (including spaces) for the “Body of the
abstract” and maximum of 6300 characters (including spaces) for the whole file
2. Font: Times New Roman, size 12;
3. Double space between lines;
4. Page format: A4;
5. Margins: 3 cm; 1 cm indentation in the beginning of paragraphs;
6. Paragraph alignment: Justified;
7. File type: Word for Windows (extension doc);
8. Name
of
the
file:
Resumo_Auhor’sName.doc
(Example:
Resumo_JohnSmith.doc)
9. Unnumbered pages;
10. Use of italics to highlight words and expressions in foreign language (avoid the
use of underlining and capitals);
11. Summaries must contain the identification of their author. The author’s data –
name, title, institution and e-mail (this one only if the author wants it published
on the journal) – do not need to be sent in a separate file.
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III.II. Order of the parts of summaries:
1. Title of the thesis or dissertation (in capitals and in bold, aligned to the left);
2. Author’s data: name, title, institution and e-mail (if the author wants it published
on the journal);
3. Thesis’s or dissertation’s data: advisor’s name, name of the Graduate Studies
Program, area of studies, date of defense;
4. Keywords (3 to 5, separated by commas and preceded by the expression
Keywords, in bold);
5. Body of the summary (minimum of 3150 characteres, including spaces);
6. References (preceded by the word REFERENCES, in capitals and in bold).
References must be restricted to sources actually quoted in the article.
Follow the rules established in item VI below;
7. Notes, if any. Notes must be end notes, not footnotes, and must be restricted
to the minimum possible. Follow the rules established in item VII below;
8. Annex(es), if any. Obs.: Illustrations are not considered annexes and must
be treated according to item VIII.
III.III. ATTENION: Only summaries of theses and dissertations already defended
throughout the year of publication of the journal or the year before will be
published. Older summaries will be immediately dismissed.
IV. Originals are accepted in English or in Portuguese. In case of originals in English,
the order of the parts of articles must be kept, with the abstract in Portuguese right
below the title and the abstract in English right after the article.
V. Cited works (valid for articles, reviews and summaries):
V.I. Citations shorter than 3 lines: within the body of the text, between double
quotation marks, without the use of italics.
V.II. Citations longer than 3 lines: separated from the text in a new paragraph,
with 2 cm indentation, without quotation marks, font Times New Roman size 11,
space between lines: 1.5, justified alignment.
V.III. In both cases, the author must be cited at the end of the citation, in
parentheses by last name, in capitals, separated by a comma from the publication
date. Ex: (SILVA, 1987). When necessary, the specification of the page(s)
number(s) must follow the date, separated by a comma and preceded by “p.” Ex:
(SILVA, 1987, p.100). If the name of the author is cited within the text, the date
and page number (IF necessary) may simply be indicated. Ex: “Silva (1987)
signals that etc...” When citing several works by the same author, published in
the same year, these must be differentiated by small letters after the date, without
space. Ex: (SILVA, 2000a). When the work has two or three authors, all of them
may be indicated, separated by a semi-colon. Ex: (SILVA; SOARES; SOUZA,
2000). When there are more than three authors, indicate the first followed by “et
al”. Ex: (SILVA et al., 2000). DO NOT use footnotes or endnotes to identify
citations.
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VI. References, limited to the works actually cited in the text, must obey the most
recent ABNT norms. As an example, we reproduce below the model to be adopted for
citations of books, book chapters, articles and works accessed online:
VI.I. Book:
AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Author’s First name. Book title. Place of
publication: Publisher, Year of publication (Year of the original publication,
when necessary).
Example:
BAKHTIN, Mikhail. Questões de literatura e de estética, a teoria do romance.
4. ed. São Paulo: Hucitec, 1998 (1978).
VI.II. Book chapter:
LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF THE CHAPTER, First name of the author
of the chapter. “Title of the chapter”. In LAST NAME OF THE
AUTHOR/EDITOR/ORGANIZER OF THE BOOK, First name of the
author/editor/organizer of the book. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher,
Year (Year of the original publication, when necessary). Page numbers,
preceded by “p.”
Example:
HALL, Stuart. “The Question of Cultural Identity”. In HALL, S., HELD, D.;
McGREW, T. (eds). Modernity and its Futures. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1992.
p. 274-325.
VI.III. Article published on a journal:
AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Author’s First Name. “Title of the article”. In Name
of he journal. Place of publication: Publisher, volume or number, year of
publication (year of the original publication, when necessary). Initial and final
page numbers, preceded by “p.”
Example:
LANGER, Eliana Rosa. “A estrutura do livro Esaías”. In Revista de Estudos
Orientais. São Paulo: Humanitas/FFLCH-USP, n. 3, 1999. p. 95-106.
VI.IV. Work accessed online:
AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Author’s First Name. “Title of the article” or Book
title. Disponível em: address of the page. Acesso em: date of last access (year of
original publication, when necessary). Initial and final page numbers (if any),
preceded by “p.”
Example:
OLIVEIRA, Bernardo B. C. “Leitura irônica do texto urbano. Apontamentos
sobre uma frase de Walter Benjamin, à luz de Poe e Auster”. Disponível em:
<http://www.revistaipotesi.ufjf.br/volumes/14/cap06.pdf>. Acesso em: 22 Fev
2008 (2004). p. 79-89.
VII. Explanatory notes: must be restricted to the bare minimum. Must be presented
as endnotes after references, in font Times New Roman, size 10, single space, justified
alignment, numbered 1, 2, 3..., using the automatic feature offered by Word to create
endnotes.
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VIII. Illustrations: must be restricted to the bare minimum and must not be inserted in
the text file. Must be sent in gif or bmp format, in separate files, named
FIG_1AuthorsName etc (Exemplo: FIG_1JohnSmith), and in the text file, the
approximate places of their insertion must be indicated, identified by FIG_1, FIG_2
etc.
Originals formatted not accordingly will be automatically discarded.
Only material sent during the periods established in the call for papers will be
accpeted.
Originals must be sent in an attached file to an e-mail message to the e-mail address:
[email protected], stating in the subject line “envio de original (tipo de
original)”. Example: envio de original (resenha).