Submissions

Author Guidelines

Articles submitted for consideration should meet the journal’s style standards. Initial desk approval is dependent on the following 4 issues being properly guaranteed:

1. Original submission, which is not under evaluation by other publications. In case a similar work has been previously presented/published (e.g. conference paper, book chapter or other publication type) or included in a preprint server, this should be clearly stated;
2. Submission document is anonymous, editable (MS Word) and does not exceed 2MB nor 9000 words;
3. Metadata, in lower case includes English versions of the title, abstract and keywords;
4. Bibliography includes all (and only) in-text references, in APA format (samples below);

If these conditions are met, suitable, scientific articles will be sent to the reviewing panel should they fit the journal’s scope.

If you are invited to resubmit your manuscript, please mark all the changes in the revised version of your manuscript, and include a note outlining a response to the reviewers’ comments.  If you disagree with a comment, or are unable to address it, provide a rationale for your disagreement or inability.

General guidelines

Types of documents accepted: Original Research Article; Book Review; Policy Brief; Essay. Other types of content may be accepted upon editorial specific determination. Regardless of the type, CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios accepts the submission of documents available in a preprint server.

Authors: Names, institutional affiliation and ORCID are mandatory data to be included in the submission metadata. Authors are requested to specify each author’s individual contribution following the “Contributor Roles Taxonomy” (CRedit) methodology. No evidence of the authors' identity (name, email, affiliation, funding, references, etc.) should be provided in any way throughout the text or by reference in the article (e.g. document properties);

Language: Articles can be written in Portuguese, English (Oxford spelling), French, Italian and Spanish. If the article is written in a language other than English, please submit both an original and an English version of the title, abstract and keywords.

Extension: Articles must not exceed maximum size including diagrams, tables, notes and bibliography. For larger files, the editorial team must give prior consent.

Font: 12-point Montserrat (if unavailable, Times New Roman); line spacing (1.15 lines); bold and italics rather than underlining (except URL addresses).

Structure: No collapsible headings/chapters in the text. No toggle field codes or other embedded/RTF data.

Style and bibliography standards: APA style. For more information, please refer to https://apastyle.apa.org/). Only references cited throughout the text should be listed in the complete reference list.

Figures: All pictures, tables, charts, equations, etc., should be placed in the text (rather than at the end of the document). All tables and charts should be editable whenever possible and not exceed one page, for editing and replication purposes. Accessibility in scientific visualization is highly recommended.

How to include a figure in the text (sample):

Figure 1. Short title

[picture]

Note: Additional description.

Source: Author.

Title: Titles should be concise and lowercase.

Abstract: Maximum 200 words.

Keywords: 3 to 6 keywords.

URL: All URL addresses in the text and bibliography/references should be active and ready to click.

Permission: Authors are required to obtain permission to reproduce previously copyrighted materials from other sources in both print and electronic form.

Acknowledgments: (optional) should be cited at the end of the text, ahead of bibliographic references, in the final, proofread version of the submission.

Footnotes: Explanatory in nature and only used if strictly necessary. They should be employed for bibliographic referencing.