About the Journal

Scope 

The journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos is a scientific and academic publication of the Centre for International Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon (CEI-Iscte) specializing in African themes. The articles, both based on fieldwork and theoretical elaboration, are guided by the significant contributions they make to studies on Africa and African diasporas. The journal is open to the national and international scientific community that studies the continent, particularly in the areas of Social Sciences and Humanities, focusing on internationalization and inter- and multidisciplinarity.

From November 1st, 2020, the journal will not accept single articles. All articles must be submitted within the framework of calls for themed issues, available on the journal's website. 

Instructions for authors 

The journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos accepts scientific articles and reviews for publication. The manuscripts must be original. Articles can be written in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish. 

When submitting articles, the authors must attach a file indicating: 

1. Author identification
2. Institutional affiliation 
3. Current function 
4. Institutional address
5. Email address 
6. ORCID
7. CRedit 

Texts should be formatted following APA standards and should also follow these guidelines: they should be double-spaced (this also applies to notes and bibliography), in Times New Roman font, size 12, with margins no smaller than 3 cm. Tables, graphs, and figures must be sent in the format in which they were produced and in a separate file.

The maximum length of articles should be 60,000 characters (about 30 pages) including spaces, as well as notes, bibliography, tables, graphs, and figures. Each article must include a title, abstract (up to 120 words), and six keywords. The title, abstract, and keywords must be in Portuguese and the original language of the text. Articles in Portuguese must include an abstract in Portuguese and one in English.

The different sections of the text (except for the first one) must be introduced by subtitles, the main ones being in black. Subsections should be italicized.

Footnotes should be used, preferably not exceeding five lines. References between different parts of the text should be avoided and always include the page number being referred to.

Reviews should not exceed 8000 characters (with spaces). The reviewed work should be identified by author, title, location, publisher, date of issue, and number of pages. Quotations from other texts (in addition to the one being reviewed) must be made in the body of the text, between brackets, regarding the author of the cited work, its date of issue, and the citation's page number (e.g. M. Newitt, History of Mozambique, 1997, p.102). If the citation mentions a text cited in the book being reviewed, this should be made clear in the review. It will only be necessary to specify the date of issue. 

These and other additional information can be consulted on the Publishing Standards (EN and PT). 

Copyright Statement 

When submitting an article to the journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, you will need to attach the Copyright Statment (EN or PT). 

I authorize the publication of the submitted article/review of which I am the author. I also declare that this article is original, that it has not been published in any other way, and that I exclusively assign the publication rights to the journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos. Reproduction of the article, in whole or in part, in other publications or on other media is subject to the prior authorization of the publisher Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.

Peer Review Process 

Articles proposed for publication are submitted to the opinion of experts in the respective fields, on a double-blind peer-review basis. 

Publication Ethics 

The journal is committed to following the best ethical practices. Preventing bad publishing practices is one of the responsibilities of the Editorial Board. Any kind of unethical behavior is unacceptable, and Cadernos de Estudos Africanos does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Authors who submit articles to Cadernos de Estudos Africanos affirm that the content of the manuscript is original. In addition, they guarantee that their article has not been published elsewhere, in any language, in whole or in part, nor is it being reviewed for publication anywhere.

Authors, editors, and reviewers should therefore take into account the standards set out in the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors and the Elsevier Recommendations.

Open Access Policy 

This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public leads to greater global democratization of knowledge.