Information for authors
Instructions for authors
The journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos accepts scientific articles and reviews for publication. Manuscripts submitted must be original and not have been published before. Articles can be written in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish.
When submitting articles, authors must attach a file indicating:
1. Author identification
2. Institution
3. Current position
4. Institutional address
5. E-mail address
6. ORCID
7. CRedit
Texts should be formatted in accordance with 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. Charts, graphs, and figures must also be sent in the format in which they were produced and in a separate file.
The maximum length of articles is between 8,000 and 10,000 words, including notes, bibliography, tables, graphs, and figures. Each article must be accompanied by: a title, an abstract (up to 120 words), and 6 keywords. The title, abstract, and keywords must be in Portuguese and the original language of the text. For articles in Portuguese, the abstract must be in both Portuguese and English.
The internal divisions of the text (except for the first one) should be introduced by subheadings, with the main ones in bold and, if there are subdivisions within the divisions, these should be italicised.
Text notes should be footnotes, explanatory, or reminiscent. They should preferably not exceed five lines. References between different parts of the text should preferably be avoided and, if present, should refer to the page number referred to.
Reviews should be between 800 and 1,200 words. The work cited must be identified by its author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, and number of pages. Quotations from works other than the one cited must be made in the text, in brackets, with reference to the author, the work cited, its edition date, and the page to which the quotation refers (e.g. M. Newitt, História de Moçambique, 1997, p.102). If the quotation refers to a work cited in the book under review, this should be made explicit in the text of the review and only the edition date needs to be given.
This and other additional information can be found in the Editorial Guidelines (EN and PT).
Copyright Declaration
When submitting an article to the journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, you will need to attach a duly completed Declaration of exclusive right to publication and copyright transfer (EN or PT).
I authorise the publication of the submitted article/book 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 requires the prior authorisation of the publisher Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
Peer Review Process
Articles proposed for publication are submitted for 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 behaviour 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 rules set out in the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors and the Elsevier Recommendations.
Open Access Policy
This journal offers immediate open access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public leads to greater global democratisation of knowledge.
