Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. The journal Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas mainly publishes original scientific articles in the field of sociology, other social sciences, and interdisciplinary studies. In addition, it also publishes other scientific texts, such as reviews, interviews, documents, and sociographic materials.

2. Articles submitted to Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas:

   a) must be original, and authors agree not to submit them simultaneously to another publishing outlet;

   b) submissions are carried out online at https://revistas.rcaap.pt/sociologiapp; if you have any problems submitting your text, you can also contact the journal by email at sociologiapp@iscte-iul.pt;

   c) the journal accepts only human-authored articles; Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used, but only as an auxiliary tool, not as authorship; the authors (humans) will always be considered the only ones responsible for the content of the texts and the underlying scientific processes; it is recommended that possible uses of AI in articles be made explicit.

   d) each text is first checked using specialised plagiarism detection software;

   e) articles are subject to peer review process, with multiple stages: first, it is verified whether the article generally fits the scientific profile and editorial orientation of the journal; if so, it is sent for independent peer review by at least two recognised experts in the subject area of the article, under a double blind review system, avoiding conflicts of interest; this evaluation may result in one of three outcomes: (i) approval of the article; (ii) reformulation of the article; (iii) rejection of the article; the final publication decision is the Editor’s responsibility, after consulting the Editorial Committee.

3. Texts should be formatted with one-and-a-half spacing (this rule also applies to notes and bibliography) and 12-point font size.

4. The suggested maximum article size is 50,000 characters (including spaces), including notes, bibliographic references, tables, and figures—this limit may be exceeded in justified cases. The title should not exceed 95 characters. In general, each article should not exceed a total of seven tables or figures. It is also recommended to include a limited number of footnotes.

5. Each article should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 650 characters; if possible, in the other three languages. The abstract should state the goals of the article, main contributions to the progress of knowledge, methods, main results, and conclusions. Three or four keywords should be included after the abstract.

6. In the text of the articles, it is suggested that a maximum of two levels of internal titles be used, preferentially without numbering, or with Arabic numerals.

7. Transcripts should begin and end with quotation marks. Words in other languages should be in italics.

8. Non-textual elements in articles should be organised as tables and figures, identified with continuous Arabic numbering for each of these types of items.

9. Only numbers should be used in footnote references, without parentheses. Footnote numbering should be continuous from the beginning to the end of the article.

10. Bibliographical references for cited works should conform to the following guidelines, according with an adapted version of the Chicago Style:

    a) Book: Surname, First Name (year, reference to first edition if applicable), Book Title. Subtitle, Place of publication, Publisher;

    b) Article in a periodical publication/Journal article: Surname, First Name (year), ‘Article title: subtitle’, Name of Journal, volume (number), pages;

    c) Texts in collections/edited books: Surname, First Name (year, with or without reference to the first edition), ‘Title of text: subtitle,’ in First Name and Surname (ed.), Title of Compilation. Subtitle, Place of publication, Publisher, pages.

11. All originals submitted to the journal should:

    a) include the final version of the text, ready for publication, properly revised for any typos;

    b) when including graphic or iconic materials, be accompanied by the respective originals — in the programme in which they were created — stating in the text where they should be placed; except photographs (or similar images), figures should be constructed and submitted in vector format, specifying the programme and version used.

    c) clearly identify expressions in italics or other graphic highlights;

12) Submitted originals must be accompanied by:

    a) a declaration in accordance with the content of number 2 of these guidelines;

    b) a short CV of the author(s), stating their academic background and professional status, as well as the institutions with which they are affiliated;

    c) contact details: email, telephone number, address.

    d) a declaration stating that they have been revised by an accredited translator or by a native speaker of the language in which the text is written, if it is not the native language of the author(s);

    e) ORCID number of each author;

    f) contributions of each author; the use of the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) is recommended: conceptualisation, data curation, formal analysis, funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, project administration, resources, software, supervision, validation, visualisation, writing – original draft, writing – review & editing.

13. There aren't any costs associated with submitting articles to the journal.