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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • Contribution is original and is not currently being evaluated for publication by another journal; should this not be the case, in any way, authors should explain in which case their manuscript falls in "Commentary to the Editor".

  • File is in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF formats.
  • URLs for references were informed, when and where applicable.

  • The manuscript is 1,5 spaced, is in Times New Roman font size 12; uses italics instead of underline (except in URL addresses); figures and tables are inserted during the text, not as annexes in the end.

  • The manuscript follows the style standards and bibliographic prerequisites outlined in the "Guidelines for Authors" presented in the section about the journal.

  • Should the manuscript be submitted to a peer reviewed section (e.g. articles), instructions available in Ensuring Blind Review were followed.

  • Authors must send through the system with the manuscript, in the "others" option, a Cover Page available for download in Guidelines for Authors

Author Guidelines

Estudos Internacionais

Form and preparation of the manuscripts

 

There is no charges or fees for authors publishing at Estudos Internacionais.

Estudos Internacionais publishes original articles, book reviews and interviews, on International Relations and related themes. Additionally, the journal may publish special issues on the form of dossiers on a specific region or on a theme of pressing international relevance, as a way to deepen scholarly dialog in the area.

Manuscripts should be letter-sized, word typed (21,59 x 27, 94 mm), portrait-oriented, Times New Roman font size 12, line spacing 1,5. Citations exceeding 3 lines should be receded in 4cm and written in font size 10, single spaced. Tables, graphs and charts should take up more than 25% of the full manuscript and should be numbered with arabic digits.

Articles should be orginal and can be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish. The should have around 40-60 thousand characters, including spaces and footnotes. Longer manuscripts are evalueted by the Editorial Commission and may be accepted. The author, however, is advised to leave a demand for such an evaluation as an observation during the submission of the manuscript. 

The title, abstract and key-words must be written in English, Portuguese and Spanish. 

Authors must send through the system with the manuscript, in the "others" option, the Title Page available for download by clicking here.

The Editorial Council and the Editors may suggest corrections and necessary additions to received manuscripts, during pre-evaluation. In such situations, manuscripts are returned to authors so that they conform their text to Estudos Internacionais' standards. After pre-evaluation the manuscrips, if accepted, are handed over to outside reviwers

Submitted and unapproved articles may be re-evaluated based on Editorial Commission's review. Should the reviewers suggest mandatory revisions in the manuscript, the authors are given 10 week days to review their work and reply a second version of the text for another evaluation.

Authorship (and all data related) must be informed in the section metadata. Authors should omit personal and authorship information from the manuscript before uploading the file in order to secure a Double Blind Review.

Evaluation Process

1. Initial Screening (15 days on average):

At this phase the editorial team evaluates if the manuscript follows editorial rules and scope conditions. We also use the software Copy Spider to detect any plagiarism. If the manuscript is rejected, an e-mail will be send explaining the reasons for doing so.

2. Double Blind peer-review (45 days on average):

Once is stablished that the manuscript covers our formal and substantial requirements, it is sent to two external reviewers (ad hoc) that will: a) Accept; b) Mandatory Corrections; c) New Submission; d) Reject.  In case of any divergences among our initial reviewers, the manuscript will be sent for a third reviewer. The final editorial decision will  be addressed for the authors by e-mail.

3. Editing

After acceptance, the editorial team will enroll a last scrutiny into the text searching for potential style or typing mistakes. We ask for the authors to collaborate and respond quickly when it is pinpointed any error. When ready, the article is sent to the text formatting staff and after diagramation is finally ready for publication.

Rejection Rate

Initial Screening (2018): 58.5% 

Double Blind peer-review (2018): 19% 

Total (2018): 66.3%

Articles

Abstract: in Portuguese, English and Spanish informing: 1) the subject of the article; 2) the aims of the article; 3) what methodology was used; 4) the conclusions reached.

Abstracts should contain 150-200 words and accompany 5 key-words. Key-words should be separated by semicolon.

Titles and key-words should also come in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Book Reviews

Reviewers must have a Master degree and an academic/professional expertise in the book’s area of inquiry.

The reviews are expected to be between 2500-300 words and be referenced to Estudos Internacionais standards.Reviewers are expected to critically analyse the book, not merely describe its content. The review should convey the general thrust of the work and also develop a clear critical opinion, whether positive, negative, or mixed. The reviewers are also encoraged to analyse how the book sits and contributes to the IR field.
 
Book reviews should contain: name of the author of the book reviewed (and translator's name, if applicable), title of the book, city, publisher house, year of publication, number of pages. Such information should also be translated onto English. Book reviews are evaluated by a mamber of the Editorial Commission, by an editor and by a section editor.
 
Reviews also go through all phases of our evaluation process

Interviews

Can be wholly transcribed.

Style

The articles must follow the ABNT (PUC-Minas) style guide.

For Articles:

FLEMES, D. de. O Brasil na iniciativa BRIC: soft balancing numa ordem global em mudança?. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Brasília, v. 53, n. 1, p. 141-156, 2010.

WERNECK, Humberto. Dona Chiquita: as primeiras estórias de Guimarães Rosa. Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 23 nov. 1968. Suplemento Literário, p. 3.

For Books:

LAKATOS, E. M.; MARCONI, M. Metodologia do trabalho científico. 2. ed. São Paulo: Atlas, 1986.

For book section

JOHNSON, W. Palavras e não palavras. In: STEINBERG, C. S. Meios de comunicação de massa. São Paulo: Cultrix, 1972. Cap. 3, p. 47-66.

For electronic documents:

SILVA, I. Pena de morte para o nascituro. O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo, 19 set. 1998. Disponível em: <http://www.providafamilia.org/pena_morte_nascituro.htm>. Acesso em 29 set. 2008.

For Dissertations

BITENCOURT, C. M. F. Pátria, civilização e trabalho. O ensino nas escolas paulistas (1917-1939). São Paulo, 1988. 180 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em História) - Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo.

Prominent Articles

Prominent articles presented at national or international conferences, published after passing the journal standard evaluation system.

Artigos

Política padrão de seção

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a.Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal 

b.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

c.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

 

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