Submission Preparation Checklist
Conditions for Submissions
- All authors must have at least a Master’s degree, with at least one author holding a Doctorate. Articles with up to four authors will be accepted.
- Files must be 30 MB or smaller and the text must be in .doc or .docx format.
- All author identifications from the work have been removed or replaced with [omitted for blind review] in the file and in the Word Properties option, thus ensuring Blind Peer Review.
- The author registration on the platform and during submission must include the following information for all authors: full name, highest degree, affiliated institution (full name), Lattes link and/or ORCID, and biography.
- Authors are aware of and agree to the Editorial Policies and other publication guidelines of ModaPalavra e-periódico.
- The evaluation process may take six (6) to twelve (12) months.
- Articles approved for thematic dossiers will be published in Portuguese and in English or Spanish, with the translated version being the responsibility of the authors, as well as the timely submission.
- Authors and co-authors must not have any other text currently under evaluation at the time of submission, nor have published in this journal in the past year.
- The text is original, unpublished, and of consistent scientific merit. Editors reserve the right to reject submissions with significantly similar content (plagiarism) to other published works (scientific journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, theses, etc.). Following the publication guidelines of journals in the Udesc Journals Portal, Similarity Verification using iThenticate software is conducted on submitted, evaluated, and approved scientific articles. Therefore, approved articles may be rejected at the final stage if they contain significantly similar content (plagiarism) to other published works.
- The text follows formatting standards and guidelines according to the model for: Articles, Essays, Interviews, and Reviews.
- The required technical standards are highlighted: Abstract (ABNT NBR 6028:2021); Sections/Subsections (ABNT NBR 6024:2002); Citations (ABNT NBR 10520:2023); Illustrations (ABNT NBR 14724:2011); and References (ABNT NBR 6023:2018).
