Submissions
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.- Minimum degree: authors and co-authors need to have a minimum master's degree.
- Number of co-authoring: the papers may have a maximum of 05 (five) co-authors.
- Simultaneous processing: authors and co-authors must not have any production in the journal. Another production of the same author or co-author will only be evaluated after the 01-year interval of publication of the first submission.
- Originality: the submission must present an original contribution, unpublished and not being evaluated for publication by another journal.
- Format: authors should observe the Guidelines for Authors regarding the format and Sections Policies regarding the framework.
- Identification: any authorship information must be removed from the text, including the name of the author from the "Information" of the document, in the "Archive" menu.
- Languages: the journal receives works in Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and Italian.
- Textual review: the submitted works must be rigorously revised according to the current grammatical standards and ABNT standards.
- Metadata: the authors must accurately complete all the metadata of the article and the authors and co-authors, and must inform the title and the HEI where they obtained the title, complete current institutional link containing HEI, function, city, country (highlighting the link with Graduate Program, when any), e-mail and fill in the ORCID field.
- Funding agencies: authors should mention the funding agencies in the article metadata, and also at the end of the article, when any.
- Ethics: authors should carefully observe and follow the principles of ethics, transparency and good practices contained in the "About the Journal" menu: https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/percursos/about
Continuos Demand Articles
This section consists of articles received in continuous demand, unpublished and stand-alone in relation to dossiers, but always referring to topics that consider the focus and scope of the journal. Each article must have a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 25 pages, including drawings, figures, tables, photos, and references.
Review
Reviews will have no title: instead, the full reference of the reviewed publication should be given instead. They will be referred to books published in their first edition in Portuguese in the last two years and in their first edition in a foreign language in the last five years. They should have a maximum of 4 pages.
Interview
This section consists of the transcription (or availability on video) of interviews carried out with researchers or other professionals who preferentially discuss their production in relation to the concerns of contemporary society. The inclusion of questions that allude to interdisciplinary dimensions is recommended. Interviews focused on the life history of the interviewees will not be accepted.
Dossier Articles
This section is composed, for each issue, by an unpublished dossier, with a relevant subject (considering the focus and scope of the journal). The topic of the dossier may be proposed by the Editorial Coordination, by a member(s) of the Editorial Board, or by an interested researcher(s), duly justified and related to the focus and scope of the journal. Each article in the dossier must be unpublished and have a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 25 pages.
Translation
Translations will be accepted of unpublished texts into Portuguese, in line with the focus and scope of the journal, duly accompanied by authorization for the translation of the original text.
Research Report
Research reports can have a maximum length of fifteen (15) pages. The inclusion of the name of the sponsoring institution is suggested, linking the date of the research carried out.
Photographic Essay
This section is composed of photographic images related to research or academic activities in the area of Human Sciences or Applied Social Sciences, whose content is in tune with reflections on contemporary society and open to an interdisciplinary perspective. Photographs must be authored by the researcher or academic and accompanied by brief texts, as caption, that identify and contextualize them. An introductory text is also necessary presenting the research and the conditions in which the photographic records were carried out (no more than two pages). Essays must have 10 to 20 photographic images, in JPG format, and the rights to use the image are assigned to the journal (for the issue in which the essay is published) upon submission. According to the journal's standards, if there are images of persons, they must formally authorize the publication; in the case of images of children or adolescents, the current Brazilian legislation must be considered.
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