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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.
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The submission is original, it is not object of conflicts of interest and it is not currently undergoing reviewing or awaiting publication elsewhere.
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The submission file is in Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
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The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
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It is ensured a blind peer review.
Author Guidelines
The articles submitted to Comunicação e Sociedade should be submitted electronically, after registration in to the system1.
Length
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Full articles and interviews should be 5,000 to 8,000 words, including title, footnotes and references.
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Reviews should be 1,500 to 3,000 words, including title, footnotes and references.
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Both the title and the subheadings should not exceed 120 characters with spaces.
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The abstract should be 200 to 300 words and keywords should be limited to five.
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The biographical note should not exceed 150 words.
Formatting
Manuscripts should be edited single-spaced on standard pages (A4), font Times New Roman, 12 pt.
Graphs and tables must be editable.
Organization of the Information
The manuscript’s first page should include the following information in Portuguese and English: title, abstract and keywords.
To ensure blind peer review, any information that may identify the author should be removed from the manuscript. So, a separate document (with the article's title) should contain the following information:
1) author(s) name(s);
2) biographical note of up to 150 words, complete institutional addresses (including street, postal code, city, and country), email address, and ORCID. This data will be available in the published version, and by providing it, you consent to its disclosure;
3) complete information on the affiliation of all authors, including the name of the home institution at three levels (ex: Postgraduate Programme/Department/Centre, Faculty/School and University), city and country;
4) acknowledgements (optional) should include only references to funding and, eventually, to institutions that may have facilitated access to data;
5) individual contribution of each author according to the principles established in the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRedit) methodology. That does not apply to works with only one author or introductory notes.
Interviews must be provided with a statement of consent from the interviewee, who has to approve the transcription.
Texts in Portuguese must be consistent with the new Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990. Furthermore, considering the differences in spelling among Portuguese-speaking countries, it is recommended that the wording specificities of Portuguese spelling in all its variants (Brazil, Angola, Mozambique...) be respected, despite the new orthography.
Style Guidelines
The Comunicação e Sociedade follows the APA style (7th edition).
Ethical Conduct
Authors should ensure that the sources of references used in scientific work are accurate and comprehensive and must obtain permission from copyright holders to reproduce illustrations, tables, or figures.
Authors should identify the organisations funding their work, following the guidelines previously provided.
Authors should ensure that authors' and co-authors' names are correctly introduced in their respective publications and provide due acknowledgement to other collaborators, when applicable, following the guidelines provided above.
Any request for further clarification should be addressed to comunicacaoesociedade[at]ics.uminho.pt
Copyright Notice
Authors own the copyright, providing the journal with the right of first publication. Works published from 2022 onwards are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Earlier works are licensed under a Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.