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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.

Author Guidelines

In order to submit their manuscripts and track the editorial decision process, authors are asked to sign up to our online editorial system. Log in to an existing account or sign up to a new account.

Submission policy

As part of the submission process, authors must comply with the requirements listed below. Submissions that fail to meet such criteria will be declined and sent back to authors.

  • The manuscript is original and has not been submitted to publication elsewhere (it must otherwise be justified in the field “Comments to the editor”);
  • At least one of the authors holds a doctorate degree;
  • Submitted files are either Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RFT format (and do not exceed 2Mb);
  • Reference URLs are provided, when necessary;
  • Text is formatted in Calibri font, size 12, 1.5 line spacing. Use italic rather than underline text for emphasis (except in URLs). Figures and tables must be placed throughout the text, not at the end of it, as attachments;
  • Text must meet the writing standards and reference requirements described in the Author Guidelines;
  • Authorship is removed from the manuscript and from the File > Properties in Microsoft Word, in order to meet the criteria for Double-blind Peer Review (refer to the Peer Review policy).
  • The manuscript must contain title, abstract and keywords (in case the manuscript is written in Portuguese or Spanish, it must also include title, abstract and keywords in the primary language, besides English).

Author guidelines

Use the submission template.

  1. The manuscript must be original and unpublished;
  2. Authors are required to inform their ORCID and a short biography during the submission process;
  3. Manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, English or Spanish;
  4. Author(s) name(s), affiliation(s) and e-mail address(es), as well as their short biography, must be informed only in the system metadata. The Microsoft Word file must not contain any authorship identification;
  5. The abstract must have an ideal length of five to six lines, in Calibri font, size 12, single line spacing;
  6. Manuscripts must have from 12 (twelve) to 18 (eighteen) pages (including references), typed in Calibri font, size 12, 1.5 line spacing;
  7. Manuscripts must have three keywords, separated by semicolons, and must not be capitalized (except for proper nouns) – e.g.: photosynthesis; black holes; information architecture;
  8. Manuscripts must closely follow ABNT formatting standards:
    1. Reference citation along the text: Author(s) name(s) and publication year, according to the examples:
      1. Results from Silva (2001) confirm that…
      2. According to Santos et al. (1999), design and architecture are intimately… (for more than three authors, use the expression et al.)
  • Beloti et al. (1999) evaluated the designer as…
  1. “[…] and prevent the syncytium formation testing” (Bruck et al., 1992).
  2. “[…] thus threatening the quality of the assets” (Afonso; Vianni, 1995).
  1. References must be formatted according to the ABNT-NBR 6023 standard, and listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. All authors from the references must be informed, as many as they are. The accuracy and adequacy of the references consulted and cited throughout the manuscript, as well as opinions and concepts, are full responsibility of the authors.

ON-LINE JOURNAL ARTICLE:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Article title. Journal name, city and country, volume and edition, starting and ending page numbers, date or year of publication. Available at: on-line address. Accessed on: day, month (abbreviated), year.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Article title. Journal name, city and country, volume and edition, starting and ending page numbers, date or year of publication.

BOOK CHAPTER:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Chapter title. In: SURNAME, Author name (org.). Book title. Translator identification. Edition. City: Press name, year of publication, starting and ending page numbers.

ON-LINE BOOK:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Book title. Edition. City: Press name, year of publication. Available at: on-line address. Accessed on: day, month (abbreviated), year.

BOOK:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Book title. Edition. City: Press name, year of publication.

OTHER TYPES OF PRODUCTION:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Title: subtitle. Version or edition (if applicable). Responsibility indication. City, date or year of publication. Type of medium or platform (for digital media). Available at: on-line address. Accessed on: day, month (abbreviated), year.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Thesis title: subtitle. Year of attainment. Level of the research: bachelor monograph, master’s dissertation, doctorate thesis (indicating the area of expertise) – affiliation, city and year of presentation (viva).

CONFERENCE ARTICLES OR PRESENTATION:

SURNAME, Author name (unabbreviated). Title. In: CONFERENCE NAME. Conference number, year, city. Proceedings of […]. City: Press, year of publication, starting and ending page numbers.

  1. All references listed at the end of the manuscript must be cited throughout the text;
  2. All authors cited in the text must appear in the reference list at the end of the manuscript. Use the author(s) full name(s).
  3. Manuscripts must be submitted through our online submission system;
  4. Figures must have a resolution of at least 300 DPIs;
  5. Tables must be identified with a title and short description that allows readers to understand the meaning of the data without referring to the text;
  6. Figures must be identified with title and authorship (title of the work, author name, source name – book, magazine or newspaper where it was published, publication date, page number);
  7. At least one of the authors of the submitted manuscript must hold a doctorate degree;
  8. Any submitted manuscript must have five authors maximum. Submissions with more than five authors will be declined and archived by the editor-in-chief;
  9. Authors are allowed to publish 01 article per year in our journal;
  10. In case the research is financed or sponsored, the project and the financing agent must be credited in a footnote;
  11. The Editorial Board reserves the right to withhold manuscripts that fail to meet these criteria.

Copyright Notice

Projetica is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. Authors hold the copyright and concede to the journal the right of exclusivity for the first publication.

Authors who have their manuscript accepted authorize Projetica to submit the article to indexers, digital libraries or similar platforms, after the first publication. Authors acknowledge that the manuscripts submitted to evaluation and publication are original, holding accountability for the content in case of third-party impugnment or conflict. Opinions expressed in the articles are full responsibility of the authors.

Projetica reserves the right to make orthographic and grammar proofreading to the original manuscripts, in order to ensure the proper use of language and guarantee the venue credibility. The authors’ writing style will, however, be respected. Content corrections or revision suggestions will be addressed to the authors, when necessary. In this case, the manuscript must be revised and re-submitted to evaluation. Page proofs will not be sent to the authors.

Privacy Statement

Names and addresses recorded in the digital version of Projetica will be used exclusively for publication purposes and related publishing services. They will not be made available to third party agents under any circumstances. Projetica guarantees the privacy of authors and reviewers.