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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.

  • It must be prepared in Microsoft Word or compatible format, with a minimum length of 15 (fifteen) pages and a maximum of 26 (twenty-six), including References. The authors will be responsible for the linguistic review of the article. The quality of the text resulting from this prior review (before submission) will be an important criterion in the acceptance or rejection of the article, both in the initial or preliminary evaluation carried out by the Editorial Team, as well as by the peer reviewers.

  • The article must be typed in the Calibri font (Corpo). In the main text, size 12 and line spacing of 1.5 cm. In long citations (more than 4 lines), 4 cm apart from the left margin and aligned to the right. Footnotes, summary and abstract, size 10 (single-spaced).

  • The original article must have the title centered, single-spaced, in bold and size 22 for the main title and 16 for secondary titles (in another language), with only the< /strong> first letter of the title in capital letters and all others in lower case (e.g.: Rural and urban planning and regional development). The names of all the authors, as well as, all information about their respective title, institutional affiliation or activity(ies) they currently carry out (work or study), name of the institution, ORCID (optional), email and information about possible project support (optional) must be inserted as metadata (in registration), and not in the file (or text body). Subtitles, in bold, must be preceded by a numerical sequence from the "Introduction" to "Final Considerations", without any punctuation or dash between the number and the subtitle. Secondary subheadings without bold.

  • Submission of articles and registration of ALL authors must be carried out on the website https://seer.faccat.br/index.php/coloquio, with their respective affiliation (WHERE THEY WORK OR STUDY) and ACADEMIC EDUCATION, respecting the maximum number of 5 (five) authors and co-authors per article.

  • A4 size pages must be formatted with right, top and bottom margins of 2 cm and left margins of 2.5 cm.

  • Before the textual body, articles must present an abstract with up to 250 (two hundred and fifty) words, 3 (three) to 5 (five) keywords, abstract and keywords ( these in italics), also in Calibri (Body) font. Next, the section titles must be numbered (including the Introduction), size 12, in bold, with only the first letter of the title in capital letters. Subheadings (subsections) should be in lowercase and normal (not bold).

    Ex: 2 International development agencies

    Ex: 2.1 The role of the United Nations (UN)

  • It is requested that illustrations (graphs, diagrams, drawings, photographs, maps, schemes, flowcharts, organization charts, plans, figures), inserted in the body of the work, in high resolution, are also sent in a specific file and separately, and not just inserted into the body of the work and not in image format, so that any changes can be made to adapt to the magazine's formatting standard.

  • The Editor reserves the right to review linguistic aspects, translation, adequacy of title to content, technical standards and final formatting of articles. Furthermore, in the initial review, before sending it to reviewers, the editor is responsible for evaluating (and if applicable, refusing the submission): the structure of the publication's text, the explanation of the problem that generated the research; the clarity and relevance of the objectives; the adequacy of the methodology; the coherence of results and discussion with the objectives; the adequacy of citations and references to the technical standards adopted by the journal; and, relevance to the publication’s editorial line.

  • The text must follow other current ABNT standards.

  • Articles published will imply automatic transfer of copyright to the magazine Colóquio.

Author Guidelines

1. The Editor reserves the right to review the linguistic aspects, translation, formatting and technical standards of the articles. If these changes are made before publication, the author(s) will receive a proof for review, which, duly validated, must be returned within five working days of receipt. If nominations are not sent within the indicated period, the articles will be published according to the text sent to the author(s);

2. Authors are requested, before submission, to pay special attention to the following aspects in relation to a minimum structure of the article that, among others, must be present in the text: introduction with explanation of the problem that generated the research, clear objectives and pertinent and the way in which the study that generated the article was carried out; one or more sections with theoretical review or state of the art; and, one or more sections with the presentation of the discussion of the results. These sections can have diversified and specific titles. Also, observance is suggested in relation to the pertinence to the journal's editorial line and areas of interest.

3. Authors will NOT be charged fees of any kind for submitting or publishing articles.

Peer Review

After an initial evaluation by the editorial team, the texts will be submitted to the evaluation of one or two referee consultants, coming from an institution different from that of the author(s), in a blind process, in which the works are analyzed in relation to the following aspects:
- Adequacy of the title to the content;
- Structure of the publication;
- Explanation of the problem that generated the research;
- Clarity and pertinence of the objectives;
- Methodology;
- Results and discussion;
- Intelligible information;
- Appropriate citations and references to the technical standards adopted by the journal, and
- Pertinence to the editorial line of the publication.

Consultants fill out an opinion form (sent by the Editor), accepting, rejecting or recommending necessary corrections and/or adjustments. Every opinion will include its reasoning. This initial evaluation process may last three (3) or four (4) months, depending on the number of articles in the continuous flow in the period and, mainly, the availability of reviewers.

- The peer review process will preserve the identity of the authors, and their affiliations, and of the reviewers.
- After the return of the consultants' opinions, the manuscript is evaluated by the Editor, who may request other adjustments before final approval.
- In some cases, the editor may also request opinions from the Editorial Board before deciding whether to approve or reject the article.
- In case of identification of plagiarism in the manuscript, both by the evaluators and the editors, the submission will be rejected and archived and the authors informed.
- The editorial decision is then communicated to the author(s).

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