Guidelines for Submission and Publication of Manuscripts
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Revised guidelines in force from 15.05.2024
I. Submission of manuscripts
1. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais (RCCS), a journal of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, accepts original texts which may contribute to advancing transdisciplinary research on national and international social reality, to promoting reflection and discussion on research instruments and methods, and to disseminating information and knowledge within the social sciences and the humanities.
2. RCCS publishes (non-thematic, thematic or semi-thematic) issues edited by the Executive Editorial Board or by guest editors, who are responsible for preparing thematic issues or dossiers in collaboration with the Executive Editorial Board. In both cases, although individual authors may be invited to submit manuscripts, all the texts must follow the guidelines contained in this document and will be evaluated as described below.
3. The manuscripts submitted to RCCS must be unpublished and authored by the person(s) submitting them. The manuscripts must clearly identify the source of every item that is not original (e.g. text excerpts, illustrations, tables, etc.), and make explicit reference, whenever necessary, to permissions obtained from copyright holders and/or authors. In the latter case, if the manuscripts include items protected by intellectual property rights, authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders.
4. Submission of a paper to RCCS is a certification by the author(s) that the manuscript has not been otherwise published (in print or digital format, in Portugal or abroad, in Portuguese or any other language), or submitted at the same time to any other publication (in this regard see “Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement” at https://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/rccs/5601). All submissions go through a plagiarism detection software.
Although the RCCS editorial policy is to publish original manuscripts, the Executive Editorial Board may decide in exceptional cases to publish a previously published text, based on criteria of scholarly and intellectual relevance and opportuneness. In that case, the manuscript will only be published with an authorization from the owner(s) of the intellectual property rights.
5. If the authors so wish, they may take the manuscripts submitted to RCCS and send them to SciELO Preprints according to the guidelines of that Collection (cf. more information at https://preprints.scielo.org/).
6. Manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, English, or Spanish. Writing quality and clarity are essential requirements for publication.
7. There are no submission, processing or publication fees.
II. Review and decision process
1. The Executive Editorial Board and/or the guest editors of a thematic issue/dossier reserve the right to publish or not submitted manuscripts, and inform the authors of its decision within a reasonable time frame. This decision is supported by an evaluation of the manuscripts based on a peer-review system, carried out in two consecutive stages:
a) initial assessment by the Executive Editorial Board and/or the guest editors of a thematic issue/dossier, which decides on the manuscript’s submission to the following stage of the process, involving its evaluation by anonymous reviewers; this decision is made taking into consideration criteria of relevance, interest and quality, defined according to the journal’s editorial policy, as well as the manuscript’s conformity to the submission guidelines contained in this document;
b) detailed evaluation of the selected manuscripts by anonymous reviewers through a double-blind peer review system. Reviews resulting of this process will be used as a basis for the final decision on the manuscript’s publication.
2. The Executive Editorial Board and/or the guest editors of a thematic issue/dossier may suggest revisions to authors, according to the recommendations made by the reviewers, and ask for a new evaluation of the revised paper in order to make the final decision on its publication.
3. In the case of manuscripts submitted to the second stage of evaluation, if they are not accepted for publication, RCCS will inform the authors of the reasons for this decision while also sending them the reviews.
4. Authors are fully responsible for the published manuscripts.
III. Short reviews, reviews and review essays of books and websites
In addition to manuscripts, RCCS also publishes reviews of books and websites that are relevant to its fields of study. The contributions for these sections of the journal must conform to one of the formats described below.
1. Short book reviews
Short book reviews must be about works published in the previous 12 months and may be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English. Texts must be short (4,000 characters with spaces max.), and must include
a) full bibliographic reference;
b) a brief description of the work’s content, indicating its key topics, and, when appropriate, quoting an especially relevant excerpt;
c) a brief critical commentary, summarizing the reasons for highlighting the reviewed work.
2. Book reviews
Book reviews may be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English and should refer to works published within the previous 24 months. Texts must not exceed 8,000 characters with spaces and should include:
a) full bibliographic reference;
b) summary of the work’s main arguments; its relation to the author’s previous work and to the state of the art in its field; quotation of a few relevant excerpts;
c) critical discussion of the work, assessing whether or not it makes a new contribution to the field, whether it opens up new paths for future research, whether it raises questions that are left unanswered, etc.
3. Review essays
Review essays may be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English and refer to a group of works (by the same author or by several authors about the same subject), and are typically prompted by the publication of one or more books within the previous 24 months. Exceptionally, they may refer to earlier works if they are relevant to current interests (e.g. a Portuguese translation of “classic” works that raises further discussion on particular issues). Texts must not exceed 20,000 characters with spaces and must include:
a) full bibliographic reference of the discussed works;
b) in-depth discussion of the state of the art regarding the issue(s) involved, clearly addressing the relevance and contribution of each work to furthering the debate on those issues;
c) personal contribution of the review essay’s author to the elucidation of the issues involved, providing alternative ways of understanding them, etc.
4. Website reviews
Website reviews, published in the journal section entitled “Virtual space,” are critical presentations of websites with content that is relevant to the understanding or discussion of a particular subject or research field. Texts may be written only in Portuguese, must not exceed 5,000 characters with spaces and must present the website in question, highlighting its theme, usefulness, novelty and relevance from a critical perspective, including its merits and/or shortcomings.
IV. Publication and distribution rights
1. The authors of texts published in RCCS authorize the transfer of edition, publication, distribution, reproduction and marketing rights (including all the items that they may contain, such as photographs, drawings, tables, data files, etc.) to RCCS. The authorization covers the edition, publication, distribution, reproduction and marketing of texts in print or digital format, including, in the latter case, their dissemination through distribution and/or marketing platforms of online articles with which RCCS has established agreements. All contents published online are available under a Creative Commons License Attribution CC BY.
2. It is RCCS’ responsibility to decide on the circulation of journal’s issue.
3. The authors also authorize the translation of the abstract and keywords of the manuscript to be published in RCCS, in case they didn’t send them.
4. The above-mentioned transfer of rights is royalty-free, and RCCS will not offer any other compensation besides supplying the authors with one copy of the issue in which the text has been published and a digital copy of this text (PDF).
5. Authors who wish to republish a manuscript accepted for publication in RCCS, in whole or in part, should always make an explicit reference to the original publication in RCCS, as defined by the Creative Commons License Attribution CC BY.
V. Guidelines for submitting texts
1. Manuscripts should be submitted in Word file format and sent by email to rccs@ces.uc.pt. Texts should have no extra spaces between paragraphs, headers, or any other special formatting. In their email message, authors should explicitly acknowledge that they have read and accept the journal’s “guidelines for submission and publication of manuscripts” by simply reproducing the text below and filling in the missing data:
I, _____________________, author of the text entitled ________________________, declare that:
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the submitted text does not match, in whole or in part, any published text (in print or digital format), in the same language or another;
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the text is not currently under submission to another publication;
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I have read and accept Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais “Guidelines for submission and publication of manuscripts” available at https://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/rccs/4612.
In the case co-authored texts, one of the authors must state that s/he is authorized by the other co-authors to act as their representative in all contacts with Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais. He/she must also state, on behalf of all the authors, that they have read and accept the journal’s “guidelines for publication”, reproducing the following text:
I, ________________________________________, as co-author of the text entitled _____________________, and acting as representative of the remaining authors, declare that:
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the submitted text does not match, in whole or in part, any published text (in print or digital format), in the same language or another;
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the text is not currently under submission to another publication;
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I have read and accept Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais “Guidelines for submission and publication of manuscripts” available at https://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/rccs/4612.
2. All the original texts should be presented in final version, which must not exceed 50,000 characters with spaces (including notes and bibliographic references). Texts should be sent in Word, formatted in size 12 Times New Roman font, 1.5 spacing and with normal margins (2.5 cm top and bottom; 3 cm right and left).
3. The first page of the text should include for each author the following details: full name, institutional affiliation and corresponding address, email address, ORCID ID and postal address in order to receive the printed copy (in the case it differs from the institutional address). This information will be removed from the document, in case the text will proceed to the peer review process.
On the other hand, still in the first page, for all texts written in co-authorship must also contain the identification of the specific contribution(s) of each author through the Contributor Roles Taxonomy – CRediT methodology (see the Annex at the end of these guidelines).
4. Manuscripts submitted to RCCS may include tables, figures, photographs or drawings that illustrate or clarify the arguments made, if in limited number and with good quality (resolution of 300 dpi and 11 cm wide, min.) for printing in black and white. Images must be sent in the same text document and also separately in JPEG, PNG or TIFF format. All images must be accompanied by a clear indication of the source and respective copyright.
5. Manuscripts should always include an abstract in English (preferably also in French), which should not exceed 900 characters with spaces. The abstract should also include the title of the manuscript, as well as a suggestion of no more than 5 keywords (preferably also in French). The final keywords will be decided by the journal, taking into account the authors’ suggestions and the normalization criteria adopted by RCCS.
VI. Preparation of the text
1. All quotations from foreign authors should be translated, except in special cases that justify the use of the original version. The original text of any quotation translated by the author may be requested in cases where the translation is not clear.
2. Brief quotations (1-3 lines) should appear in the body of the text between quotation marks.
3. Longer quotations should be indented and formatted in a smaller font size than the text without quotation marks.
4. Epigraphs, if any, should be brief.
5. Interpolations should be enclosed in square brackets [ ].
6. Omissions are indicated by 3-point ellipses within square brackets [...].
7. The titles of the works cited should be in italics, in the case of books, or between quotation marks, in the case of articles.
8. Notes should appear at the bottom of the page, consecutively numbered.
9. Footnote numbers should be superscript and placed after the punctuation mark. Example: “as can be easily seen.3”
10. Starting from 2024, RCCS will generally follow the APA (7th edition) citation guidelines. Several examples of how to apply these guidelines can be found at https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples. It is recommended that authors use bibliographic management tools when writing their texts.
In-text references will always be placed in parentheses, using the abbreviated form of the author’s last name, publication date, and, if applicable, page number. Examples:
A single author: (Sá, 1991, pp. 7–9)
Two authors: (Sampaio & Gameiro, 1985)
Three or more authors: (Silva et al., 1989)
Multiple works by the same author published in the same year: (Fine, 2017a, 2017b)
Multiple works by different authors must be arranged in alphabetical order by surname: (Cardon, 2012; Uski & Lampinen, 2016; Wan et al., 2015)
Indirect citation: (cited in Ferreira, 1992, p. 217)
11. The complete list of works cited in the text (and only these) should be included at the end, with the title “References”, alphabetically ordered by the authors’ last name. The authors’ names will be separated by commas, and before the last one, the symbol “&” should be added. If it is a translation, the name of the translator and the original year of publication must be included. The place of publication is not to be included in the references, but the publisher must always be indicated. When referencing journal articles or book chapters, the page range of the cited text must always be provided. DOI should be presented in the following format: https://0-doi-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/xxxxxxx.
References should strictly follow the model provided in the examples below.
a) Books:
Amaral, A. L. (1993). Coisas de partir: poemas. Fora do Texto.
b) Edited books:
Pureza, J. M., & Ferreira, M. F. (Eds.). (2021). Emancipar o mundo: Teoria Crítica e Relações Internacionais. Almedina.
Roque, S., & Santos, R. (2021). Feminismos e Teoria Crítica nas Relações Internacionais: Encontros e desencontros. In J. M. Pureza & M. F. Ferreira (Eds.), Emancipar o mundo: Teoria Crítica e Relações Internacionais (pp. 213–236). Almedina.
c) Journals:
With a volume and an issue number:
Giuliani, G., Santos, S. J., & Garraio, J. (2019). Online social media and the construction of sexual moral panic around migrants in Europe. Socioscapes. International Journal of Societies, Politics and Cultures, 1(1), 161–180.
Only with an issue number:
Lopes, H. (2019). The (De)Politicisation of Work – An Inquiry into the Political Function of Work. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, (119), 149–170. https://0-doi-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/10.4000/rccs.9276
d) When citing two or more works by the same author published the same year, the letters a, b, etc. should be added to the date, respecting the order in which the references appear in the text. Examples:
Habermas, J. (1985a). Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne. Zwölf Volesungen. Suhrkamp.
Habermas, J. (1985b). A nova opacidade: a crise do Estado-Providência e o esgotamento das energias utópicas (M. H. C. Santos, Trans.). Revista de Comunicação e Linguagens, (2), 115–128. (Original work published 1985)
e) The consulted edition should always be indicated. The date of the first edition may also be mentioned, but only if it is relevant (for example, when it is a translation, an edition by a new publisher, etc.).
Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2.a ed.). American Psychological Association.
Piaget, J., & Inhelder, B. (1969). The psychology of the child (H. Weaver, Trad.; 2.a ed.). Basic Books. (Original work published 1966)
f) In the case of news articles, if it is a print newspaper, the title of the newspaper should appear in italics; if it is from other media, the title of the news article should be in italics:
Jornal Económico & Lusa. (2017, December 5). Equipa de Coimbra lidera projeto com 13 milhões para regenerar bairros sociais na Europa. Jornal Económico. https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/equipa-de-coimbra-lidera-projeto-com-13-milhoes-para-regenerar-bairros-sociais-na-europa-241013/
Marques, M. A., & Castanheira, P. (2024, April 5). Estudo sobre autismo confirma que ainda há barreiras no acesso à saúde mental. SIC Notícias. https://sicnoticias.pt/video/2024-04-05-Estudo-sobre-autismo-confirma-que-ainda-ha-barreiras-no-acesso-a-saude-mental-86925e4b
g) In the case of articles, chapters or books available both in print and online the above-mentioned citation rules should be followed, without forgetting the respective URL or, if it exists, its DOI. Example:
Bebiano, A. (2017). Meninas, senhoras e galdérias: representações das mulheres em língua portuguesa. In I. Caldeira, G. Capinha, & J. Matos (Eds.), The edge of one of many circles: homenagem a Irene Ramalho Santos. Vol. II (pp. 11–25). Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. https://0-doi-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/10.14195/978-989-26-1308-6_34
h) When quoting information available on a web page the following data should be included:
Centro de Estudos Sociais. (n.d.). Prémio CES para jovens cientistas sociais de língua portuguesa. https://ces.uc.pt/pt/investigacao/premios/premio-ces/premiados
Bartolomeu, A., & Costa, M. (2024, April 1). Mulheres da UC na Ciência: Sílvia Portugal. Notícias UC. https://noticias.uc.pt/artigos/mulheres-da-uc-na-ciencia-silvia-portugal/
i) Online social media:
Centro de Estudos Sociais. (n.d.). Home [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved May 15, 2024, from https://www.facebook.com/centrodeestudossociais
Centro de Estudos Sociais. (2023, October 25). e-cadernos CES n.º 39 | «COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Inequalities in Southern European Countries» | Orgs. Mauro Serapioni e Pedro Hespanha [Post]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/centrodeestudossociais/posts/
pfbid0aKhEFHBsNguA1jv2NiQoFLSjBG7VtUPzFyMpcwZQJQ21WqFMLrvM1re55YuQ9zufl
j) Films, TV series and videos:
Salaviza, J., & Nader Messora, R. (Directors). (2023). Crowrã [Film]. Karõ Filmes; Entre Filmes.
Vendrell, F. (Director). (2018). 3 mulheres [TV series]. David & Golias.
Centro de Estudos Sociais. (2019, December 12). creatour.pt - turismo criativo em Portugal [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWf__o6RfX0
k) Master’s theses or doctoral dissertations must be cited as follows:
Cardina, M. (2013). Margem de certa maneira. O maoísmo em Portugal: 1964-1974 [Doctoral dissertation, Universidade de Coimbra]. Estudo Geral. https://0-hdl-handle-net.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/10316/15488
i) Since the APA (7th edition) guidelines do not specify how to reference legislation from countries other than the United States, the following is a suggested format (preferably to be included as a footnote):
Lei n.º 100/2019, de 6 de setembro, Diário da República n.º 171 – Série I. https://dre.pt/dre/detalhe/lei/100-2019-124500714
12. Galley proofs
The Executive Editorial Board is responsible for proofreading and copyediting galley proofs, thus ensuring that the reproduction of the texts selected for publication is accurate and typographically correct.
Anexo
ANNEX – CONTRIBUTOR ROLES TAXONOMY CRediT
1. Conceptualization: Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
2. Data curation: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later re-use.
3. Formal analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyse or synthesize study data.
4. Funding acquisition: Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.
5. Investigation: Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.
6. Methodology: Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
7. Project administration: Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
8. Resources: Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
9. Software: Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
10. Supervision: Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.
11. Validation: Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
12. Visualization: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation.
13. Writing – original draft: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).
14. Writing – review and editing: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages.