Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. General instructions to authors

1.1 The journal welcomes unpublished papers, written in Portuguese, Spanish or English, on a continuous basis. The journal only publishes individual papers signed by PhD researchers, with the exception of reviews which can be signed by Masters. In the case of collective texts, one of the co-authors must necessarily be a doctoral researcher. After publishing in an issue of the journal, an author must wait two years before submitting a new publication.

1.2 If the article has two or more authors, a note must be sent to the editors indicating each author's contribution to the text. The justification will be analyzed by the editors, who will decide whether or not to accept the submission. Don't forget to enter your full name and ORCID number when registering, as requested on the form.

1.3 As long as they fall within the journal's Focus and Scope and comply with the general and specific rules for online submission, the collaborations received will take part in an evaluation process with analysis and judgment. Firstly, the editors and editorial team check that the texts comply with the formal criteria established by the journal's rules. Next, the papers, which have been sent without any identification of authorship in the document, are evaluated by at least two referees, who may be from the Editorial Board, or by an ad hoc advisor. 

Important: all data relating to the authors of articles in all sections of the journal must be included in the text submission process via the metadata. Texts that do not comply with this standard will not be accepted.

1.4 The text submitted to this journal must not be under evaluation in another journal. Submission of originals implies acceptance of the following by the authors: copyright of the article, including the rights to reproduce all or part of it in any format, will be reserved and assigned to Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación.

1.5 Submissions are made by the author(s) via the journal's website. Submissions must follow these steps:

How to get started

You must access the system with a login and password. If you have not registered as an author, you must do so in the system before starting the text submission process. If you are registered and do not remember your password, you can recover it through the system.

Article submission steps

After accessing the system, you will be taken to the user page. In the author function, click on new submission.

Step 1 - Start submission: choose the appropriate section for your type of text. Check that your submission complies with the "Conditions for Submission" by ticking the boxes. If your text does not comply with any of these conditions, the editorial team reserves the right not to forward the text for evaluation and will reject it immediately. Also in step 1, you can optionally make comments to the editor. 

Save and continue to step 2.

Step 2 - Transferring the manuscript: Select the complete and revised file and transfer it. The file uploaded must not contain any identification of authorship, nor nominal references to the author in the content (including text, notes and bibliographical references), nor in the document properties.

Save and continue to step 3.

Step 3 - Submission metadata (Indexing): Fill in the submission metadata. In the case of collective work, you must register the rest of the authors; in this case, you must "include author". If you have more than two authors, don't forget to comply with item 1.2 above.

Don't forget to include the "summary of biography" when submitting. The main details of each author should be no longer than 400 characters (with spaces), without paragraph breaks, with at least the following mandatory information. 

For researchers and doctors: Professor (or researcher) at the University (Acronym). Doctor in (area), University (name of University and acronym). E-mail address:.

For students: Post-doctoral student (post-graduate student (in the case of lato sensu course students), master's or doctoral student) at the University (name of University and acronym) (or in the Post-graduate Program in (area) at the (name of University and acronym). E-mail address:.

Save and continue to step 4.

Step 4 - Uploading additional documents: this step is optional and, if necessary, you can add additional documents to your work. For these cases, the file selection and transfer step is identical to step 2.

To go to the last step, save and continue.

Step 5 - Confirmation: Once the previous steps have been checked and completed, it's time to complete the submission by clicking on the corresponding button.

2. Rules for formatting papers

2.1 Articles

2.1.1 General formatting

Articles must have a minimum of 20,000 characters and a maximum of 35,000 characters (including, in both cases, spaces, any footnotes, abstracts with keywords in the three languages - Portuguese, English and Spanish - and bibliographical references). The text must be in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice format, on a DIN A4 size page (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm), with all side margins of 3 cm.

The author(s) must remove their name(s), including from the document properties, and replace any references to them with the expression "AUTHOR" in the text, notes and bibliographical references. All authors and their biographies must be indicated in the submission system, never in the document.

2.1.1.1 Text identification elements

On the first page, in that order, the following textual elements must appear:

Titles:

In Portuguese, English and Spanish, in that order, they must be written entirely in capital letters, with a maximum of 100 characters (including spaces), typed in Times New Roman font size 14, with single spacing between lines, justified alignment and no paragraph indentation. Under no circumstances should titles contain footnotes, nor should they be bolded, italicized or underlined.

Abstracts:

Three abstracts (in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in that order), each with a maximum of 650 characters (with spaces). Texts should be in Times New Roman 12-point font with single spacing between lines, justified alignment and no paragraph indentation.

Keywords:

Each of the three abstracts is accompanied by four keywords separated by semicolons.

Please note: if the article is written in Spanish or English, the order in which the titles, abstracts and keywords are presented will change. For articles written in Spanish, the order of titles, abstracts and keywords is as follows: in Spanish, in English and in Portuguese. For articles written in English, the order of titles, abstracts and keywords is as follows: in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.

2.1.1.2 Body text

Two lines below the keywords of the last summary, the body of the text begins, whose elements or characteristics are as follows:

Body of the text - general format:

They should be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font, with single spacing between lines, justified alignment and a 1 cm indent at the beginning of paragraphs, with the exception of highlighted quotations and footnotes.

Texts can be subdivided into sections with subheadings, which should be formatted in Times New Roman 12-point font, bold, with single spacing between the lines, justified alignment, no indentation and numbered using the Arabic numeral system (1, 2,...). Below is an example of how to number the subheadings of the divisions of an article:

1. Mass communication

1.1 Theories of communication

1.1.1 Trade and flows

Bold, italics and quotation marks:

The use of bold is to emphasize the text in some way and the use of italics is to highlight a foreign word or the title of a work as a whole that may be indicated in the main text. In the case of a song, an episode of a television program, a short story or a scientific article, they should always be placed in quotation marks and without italics. Examples:

In The Social Production of Writing, Raymond Williams offers a sophisticated critique of...

or

It can undoubtedly be said that "Alegria, Alegria", the song by Caetano Veloso, was one of the milestones...

In-text citations:

These citations must be indicated in the author-date system.

(a) when the name(s) of the author(s) are included within the body of the text, the date of publication should be added in brackets. Examples: Andrade (1987) points out that... or According to Andrade and Barbosa (2012)...

(b) When the citation is indirect and the author(s) are not included within the sentence in the body of the text, the author(s)' surname(s) should be indicated in brackets, followed by the date of publication of the work. Up to three authors should all be cited, with a semicolon separating them. If there are more than three authors, write the name of the first followed by "et al". For citations of more than one work by the same author, when published in the same year, a lowercase letter should be placed after the date, without a space, in alphabetical order - for example, (Gomez, 1999a) and (Gomez, 1999b). Examples: ...in French literature at the turn of the 19th century, the factor of the writer's professionalization was essential (Bourdieu, 1996)... or The nature of materialism is intimately linked to the production and reproduction of the conditions of existence of men as a whole (Engels; Marx, 2007).

(c) When the quotation is direct, i.e. when it reproduces the same words as the cited author(s), it must be enclosed in quotation marks, followed by the author(s) surname(s) in brackets, the date of publication of the work and the page number(s). Examples: "The affirmation of the unity of the system is one of the most valid contributions of the work of Horkheimer and Adorno" (Martín-Barbero, 1997, p. 77). "In their leisure, people must be guided by that unity which characterizes production" (Adorno; Horkheimer, 1985, p. 117).

Highlighted quotes:

Direct quotations longer than 3 lines must be formatted in Times New Roman font 11, in italics, with single spacing between lines, justified alignment and a margin of 4 cm to the left and without quotation marks. After the citation, the author's surname(s), date of publication of the work and page number(s) should be indicated in brackets [up to three authors, all are cited, separated by a semicolon. If there are more than three authors, write the name of the first author followed by "et al". For citations of more than one work by the same author, when published in the same year, a lowercase letter should be placed after the date, without a space, in alphabetical order - for example, (Gomez, 1999a) and (Gomez, 1999b)].

Footnotes:

Footnotes should be automatically numbered using the Arabic numeral system (1, 2, 3, ...), formatted in Times New Roman font 10, with single spacing between lines and justified alignment. They are intended for explanatory information or additional clarifications that cannot be included in the body of the text. It is recommended that notes be brief and kept to a minimum. Bibliographical references should not be included in the notes, but in the main body of the text, as already mentioned.

Charts, tables and illustrations:

Charts are used to display qualitative research data, almost always presented in textual rather than numerical form. Tables, on the other hand, are commonly used for quantitative data, in numerical form. Illustrations, among other things, can be a drawing, a photograph, a graph, a map, a movie frame, etc. Charts, tables and illustrations should be inserted somewhere in the main body of the text, as close as possible to the passage to which they refer; they should also have a title at the top and an indication of the source at the bottom. If the table, chart or even illustration was created by the author(s), the following should be indicated: "Source: Author(s)". If there is more than one chart, more than one table or more than one illustration throughout the text, they should be numbered before the title, followed by a period and the corresponding title. Example: Table 1. The new theories of communication or Graph 1. Journalistic oligopolies.

Any of these elements used by the author(s) must have excellent resolution and be of a quality compatible with professional printing. The authors take responsibility for any need for permission to reproduce these figures, and must comply with national legislation and international conventions on intellectual property.

2.1.1.3 References cited

At the end of the text of the article or scientific communication, only the bibliographical references cited in the text should be listed. They should be listed in alphabetical order in Times New Roman 12-point font, with single spacing between lines, justified alignment and no indentation at the beginning of paragraphs.  The standardization of these complete references should follow the examples below:

Books with up to three authors (SURNAME, Author's name (if there is more than one, they should be separated by a semicolon). Title of the work in italics: subtitle (if there is one). Edition, if not the first. Translator (if there is one). Place of publication: publisher, date of publication):

ROUANET, Sérgio Paulo. Mal-estar na modernidade: ensaios. 2nd ed. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1993.

MARTÍN-BARBERO, Jesus. Oficio de cartógrafo: travesías latinoamericanas de la comunicación en la cultura. Mexico, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2002.

MATTELART, Armand; MATTELART, Michèle. History of communication theories. Translated by Luiz Paulo Rouanet. São Paulo: Edições Loyola, 2000.

Books with more than three authors (SURNAME, Name of main author et al. Title of the work in italics: subtitle (if any). Edition, if not the first. Translator (if any). Place of publication: publisher, date of publication):

GONZALEZ, Maria Eunice Quilici et al. Ciências humanas em debate. São Paulo: Cultura Acadêmica, 2013.

Organized books (SURNAME, Name of the organizer (if there is more than one, they should be separated by a semicolon) (Org.). Title of the work in italics: subtitle (if there is one). Edition, if not the first. Translator (if there is one). Place of publication: publisher, date of publication):

LIMA, Luiz Costa (Org.). Teoria da Cultura de Massa. São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 2000.

Book in e-book format (depending on the author, the formatting is the same as above. The following is added at the end: Available at: <put the electronic location address>. Accessed on: day month (abbreviated) and year):

ALENCAR, José de. How and why I am a novelist. Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, 1893. Available at: <http://www.brasiliana.usp.br/bbd/handle/1918/00176100>. Accessed on: March 30, 2015.

Book chapters (SURNAME, Author's name. Title of the chapter. In: SURNAME, Name of the organizer (if there is more than one, these should be separated by semicolons) (Org.). Title of the work in italics: subtitle (if any). Edition, if not the first. Translator (if there is one). Place of publication: publisher, date of publication. Start and end page of the chapter):

ROUANET, Sérgio Paulo. Enlightenment and barbarism. In:___. Mal-estar na modernidade: ensaios. 2nd ed. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1993. p.9-45.

ROCHA, Glauber. An aesthetic of hunger. In: MARTIN, Michael (ed.). New Latin American cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997. p.59-61.

Scientific journal articles 

(SURNAME, First name. Title of the article. Title of the journal in italics (abbreviated or not), city of publication, v. followed by the year or volume number, n. followed by the issue number, beginning and end page, abbreviated month, year of publication):

MARTÍN-BARBERO, Jesús. Razón técnica y razón política: espacios / tiempos no pensados. Rev. Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, São Paulo, v.1, n.1, p.22-37, jul-dez, 2004.

If it is available online, add it to the end:

Available at: <put location e-mail address>. Accessed on: day month (abbreviated) and year.

Articles published in the press 

(SURNAME, First name. Title of article. Name of newspaper or magazine, city of publication, day followed by abbreviated month. Year. Number or title of the section or supplement, beginning and end page):

VIEIRA, Fabricio. Bovespa rises 2.87%, biggest advance in two months. Folha de S. Paulo. São Paulo, Feb. 14, 2007. Folha Dinheiro, p.12.

Theses and dissertations 

(SURNAME, First name. Title in italics: normal subtitle. Year of deposit. Total number of pages or volumes. Type of work - location: [Course Conclusion Work (Graduation in...) (Specialization in...) / Dissertation (Master's in...) / Thesis (Doctorate in...) - Faculty of... / Institute of...], University, City of defense, year of defense):

CANDIDO, Antonio. Parceiros do rio bonito: estudo sobre a crise nos meios de subsistência do caipira paulista. 226 f. Thesis (Doctorate in Sociology) - Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 1954.

Internet articles 

(SURNAME, First name. Title in italics: normal subtitle. Available at: <email address>. Accessed on: day followed by abbreviated month. Year):

ECO, Umberto. Para una guerrilla semiológica. Available at: <http://www.nombrefalso.com.ar/apunte.php?id=16>. Accessed on: January 3, 2007.

Papers published in scientific event proceedings 

(SURNAME, First name. Title of the work. In: Name of the event, edition number of the event, year of the event. Title of proceedings, notebook, minutes, etc. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication, volume, first and last page of the published work):

DIMAS, Antonio. An inconvenient lady. In: International Seminar New World in the Tropics, 1, 2000. Proceedings of the International Seminar New World in the Tropics. Recife: Gilberto Freyre Foundation, 2000. v. 1, p. 299-302.

Audiovisual products 

(TITLE. Director. Producer. Place of production: production company, date. Specification of the medium in physical units. Additional elements to the reference to better identify the document):

BLADE Runner. Directed by: Ridley Scott. Production: Michael Deeley. Performers: Harrison Ford; Rutger Hauer; Sean Young; Edward James Olmos and others. Screenplay: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Music: Vangelis. Los Angeles: Warner Brothers, 1991. 1 DVD (117 min), widescreen, color. Produced by Warner Video Home. Based on the novella "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.

Sound document 

(SURNAME, Name of composer(s) or performer(s). Title. Place of recording: Recording company (or equivalent), date of recording, specification of medium. Additional information may be added to the reference):

FERRER, Ibrahim. Buenos Hermanos. New York, NY: World Circuit/Nonesuch, 2003. 1 CD (56 min).

2.2 Interview

2.2.1 General formatting:

Conducted with an academic personality of great international prominence in the field of Communication in Latin America, the interview must be at least 20,000 characters long (with spaces and including any footnotes and bibliographical references) and at most 35,000 characters long (with spaces and including any footnotes and bibliographical references). The text, in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice, must be in DIN A4 size page format (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm), with all side margins of 3 cm, with text typed in Times New Roman font, body 12, justified, with single spacing between lines and a 1 cm indent at the beginning of paragraphs.

The interview is in question and answer format. Under no circumstances should the questions use all uppercase fonts and be in bold, with no need to identify the interviewer. The answers should also not use all capitalized fonts. It is also not necessary to identify the interviewee at the beginning of each answer. Italics are only used for foreign words. Any highlights within the text - such as subheadings - should be placed in bold.

Title

Each interview must have a title, centered, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in that order, all in uppercase, in Times New Roman font, body 14, with single spacing between the lines. Under no circumstances should the titles contain footnotes, nor should they be bolded, italicized or underlined.

Please note: if the article is written in Spanish or English, the order in which the titles are presented changes. For articles written in Spanish, the order of the titles is as follows: in Spanish, in English and in Portuguese. For articles written in English, the order of the titles is as follows: in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.

Brief biography of the interviewee

Below the title, after skipping a line, there should be the interviewee's full name and a brief biography, in no more than 800 characters (with spaces). It is recommended that this biographical text include the biographee's institutional and academic connections, the main positions and roles they have held throughout their career, as well as the titles and awards they have won. The e-mail address to be disclosed should also be added at the end.

Introductory text

Before the questions and answers, the interviewer may insert a brief introductory text about the interview and/or interviewee. This text must contain a maximum of 1,200 characters (with spaces).

Footnotes

Footnotes should only be used when essential.

References cited

Generally, this type of text within the magazine, because it is an interview, does not include citations and bibliographical references. However, if necessary, you should use the general rules for citations and bibliographical references indicated in items 2.1.1.2 and 2.1.1.3.

Photography

In addition to the text of the interview, you must also send a digital photo, in JPEG or JPG format, with a minimum size of 6 cm X 4 cm and a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

2.3 Study

2.3.1 General formatting

The text of the Studies section must have a minimum of 20,000 characters (with spaces and including any footnotes, abstracts with keywords in the three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish, in that order) and bibliographical references) and a maximum of 35,000 characters (with spaces and including any footnotes, abstracts with keywords in the three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish, in that order) and bibliographical references). The text must be in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice format, on a DIN A4 size page (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm), with all side margins of 3 cm.

Titles:

In Portuguese, English and Spanish, in that order, the titles must be in all capital letters, with a maximum of 150 characters (including spaces), typed in Times New Roman font 14 with single spacing between the lines, justified alignment and no paragraph indentation. The title can be the name of the program or the postgraduate course being reported. Under no circumstances should titles contain footnotes or be subject to bold, italics or underlining.

Abstracts:

Three abstracts (in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in that order) about the postgraduate program or course reported, each with a maximum of 650 characters (with spaces). All of them must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font with single spacing between lines, justified alignment and no paragraph indentation.

Keywords:

Each of the three abstracts is accompanied by four keywords separated by semicolons.

Please note: if the article is written in Spanish or English, the order in which the titles, abstracts and keywords are presented will change. For articles written in Spanish, the order of titles, abstracts and keywords is as follows: in Spanish, in English and in Portuguese. For articles written in English, the order of titles, abstracts and keywords is as follows: in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.

Body of the main text:

It is up to the author(s) to subdivide the texts. It is suggested, however, that the texts, in relation to the postgraduate program or course, should address the (1) history and origin; (2) lines of research and research areas; (3) teaching staff; (4) research groups formed; (5) forms of action in the local, national and international context in the field of Communication; (6) individual and collective research resulting; (7) prospects and planning for the coming years.

If it is necessary to use bibliographical references, the general rules for citation and the formation of bibliographical references indicated in items 2.1.1.2 and 2.1.1.3 should be used.

2.4 Review

2.4.1 General formatting

The reviews, whose objects are works in the field of Communication published in the last 24 months, must have a minimum of 7,500 characters (with spaces and including any footnotes, abstracts with keywords in the three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish) and bibliographical references) and a maximum of 15,000 characters (with spaces and including any footnotes, abstracts with keywords in the three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish) and bibliographical references). The text must be in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice format, on a DIN A4 size page (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm) and with all side margins of 3 cm.

The author(s) must follow the same identification elements as in item 2.1.1.1. Two lines after these elements, after the keywords, add the full reference of the work reviewed (following the formatting of item 2.1.1.3).

For the body of the main text, you must follow the same formatting rules as in item 2.1.1.2.