Author Guidelines
Submission rules (updated December/2020)
In order to contribute to the improvement of the writing of the papers, we recommend the previous reading of the guidelines for authors and translators of the European Association of Science Editors (available here).
1 - Sociedade & Natureza Journal accepts for publication original articles, research results of an empirical, experimental or conceptual nature, master's, doctoral or similar studies on a theme specific to Geographic Science (with a minimum of 4000 and a maximum of 6000 words, including titles, abstracts and references).
2 - The journal's editorial team will judge the pertinence of publishing papers from related areas (which must necessarily include a territorial/spatial approach). Texts not related to the journal's focus will be excluded from the evaluation list.
3 -Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's website. In case authors find difficulties during the submission process, authors should consult the system tutorial here (in Portuguese only).
4 - Submissions will be accepted in the following languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English. Submissions in Portuguese and Spanish, after evaluation and issue of final acceptance by the Journal, must be translated into English so it can also be published in that language. The paper will only be published after the presentation of the text in English, within the quality standards of the Journal (see more information in the Guidelines for presenting English papers topic). Submissions originally in English do not require translations, but it must be accompanied by a certificate of translation of the text, according to the "Guidelines for presenting English papers" topic. Poor quality in writing the text in English will result in its immediate rejection.
5 -Authors must pay attention to the correct and complete filling in of the submission metadata. All authors must be registered separately in the electronic submission form (ORCID code, area of training, title and institution of professional activity). The absence of such information will result in the direct exclusion of the submission. Under no circumstances will authors be added or removed after the submission has been accepted.
6 - During submission, authors must upload the following documents:
6.1. Letter to the editor (template available here): authors must present all data requested in the template, including: title of the article, name(s) of the author(s), ORCID number (mandatory for all authors), affiliation(s) and email(s). Also in this document, authors must provide the Acknowledgments (if any), funding sources (if any), the Authors' Contributions (following the author roles in CRediT) and Declaration of Artificial Intelligence Use. Then, authors must present a summary of the article that justifies why it should be published in Sociedade & Natureza. Authors must also certify that this is an original submission and is not under review in any other journal. In the case of research involving human beings, the authors must also submit approval from the responsible Ethics Committee. Any further authorizations that are necessary must be included in this document.
6.2. Main document: a Word document containing the content of the article, in strict compliance with all the guidelines available here. The text must not contain footnotes, endnotes, or headers. As the review process is Double-Blind, this document must not contain any information that could allow the identification of the authorship. Please remember to remove all information that could identify the authors, including from the document's properties. This file must not exceed 12 MB in size.
P.S.: communications between authors and editors during the editorial process must be conducted exclusively through the journal's system, in the appropriate fields. Documents and messages sent directly to the editors' personal emails will not be considered part of the editorial process.
Guidelines for presenting English Articles
After acceptance of the submission, texts in Portuguese and Spanish must also include a complete version in English. The translations must comply with the quality standard consistent with the policies of Sociedade & Natureza; therefore, authors must upload to the system, together with the translated version, a document proving that the translation was performed by a qualified professional. This document should contain data attesting to the translator's qualifications (for example: an invoice with the translation company's tax ID, professional association registration, or the translator's curriculum or certificate).
que os autores sejam bastante criteriosos na apresentação dos textos em inglês."
The English text will be reviewed by the editors. If it does not meet the Journal's quality standards, it will be returned to the authors for the necessary revisions. If, after this stage, the translation still falls short of the required quality, the submission will be rejected. Therefore, we strongly recommend that authors exercise great care in the presentation of the English texts.
Suggestions:
In the document from the European Association of Science Editors (available here).
- Remember also to translate the content of the figures! In many cases, it will be necessary to remake them. Therefore, figures in Portuguese will not be accepted in the translated version.
Native English speakers are not required to upload the language translation certificate.
Preprint
The submission of preprints from the following server is accepted: SciELO Preprints. The acceptance of preprints from other servers will be evaluated by the journal's editors.
Periodicity
The Journal adopts a continuous publication system. Articles are published as soon as they are approved and edited. This model provides greater speed to the editorial process, reducing the time between submission and the online publication of full texts.
