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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.
  • The contribution is original and unpublished and is not under review or for publication by another journal. Otherwise, it should be justified in "Comments to the Editor".
  • Submission files are in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF format (provided they do not exceed 2MB)
  • The text is in single space; uses an 11-point font; Tahoma font; uses italic instead of underlining (except URL addresses); the figures and tables are inserted in the text, not at the end of the document in the form of attachments.
  • The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Instructions for Authors in the section About the Journal.
  • In case of submission to a peer-reviewed section (eg articles), the instructions to assure  Blind-Peer-Review were followed.
  • The authors undertake to make the submission respecting the data that are here requested here, considering that the manuscript is the final proposal. Only the changes suggested by the reviewers may be introduced during the period that will be requested to the author. Changes in form, spelling check, and other formal details will also be authorized during the period for the author final proof.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting an article, each Author should make sure that his/her text adheres to the following format standards for publication:

  • Font - single-space; 11-point Tahoma font; bold and italics rather than underlining (except URL addresses).
  • Tables/Graphs - insert within the text at the appropriate places rather than at the end of your doc. 
  • Pictures/Videos/Audios - insert within the text at the appropriate places rather than at the end of your doc.
  • Style and Bibliography Standards - please use the APA styleguide.
  • Title - concise and informative. Please remove the information of authors' names, emails, and affiliations for the double-blind review process.
  • Abstract - no more than 200 words. (note: if your text is written in a language other than English, please submit both an original and an English version of your abstract, title, and keywords). Keywords - 3 to 6 keywords.
  • URL - all URL addresses in the text and bibliography/references should be active and ready to click.
  • Lenght of articles - 20 pages maximum
  • Permissions - Authors are required to obtain permissions to reproduce previously copyrighted materials from other sources in both print and electronic form. 

Copyright Notice

Estudos em Comunicação/Communication Studies is an Open Access journal. All its content is freely available without charge to the user or his institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Estudos em Comunicação, by Labcom, is licensed under a Creative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial-SemDerivações 3.0 Unported License. By submitting your work to Estudos em Comunicação/Communication studies you confirm you are the author and own the copyright, that the content is original and previously unpublished, and that you agree to the licensing terms.

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Communication Studies is an Open Access journal. All its content is freely available without charge to the user or his institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Estudos em Comunicação, by LabCom is licensed under a Creative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial-SemDerivações 3.0 Unported License. By submitting your work to Estudos em Comunicação/Communication studies you confirm you are the author and own the copyright, that the content is original and previously unpublished, and that you agree to the licensing terms.