Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. The Reflexão e Ação Journal welcomes unpublished articles from Brazilian and foreign authors that address the field of research in education, stemming from research, theoretical studies, reflections on practices, and controversial discussions. Contributions must be original, authored, unpublished, not having been published or under review by another journal or conference proceedings.

Manuscripts received by Reflexão e Ação are evaluated using the Similiarity Check tool, distributed by iThenticate. The journal condemns unethical practices and operates on the premise that authors ensure the originality of the document and explicitly acknowledge the use of information from other referenced authors. Therefore, authors may receive inquiries during the evaluation process regarding potential non-conformities identified by the tool. If misconduct is confirmed, the author and co-authors involved will be notified of the rejection and archiving of the work.
Due to the importance in identifying the author(s) with greater accuracy, Reflexão e Ação journal requires that the author(s) include the ORCID in their metadata at the moment they submit the manuscripts. This identifier individualizes the researcher, distinguishing one from the other and at the same time avoiding problems with ambiguities on the entries and spelling of the same name. Another important characteristic is that ORCID is unrestricted and allows the exchange of metadata.
Using an ORCID ID, the researchers are connected with their activities, research results, publications and affiliations. The ORCID register can be obtained at no charge at the site http://orcid.org.

2. Reflexão e Ação does not accept submissions of theses or dissertations chapters, research reports and conclusion works. If a preliminary or reduced version of the work has been published in annals of events or other means, this must be informed at the moment of the submission. The relevance of the submitted text will be under evaluation by the journal editors.

3. Articles from PhD researchers can be submitted, master’s and PhD candidates, and also master´s students, as long as the articles are written in co-authorship with at least one PhD author. The maximum number of authors per article is three. The metadata of each author must be correctly filled in.

4. The journal adopts procedures to avoid conflicts of interest and to ensure double-blind peer review during the evaluation stages of submitted articles. Therefore, to avoid identifying the authors of the work if they are cited in the body of the text, it is recommended to use the notation "Author (hidden to maintain anonymity)" in the text and in the references (in the references, it should be at the beginning of the list, respecting the hierarchy of alphabetical order). If the article is approved, during the proofreading stage, the submitting author may replace the expression with the hidden reference.

5. Authors must respect the interval of 18 months between the publication of an original work authored or co-authored by them and the submission of a new article. Additionally, they should not have more than one article under evaluation simultaneously.

6. Articles can be submitted in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French.

7. Articles should have between 35,000 (thirty-five thousand) and 45,000 (forty-five thousand) characters with spaces, including bibliographic references, notes, and abstracts. Citations should follow the Author/date format, according to the current ABNT standards. It should be noted that in the latest update of the standards, authors' surnames cited in the text are no longer in uppercase. Other formatting and style issues are outlined in the Article Template provided on the journal's website. The submitted article must adhere to the format of this template for the continuation of validation, evaluation, and editing processes.

8. The article title should be in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, and contain a maximum of 100 characters including spaces (in all three languages). The formatting of the title should follow the model expressed in the template.

9. Metadata should be correctly included in the system, with no pending issues regarding the authors of the submission and other contributors. The author(s) have provided their ORCID ID in the submission metadata.

10. The first page of the text should also include an abstract in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, each not exceeding 700 characters, including spaces, written in a single paragraph, followed by up to five keywords. Those in Portuguese must necessarily present a version of the article title, abstract, and keywords in English and Spanish. Articles in foreign languages must necessarily present a version of the article title, abstract, and keywords in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. If the article is submitted in French, there will still be a requirement for translation of the title, abstract, and keywords into two different languages, with one of them being English.

11. References (whether bibliographic, media, or others) should be in alphabetical order and in accordance with the most recent ABNT standards.

12. The DOI address should be added to the references of articles in digital format, if available.

13. Figures and tables [indicate source (bibliographical data, author, date, title, page)], should be done using Arabic numbers, consecutively, whenever possible, in the order in which they appear in the text. For all the references to the illustrations on the text, use respectively, the abbreviations Fig. and Tab. The subtitles should be presented separated on paper.

14. Interviews should have between 12,000 and 45,000 characters with spaces. Regarding formatting, the model expressed in the Interview Template should be followed.

15. Book reviews should have between 12,000 and 15,000 characters with spaces, including bibliographic references and notes. Regarding formatting, the model expressed in the Review Template should be followed.

16. Drawings, graphs and maps should be digitalized in high resolution, under evaluation of the editor(s).

17. Starting from May 1st, 2020, articles in Portuguese submitted to Reflexão e Ação may, if approved, translate the original text into a foreign language (English or Spanish). The journal will publish both versions of the text (in Portuguese and in the foreign language chosen by the author). The translated text should be sent to the editors within the deadline stipulated by them, starting from the acceptance of the original manuscript.

Observation
*The responsibility and costs associated with translating the article into another language may be assumed by the authors. The translated text should include credits for the professional responsible for the translation (name and email address). Financial arrangements related to this activity do not involve Reflexão e Ação and its editors.

*The editors reserve the right to make minor modifications to the originals to ensure their compliance with publication standards. Substantial modifications will be the responsibility of the authors, who will receive copies of the reviews with respective suggestions.

>>Click here to download the formatting template.