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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 files for submission must be in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF format (provided they do not exceed 2MB).
  • The text follows the style guidelines and bibliographic requirements described in Guidelines for Authors, in the About the Journal section.
  • I declare that, if Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), and/or Large Language Models (LLMs) were used in the preparation of the manuscript, their use adhered to the journal's editorial guidelines and standards, as well as the provisions of CONSEPE/UFPB Resolution No. 57/2025. I further declare that the use of these resources is explicitly stated in the Methodology section, in the same manner as other software and tools employed in the preparation of the manuscript.
  • La contribución es original e inédita y no está siendo evaluada simultáneamente para su publicación en otra revista. Para garantizar la integridad del proceso de revisión por pares doble ciego, la revista no acepta manuscritos que hayan sido puestos a disposición previamente en servidores de preprints, repositorios institucionales o actas de eventos.
  • Translations submitted for publication must be accompanied by written authorization from the author of the original work and the publisher.
  • Los manuscritos recibidos son sometidos a la evaluación de, al menos, dos revisores, seleccionados de acuerdo con su área de actuación y especialidad en relación con el tema del manuscrito. En caso de divergencia entre los dictámenes, se solicitará la evaluación de un tercer revisor. En todos los casos, la revista adopta el sistema de revisión por pares doble ciego (double-blind peer review), preservando la identidad de autorías y revisores durante el proceso.
  • Original manuscripts must be written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, and, exceptionally, at the discretion of the Editorial Committee, in French.
  • La identificación de autoría ha sido eliminada del archivo y de sus propiedades (metadatos del procesador de textos), así como cualquier otro elemento que pudiera permitir la identificación de las personas autoras, con el fin de garantizar el anonimato exigido en el proceso de revisión por pares doble ciego.
  • I declare that the information presented in the manuscript is my responsibility and that the text meets the standards of authorship, originality, and scientific integrity adopted by the journal.

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted to Informação & Sociedade must strictly follow the current standards of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT), especially the following:

  • NBR 6022: Presentation of periodical publication articles;

  • NBR 6023: References;

  • NBR 6024: Progressive numbering of document sections;

  • NBR 6028: Abstracts;

  • NBR 10520: Presentation of citations in documents.

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the journal's system (OJS), after the user has registered with an Author profile.

Submission Requirements:

  • Format: Manuscripts should preferably be submitted in DOC or DOCX format.

  • Length: Articles must contain between 20 and 25 pages.

  • Academic Degree: For submission, all authors must hold a completed undergraduate degree, and at least one author must hold a doctoral degree.

  • ORCID: All authors must have an ORCID iD, which must be properly entered into the OJS system at the time of submission.

  • Template: The preparation of the manuscript must compulsorily use the template provided by the journal: [Click here to access the template]. Regarding text editor display: If your text software displays a colored or shaded background in the body of the template document, go to the Review > Restrict Editing tab/pane and uncheck the option "Highlight the regions I can edit". Regarding submission anonymity: This template must not contain any author identification (such as names, emails, ORCID, institutional affiliation, or acknowledgments). All authorship information must be entered exclusively in the corresponding fields on the OJS platform at the time of submission.

Formatting Specifications:

  • Paper size: A4 (21 cm × 29.7 cm).

  • Spacing: 1.5 line spacing (according to NBR 6022).

  • Margins: Top and left (3 cm); bottom and right (2 cm).

  • Pagination: Do not insert page numbers.

Graphic Elements and Notes:

  • Illustrations: Figures, graphs, charts, tables, flowcharts, and drawings should be used only when essential for the comprehension of the text. They must present an order number, title, and source (even when created by the authors themselves).

  • Tables and Charts: The presentation must follow the Tabular Presentation Standards of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

  • Notes: Footnotes or endnotes should be avoided. On the first page, footnotes are permitted exclusively to indicate financial support received, the origin of the work (theses/dissertations), or previous presentation at events.

  • Acknowledgments: Regarding institutional or financial support, they must be presented at the end of the original text, before the references.

Style and Language:

  • Foreign words: Use only italics (without quotation marks).

  • Ordinal numbers: From one to nine, spell out the number; from 10 onwards, use numerals.

  • Abbreviations and acronyms: Upon the first occurrence, present the full expression, followed by the acronym in parentheses. In subsequent occurrences, use only the acronym.

  • Highlights in the text: Use bold or italics in a standardized manner. Do not underline blank spaces.

  • Short citations: Inserted within the paragraph itself, enclosed in double quotation marks.

  • Long citations: In an independent paragraph, with a 4 cm indent from the left margin, single spacing, size 10 font, and without quotation marks.

  • In-text citation: Use the author-date system (e.g., SILVA, 2023).

  • Verb tense and grammatical person: Maintain uniformity throughout the text. The use of the first person singular or plural, as well as the third person, is allowed, provided there is no alternation of grammatical voices in the same manuscript.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative Technologies: If Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), and/or Large Language Models (LLM) resources were used in the preparation of the manuscript, their use must follow the journal's editorial guidelines and standards, as well as the provisions of Resolution No. 57/2025 of CONSEPE/UFPB. The use of these resources must be explicitly stated in the Methodology section, in the same way that other software and tools employed in the preparation of the manuscript are declared.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

c) Authors are permitted and encouraged to post and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) only after the official publication of the article by the journal, thereby preserving the anonymity of the double-blind review. This subsequent sharing is encouraged as it can lead to greater citation and impact of the published work.

 

 

 

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement:

The personal data provided to the journal Informação & Sociedade  (such as names, email addresses, academic degrees, institutional affiliations, and ORCID iDs) will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of editorial management, double-blind peer review, publication, and scientific communication. This data will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party incompatible with academic activities.

The processing of registered information is carried out in strict compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD — Law No. 13.709/2018) and aligns with international data protection regulations (such as the GDPR), observing the principles of security, transparency, purpose limitation, and data minimization.

Metadata Sharing and Indexing: By submitting a manuscript, authors acknowledge that, upon acceptance and publication of the article, authorship metadata (full name, ORCID iD, institutional affiliation, and optionally, contact email) will become public. As part of the journal's commitment to the visibility and transparency of science, this metadata will be harvested by and shared with persistent identifier registration agencies (such as Crossref for DOI registration) as well as national and international databases, repositories, and indexing services.