Submissions

Author Guidelines

The following rules must be observed:

• All papers must be submitted through the journal's system, following the current spelling standards of the language in which they are written.
• In the case of articles and visual essays, all information that allows the identification of the author must be removed from the file in order to ensure double-blind evaluation. When citing other works by the author, replace the name with [Author] throughout the text and in the bibliographic references.
• The articles and visual essays must contain:

           a) Portuguese, Spanish and English versions of the title and subtitle.
           b) Portuguese, Spanish and English versions of an abstract of up to 250 words.
           c) Four keywords in the three languages ​​of the journal.

• Articles, interviews and translations must have a minimum of 6,000 and a maximum of 11,000 words, including references and notes.
• Visual essays must have a presentation of up to 1,000 words that expresses the meaning of the proposal, as well as follow the other guidelines specified in the "Visual Essays" section below.
• Reviews should be of recent books (published in the last three years), with continuous text (without abstracts or subsections) and with a maximum of 5,000 words. The complete reference of the work must be indicated: author, title and subtitle, place, publisher, year of publication and number of pages.
• Interviews should have Portuguese, Spanish and English versions of the title and subtitle. They should also be preceded by a biographical introduction of no more than 1,000 words and presented in a question-and-answer format, with the names of the interviewee and interviewer in bold and the questions in italics.
• Translations must be preceded by an introduction of up to 1,000 words that briefly addresses the relevance of the author and the work in question. The complete reference of the original article or chapter must be indicated: authorship, title and subtitle, place and year of publication and number of pages.

Format

• All papers must be submitted in Word format (.doc or .docx), justified, with 1.5 spacing in the body of the text and 1.25 indentation in the first line of each paragraph (with the exception of direct quotes of more than three lines).
• Margins should be at the default setting (top and bottom 2.5; left and right 3.0) and there should be no spacing between paragraphs.
• Notes must appear at the bottom of the page in sequence with Arabic numerals, Times New Roman font, size 10 and single spacing.
• References must come after the text, ordered alphabetically and according to ABNT standards.
• Direct citations in the body of the text must be accompanied by the authorship reference, year of publication and page(s), in accordance with the respective models: (Geertz, 1957, p. 235) or according to Geertz (1957, p. 235). In indirect citations, the page indication is optional.
• Direct citations longer than three lines should be highlighted with a 4.0 cm indentation and font size 10, without quotation marks and with single spacing. Transcripts of interlocutors' speeches follow the same rule.
• Manuscript images (photographs, figures, maps, plans and graphs in jpg or tiff format) must be sent in the body of the text (without compression) with the desired final size, resolution of at least 300 dpi and caption indicating title or description with the source (authorship and year).
• Typographic resources must be used uniformly:

           a) Italics: for foreign words, titles (books, events, etc.) and emphasis.
           b) Double quotation marks: direct quotations of less than three lines, quotations of particular terms or words whose connotation deserves emphasis.
           c) Bold: should not be used.

Guidelines for coordinating dossiers

Áltera Journal publishes two thematic dossiers annually, which can be submitted by professionals with a completed doctorate. Regional diversity and internationalization are significant criteria for selecting dossiers, as well as proposals whose organizers are from different regions and countries. Furthermore, all dossiers must contain at least two articles in a foreign language (Spanish or English).

The dossiers consist of approximately 10 articles that must comply with the standards available on the journal's website. Articles may be submitted by invitation from the organization and/or by public call. In both cases, all articles are subject to a peer review process (double-blind review).

The dossier proposal must be sent to the email revistaaltera@gmail.com containing:

• Title of the dossier.
• Brief presentation of the organizers.
• Description of the dossier with up to 1,000 words, including a justification on the relevance and actuality of the topic, the divergences or tensions considered and the possibilities for improvement and/or deepening of the topic.
• At least 6 article proposals including the author's name, institutional affiliation and an abstract of up to 250 words about the intended manuscript.