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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  • The text submitted is unpublished and the work, in part or in its entirety, or any other work with substantially similar content, from my authorship, has not been sent to another journal and it will not be sent, while its publication is being considerate by Em Questão.

  • The text submitted should be formatted according to the template provided by the editorial committee, and meet the conditions of editing of the journal.

  • The manuscript does not contain identification of the authors and/or research project/dissertation/thesis on its initial page, in the references, in the citations, in the tables and in the images. This procedure ensures blind peer review. All information referring to the authors must be inserted in the metadata of the paper during the process of registering the text in the system..

  • The images, in addition to being inserted in the text, are also provided separately as supplementary documents. Descriptions are suggested for people with visual disabilities (according to the template).
  • The metadata inserted by the author during the submission process is visible to readers if the text is approved for publication. Therefore, it is important to ensure correct spelling and complete and appropriate filling of the available fields, including those dedicated to foreign languages.
  • All the listed authors participated in the work and considered themselves responsible for its content, and they are in accordance with the article submission to the journal Em Questão.
    Access here the Authorship and Responsibility Statement and send the file signed by the authors as a supplementary document.
  • None of the authors have manuscripts submitted to Em Questão at this moment, either in the evaluation or editing process. If the authors violate this rule, the submitted text will be automatically archived by the editorial committee.
  • In the case of the use of artificial intelligence, this is described in the methodological procedures of the article. The artificial intelligence tool does not assume authorship responsibilities.
  • Please provide tables and diagrammed charts as text (not as images) to enable reading by screen reader software and enhance accessibility. It is suggested that images be described: describe all elements succinctly, providing the necessary elements for a person with visual disabilities to understand them. The description should be provided just below the source, as "Description of Figure X:".
  • The article contains information of financing, according to the template.
  • The Research Data Availability Statement has been reviewed and signed by all authors (attached to the Authorship and Responsibility Statement).

Author Guidelines

Em Questão welcomes contributions from professors, researchers and doctoral students in Information Science and related fields. Submissions of those with a masters degree or masters students will be evaluated if co-authored by a PhD.

Requirements for submission:

  1. The text must be unpublished in Brazil and not be under evaluation to be published by any other journal. Texts previously published in conference proceedings. The journal accepts submission of manuscripts previously deposited on a preprints servers such as SciELO Preprints or Research Square;
  2. Any material submitted for evaluation must follow the SUBMISSION TEMPLATE, which contains detailed instructions on the data to be sent, its format, as well as the standards of Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) to be used;
  3. The journal accepts texts written in Portuguese, English or Spanish (title, abstract and keywords should be informed in the original language, in Portuguese and English);
  4. Papers must be between 7,000 and 9,000 words in length, including abstract and references. Reviews must be up to 1,500 words and interviews up to 5,000 words;
  5. Papers must include an introduction (with a clear definition of its objectives), methodological procedures, analysis/reporting of results and conclusions/closing remarks;
  6. The title, abstract and keywords should be clear and objective, and designate what the text actually produced, avoiding metaphorical, abstract and subjective terms. Enter three to five keywords;
  7. Submissions should be made through Open Jornual System through user/author’s registration. Upon registering a profile in the system, report the requested data avoiding the use of abbreviations. Save login and password to monitor the editorial process. The system of the journal is case sensitive in both fields, therefore, to access the system, you must enter the alphanumeric characters observing this characteristic;
  8. When forwarding the article to the journal through its system, the author which will make the submission should be registered and logged. The following data/files will be requested during the submission process: authors’ full name and institutional affiliation, ORCID, e-mail and a short biography; title, abstract and keywords in the original language of submission, in Portuguese and in English; digital file with the text and embedded images; additional documents (images or audio);
  9. Digital images (digital assets) – photos, graphs, images –, in addition to being inserted in the text, should be submitted as supplementary documents in TIF or JPG format, with resolution between 200 and 300 dpi. Audio files or moving images should also be submitted as supplementary documents. The titles, captions and sources must accompany the images inserted in the text as per instructions contained in the submission template;
  10. Signed articles, as well as the images within them, are responsibility of the authors.

The ethics responsibilities are disclosed in About the journal.

The peer review process is disclosed in the Editorial Policy.

Em Questão is an open access journal that does not practice Article Processing Charge (APC).

Em Questão suggests that authors deposit research datasets in institutional or thematic repositories, such as SciELO Data, Zenodo and LattesData. If the research has reused data, we request that it be cited.

 

Authors' Contribution

People listed as authors must have effectively participated in the work and take responsibility for its content. For submissions to Em Questão, all authors must sign the Authorship and Responsibility Statement. This document must be sent as a supplementary document at the time of submission.

 

Types of Documents Accepted

The journal "Em Questão" accepts original works (articles, interviews, or reviews) written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. These works must be unpublished and fall into one of the following categories:

  • Article - Presents themes or original scientific approaches (research reports, case studies), contributing to the knowledge established in the area, or it can be a review article (analyzing and discussing ideas, methods, techniques, processes, and outcomes that have already been published).
  • Interview - Features reflections from prominent researchers and practitioners in Information Science.
  • Review - Provides assessment and critical analysis of newly published works.

 

Digital Assets

Digital images (digital assets) – photos, graphs, images –, in addition to being inserted in the text, should be submitted as supplementary documents in TIF or JPG format, with resolution between 200 and 300 dpi. Audio files or moving images should also be submitted as supplementary documents. The titles, captions and sources must accompany the images inserted in the text as per instructions contained in the submission template.

 

Please provide tables and diagrammed charts as text (not as images) to enable reading by screen reader software and enhance accessibility. It is suggested that images be described: describe all elements succinctly, providing the necessary elements for a person with visual disabilities to understand them. The description should be provided just below the source, as "Description of Figure X:".

 

Citations and References

Em Questão adopts the following standards from the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT):

  1. Abstracts: NBR 6028/2003;
  2. References: NBR 6023/2018;
  3. Citations: NBR 10520/2023 (updated in July 2023);
  4.  Progressive numbering: NBR 6024/2012;
  5. Journal articles: NBR 6022/2003.

 

Charts and tables must follow the tabular presentation standards of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE): tables must include quantitative information and have open sides, while charts must include qualitative information and have closed sides.

 

Articles submitted in English or Spanish may follow the citation and reference guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA, latest version) or Vancouver standards. Authors agree to the adaptation of these guidelines to the ABNT model if the article is accepted.

If the research involves data reuse, the source of the data must be appropriately cited (only in Portuguese).

 

See more information and examples in the *Em Questão* Template (available in Portuguese, English,  and Spanish).

 

Supplementary Documents

 The supplementary documents that must accompany the manuscript submission are:

a) a statement of authorship and responsibility signed by all authors (mandatory for all submissions);

b) an ethics committee approval form (if applicable).

c) high-resolution images, graphics, tables, and other digital assets (if applicable, these should be included within the manuscript and submitted as a supplementary document for formatting purposes).

 

Grant Statement

Funding information must be included in the article's metadata at the time of submission and added to the article after peer review if accepted. Acknowledgments should likewise only be included after the article is accepted in a specific section as outlined in the Em Questão template.

 

Last update: 10/31/2024

Copyright Notice

The following information replicates what is contained in the Policies on Copyright, Intellectual Property, and Terms of Use.

 

Copyright

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

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License, which allows accessing, printing, reading, sharing, remixing, adapting, and developing derivative work with the recognition of authorship.
  • Authors are authorized to enter additional contracts separately, for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal, such as publishing in an institutional repository, with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Readers are free to read, download, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles without asking prior permission from the author or publishers, respecting the prerogatives of the CC BY 4.0 license.

 

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

Website Responsibility:

  • All content on Em Questão website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY 4.0).
  • Readers can read, download, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of the articles without asking prior permission from the author or publishers, respecting the prerogatives of the CC BY 4.0 license.

Author Responsibility:

"Em Questão" complies with the DOAJ prerogative for open-access journals. Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors of articles published by "Em Questão" retain Copyright and are aware that Em Questão adopts Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited.
  • "Em Questão" encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by posting them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as on their personal social media, as long as the full citation to the journal's website version is included.

 

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

Website Responsibility:

  • All content on Em Questão website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY 4.0).
  • Readers can read, download, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of the articles without asking prior permission from the author or publishers, respecting the prerogatives of the CC BY 4.0 license.

Author Responsibility:

"Em Questão" complies with the DOAJ prerogative for open-access journals. Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors of articles published by "Em Questão" retain Copyright and are aware that Em Questão adopts Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited.
  • "Em Questão" encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by posting them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as on their personal social media, as long as the full citation to the journal's website version is included.

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