Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors wishing to contribute to Porto Arte must comply with the guidelines outlined below. Submissions that do not meet these requirements will be returned to the authors. 

1) Manuscripts must be submitted exclusively in digital format through the following website: https://seer.ufrgs.br/PortoArte/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions.

2) Manuscripts submitted to Porto Arte must be unpublished in Brazil. Previously published texts will not be accepted, except when previously presented as abstracts, lectures/conference presentations, conference proceedings, or chapters of academic theses or dissertations, provided that these are properly referenced in the article.

3) Manuscripts must be prepared in .doc or .docx format, using A4 paper size, with top and bottom margins of 2.5 cm and left and right margins of 3 cm. Manuscripts must not exceed the character limits established for the corresponding submission category, as specified in the section "Types of Manuscripts Published." https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/PortoArte/about

4) Contributions are accepted in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English and will be published in the language in which they are submitted. The title, abstract, and keywords must be provided in the original language and in a second language chosen from Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French.

5) Authors bear sole responsibility for the content of their submitted manuscripts. They retain intellectual property rights over the ideas they present and are responsible for the final proofreading of their texts, as well as for obtaining permission to use materials protected by copyright law. Translations must be accompanied by authorization from the original author.

6) The use of artificial intelligence must be described in the methodological procedures of the article. Artificial intelligence tools cannot assume authorship responsibilities, and Porto Arte considers the individuals who sign the article fully responsible for its content. Articles produced using generative artificial intelligence are prohibited.

7) Submitted manuscripts must not contain any references to their authorship within the text, in order to ensure anonymous peer review. All information concerning authorship, institutional affiliation, and any other details that might identify the authors must be removed from the submitted manuscript, both from the body of the text and from the file properties. All author information must be provided exclusively in the metadata fields during manuscript registration in the submission system.

8) Authors must provide their ORCID identifier. Authors who do not yet have an ORCID identifier should visit http://orcid.org and register free of charge.

9) If a manuscript approved and published in Porto Arte is subsequently published in a book or another journal, the original publication in Porto Arte must be properly cited.

10) By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to comply with the journal's requests concerning the text and images whenever necessary, respecting the deadlines established by the Editorial Team.

11) When submitting a manuscript, authors must enter the required information directly into the appropriate fields on the submission and registration page. The following information is mandatory: authors' full names and email addresses; institutional affiliations; ORCID identifiers; a brief biographical statement for each author, limited to 500 characters including spaces; manuscript title; abstract of up to 900 characters including spaces; keywords (up to five terms, separated by periods), in the original language and in Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French; and bibliographic references.

12) Articles, visual essays, and other materials submitted to thematic special issues must indicate this information in the document's filename.

13) The first page of the submitted manuscript must contain the title, abstract, and keywords.

Title: The title must not exceed 80 characters, including spaces. It must be centered, in bold, using Arial font, size 14. The title, in the original language, must be translated into a second language (Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French) and placed on a new line immediately below the original title.

Abstract: The abstract must clearly and concisely describe the content of the manuscript. It must not exceed 900 characters, including spaces, and must be written in Arial font, size 11, as a single paragraph with single line spacing. The abstract, in the original language, must be translated into a second language (Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French) and placed on a new line immediately below the original abstract.

Keywords: Keywords must be written in Arial font, size 11, with single line spacing, and may include up to five terms separated by periods. Keywords in the original language must be translated into a second language (Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French) and placed on a new line immediately below the original keywords.

14) The main text must use Arial font, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing, justified alignment, no first-line indentation, and 6-point spacing between paragraphs. Subheadings may be included and must be left-aligned, in bold, using Arial font, size 12, without indentation.

15) Explanatory notes must be kept to the minimum necessary and inserted as footnotes, numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. Endnotes must not be used.

16) Direct quotations of up to three lines must be enclosed in quotation marks and incorporated into the main text. Direct quotations exceeding three lines must be presented as block quotations, using Arial font, size 11, without quotation marks, with a 4 cm left indentation and single line spacing. In-text citations must follow the format (Surname, year) or (Surname, year, p. xx).

17) The reference list must include only works cited in the manuscript. References must be formatted in Arial font, size 11, with single line spacing, arranged alphabetically, and prepared in accordance with the ABNT NBR 6023:2025 standards. Bibliographic references should include URLs for electronic access whenever possible.

18) Terms written in languages other than the language of the manuscript must be italicized.

19) Titles of artworks and exhibitions mentioned in the main text must be italicized. Both must be accompanied by their respective dates in parentheses.

20) If the manuscript includes images, they must have captions and be numbered consecutively, using single line spacing and Arial font, size 10, following the example below:

Figure 1. Author. Title, year. Technique. Dimensions. Location (where applicable). Source (reference) and image credit.

Images without proper identification of their source and/or authorship will not be published. Images must be referenced in the text using parentheses: (Fig. X). In addition to being embedded in the manuscript, images must be submitted separately as supplementary files, following the numbering used in the text. They must have a minimum resolution of 150 dpi and be provided in TIFF or JPEG format. The journal reserves the right not to publish images if their quality is deemed inadequate. The journal is not responsible for obtaining image reproduction rights. Authors must hold the necessary rights to reproduce the images unless they are freely available for use.

21) Visual essay projects must be submitted as PDF files, with pages measuring 180 × 230 mm in portrait orientation, without margin restrictions. Images must also be submitted as separate files, numbered according to the page sequence, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, in TIFF or JPEG format.

22) Reviews of books or exhibitions are accepted only if the books were published or the exhibitions were held within the 24 months preceding the submission date. Complete information about the work or exhibition under review must be provided in the form of a technical information sheet.

23) Interviews must be submitted in a question-and-answer format.

24) Authors are solely responsible for ensuring the spelling and grammatical accuracy of their manuscripts.

E-mail: portoarte@ufrgs.br

November/2026