Submissions

Author Guidelines

Revista Ciências Humanas is an interdisciplinary journal and publishes original texts from theoretical or empirical investigations through free demand or calls for thematic dossiers.
It prioritizes the publication of scientific research articles and/or essays that are relevant to Human Development issues as well as Rights and Social Policies in Education, Health, Housing, History, Social Assistance, Food and Nutritional Safety fields among others.
The Portal of periodicals platform is the only tool available for submission of articles and others manuscripts. To do so, simply access the Journal's website: https://www.rchunitau.com.br/index.php/rch.
All authors of the articles approved for publication must associate their ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID, https://orcid.org/) registration number. Author(s)’ names, identification and institutional affiliation should not be informed in the text. Such identification details should be done only in the journal system.
The texts may be written in Portuguese or English. The text should be typed in Word for Windows, open office, on A4 size paper (21 cm X 29.7 cm), with 2.5 cm margins and 1.5 (one and a half) spacing. The font should be Times New Roman, 12 point, except for quotations with more than three lines, footnotes, pagination and legends of illustrations and tables that should be typed in smaller and uniform size letters, in according to NBR 14724 of ABNT.
The papers’ submission to the Journal implies the acceptance by the authors of rules expressed here.

● Normalization of manuscripts

Articles (15 to 25 pages): report of complete research finds or research synthesis.

Experience reports (up to 15 pages): brief communications of academic or professional experiences, with methodologically adequate evidence.

Reviews (up to 10 pages): critical review of recent available knowledge on a specific topic, guiding the reader regarding to its characteristics and potential usefulness.

Interviews (up to 25 pages): colloquium between people in a particular site, to obtain clarifications, evaluations, opinions, etc. The interview structure should present an introduction, its objectives and introduce the interviewee approaching his/her contribution to the academic and/or professional universe. After that, the text should present the Conclusions and/or Final Considerations section on the main issues addressed in the interview. The abstract is not required for book review and interviews submissions.

● Articles structure

Main heading and main subheading: The heading should be centered at the top of the first page in uppercase letters, boldface, 14 point font. It should have an Portuguese version just below the heading in English. Heading and subheading should be separated by a colon (:). It should express clearly and precisely the article general content and be a maximum of 12 words or 75 characters with spaces in length.

Sections Titles: It should be written in 12 point font, boldface, left aligned. For numbered sections, use Arabic numerals left aligned, preceding the title and separated from it by a space, in according to NBR 6024.

● Abstract and keywords

The abstract (article, review, essay), in accordance with NBR 6028, shoud present the research object identification, its objectives, methodology and the main conclusion, in single paragraph without indentation, justified, single spaced, with a minimum of 100 and maximum of 250 words in lenght, in the same font of the article, with uppercase first letter and two single spaces below the main head. In addition, the abstract shoud be translated into Portuguese. (resumo).

Keywords: It should be from 3 (three) to 5 (five), preceded by the subtitle « Keywords » followed by a colon, in uppercase first letters separated by a period, in the same font of article, without indentation paragraph, single spaced, justified alignment, and two single spaces below the abstract. Keywords should be presented in English and Portuguese.

● Textual elements

Introduction: This is the article’s first part that includes the delimitation of the subject addressed and other useful elements that best characterize its focus; the subject’s justification, the theoretical-methodological perspective and the research’s objectives.

Development: It should include an orderly and detailed presentation of the subject covered. The sections and subsections could be used to better prioritize and delimit the contents, such as Methods, Results and Discussion.

Conclusion or final considerations: Final part of the paper based on the presentation of conclusions which correspond to study’s objectives. Bibliographical citations are not recommended in this section as it is a space for the author's own textual elaboration.
Acknowledgements and/or indication of individual contributions of the authors or funding agencies should be informed at the end of the article in a brief text.
Glossary, appendix(es), note(s) and annex(es): It should be include only what is absolutely necessary. The Editorial Board will judge the need for their publication.

● Citations

The quotations will follow the author-data system according to NBR 10520 of ABNT. The author will be cited in parentheses, exclusively by the surname, separated by a comma from the date of publication: (SILVA, 1985). When there is a coincidence of authors' surnames, the initials of their first names will be added: (SILVA, C., 1985) and (SILVA, O., 1995). If the coincidence persists, the prenames are written in full: (SILVA, Carlos, 1985) and (SILVA, Cláudio, 1965). If the author's name is cited in the text, only the date is indicated in parentheses: "Pereira (1990) states that...". When it is necessary to specify page(s), this (these) should follow the date, a comma and the indication p.: (BAKTHIN, 1992, p. 315). In the case of a page interval, the initial should be separated from the final by a hyphen: (MAINGUENEAU, 1995, p. 12-15).
Quotations of works by the same author, published in the same year, should be broken down by lower case letters after the date, without spaces: (SOUZA, 1972a, 1972b). When the work has two or three authors, all will have the surnames indicated, separated by semicolons (SOUZA; SILVA; CORREA, 1945); when there are more than three authors, the first surname will be indicated followed by et al: (GONÇALVES et al., 1980).
In case of direct quotations of up to three lines, it must be inserted in a common paragraph of the text, between double quotation marks. Single quotation marks will be used to indicate citation inside the quotation. The direct quotation, with more than three lines, must be highlighted with a 4 cm indentation of the left margin and without quotation marks, in the same font of the text, 11 point. If there are interventions in the direct quotations, they must be indicated as follows: a)suppression: [...]; b) interpolation, addition or comment: [ ]; c) emphasis or highlight: emphasis or bold or italic with the expression "our emphasis".

● Spelling of scientific terms

For units of measurement, you should use the International System of Units. Words in other languages should be avoided in English texts, and preferably using their translation. If impossible, foreign terms should be written in italics. Every abbreviation or acronym should be written in full the first time it appears in the text.

● Tables

Tables (information treated statistically) should be numbered with Arabic numbers, with identification at the top, preceded by the word Table, on the left of the page. If necessary the source should be placed below the table.

● Figures

The figures should be presented in the body of the text, numbered with Arabic numbers, with identification at the bottom, preceded by the word Figure, on the left of the page. if necessary the source record should be placed on the line after the figure title.

● Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments for support received are preceded by the subtitle "Acknowledgments", and by two-point, in bold, single paragraph, without indentation, of a maximum of three lines, justified, in single spacing, two lines after the end of the text.

● References

The references, preceded by this subtitle, in bold, must be aligned to the left, justified, without indented paragraph, in alphabetical order of surnames and in the case of the same author, in the chronological sequence of publication of the cited works, two single spaces after the text or acknowledgements, in according to NBR 6023 of ABNT. When the work has up to six authors, all should be cited. More than six authors, the first six authors shoud be indicated, followed by expression et al.

● Evaluation process

Authors should ensure that the papers are original and that the texts of others sources are properly cited/referenced. The Journal uses the anti-plagiarism system (CopySpider) to evaluate texts’ similarities. The maximum acceptable limit is 20%. We recommend that authors avoid self-plagiarism.
All articles submitted to the RCH will be initially evaluated by the executive editor who will verify if the articles comply with the editorial guidelines and if there is an acceptable limit of similarity with other papers. If they do not, the paper will be rejected and forwarded to the authors. If they are in accordance with the guidelines they will follow the evaluation process performed by the referees and the editorial decision for publication or not. Revista Ciências Humanas reserves the right to publish only one article per year by the same author.
The submission of texts in any category will only be possible upon the author's confirmation through the submission system and after all requirements have been met.
The non-fulfillment of any guideline items is sufficient for the initial refusal, during the first stage of evaluation. Therefore, we recommend the authors to make the manuscripts checklist before its submission. We emphasize that manuscripts rejected twice for inadequacy of these items will not be received again.