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Author Guidelines

To submit a manuscript, you must first register as an author on the Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura (ESA) journal portal.

 

Note: Authors must register beforehand on the ORCID platform so that they can provide their registration number in their ESA portal profiles, thus contributing to efforts to attribute scientific authorship.

 

The text undergoes a preliminary assessment regarding its suitability to the journal's profile and editorial line, compliance with norms and guidelines, and plagiarism. If any non-conformity is found, it will be returned to the authors with the necessary observations. If approved in this first stage (desk review), the article will be sent to ad hoc reviewers for double-blind peer review. For more information, see the Evaluation Process.

 

All submissions are evaluated based on the criteria listed below, and those that do not comply with the norms will be returned to the authors.

 

  1. The contribution must be original and unpublished. It cannot have been published or be under consideration for publication by another journal or as a book chapter. At the time of submission, authors assume responsibility for not using false or copied data. Fraudulent use of data, manipulation of citations, and false authorship will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
  2. Plagiarism, even partial, will not be permitted. To assess this, all manuscripts undergo anti-plagiarism analysis before being sent to reviewers. If plagiarism is verified, the manuscript will be rejected. Regarding self-plagiarism, the journal allows repetitions of up to 30% of the content of other published works by the same author. Repetition of objectives, results, and conclusions will not be permitted, even if the percentage limit is respected.
  3. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and resources is permitted for the preparation, writing, revision, and translation of submitted manuscripts. In case of AI use, it must be reported and mentioned, indicating the sources of the materials used, the tool used, the purpose, and the effective use, indicating this in a footnote and/or abstract and methodology. Hiding the use and content of AI is considered an ethical failure that violates the principles of transparency and honesty in research, according to the Guide for the use of Artificial Intelligence tools and resources in research communication on the SciELO Network. The submission of manuscripts and content generated by AI as if they were authored by humans is prohibited, according to Ordinance No. 2664, of March 6, 2026, of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
  4. It is mandatory to provide the data (education, institutional affiliation, brief curriculum) of all authors during the submission process (pay attention, however, to item 7). To do so, this information must be filled in during the submission process or a supplementary document (in a different .doc or .pdf file than the article) must be sent in the form of a cover letter with the following information: article title, full name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation, brief academic curriculum and email (click "Upload file" on screen "2. Manuscript Transfer"). If this document is not attached, the metadata for all authors must be filled in on the next screen ("3. Insert metadata"). The lack of information about any of the authors is grounds for the article being returned.
  5. Texts must be on A4 page format, in Microsoft Word format (.doc extension), using Times New Roman font size 12, 1.5 line spacing and 2.5 cm margins on all sides. Texts in the form of articles or reviews are accepted. Articles should have between 45,000 and 60,000 characters with spaces (including abstract, references and footnotes). Reviews should be up to 15,000 characters including spaces.
  6. The article must include an abstract (1000 characters including spaces) and keywords (at least 3 words or 3 terms composed of a maximum of 3 words each) in Portuguese (or its original language) and also in English (title, abstract, and keywords). The review must also contain the title in English.
  7. The author(s)' name(s) should not appear in the body of the article and should also be removed from the file properties to ensure anonymity in the evaluation process (Ensuring Blind Peer Review).
  8. Footnotes should be used to present essential topics. Their use should be kept to a minimum, avoiding distraction from the reading. Footnotes should not be used for bibliographic citations and should not exceed 5 (five) lines.
  9. The clarity of data in figures, charts, and tables is the sole responsibility of the authors, who must clearly indicate the authorship and source. If they are illegible, new versions will be requested in order to ensure the information is understood.
  10. The author(s) must indicate the source(s) of funding for the research in "Comments to the Editor" at the time of submission (1. Beginning).
  11. It is the author's responsibility to proofread and grammatically review the text before submission. In the case of texts in Portuguese, the writing of the text must comply with the 2016 Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement.
  12. References and citations must follow ABNT standards (NBR 6023:2025 and NBR 10520:2023).

 

Standards for bibliographic and documentary references

Bibliographic references (or bibliography) follow alphabetical order by the author's last name. They must contain all cited works and comply with ABNT standards (NBR 10520:2023), guided by the following criteria:

- Book: Last name (in capital letters), First name. Title of the work (in italics). Place of publication: Publisher, year.

Example: SANTOS, Raimundo. Modernização e política. Seropédica: Edur, 1996.

- Book by several authors (four or more): Last name (in capital letters), First name et al (in italics). Title of the work (in italics). Place of publication: Publisher, year.

Example: SANTOS, Raimundo et al. Modernização e política. Seropédica: EDUR, 1996.

Note: up to three authors, the reference should be made with the names of the three separated by a semicolon (;).

Example: SANTOS, Raimundo; MOREIRA, José Roberto; VASCONCELLOS, Dora.

- Article in a collection organized by another author: Last name of the article author (in capital letters), First name. Title of the article. Expression In (in italics), colon and Last name (in capital letters), name (of the organizers or editors) followed by (Orgs.) or (Eds.). Name of the main work (in italics). Place of publication: Publisher, year. First and last page numbers of the article. Example: MOREIRA, Roberto José. Identidades complexas. In: AMODEO, Nora; ALIMONDA, Héctor (Orgs.). Ruralidades, capacitação e desenvolvimento. Viçosa: UFV, 2006. p. 177-199.

- Journal Article: Author's last name (in capital letters), First name. Article title (without emphasis). Journal name (in italics), place of publication, edition details (volume, number and/or year of publication), first and last page numbers of the article, abbreviated month, followed by a period and the year in which the issue was published. DOI number and link (if available).

Example: MENEZES, Thereza Cristina Cardoso. Latifúndios de carbono e moedas virtuais para proteger a Amazônia: a corrida por terras e financeirização da natureza. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, Rio de Janeiro, v. 32, n. 2, pp. 1-27, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36920/esa32-2_st09

- Theses or dissertations: Author's last name (in capital letters), First name. Title of the work (in italics). Year. Thesis or Dissertation (Doctorate or Master's in ...) – Department, University, City, Year.

Example: SANDRONI, Laila Thomaz. Conservação da biodiversidade nas Ciências Sociais brasileiras: um campo em construção. 2012. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Sociais) – Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2012.

- Online works: Author's last name (if any – in capital letters), followed by First name. Title of the work (report, article), year. The electronic address will follow, preceded by the expression "Available at:". After the web address (website) should come the expression “Accessed on:” followed by the date of access, abbreviated month, and year.

Examples:

- Book

SANTOS, Raimundo. Modernização e política. Disponível em: http://www.cpda.com.br. Acesso em: 8 jan. 2005.

- Newspaper in electronic format without the author's name. When the article does not provide the author's name, we start with the title.

MAIOR seca da última década. O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, 25 ago. 2004. Disponível em: http://www.oglobo.com.br. Acesso em: 7 jan. 2006.

- Newspaper in electronic format with the author

COSTA, Fernando. Quando os dias viram noite. O Dia online, 5 set. 2008. Disponível em: http://www.odiaonline.com.br. Acesso em: 15 dez. 2010.

 

Citation Formats

- Citations in the text are directly linked to the bibliographic reference organization system, placed at the end of the work, and should be in the form (Author, year) or (Author, year, pages): (Santos, 1985) or (Santos, 1985, pp. 12-20).

- Citations that do not exceed three lines should remain in the body of the text. Citations of more than three lines should have a four-centimeter indentation from the left margin, single spacing, without the use of quotation marks, justified, and with a smaller font than the body of the text.

- If there is more than one title by the same author in the same year, they should be differentiated by a letter after the date: (Santos, 1995a), (Santos, 1995b).

- If the cited author is part of the sentence, the bibliographic reference should be made as follows: Santos (1999, pp. 105-129) states that...

- Citations accompanied by comments and supplementary information should be placed as a footnote.

 

  1. Electronic addresses (e.g., https://revistaesa.com/) included in the article must have an active link for verification and include the date of last access.
  2. The statements and concepts expressed in signed articles are the sole responsibility of their authors.
  3. Thematic Sections will have the same evaluation process as articles in the continuous flow (first stage with preliminary evaluation by guest editors and second stage with double-blind peer review), with submissions being sent to the journal within a deadline specified in the call for papers, which will be made public in advance.
  4. Each author may submit or keep under evaluation one text at a time. A new submission may only be sent after the completion (rejection or final acceptance) of the previous evaluation.
  5. Authors must allow a two-issue interval before publishing a new work.
  6. Editors may reject texts that do not fit within the scope of the journal, that do not meet the requirements of the author guidelines, or the recommendations of the reviewers, within the deadline.
  7. Once the submission is deemed admissible, the original manuscripts will be sent to (at least) two consultants specializing in the subject matter, who will issue opinions on the relevance of their publication and will provide input to the editors, with the final decision remaining with the editors.
  8. The journal Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura does not charge any fees or financial contributions for the submission of articles or their processing.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submitted articles and bibliographic reviews are original and unpublished, not being considered for publication and / or published in any other journal.
  • All papers must be in Microsoft Word format (*.doc) and the instructions available on Ensuring Blind Peer Evaluation must be followed.
  • Submissions with more than one author comply with the Co-authorship criteria adopted by the journal and additional documents are being sent attached attesting compliance with these criteria.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • It is required that all author metadata (education, institutional affiliation, brief CV) of ALL authors must be completed in the appropriate field during the submission process. If this is not possible, it is necessary to send a file (.doc or .pdf) with this data from ALL authors. Works that do not meet this requirement will not continue in their evaluation process until the authors take the necessary steps.
  • The submitted article must contain a title (in Portuguese, or in the source language, AND in English); abstract (in Portuguese, or in the source language, AND in English), keywords (in Portuguese, or in the source language, AND in English) and references. Works that do not complete any of these mandatory elements will be returned to the authors.
  • The maximum number of authors per article is 4 (those who contributed to the work but did not participate in all the processes of writing the article, especially the writing, do not meet the criteria for authorship and should be mentioned in the acknowledgments. See Co-autorship).
  • The maximum number of authors per article is 4 (four). Those who contributed to the work but did not participate in all the processes of elaboration of the article, mainly the writing, do not meet the authorship criteria and must be mentioned in the acknowledgments. See Coauthorship).
  • All authors and co-authors are required to have a minimum Master's degree (stricto sensu).
  • It is required that all authors and co-authors have a minimum Master's degree (stricto sensu).
  • All papers must be in Microsoft Word format (*.doc) and the instructions available at Assuring the Assessment Blinded by Peers need to be followed.
  • The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in the section Guidelines for Authors.

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