Information For Authors

It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of the activities of our Abya-Yala Magazine: Magazine of access to justice and rights in the Americas. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to publish new articles.

Even so, we would like to reaffirm that thanks to the collaboration of the authors, our magazine was a great international success. We appreciate the partnership over the last few years.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist 

Papers can be submitted by doctors and post-doctors, and by Master's, Master's, undergraduate and graduate students as long as they are co-authored with an author with a Doctor's degree. The maximum number of authors per manuscript is four (4). The texts can be written in Portuguese, English, Spanish.

TheAabya-yala magazine does not charge fees for submission, editing and publication of articles.

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 is in space 1,5; use the font times new roman of 12-points; follows the stablished format; the figures and tables are inserted in the text, not in the end of the document in annexes form.
  •  Contribution is original and unprecedent, and it is not being assessed by other journal; otherwise, it must be justified in "Comments to the editor".
  •  The submission file is in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF formats.
  •  URLs to references were informed whenever possible.
  •  The text follows the patterns of style and bibliographic requirements described in Guidelines to the Authors, in the page About the Journal.
  •  The article contains abstract and keywords in Portuguese or Spanish and English

 

Author Guidelines 

The journal receives manuscripts in Portuguese, English or Spanish, submitted in the form of scientific articles, essays, reviews and research reports on access to justice and rights in the Americas, which must be submitted directly by the electronic system. For this, it is necessary that the author register in the magazine.
The following guidelines should be observed:
1. The manuscript must be sent directly by the system, in a document recorded in word format (.doc) or in Rich Text Format (.rtf)
2. The document must not contain information that identifies the author, and must be removed from both the file and the word properties, ensuring blind peer review.
3. Articles must contain title, abstract of a maximum of five lines and three keywords, written in Portuguese or Spanish and English.
4. Articles must be submitted with a first review of style and spelling. Articles with significant problems will not be sent to appear.
5. Articles must contain a minimum of 20 (twenty) and a maximum of 30 (thirty) pages.
6. The texts must adopt the following format: A4 format sheet, 2 cm margins, justified alignment, Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12, 1.5 spacing between lines.
7. Direct citations must be in single space with font 10, when they have more than three lines and must start a new paragraph, with an indentation of 2.0 cm. Citations must be translated into the language in which the article is written, with identification of the authorship of the translation.
8. The explanatory notes must be succinct and written at the end of the document.
9. Authors should use ABNT standards for citations (NBR 10520) and for bibliographic references (NBR 6023). The accuracy and adequacy of references to works that have been mentioned in the text are your responsibility.
10. Reviews should be prepared from books that address topics relevant to the Journal's Focus and Scope. It is recommended that the chosen books have a maximum of 3 years from the date of publication. The review should be about 8 pages long.
11. The interviews should have approximately 5 pages and must present a 200-word summary, containing a summary of the interviewee (s) 's curriculum, purposes and main points discussed.
12. Copyright: The authors will be responsible for obtaining the copyright of the material used.
13. The information, data, analyzes and opinions issued in the manuscripts are the sole responsibility of their author (s) and/or author /s;
14. The evaluation of the manuscripts will be carried out by specialists, in the double blind evaluation system, in the thematic area and will be submitted to the Editorial Committee, which will select the works to be published, observing the editorial rules, the focus and scope of the journal;
15. Articles resulting from research funded by funding agencies must be properly identified in the text; 
16. For publication, the articles received should receive at least two favorable opinions prepared by ad hoc reviewers in the blind review format.
17. The manuscripts approved by the double blind evaluation will be subjected to orthographic review (copy desk) and formatting, for standardization and layout of the texts that are selected for publication, the authors being aware of that edition.
18. The submission of works and the evaluation of works do not depend on the payment of any type of fee and do not generate any form of remuneration or consideration from the magazine to the author / s and / or author / s;
19. The journal observes and adopts the principles contained in the Codes of Ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
20. License: Non Commercial Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
 
19. A revista observa e adota os princípios contidos nos Códigos de Ética do Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) e do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico