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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.
  • Along with the submission of the piece for evaluation, the documents "Declaration of Ethical Alignment, Originality, and Transfer of Rights" and "Form on Compliance with Open Science" must be attached, duly completed and signed, preferably with a digital signature.

Author Guidelines

Last Update: October 2024

The Anuário Antropológico accepts for publication texts in Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French in the form of articles, interviews, conferences, visual and bibliographic essays, and reviews of recent books and films.

Publication proposals must take the different branches of anthropology as the main field of discussion and comply with best practices in open science.

Manuscripts that have been previously deposited in recognized preprint servers such as Scielo Preprints, ScoArXiv, HAL, Zenodo, and university repositories (e.g., UnB repository) are accepted for publication.

Regardless of the nature of the manuscript, data and information underlying the analyses and research presented must be properly cited, referenced, and declared. Authors must deposit such information in reliable data repositories—DataScielo, for example—or publish at the end of the text a statement about the availability of the information supporting the analysis performed.

Contributions will be accepted on a continuous basis on the UnB Periodicals platform. The relevance for publication will be evaluated by the Editorial Committee (concerning the suitability to the profile and editorial line of the journal) and by ad hoc reviewers (concerning the content and quality of the contributions) within an open science regime characterized by the breaking of anonymity of authors and reviewers if authorized by the parties involved.

Contributions will be evaluated in three stages: 1. screening by the Editorial Committee, using anti-plagiarism software; 2. double peer review, in an open science regime, if authorized. If not authorized, publication proposals will be evaluated under double anonymity. In the case of controversy and disparate opinions, the text will be sent to a third reviewer; 3. revision of the final version of the article, if approved in peer review, to check the changes made, taking into account the evaluations received. The Editorial Board of the Anuário Antropológico will hold the responsibility for authorizing publications, and the editor responsible for the final evaluation will be identified alongside the published piece. Editors are also allowed to suggest changes to proposals at the screening stage as a condition for the texts to proceed to peer review.

There are four (04) possible outcomes of the evaluation that contributions to the AA undergo: a) Publish as is; b) Publish considering the suggestions indicated in the report; c) Not publish as is, but substantially reformulate, according to recommended changes and resubmit to the Anuário Antropológico; d) Reject entirely.

Appendices to articles may include the reviews prepared by the reviewers on the first version of the text, if authorized by their authors.

Editors, authors, and reviewers must adhere to the highest levels/standards of ethics throughout the research, in the production and processing of data, and in the writing, evaluation, and publication of the submitted manuscript. As references for principles and best practices concerning aspects of negligence and ethics, the editorial dynamics of the AA follows the guidelines of the designated international and national organizations while demanding observance of the same from the authors:

The use and type of use of Generative Artificial Intelligence must be explicitly stated in the submissions for evaluation, when applicable. As stated in the Guidelines for Using AI Tools and Resources in Research Communication on the Scielo Network, "concealing the use and content of AI is an ethical breach that violates the principles of transparency and honesty in research." Thus, authors are encouraged to mention any and all types of AI tools used in the preparation of their manuscript. For more information on the subject, see the Scielo document.

Active measures will be taken concerning any ethical issues, negligence, or misconduct during the evaluation or after publication. Whenever necessary, issues and problems will be investigated according to the flowcharts suggested by COPE and Scielo.

Despite the desirable impact of diverse ethnographic experiences in crafting particular anthropological narratives, the editors strongly recommend that authors include the following communication elements in the pieces submitted for evaluation in the AA: introduction and conclusion sections. In the introduction, it is strongly recommended that the author presents to the readers the object of the text, its central argument, and the sections that constitute it (text architecture), anticipating in a concise manner what will be addressed in each. For the conclusion, it is recommended to restate the central argument and the steps taken in the text to demonstrate it.

All texts and essays must be formatted in Chicago style, using Calibri font size 12 and 1.5 line spacing. Quotations of more than three lines must be highlighted in the text with a left indent. Footnotes should be in Calibri font size 10 and 1.0 line spacing. Summaries must be up to 1,430 characters. Tables, graphs, figures, and photos must be presented on separate pages, numbered and titled correctly, with an indication of their place in the text.

In the case of co-authored articles, the contribution of each author to its construction must be recorded at the end of the text, indicating the type of dominant participation in the crafting of the piece. For example, one author may have conducted most of the fieldwork while another focused more on analyzing the information and writing the text. Alternatively, all authors may have participated equally in the construction of the text. In any case, we request a brief description (up to 4 lines) of how the division of work between co-authors was made. We suggest considering the credit specification system proposed by NISO.

The content of the manuscripts published by the journal is entirely the responsibility of the author(s).

Upon submitting the proposal, the author must provide their full name, ORCID number, and Lattes link, as well as the full name, city, and country of their institutional affiliation (indicate institution + faculty and department, city, state, and country). They should also include a brief bio, which should be short and a maximum of 350 characters. The names of institutions and programs should be presented in full and in the original language of the institution, or in the English version when the writing is not Latin.

Along with the piece submitted for evaluation, the Compliance with Open Science Form, available on our editorial management platform, should also be submitted, as well as the Declaration of Ethical Alignment, Originality, and Exclusivity.

The different pieces that constitute the AA are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0) and their metadata under the CCO license (public domain).

Once published on the journal's website and in its full version as a PDF file, the text may be self-archived (on personal websites, in institutional repositories, etc.) and reproduced, provided the reference to the Anuário Antropológico is explicitly stated. The authors maintain intellectual rights over the pieces published in the AA.

Below is a brief demonstration of the Chicago citation standard.

Books:

Peirano, Mariza. 2006. A Teoria Vivida e Outros Ensaios de Antropologia. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor.

(Peirano 2016, 75)

Edited Volume:

Lobo, Andréa and Juliana Braz Dias (org.) 2016. Mundos em circulação: perspectivas sobre Cabo Verde. Brasília/Praia: Aba Publicações/EdUniCV.

(Lobo & Dias 2016, 20)

Chapter in Edited Volume:

Fleischer, Soraya. 2017. “Parteiras, parto domiciliar e reciprocidade numa pequena cidade amazônica.” In: Jurema Brites and Flávia de Mattos Motta (orgs.). Etnografia, o espírito da antropologia: tecendo linhagens em homenagem a Claudia Fonseca. Santa Cruz do Sul: EDUNISC, 272-311.

(Fleischer 2017, 300)

Journal Article:

Moura, Cristina Patriota de. 2017. “Considerações sobre dinâmicas educacionais em tempos de transnacionalização chinesa.” Horizontes Antropológicos 23: 89-121. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-71832017000300004

(Moura 2017, 90)

Academic Thesis:

Silva, Rosana Maria Nascimento Castro. 2018. “Precariedades oportunas, terapias insulares: economias políticas da doença e da saúde na experimentação farmacêutica.” Doctoral thesis. Universidade de Brasília.

(Silva 2018, 25)

The submitted piece for evaluation must follow the following guidelines:

Paper

The article must be up to 8,000 words, including notes, excluding bibliography. It should be accompanied by: a) summary; b) title; and c) up to five keywords – in the original language and in English.

Lecture

The lecture should be no longer than 9,000 words, excluding bibliography. It should launch new ideas, point to creative and unsuspected paths, problematize and denaturalize issues, involve and provoke the audience. It may have a slightly more informal tone.

Bibliographic Essay

The bibliographical essay should have up to 5,000 words, including notes, excluding bibliography. It must contain the complete reference of the book or books commented on. It must be accompanied by: a) an abstract; b) a title; and c) up to five keywords - all in the original language and in English.

Visual Essay

The visual essay should comprise 6 to 18 images. It should combine text and images related to research, teaching, or social work experiences. The images can be photos, drawings, illustrations, collages or paintings, for example. Authorization for the use of the images is required. The essay must contain the introduction text (up to 3,000 cce), subtitles (up to 400 cce/each) and image credits (authorship, place and year of production). The presentation text must explain the context and the technical and methodological process used to produce the essay. The images must be sent in .jpg, .gif or .png format, with 1.2M and 300dpi, sequentially named according to the order of exposure as follows: last_name_author_01 etc. The author should also send a proposal for the layout of the essay presentation.

Review

A review of a recent book or film should be no longer than 1,500 words, excluding bibliography. It must contain the complete reference of the book or film reviewed. The book or film must be recent, up to three years from publication (domestic) and up to five years (international). The review should not be titled or contain notes. Bibliographical references should be kept to a minimum and come at the end. In addition to presenting the work, the review should also include a critical point of view.

Interview

The interview should be up to 9,000 words, excluding bibliography. It should be unpublished, highlighting important debates in contemporary anthropology, and have a clear thread running through it, for example, the interviewee's current research topic, the relationship between biography and career in anthropology, the launch of her new book, innovations in the teaching of anthropology, the maturation of a concept, etc.

Scientific dissemination manuscript

Scientific dissemination manuscripts should target the general public, educators, public policy managers, etc. They must be written in accessible language, be of interest to a broad audience, have social and political impact, and spark cognitive curiosity. They should be up to 1,500 words long and preferably include up to 3 properly identified images, with authorization for publication.

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