Guidelines for Authors
Rules for the submission of original manuscripts:
Author identification - A cover sheet must be submitted as a separate file, stating the author's name, institutional affiliation, telephone number, email address, lattes and orcid. The author's name should not appear in the body of the text, guaranteeing anonymity in the evaluation and selection process.
In the case of papers with more than one author, the role of each author in the production of the article must be duly described in the separate file mentioned above, according to the CRediT taxonomy. Roles: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Acquisition of funding, Investigation, Methodology, Project management, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - revision and editing.
Papers - In a Word file, with a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 25 pages, in Times New Roman 12 font, 1.5 spacing, accompanied by an abstract (no more than seven lines), keywords (no more than five) and a title in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The margins should be as follows: Left and top: 3 cm. Right and Bottom: 2 cm. Titles of books and journals mentioned in the body of the text should be italicized, as should foreign words and any emphases made by the author. In the case of texts with images and/or figures, they should be sent in jpeg format. The author will be responsible for copyright reproduction.
Book reviews - Critical reviews of books published in Brazil and abroad no more than three years ago will be accepted. The page limit is 6, following the same formatting as for "Papers". An abstract and keywords are not required. It is up to the person responsible for this section to read the reviews and ask the author for any changes/revisions.
Interviews - Interviews with Brazilian or foreign researchers with recognized academic importance will be published. It is recommended that interviews be between 20 and 30 pages long.
Dossiers - The organization of the Dossiers begins with the Editorial Committee defining the theme to be covered in the Dossier session and the invitation of a researcher/professor responsible for coordinating it. This way, based on the general rules for the Dossier session - a minimum of five papers and a maximum of six, all original, peer-reviewed - the coordinator is free to define its composition and write the presentation.
Proposal requirements
The proposal must contain (combine all sections in a single PDF file):
1. Expanded abstract of the proposal (max. 1000 words), containing information on: title of the dossier; theme of the dossier; topicality, relevance and originality of the theme; intended contributions to the field of Social Sciences, general and specific; names of the authors of the papers and their respective institutional links and countries of residence;
2. Mini Curriculum (5 lines) of the organizer(s) and authors of the proposed papers;
3. Abstract (50 words) of each paper in the dossier;
4. Proposal for publicizing the dossier. The organizers must present the plan for disseminating the publication (round table at national congresses; public seminar, lecture, etc.). Indicate the event and possible dates (e.g. Congress of the Brazilian Society of Sociology; ANPOCS, ALAS, etc.).
Format and requirements:
1. Each proposal should contain no more than 6 papers.
2. The texts can be written in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English.
3. The dossier must contain at least one paper in the above-mentioned foreign language.
4. The authors of the papers must have at least a master's degree and be linked to different institutions in different regions of the country.
5. The proposal must have at least two papers whose authors are from foreign institutions.
6. The texts must follow the rules of Contemporânea, which are explained on the journal's website, under the "Guidelines for authors" tab.
7. All papers will be submitted to a peer review process.
Indication of Research Funding - If this is the result of funded research, a short footnote should be added - starting from the title - indicating the funding according to the rules of the funder.
Citations - Citations should preferably be in the language in which the paper was written. If the citation needs to be in the original language, it should be in a footnote.
Footnotes - Numbered consecutively at the end of each page, including comments only. Authors should be highlighted in the body of the text, as follows: author's surname, year of the work, colon, page (Butler, 2003: 25). Works published in the same year should be distinguished by the letters of the alphabet (1988a - 1988b).
Bibliographical references - Contemporânea follows the ABNT guidelines. Bibliographical references should be cited at the end of the paper (review, document, interview), according to the following criteria:
BOOK
Author's surname, author's name. Title of the book (italics). Place of publication, publisher, date, pages. Example:
BECKER, Howard. Outsiders- Studies in the Sociology of Deviance. Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Zahar, 2008 (1963).
BOOK CHAPTER
Author's last name, author's first name. Chapter title (without quotation marks). In: author's surname, author's name. Title of the book (italics). Place of publication, publisher, date, pages. Example:
HONNETH, Axel. Critical Theory. In: GIDDENS, Anthony e TURNER, Jonathan. (Orgs.) Teoria Social Hoje. São Paulo, Editora UNESP, 1999, pp. 503-552.
PAPERS IN JOURNALS
Author's last name, author's first name. Title of paper (without quotation marks). Name of journal (italics). Place of publication, volume (v.), number (n.) year, pages. Example:
SILVA, Maria Aparecida de Moraes. Culture in the wake of time. São Paulo in Perspective. São Paulo, v. 15, n. 3, July 2001, pp. 102-112.
DISSERTATIONS AND THESES
Author's last name, author's first name. Title of dissertation or thesis (without italics). Discipline, University, date. Example:
BALIEIRO, Fernando de Figueiredo. A Pedagogia do Sexo em O Ateneu: o dispositivo de sexualidade no internato da "fina flor da mocidade brasileira". Master's thesis, Sociology, UFSCar, 2009.
