Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Authors

1. Presentation

ARGUMENTOS is a biannual scientific journal based at the Department of Social Sciences of the State University of Montes Claros (Unimontes).

2. Editorial policy

2.1. Minimum degree for publication

A complete master's degree is the minimum degree required for authors of articles and critical reviews.

Exceptionally, collaborations sent by master's students will be accepted (when co-authored with masters or doctors). In addition to works in Portuguese, the journal also accepts contributions in English and Spanish.

The journal receives only texts from a maximum of 2 co-authors.

* It is indicated that, after publication, authors must comply with a period of up to 2 years without making a new submission of articles or critical reviews.

2.2. Types of published materials

It accepts unpublished works in the form of articles, essays and book reviews in Social Sciences (Anthropology, Political Sciences and Sociology). Exceptionally, it can also publish articles from related areas that demonstrate a dialogue with issues relevant to the field of Social Sciences.

Papers can be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish or English, as long as they are originals.

2.3. Evaluation of the received materials

The decision on publication is the responsibility of the Editorial Committee, which preliminarily rejects works that do not fit into the scope and standards of the journal. Those who meet the journal’s requirements will be sent to external reviewers, following the blind review system, in which the identities of the author and the reviewers are mutually omitted.

The referees may indicate:

1. a) the publication of the work in its current form;
2. b) the publication with suggested modifications;
3. c) the resubmission of the work for a new evaluation after making substantial changes, or
4. d) refusal of publication.

Additions or modifications will not be allowed after the works are delivered for publication.

2.4. Copyright rights and liability

With the submission of their work, authors must fully assign their copyright to ARGUMENTOS. The journal is not obliged to return to the author the received original material. The statements and concepts issued in the signed work are the responsibility of the authors.

3. Submission of papers

3.1. Through the Journal website (https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/argumentos/about/submissions).  Authors must follow the instructions indicated in the “Online Submissions”.

4. Format of references

4.1. Text dimensions

The submitted material must be typed in Word or in a compatible program.

Articles must contain between 6,000 and 10,000 words (including title, footnotes and bibliography).

Book reviews must be up to 3,000 words (including title,book review reference, footnotes and bibliography).

Articles must contain versions of the title in Portuguese, English and Spanish, followed by an abstract with between 150 and 200 words, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, clearly containing a summary of the aim, the methods employed and the main conclusions of the work, as well as five keywords in Portuguese, English and Spanish (separated by semicolons)

Articles and reviews must also contain information about the authorship of the article (such as: full name without abbreviations, academic title, institutional affiliation, position held, e-mail address and ORCID iD registration number).

4.2. Footnotes and quotes

Notes should be of a substantive nature, appearing in the footnote, preferably without exceeding 6 lines and being restricted to additional comments to the text. Bibliographic citations in the text must follow the form (Author, date, page).

4.3. references

At the end of the article, bibliographic references should be listed in alphabetical order, observing the rules of ABNT (NBR 6023: 2002), exemplified in the models below:

Books:

AZEVEDO, Maria Amélia.; GUERRA, Viviane. Nogueira. Mania de bater: a punição corporal doméstica de crianças e adolescentes no Brasil. São Paulo: Iglu, 2001. 386 p.

LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. As estruturas elementares do parentesco. Petrópolis: Vozes, 1982.

MAGUIRE, Mark; FROIS, Catarine; e ZURAWSKI, Nils. (ed.). (2014). The Anthropology of Security: Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing, Counter-terrorism and Border Control. London: PlutoPress.

Chapter book:

WOLF, Eric. Etnicidade e nacionalidade. In: FELDMAN-BIANCO, Bela; RIBEIRO, Gustavo Lins (Orgs). Antropologia e poder: contribuições de Eric Wolf. Brasília/São Paulo: Ed.UnB/Imprensa Oficial, 2003.

LANZARO, Jorge. Tipos de presidencialismo y modos de gobierno en América Latina. In: _______ (Comp.). Tipos de presidencialismo y coaliciones políticas en América Latina. Buenos Aires: Clacso, 2003.

Articles:

VERTOVEC, Steven. Super-diversity and its implications. Surrey: Ethnic and Racial Studies. V.30, n. 6, p.1024–1054, 2007. 

Thesis and Dissertation:

DAMO, Arlei. Do dom a profissão: uma etnografia do futebol de espetáculo a partir da formação de jogadores no Brasil e na França. Porto Alegre, 2005. Tese (Doutorado em Antropologia Social) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Papers presented at scientific meetings:

BAQUERO, Marcelo. A democracia e capital social na América Latina: Brasil para além do debate acadêmico. In: CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE CIENCIA POLÍTICA, 1, 2002, Salamanca. Política en América Latina: I Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Política. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2002. p. 837-858.

Magazine articles:

BURITY, Joanildo A. Confronto de discursos. O Povo, Fortaleza, p. 6-7, 22 mar. 2008.

Manuscripts available on the internet:

MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw. The primitive economics of the Trobriand islanders. Economic Journal, vol. 31, p. 97-123, 1921. Disponível em:  https://www.jstor.org/stable/2223283?seq=1 Acesso em: 08 jun. 2008.

Multiple works by the same author:

Works of the same author must be included on the same page and must be replaced, in subsequent references, by a margin equivalent to six spaces and period. For example:

GARZA, Enrique de la (Coord). Tratado latinoamericano de sociología del trabajo. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica/Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2000.

______. (Comp.). Los sindicatos frente a los procesos de transición política. Buenos Aires: Clacso, 2001.

Las obras del mismo autor publicadas en el mismo año deben ser diferenciadas con el uso de letras después de la fecha de publicación y sin espacio. Por ejemplo:

works of the same author published in the same year must be differentiated with the use of letters after the publication date and without space. For example:

REIS, Fábio Wanderley. Mercado e utopia: teoria política e sociedade brasileira. São Paulo: Ed.USP, 2000a

______. Política e racionalidade: problemas de teoria e método de uma sociologia ‘crítica’ da política. 2. ed. Belo Horizonte: Ed. UFMG, 2000b.

4.4. Articles or reviews outside the rules stipulated above will not be accepted.