ISSN 2182-3030
[online version]

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts

• Focus and Scope

The orientation of CIDADES is based on the plurality of theoretical perspectives and disciplinary approaches to the analysis of the city, as enshrined in the array of multidisciplinary scientific area of Urban Studies. CIDADES seeks further knowledge about urban problems and policies in order to intervene and, in general, concerning the processes of transformation of cities, communities and territories.

• Publication Frequency
  Cidades, Comunidades e Territórios is a triannual online journal.

• Open Access Policy
  CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios advocates free, open, public, online: (i) access by person or machine to the publicly-funded archival scientific and technical research literature; and (ii) computational reuse, integration, and distillation of that literature into higher-order knowledge elements.

• Peer Review Process
  Cidades, Comunidades e Territórios is a peer reviewed journal; a Double Blind Peer Review is ensured as strict anonymity is accorded to both authors and referees. In order to ensure the Blind Peer Review process, authors are asked to make sure that all information about their identities (names, emails, affiliations, and references) is removed from the text (See also Author Guidelines).Each article will be reviewed by two referees designated by the Editorial Committee for their expertise.

• (1) Language – Articles can be written in Portuguese (authors are free to either adopt or reject the New Orthographic Agreement), English (Oxford spelling), French and Spanish.
• (2) Length - Articles must not exceed 9000 words including diagrams, tables, notes and bibliography.
• (3) Font – 12-point Times New Roman; line spacing (1.5 lines); bold and italics rather than underlining (except URL addresses).
• (4) Tables/Graphs/Photos/… – Tables, charts, figures, photos, etc., should be placed in the text (rather than at the end of the document). All tables and charts should use the font defined in (3) and be editable whenever possible.
• (5) Authors’ identities - No evidence of the author’s identity (name, email, affiliation, references, etc.) may be provided in any way through the text or by reference in the article. Special attention should ensure that any attached Word documents do not contain any references to its author (eg. document properties)
• (6) Title – If the article is written in a language other than English, please submit both an original and an English version of the title.
• (7) Abstract – Articles should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 250 words.
  (note: if the article is written in a language other than English, please submit both an original and an English version of the abstract).
• (8) Keywords – 3 to 6 keywords.
  (note: if the article is written in a language other than English, please submit both an original and an English version of the keywords).
• (9) URL – all URL addresses in the text and bibliography/references should be active and ready to click.
• (10) Permission - Authors are required to obtain permission to reproduce previously copyrighted materials from other sources in both print and electronic form.
• (11) Style and Bibliography Standards - Only references cited throughout the text should be listed in the complete reference list.
  • (11.1) In the text
    (Luhmann, 1992:64-65)
  • (11.2) Single-Author Book
    Luhmann, Niklas (1992), The Differentiation of Society, New York: Columbia University Press.
  • (11.3) Co-authored Book
    Fitoussi, Jean-Paul e Pierre Rosanvallon (1996), Le nouvel Age des Inégalités, Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
  • (11.4) Chapter in Books
    Pollitt, Christopher (2000), “How We Know How Good Public Service Are?”, in B. Guy Peters and Donald Savoie (orgs.), Governance in the Twenty-first Century. Revitalizing the Public Service, Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
  • (11.5) Article in Journal
    Almeida, Vasco (2001), « O Estado, a economia e as despesas públicas em Portugal 1974-2000”, Revista de Administração e Políticas Públicas, II, (2), pp. 189-212.
  • (11.6) Article in Online Journal
    Boughton, John (2002), “The Bretton Woods proposal: an in depth look”, Political Science Quarterly, (Online), 42 (6).
    Available at: http://www.pol.upenn/articles
  • (11.7) Paper
    Oliveira, José Ferreira (2002), “Os modelos de policiamento e as políticas de segurança: a emergência do policiamento de proximidade”, paper presented in the II Meeting Administração e cidadania – Modernização dos serviços públicos, ISCTE, May 23/24, 2002, Lisbon.
  • (11.8) Ph.D. Dissertation or M.A Thesis
    Ferraz, David (2008), A selecção de dirigentes públicos no contexto da evolução de Estado e de Administração – Contributos para uma definição de uma política integrada, Dissertação de Mestrado em Administração e Políticas Públicas, Lisboa, ISCTE
  • (11.9) When citing a publication that has had several editions, make sure you always include a reference to the first date of publication (eg.: Luhman, Niklas (1992; 2002)).

• (12) Online Submissions

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