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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

 

Scope and policy

Cadernos de Estudos Africanos is a scientific journal published by Center for International Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. It welcomes the collaboration of the international scientific community working within the social sciences and specialized in African Studies. It is particularly committed to the internationalization of its scope, contributors and readership, and on an multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to African Studies. Articles are selected and screened by an editorial committee in accordance with a peer-review process based upon refereeing by at least two anonymous referees that follows international standards. Since its first issue in July 2001, the journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos has been published regular, semi-annual basis, and publishes articles in four languages, i.e. Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Authors who submit their articles and reviews do so exlusively for the Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, and simultaneously confer the right to index published texts in national and international databases and Center for International Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) holds the copyright of all published materials. The contents of the texts and the opinions expressed therein, as well as the reference to previously published figures or graphics, are the sole responsibility of the authors.

 

Form and preparation of manuscripts

All articles submitted for publication in Cadernos de Estudos Africanos should be sent to the following e-mail addresses cei@iscte.pt or ana.benard.costa@iscte.pt

All submitted articles and reviews should be accompanied by a separate page containing the following information:

a) Identification of the author;
b) Institutional affiliation;
c) Current function;
d) Institutional address;
e) E-mail;
f) Telephone and fax.

Original Articles

The body of the texts, as well as notes and bibliography, should be doublespaced, Times New Roman, size 12, and margins of no less than 3 cm. If Word for Windows is used, its version should be indicated.

Tables, graphs and figures should also be sent in the format in which they were made and also in a separate file.

The maximum length of articles should be 60,000 characters (about 30 pages) including spaces, as well as, notes, bibliography, tables, graphs and figures.

Each article must include: title, abstract (up to 120 words) and six keywords.

The title, abstract and keywords must be in Portuguese and in the original language of the text. Articles in Portuguese must include an abstract in Portuguese and one in English.

The different sections of the text (except for the first one) must be introduced by subtitles, the main ones being in black. Subsections should be italicized. Footnotes should be used, preferably not exceeding five lines. References between different parts of the text should be avoided and always include the page number being referred.

The texts should be formatted according to the APA standards, which are summarized on the site of the Center for Internacional Studies at: http://cei.iscte-iul.pt/cadernosafricanos

Book Reviews

Reviews should not exceed 8,000 characters (with spaces). The reviewed work should be identified by author, title, location, publisher, date of issue and number of pages. Quotations from other texts (in addition to the one being reviewed) must be made in the body of the text, between brackets, with reference to the author of the cited work, its date of issue and the citation's page number (eg M. Newitt, History of Mozambique, 1997, p.102). If the citation mentions a text cited in the book being reviewed, this should be made clear in the review. It will only be necessary to specify the date of issue.

The texts should be formatted according to the APA standards, which are summarized on the site of the Center for Internacional Studies at: http://cei.iscte-iul.pt/cadernosafricanos

 

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