Author´s Guidelines
Typescript preparation
- The original typescript should be submitted electronically in A4 size format, with a word count of 5000-8000 (excluding figures), following the submission requirements described on the Journal's website
- A final paper which would exceed 7000 words or occupy more than 25 pages of the Journal may be returned for abridgement
- For those titles which include Short Communications, the word count for these should 1800-2500 (excluding figures), following the submission requirements described on the Journal's website
- If you are submitting your paper via e-mail, three files should be included together in the electronic version emailed:
File 1: The title of the paper, plus the names, affiliation and complete addresses, e-mail and fax number of all authors, and an abstract, keywords and brief biographical notes about all authors
File 2: The text of the paper, including text, acknowledgements, references and notes, tables, figure captions, figures, but without the names of authors or their biographical notes
File 3: The cover letter which includes answers to questions about the relevance of the paper to the submitted journal, and nominations of four experts (including their names, full organisational and email addresses and expertise) in the subject of your paper. These experts:- must be personally unknown to you*
- at least two of them must be from a different country from you*
- must not be members of the editorial board of the journal
- must not be from your* institution (* "you" refers to all authors of the paper)
- these experts should not have any conflict of interest with authors and institutions.
Also include these in the Author Agreement - All papers must be written in English or Portuguese. If neither is your first language, please ask a colleague to proofread your paper.
Electronic copy
- The preferred electronic document format is MS Word. Templates for both A4 size (double column) journals or 240 mm x 165 mm size (single column) journals, are available to download, should you wish to use one.
- Figures in the final accepted manuscript musty be included in the electronic text file and also provided as separate files, but must also be accompanied by high-resolution hard copy printout.
International context
- It should not be assumed that the reader is familiar with specific national institutions or corporations. Authors are encouraged to approach their chosen topic with an international perspective.
- Countries and groupings of countries should be referred to by their full title
- Special attention should be paid to identifying units of currency by nationality
- Acronyms should be translated in full
Title, abstract, keywords, addresses, biographical notes
Please assist us by following these guidelines:
- Title: as short as possible
- Abstract: approximately 100 words, maximum 150
- Keywords: approximately 10-15 words or phrases. Keywords are important for online searching
- Address: position, department, name of institution, full postal address and e-mail address
- Biographical notes : approximately 100 words per author, maximum 150
References and notes
- Use the Harvard (name and date) short reference system for citations in the text with a detailed alphabetical list at the end of the paper. For example 'Hamel (2000) suggests ...' or 'Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) found that ...' or 'A study of economic change (Nelson and Winter, 1982) has shown that ...'
- Footnotes should be avoided, but any short, succinct notes making a specific point, may be placed in number order following the alphabetical list of references.
- References should be made only to works that are published, accepted for publication (not merely 'submitted'), or available through libraries or institutions. Any other source should be qualified by a note regarding availability.
- Full reference should include all authors' names and initials, date of publication, title of paper, title of publication (italics), volume and issue number (of a journal), publisher and form (books, conference proceedings), page numbers.
Figures
- All illustrations, whether diagrams or photographs, are referred to as Figures. They should be black and white, not colour, and numbered sequentially. Please place them at the end of the paper, rather than interspersed in text.
- Originals of line diagrams will be reduced and used directly, so please prepare them to the highest possible standards. Bear in mind that lettering may be reduced in size by a factor of 2 or 3, and that fine lines may disappear. Electronic copies of the figures are also required.
Translated works
- Difficulty often arises in translating acronyms, so it is best to spell out an acronym in the original language and translate it to English or Portuguese.
- Similarly, labels and suffixes need careful attention where the letters refer to words which have been translated.
- The names of mathematical functions may change in translation - check against an English or American mathematical reference text.
Units of measurement
- This journal follows the Système International for units of measurement.
- Other units will be converted, except where conversion would affect the meaning of a statement, or imply a greater or lesser degree of accuracy.
Submission Preparation Checklist (All items required)
- The submission has not been previously published in a periodic nor is it before another journal for consideration; or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor
- The text meets the formatting requirements
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF or PDF document file format
- You have identified four experts (names, full address and expertise) in the subject of your paper and included them as your suggested referees in your cover letter. These experts are personally unknown to the authors and at least two of them are from a different country from the author(s)
- You have prepared the cover letter and printed and completed the required Author Agreement (Copyright) document
- Important Notice for Online Submissions: Check that you have removed all kind of author identification (names and affiliations) and any Acknowledgenebt from the file that you are going to submit. Do not remove the title of your paper and the abstract
Copyright Notice
Copyright for articles published in these journals is retained by UERJ, This enables us to ensure copyright protection against infringement, and to disseminate your article, and our journals, as widely as possible.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Note of the Editors
The originality, authenticity and legitimacy of the texts and its contents are solely of the responsibility of the authors, that in the act of submission tacitly and totally
agree to be fully responsible for any complaint or law suit of third parties as to conflicts or litigations involving copyrights, therefore exempting Rio’s International Journal and any member of its Councils or any associate operators of any liability dealing with the articles
published.
Nota dos Editores
A originalidade do conteúdo dos textos e estudos aqui publicados são de responsabilidade exclusiva de seus autores que, portanto, declaram se responsabilizar por qualquer reclamação de terceiros quanto à conflitos envolvendo direitos autorais, assumindo e isentando o Rio´s International Journal e seus operadores de qualquer pendência envolvendo suas publicações.
Sample Cover Letter/Email [the example used is the IJISEM]
January 1, 2004
Dear Editor of the [RIO’s IJISEM]:
Enclosed is a paper, entitled "XXXXXXXXXXX."
Please accept it as a candidate for publication in the [RIO’s IJISEM]. Below are our responses to your submission requirements.
- Title and the central theme of the article.
Paper title: "XXXXXXXXXXX." This study reviews the XXXXXXXXX.
- Which subject/theme of the Journal the material fits
XXXXXXXX
- Why the material is important in its field and why the material should be published in [please type in journal title or acronym]?
xxxxxxxx
- Names, addresses, and email addresses of four experts in the subject of your paper who are personally unknown to you*, are not members of the editorial board of the journal, are not from your* institution and at least two of whom must be from a different country from you*.