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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The text is in single space; uses 12 point font; uses italics instead of underlining (except URL addresses); figures and tables are inserted in the text (in black and white), not at the end of the document in the form of attachments.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word or RTF.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

Author Guidelines

Submissions

Solicited and contributed manuscripts must be submitted online via this site. For review we accept manuscripts in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word or RTF.

Submissions normally should not exceed 9,000 words. If submissions need to be longer, the author needs to make a good argument for that to the editor.

References, tables, and figures (exclusively in black and white) should be included in the manuscript file. Footnotes should be avoided whenever possible.

In the submission process, in addition to sending an anonymized version of the manuscript, a complete version must be delivered, that is, one that includes the identification of all authors and their institutional affiliations, and email contact.

Titles, abstracts and keywords must be presented in two languages, which may be Portuguese, English and Spanish.

It is required that the submitted papers also contain the JEL Codes (to be inserted right after the Keywords).

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Although the Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (RPER) is not a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), its Editorial Board decided to adhere to the principles of the COPE Code of Conduct, from January 1st 2012 onwards.

References and citations

  1. The references listed at the end of each paper shall only contain citations and references actually mentioned in the text and should adopt the APA (American Psychological Association) norms.
  2. To ensure the anonymity of papers, each author’s self references should use no expressions that might betray the authorship.
  3. Although their use in preliminary versions is recommendable, the References norms are mandatory for the final (accepted) version.
  4. Authors cited in the text must be indicated by his/her surname, following the APA (American Psychological Association) norm.

Guidelines on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)

1. Authorship

Authors are fully and exclusively responsible for all content submitted to the ´Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais`, guaranteeing its veracity, scientific integrity, absence of plagiarism, and ethical compliance. Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or others of a similar nature) do not meet academic authorship criteria. AI cannot be identified as an author or co-author of any article.

2. Allowed Use

Level of AI Use

Classification

Declaration Requirement

Language Support (grammar correction, translation of excerpts, style improvement)

Allowed

No formal declaration required

Writing and Abstract Support (structure definition, text synthesis)

Allowed

Mandatory to make declaration in a separate section

Data Analysis and Processing (programming code, support for quantitative/qualitative methods)

Allowed

Mandatory to present details in the Methodology section

Full Text or Image Generation

Not allowed

The paper will be rejected

3. Mandatory declaration model

When AI is used beyond simple grammar review support, authors must include a section titled "Declaration on the Use of Artificial Intelligence" (before Acknowledgments or References), with the following structure:

"During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [Tool Name, Version, and Provider] for the purpose of [specify the purpose: e.g., assisting with data processing / supporting the drafting of section X]. The author(s) critically reviewed and edited the generated content and assume full responsibility for the final published text."

4. Research Integrity and Peer Review

The creation or manipulation of scientific images and graphic elements using Generative AI is prohibited, unless the AI itself is the subject of the article's methodological study.

Reviewers and editors are strictly prohibited from uploading submitted manuscripts - or parts thereof - to Generative AI tools, as doing so constitutes a violation of copyright and the of the duty of confidentiality inherent in the peer review process.

Copyright Notice

RPER is a fully open access journal, and uses the standard Creative Commons CC BY-NC license. The journal does not have commercial interests or costs for any of its users at any point in the publication process. We want authors to retain the maximum control over their work, consistent with the mentioned goal. This license (Creative Commons CC BY-NC license) allows anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, with the only requirement of being not changed the content or structural format of the file (other than IT related changes). The users should, of course, providing appropriate attribution to RPER and the authors.

As enounced, the journal allows authors to retain the copyright of their papers without restrictions. However, authors will grant the publisher the right of first publication.

Licensing

In the aim of the submission, the corresponding author should confirm that the manuscript is original work and no other one contains its contents or part thereof, that is, it does not infringe anyone’s copyright. If any third party claims that they have the copyright for the article or that the article in any way infringes on their rights, he/she/they will compensate RPER for any loss suffered. The corresponding author should, as well, confirm that the manuscript has not been submitted to another journal or any other kind of publication.

For papers with more than one author, all authors will agree that the corresponding author will be the main correspondent with the editorial office, and will review the edited manuscript and proof, in case of accepted for publication.

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