Submission Guidelines

Journal ALTERJOR is a biannual publication aimed at teachers, students, professionals and interested parties whose objective is to discuss topics related to Popular and Alternative Journalism. The publication accepts contributions of original and unpublished works, by individual or collective authorship, in the form of a dossier, article, essay, review, interview or report.

It is necessary to register on this platform (in the "Registration" menu item or by this link, in which the researcher will create a username and password to access the work submission functions. After confirming registration, click on the "Author" link and proceed with the "Five Submission Steps". Fill in mandatory fields of indexing Metadata. Agreement with Alterjor's Editorial Policies is a prerequisite for submitting research. Case If you disagree with any of the requirements, we recommend that you do not submit your text.

The assessment of the work will be made by referees. Approved works are then evaluated by the editors responsible for the magazine. Subsequently, a response of acceptance, modification or refusal is sent to the author. The publication date will be assigned to the edition in progress, upon acceptance of the work. Replicas will be subject to the same submission process as the article.

All works submitted must comply with the following standards:

  • Typed in Word/Writer (with DOCX or RTF extension), with the page configured with 3 cm margins and A4 paper;
    Font: Times New Roman, size 12, justified, with 1.5 spacing;
  • Images must be sent in JPEG format with a resolution of 150 to 500 dpi along with the text. Reason: if images are inserted as a supplementary document, they will only be available as an attachment. If a submission error occurs with a warning that the file size is larger than the limit, we recommend using image compression using the publishing software (Word/Writer);
  • Titles and subtitles must be in bold, capital letters and typed in Times New Roman, size 12, containing 5 to 10 lines;
  • The author's name will be aligned to the left, in Times New Roman, size 12, italics, followed by a brief CV (with email) in footnote format in Times New Roman, number 10;
  • Imperial numbering must be converted to metric standard whith their equivalence mentioned trough a footnote;
  • Abstract: 5 to 10 lines, single spaced, between 600 and 900 strokes, containing the description of the work, as well as a mandatory translation to Portuguese (resumo), as the Journal default language metadata;
  • Keywords: three to five keywords, with English translation (keywords), separated by a period ( . )

Translation of abstracts into English is a mandatory Alterjor standard in accordance with the international indexing standard for abstracts written in the native language and A TRANSLATION INTO A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. The use of English as a foreign language for translating abstracts aims to make it accessible to use as a "bridge language" in countries whose national languages are not of Latin or European origin, such as: African, Cyrillic and Asian languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Hindi). This standardization also aims to exempt authors from translating more than three languages and avoid privileging European languages while other international regions remain unsupported.

For the English native speakers, THE ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS MUST BE TRANSLATED TO PORTUGUESE, due to this Journal Default Language.

Contributions must also comply with the rules relating to the sections in which they fall:

  • Articles and dossiers: in this section, texts written in the form of research reports, academic analyzes and reflections on popular and alternative media will be understood.
  • Essays: in this section, we will highlight reports on the work of popular and alternative media professionals, as well as reflections, assessments and debates on the topic.
  • Opinion (Chronicle): this will include analyzes such as reviews, chronicles, articles, comments, among others, that focus on popular and alternative journalism.
  • Research reports: Intended for publishing ongoing research, in report format with a description of specific activities (Scientific initiation, Research group, etc.). It must contain the name of the supervisor of the Project under development.
  • Interviews: interviews with professionals or academics working in the field of popular and alternative journalism
  • Reports: this section comprises articles, journalistic reports, about initiatives in the area of popular and alternative journalism.
  • Alternative Space: ALTERJOR magazine also accepts the submission of other formats, such as poetry, short stories, scripts, infographics, etc.

The guidelines for citation must comply with the following standards:

  • Citations within the text that are less than 3 lines must be enclosed in quotation marks with normal body text. At the end of the citation, the author's surname, the year of publication and the corresponding page of the citation must be indicated in parentheses. Example: (Souza, 2002, p. 15);
  • Quotes above of three lines must be moved two paragraphs and must be typed in size 11, single spaced and without quotation marks and must also comply with the citation format (Souza, 2002, p. 28), as in the case above;
  • Footnotes should only be used for comments relevant to the development of the text. The bibliographical indications of the text will be placed at the end of the text, in a topic reserved especially for them.

The References section must be placed at the end of the article, in body 12, following the examples:

Books:

Example: FOUCAULT, Michel. Words and things. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2001.

Book chapters:

Example: ALVES, Soraya. “The problems of digital communication”. In: SOUZA, Agemiro (org.). Studies and precepts of communication. São Paulo: Nova Cultural, 2005.

Articles in journals:

Example: LORAINE, Francisca. “Theory of the daily press”. Journals of studies in the press, Rio de Janeiro, v. 15, May 2007, p. 15-38.

Texts from the Internet:

Example: SILVA, Márcia. New questions of art. Available at http://novasquestões.com.br/marciasilva. Retrieved on 12-mar-2002.

 

The required Standard Pattern is ABNT (for Brazilians and double nationality Brazilians). All the foreign researchers can use the APA Standard.

IMPORTANT: Under any circumstances, DO NOT mix the ABNT standard with the APA international standard or replace APA standard with ABNT or other standards, such as ISO and Vancouver: Alterjor uses the ABNT standard (NBR 6023) as a reference point, addressed to Brazilian researchers and dual nationality Brazilians.

 

Mandatory standards when submitting work and recording metadata

Applies to filling in data on the magazine's OJS platform. For manuscript standards, please read the section above (previous).

1. It is mandatory to inform the institution in which you work. The name of the institution cannot be provided with acronyms (Examples: USP --> Universidade de São Paulo; UFRJ --> Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). Reason: the use of acronyms generates failure in search engines based on institutions. The recommendation is to use the full name of the institution (do not translate the university name to another language), including fields in English;

2. In the Biography Summary field, insert and, whenever possible, update information about your qualifications (master's degree, doctorate, etc.) and professional activity (example: professor at the department...). This information is important because it must coincide with the mini-resume in the same way that it will be included in the final version. In order to update, log in to Alterjor and in the menu in the upper right corner, where the user appears, use the mouse to hover the cursor over it; a menu will open and in it you must click on the Profile option;

3. ORCID: registration with ORCID creates a unique user identification (ID) for the purpose of distinguishing homonyms or identifying parts of the full name used as an abbreviated author name. The process involves registering on the website https://orcid.org. Authors who are already registered with ORCID must authenticate the session in simultaneous access with Revista Alterjor: it is necessary to open a tab and while one displays this periodical, the other must be in ORCID, with a user login already made. This can be done in two moments, the most recommended being, after the user is authenticated in Revista Alterjor, access this link (https://revistas.usp.br/alterjor/user/profile) and in the ORCID field, insert the link to the registered profile. ORCID authentication is necessary for ORCID registration to be properly confirmed by clicking the Authenticate button. The session accessed in the tab with the ORCID link will return confirmation of synchronization of the ORCID record in the user's data.
The other method involves mentioning the ORCID in the field corresponding to the author metadata during the work submission process. However, simultaneous authentication with the ORCID website is required to include this record. The registration of co-authors with ORCID also requires authentication to confirm the user registration, making it impossible to include the link to the ORCID profile of co-authors without the authentication process. It is recommended that you pay attention to this standardized requirement with the Open Journal plugin for ORCID.

4. The title of the work cannot be divided into the Prefix, Title and Subtitle fields. Remember not to use the subtitle field. The full title, including the subtitle with a colon or dash, must be in the Title field for Crossref DOI to capture it in full;

5. Languages ​​(ABSTRACTS AND RESUMO): it is necessary to click on the Portuguese indicator, which will open the sections on the screen for the title of the work and summary next to Title and Abstract. This information must be filled in during the submission process as stated in the text of the original manuscript. Alterjor's standard rules require an abstract and the keywords translated to Portuguese (resumo and palavras-chave), mandatory to english written essays in front of Journal's Default Language and to be in accordance to International Guidelines of Scientific papers which require ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF ABSTRACTS (in this case, Portuguese, as the default journal language). The English papers are NOT required to be entirely translated to Portuguese.
Completing the fields in Spanish is not mandatory and they are only available to native Spanish-speaking authors;

6. Keywords: type word by word and press enter. It is not allowed to enter keywords separated by periods or semicolons. Reason: the current version of OJS does not recognise separating keywords with periods or semicolons. Remember to click on the Portuguese indicator to insert the keywords as they were created in the original manuscript;

7. The non accordance to these standards leads to fails and errors in indexing in databases, especially in international mechanisms.

 

About the mandatory identification of authorship, affiliation and short CV

Due to the submission of manuscripts under conditions of anonymity for evaluation in Double-Blind Peers, attention must be paid to the issue of identifying the authors following approval to the publication and indexing of this metadata electronically once the acceptance and publishing process begins:

During submission, it is necessary to carefully observe the step identified as Completing Metadata. In it, the author must absolutely insert their full name as it appears linked to the electronic CV and ORCID systems, since the use of parts of the name causes confusion with homonyms and due identification as the Lattes Platform.

Whenever possible, we encourage the creation of an ORCID profile (orcid.org), carried out free of charge, whose identifier is intended to avoid confusion regarding the attribution of authorship by homonyms. To do so, the user must be authenticated in both Revista Alterjor and ORCID (in simultaneous tabs, preferably).

In the Affiliation field, it is necessary to fill in a Teaching or Research Institution (in full and always avoid acronyms, as the international indexing system does not search for institution acronyms, duly active in the Ministry of Education or an active Academic or Research Institution at the international level. Care must be taken to avoid filling in this field the name of NGOs, Research Groups or Companies with no connection to Education. In the case of the researcher working for an NGO or Research Group, MUST mention in "Affiliation" the University that is linked to these associations OR if it DOES NOT have a university link, enter the name of the last educational institution that taught or attended postgraduate studies. The rule for including the Educational Institution in the affiliation field follows the standardization (available at: https://ror.org/) with a plugin linked to the available record of that institution registered in the ROR.

When filling out "Biography Summary", it is necessary to fill out a brief and reduced mini-resume (or mini bio) of up to one paragraph, as this information will be used in the Layout Editing process as personal data that are omitted in the version sent for blind evaluation.