Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Authors

Templates available for download: artigo e folha de rosto.

The Revista Eletrônica Direito e Conhecimento (REDEC) publishes dossiers, articles, and unpublished reviews written in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, in accordance with the journal’s editorial standards.
The journal requires a minimum academic degree of Master’s for authors interested in submitting articles. In the case of collective authorship, at least one of the authors must hold this degree.
The Revista Eletrônica Direito e Conhecimento (REDEC) has been working to raise the standard of editorial quality of its issues, especially with regard to the technical criteria required by indexing services that evaluate and contribute to the dissemination of the journal’s work.
As a result, the REDEC editorial team has carried out a rigorous evaluation of submitted manuscripts, rejecting those submissions that do not comply with the journal’s guidelines.

For the submission of manuscripts to the Revista Eletrônica Direito e Conhecimento (REDEC), it is essential that users register in the journal’s system and correctly complete all required fields. Incomplete registration and metadata completion during the submission process will result in rejection of the article, as it compromises the indexing of texts in databases.
When completing the “Identification” field in your profile, it is important not to enter the names of the author and co-authors in ALL CAPS, respecting the proper use of uppercase and lowercase letters. It is also important to indicate areas of interest for evaluation, should you wish to collaborate with the journal.
When entering the names of the author and co-authors, the field “Preferred Public Name” must not be completed under any circumstances.

Regarding complementary data, it is essential to correctly complete the following information:
URL: for authors registered in the Lattes Curriculum platform, insert the stable link to the profile.
ORCID ID: link to the ORCID profile. If you do not have one, it can be created quickly here: https://orcid.org/register
Institution/Affiliation: full name of the most recent institution with which the author is affiliated. Example: CESMAC do Agreste College.

When completing the “Biographical Summary” field, please limit the information to: highest academic degree and field; position and institution; areas of professional activity; research interests; main publications; related areas of activity, if any; and contact email.
Example: “PhD in Law from Estácio de Sá University (Unesa-RJ). Full Professor at CESMAC do Agreste College.  Email:  fabiano.silva@cesmac.edu.br.

If the manuscript is co-authored, please confirm with your co-authors whether they are also registered on the Revista Eletrônica Direito e Conhecimento (REDEC) portal. If not, ask them to register and complete all required information. A maximum of five (5) authors per article is permitted.
The manuscript must be submitted electronically through the journal’s designated submission field. To submit, it is necessary to register as an author. After registration, the system itself will indicate the steps to be followed for the correct submission of manuscripts. The system will automatically notify the Editors of the submission. The manuscripts will be forwarded to reviewers anonymously for evaluation, in accordance with REDEC’s policy.
Submission, processing, and publication of manuscripts are free of charge and do not incur costs for authors.
If the author has questions, problems, or difficulties during the submission process, please contact the editors via email at redec.agreste@cesmac.edu.br.

In addition to the article file, a file containing a “Cover Page” with the necessary information and requirements for manuscript evaluation must be attached. The template can be accessed in the cover page section.

Articles may be written in Portuguese, English, or Spanish and must follow the guidelines below:

1. Articles must be 15 to 25 pages in length, including the text and bibliographic references. The possibility of publishing texts longer than 25 pages will be evaluated by the editors but is explicitly discouraged.

2. Articles must include title, abstract, keywords, abstract (in English), and keywords (in English). They must also include the title in a foreign language (English or Spanish).

3. The title in Portuguese must be written in Times New Roman, size 16, bold, and centered; the title in a foreign language must be written in Times New Roman, size 14, italicized, and centered.

4. Manuscripts with a maximum of five (5) authors will be accepted (in the case of research groups, the names of participants must appear in a footnote). In cases of co-authorship, a note to the editor must indicate the effective contribution of each author to the writing of the manuscript.

5. Pages must be in A4 format, with top and left margins of 3 cm, bottom and right margins of 2.5 cm, justified alignment, Times New Roman font, size 12, and 1.5 line spacing.

6. Explanatory footnotes must be concise, numbered throughout the text, in accordance with ABNT standards, using font size 9.

7. The first line of each paragraph must have an indentation of 1.25 cm from the left margin.

8. Files must be submitted using the title of the manuscript as the file name (e.g., title.doc), in order to prevent identification of the authors.

9. Files must be submitted in Word format (.doc or .docx).

10. Authors must follow ABNT standards for citations—AUTHOR-DATE model in the body of the text (NBR 10520)—and for bibliographic references (NBR 6023). The accuracy and adequacy of references to works cited in the text are the responsibility of the authors.

11. All authors must be registered with ORCID and provide the corresponding number in the appropriate field at the time of submission. More information at: https://orcid.org/content/about-orcid?locale_v3=pt

12. The Electronic Journal of Law and Knowledge does not publish articles written exclusively by undergraduate or master’s students. At least one of the authors must hold a Master’s or Doctoral degree.

13. Tables and figures must be submitted in editable format and not as images.

Unpublished Articles

The journal accepts articles in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. These must be unpublished and original, and must fall within the scope of the journal.

Reviews

The Electronic Journal of Law and Knowledge accepts reviews of books published no more than two (2) years prior. Reviews may be written in any of the languages accepted by the journal, namely Portuguese, English, or Spanish. Submitted reviews will be evaluated by the journal’s Editorial Board, which will assess the suitability of publication based on: (i) the relevance of the work; (ii) the quality and critical approach of the review; and (iii) the relevance of the work in relation to the scope of the journal. Reviews must be 4 to 10 pages in length. Formatting rules are the same as for articles; that is, submissions must be unpublished, include specific development, and contain bibliographic references. Merely descriptive reviews will not be accepted.