Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Política | Portuguese Journal of Political Science

ISSN: 1647-4090ISSN-e: 2184-2078

Year, Volume, Issue, Pages X–XDOI: XXXX/2184-2078.RPCP201X.X/pp.X-X

Title of the Manuscript in Title CaseAbstract

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Abstract section of the article, one paragraph only, giving a pertinent overview of the work, between 150 and 200 words.

Keywords: keyword1; keyword2; keyword3; keyword4 (4 to 6 keywords in sentence case, alphabetically ordered, and separated by semi colons)

1. Introduction

The first heading is usually “1. Introduction” and the last one “#. Conclusions” (not compulsory). Headings are numbered, in title case, and in the following format:

1. This Is a Heading (Boldface)1.1. This Is a Sub-Heading (Italics)

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1.1.1. This Is a Second Sub-Heading (Regular)

The sections “Acknowledgements”, “Conflict of Interests”, “References” and “About the Author(s)” are non-numbered. Capitalize all words in the title of the article and headings, but do not capitalize prepositions (such as “a”, “after”, “at”, “by”, “for”, “in”, “through”, “to”, “under”, “up” and “with”) and coordinating conjunctions (such as “and”, “or”, “not”, “yet”, “so”, “nor” and “but”).

2. Referencing Style

Articles shall be submitted using the APA reference style, 6th edition. Attention: APA style requires both in text‐ citations (Author, Year) and a final references list, so for every in text citation there must be a full citation in the‐ reference list, and vice versa.

In parenthetical citations always place a comma between author and year (Author, Year). When you need to cite two or more works together, arrange the in-text citations alphabetically in the same order in which they appear in the

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reference list and separate them with semicolons (Author1, Year; Author2, Year; Author3, Year). In-text citations must list the author’s last name, date of publication, and page number(s) when applicable (Author1, Year, p. 6; Author2, Year, pp. 31-35; Author3, Year, pp. 5, 7, 18-20).Use an ampersand (&) for citations inside parentheses and the word “and” for citations outside of parentheses (Author1 & Author2, Year or Author1 and Author2 (2010)).

3. Endnotes, Dashes, Hyphens, Symbols, Ellipsis, and Block Quotations

3.1. Endnotes

Endnotes should be avoided

3.2. Dashes, Hyphens and Symbols

There is no space before or after dashes (e.g., 2012–2014), slashes (e.g.: title/lower case), and between currency/percentage symbol and numbers (e.g., 50%, €30).

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3.3. Ellipsis

Do not use brackets or spaces around ellipsis (the correct is this is…an example, while the following three are incorrect: this is … an example, this is (…) an example or this is […] and example).

3.4. Block Quotations

Quotations of 40 words or more shall be structured as block quotes. This is an example:

A Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa (RILP) surgiu como manifestação do desejo de interconhecimento e de intercâmbio de todos os que, na América, na Europa e na África falam português no seu quotidiano...e se preocupam com a sua utilização e o seu ensino. A Revista surge como um modo de aproximar as culturas que na língua portuguesa encontram expressão, ou que a moldam para se exprimirem (Author, Year, p. x)

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4. Tables and Figures

Tables and figures must be numbered and an explanatory title must be added (for a figure below the graphic; for a table, above). A caption for each table and figure must also be placed in the main text, for example “(see Table 1)” or “as seen in Figures 4 and 6”. Figures should be supplied in a suitable size for printing, and tables should be inserted using the Insert Table function provided by the software. See example bellow:

Table 1. Title of the table in sentence case.Example Example1 Example21 Example1 Example22 Example1 Example23 Example1 Example2

Notes: Add any notes under the table.

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Figure 1. Title of the figure here in sentence case.

5. Conclusions

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This is the conclusions section of the manuscript.

References

Articles shall be submitted using the APA reference style, 6th edition. See the annex at the end of the document for further details on references and in-text citations.

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Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of the article in sentence case. Journal in Title Case, volume(issue), firstpage-lastpage.

Author, A. A. (year). Title of the book in sentence case. Location: Publisher.

Author, A. A. (year). Title of the chapter in sentence case. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of the book in sentence case (pp. firstpage-lastpage). Location: Publisher.

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of thesis in sentence case (Type of thesis/dissertation). Faculty, University, Location.

Author, A. A. (year). Title of the webpage. Website. Retrieved from www.website.com

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