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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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

The journal accepted for publication:
A. Articles of theoretical foundation, reflection, or empirical research;
B. Reviews, project reports, or abstracts of academic works;
C. Interviews or artifacts and respective descriptors.
 
Texts submitted for publication (DOCX between 10 and 20 pages) may be in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish. They must include a title, abstract (objectives, methodology, results and main conclusions) - up to 250 words, and keywords (three to five) in English and in the language selected for the writing of the article. In the case of texts in English, a title and abstract in Portuguese must be included.

Citation and referencing standards require APA style (7th edition).
 
Formatting of the text: font Times New Roman, size 12, space between lines 1.5; 
Figures and tables are inserted (and aligned) in the body of the text and always referenced within the text;
Avoid footnotes and/or any other formatting not indicated.
 
In comments for the Editor, please indicate:
- Authors' names;
- Institutional affiliation;
- Authors' e-mail addresses;
- ORCID ID (if they have one);

The text of the manuscript must comply with the formatting of the following template:
EMSS_template.docx

Publication fee
From 2025 a publication fee of 25 euros applies. The publication fee will only be charged for accepted papers. This amount must be paid by debit or credit card, via paypal.

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Copyright Notice

1. The authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal;
 
2. The authors are authorized to enter into additional contracts separately for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (e.g., deposit in an institutional repository or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal;
 
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their homepage), as this may increase the impact and citation of the published work.

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