Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submitted articles must be structured in the following items: abstract, abstract, keywords, keywords, introduction, reasoning, method, results and discussion, conclusion and references. Guidelines for the composition of these items follow.

ABSTRACT and ABSTRACT: includes problem, objective, method, results and contribution. The corresponding version of the abstract has good English writing, with 100 words.

INTRODUCTION and BACKGROUND: [they may be together or in separate sections] presents the problem addressed (or research questions), explains the objective of the work, and briefly provides a basis relating to current and coherent references.

METHOD: the article explicitly contains a method section, or equivalent, the type of method is declared (experimental research, case study, field research, action research, constructive research, design science research, simulation, systematic literature review, among others ), the design presented is consistent with the type of method and the intended objective.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: the article explicitly contains results and a discussion section or equivalent. The results presented are consistent with the method and are discussed/based on empirically based analyses. The discussion leads to answers to the intended objectives.

CONCLUSION: the conclusion or final considerations highlights the answer found for the intended objective, present new knowledge achieved (confirms previous knowledge in a new context, details previous knowledge, expands previous knowledge), relates the work to existing references highlighting the contribution obtained, points to developments futures.

REFERENCES: follow the ABNT standard (in formatting and inclusion of all necessary items), every reference is cited in the text, every citation has the corresponding reference, uses numbered citations, and the order of references follows the sequence of citations in the text. Get guidance at http://www.bu.ufsc.br/referencia.pdf  or in the Playlist References according to ABNT 6023 of the UNESP Library in Rio Claro.

TITLE IN PORTUGUESE: it is representative of the content of the article and occupies a maximum of 3 lines.

TITLE IN ENGLISH: it is equivalent to the Portuguese version, has good writing in English and occupies a maximum of 3 lines.

FORMATTING: the article follows all the formatting presented in the event's TEMPLATE regarding - fonts and numbering of titles, A4 size, margins, font and text spacing, equations, figures, tables and charts (title above, font below, centred), presents tables with closed grid, presents tables with lines only.

QUANTITY OF WORDS: the article has 3500 words between the TITLE and the BEGINNING of the REFERENCES. It is acceptable to exceed the word limit by 10%. In Systematic Literature Review articles, disregard the references in the word count.