Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for authors

• The articles must be original and, therefore, unpublished. They may be written in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French or Italian, and should not exceed 70 thousand characters with spaces - around 18 (eighteen) pages.
• Font: Times New Roman, size 12; single spaced; no indentation, 6-point spacing between paragraphs; margins: left 3cm, top 3cm, right 2cm, bottom 2cm. Greek or Hebrew fonts may be used, provided they are transliterated between parentheses. Please send the file with the fonts used. Síntese does not publish illustrations.
• TITLE/SUBTITLE: uppercase, bold, size 12.
• English title/subtitle: lowercase, italic, size 12.
• Author’s full name must be aligned left with corresponding footnote (*) in which should also be informed: highest academic degree of the author/authors, institutional affiliation, and e-mail for contact; current activity and postal address is optional.
• Abstract in vernacular language (from 100 to 150 words, about 10 lines, single spaced, Times New Roman font, size 11). Three to five keywords separated by periods.
• Abstract in English (100 to 150 words, single spaced, Times New Roman font, size 11). Three to five keywords separated by periods.
• Introduction (unnumbered);
• Titles and subtitles of the development should follow the sequential logic of Arabic numerals: 1; 1.1; 1.2; 1.2.1; 1.2.2; etc.;
• Final considerations (or Conclusion) - (unnumbered);
• The References used follow basically the ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas) norms, placed in a footnote on the same page:
• a) The first reference to an author and work should contain the following basic information: LAST NAME, Name. Title. Subtitle. City: Publisher, year, p. [Example: BEISEL, Frederick C. After Hegel. German philosophy from 1840 to 1900. São Leopoldo: Unisinos, 2017, p. 29.]
• b) Other references from the same author and work will be in abbreviated form: LAST NAME, Title, p. [Example: BEISEL, After Hegel, p. 29.].
• c) If the reference (or references) immediately following (the second) is (are) from the same work and author, one may choose to use Ibid., p. or Ibidem, p. (Example: Ibid., p. 29-30).
• In Bibliographical References, at the end of the article, those references used directly in the text must be fully informed.
• Short direct quotations (up to three lines) must be made within the body of the text between double quotation marks, and duly referenced in a footnote.
• Quotations longer than three lines should be made in a specific paragraph, with 1.25 cm indentation, Times New Roman font, size 11, single line spacing, and duly referenced in a footnote.
• Book Reviews (3 to 6 pages) and Bibliographical Notes (1 page): texts by PhDs, doctoral students and teachers/researchers of recognized merit will be prioritized in these sections.
• Articles by doctoral students will only be accepted if written in co-authorship with at least one other PhD.