Submissions

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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.
  • Commitment agreement: the submission of proposals implies agreement with the terms and compliance with the "Editorial Policy of CHAM Publishing".
  • Publication Agreement and Copyright Assignment: submission of proposals implies agreement with the terms and delivery of a signed copy of the "Publication Agreement and Copyright Assignment" at the time of submission.
  • Originality: only original and unpublished proposals that have not been previously published or are under review or consideration for publication by another publisher or journal are accepted.
  • Identification: all authors/coordinators' information has been registered in the system, such as name, institutional contact, institutional affiliation, ORCID iD (optional) and others.
  • Illustrations: Are submitted in JPG or TIFF format, with a minimum of 300 dpi. Illustrations are numbered and placed throughout the text, and include detailed captions with information on sources and copyrights.
  • Authorisation to use images: the author holds the authorisations to use all the images included in the proposal, as required by current copyright legislation.  Documentation proving these authorisations is submitted with the proposal.
  • Template, formatting and style: the proposal followed the Word template provided on this page and adhered to the Bibliography and Style Guidelines.
  • References and Citation Standards: The manuscript sources and bibliography used in the text have been properly cited and referenced, with URLs and/or DOIs provided where applicable. The "Author-Date" referencing style from the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style has been followed.
  • Editorial notifications: notifications about editorial decisions will be automatically generated through this platform and sent to the contacts registered by the authors.
  • Preliminary rejection of proposals: Proposals that do not meet all the requirements listed above, that do not include all the required documents, or that lack the necessary information in the metadata will not be validated.

Author Guidelines

Participation in the CULTURA publication process requires all parties to acknowledge, accept, and adhere to the ethical standards outlined in the "Editorial Policies".

CULTURA permanently welcomes proposals for articles, thematic dossiers, and book reviews. 

SUBMISSION
The submission of a proposal requires the assurance that the manuscript (article / book review) is an original work that has not been published previously and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.

As part of the submission process, authors must confirm that their submission complies with all of the requirements listed above.  Submissions that do not meet these guidelines may be returned to the authors.

There are three ways of submission:

  • Spontaneous submission;
  • Submission in response to calls for articles;
  • Submission by invitation (from thematic dossier coordinators or journal editorial boards)

Proposals must be submitted online by clicking on "Make a new submission".

SUBMISSION AND STYLE GUIDELINES
CHAM Publishing - Bibliography and Style Guidelines (PDF download)

MANDATORY DOCUMENTS
Publication Agreement and Copyright Assignment (Word download)

TEMPLATES
Articles (Word download)

Privacy Statement

This privacy policy provides information about the processing of your personal data, following the General Regulation on Data Protection (GDPR) and ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of your personal data. We are committed to protecting your personal data and
to respecting your privacy.

Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data
Universidade Nova de Lisboa is responsible for the processing of personal data, with
headquarters at Campus de Campolide, 1099-085 Lisboa.

What is the purpose and legal basis for collecting and processing personal data
Personal data is provided by filling and signing a form, and the information is stored and processed with your consent.
The information is treated confidentially and used exclusively for the purpose of editorial management of the scientific publication in which you collaborate. Data is not made available for other purposes or to third parties.

If you want to submit a manuscript or other research output to CULTURA for consideration, we will ask for the following information so that we may consider, process, and possibly publish your manuscript, in conformance with the disclosed publishing policies: your name, title, telephone number, email address, institution, department, address and ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier). We will ask for the same information if you are an editor or reviewer.

If you are an author, we use your personal information for the purpose of processing, reviewing, communicating about, facilitating editorial review and peer review, for publishing and for sending a copy when finally published.

If you are an editor or reviewer, we use your personal information to contact you about your potential or actual role as an editor or reviewer and to update you on news and developments regarding the CULTURA.

How long we retain your information
We keep your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide services to you.
We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements, according to the following criteria:

  • Author of unpublished work: data deleted after 1 year without contact / inactive;
  • Author of published work, editor or reviewer: data deleted after 3 years without contact / inactive;
  • Published article, chapter, book (authors, reviewers and translators): permanent storage.

Your rights
You have the right to access, update, rectify, forget or delete your personal data at any time.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at dpo@unl.pt.
If necessary, you can also file a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD).