Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Requirements

As part of the submission process, authors must verify that the manuscript complies with all the items listed below. Submissions that do not comply with the editorial standards of Revista Coleta Científica may be returned to the authors before the beginning of the editorial or scientific evaluation.

The contribution is original, unpublished, and is not being evaluated simultaneously by another journal, book, conference proceedings, or any other editorial venue.

The manuscript was submitted exclusively through the OJS platform of Revista Coleta Científica.

The submission file is in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF format, according to the journal’s guidelines.

The manuscript follows the official template of Revista Coleta Científica.

The text does not contain author identification in the body of the manuscript, in notes, in the file properties, or in any other element that may compromise blind peer review.

All authors have been correctly entered in the submission metadata, including full name, e-mail address, institution, country, academic biography, ORCID, and other information requested by the journal.

The title, abstract, and keywords have been provided in Portuguese and English. When the manuscript is written in another language accepted by the journal, it must also include the title, abstract, and keywords in Portuguese and English.

The references are complete, up to date, relevant to the topic, and formatted according to the standards of the American Psychological Association — APA, 7th edition.

Whenever available, the DOI of the references has been provided as a complete link, with the prefix https://doi.org/.

The manuscript complies with the ethical standards applicable to scientific research, including approval by a Research Ethics Committee or equivalent body when it involves human beings, animals, sensitive data, or situations requiring ethical review.

The authors have declared any conflicts of interest, sources of funding, institutional support, or the absence of such conditions, when applicable.

The authors have declared the relevant use of generative artificial intelligence tools or artificial intelligence-assisted technologies, when applicable.

The authors declare that they have read and agree with the journal’s editorial policies, including the policies on editorial ethics, peer review, copyright, open access, privacy, and the use of generative artificial intelligence.

The authors are aware that failure to comply with the journal’s standards may result in the manuscript being returned for adjustments, interruption of the evaluation process, or rejection of the submission.

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Author Guidelines

Revista Coleta Científica receives original and unpublished manuscripts on a continuous-flow basis, in areas compatible with its editorial focus and scope. Submissions must present academic contribution, scientific quality, textual clarity, methodological adequacy, ethical compliance, and adherence to the journal’s editorial standards.

The submission of manuscripts implies the authors’ agreement with the journal’s editorial policies, including submission rules, peer review, editorial ethics, copyright, open access, privacy, use of generative artificial intelligence, and other guidelines available on the website.

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1. Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted exclusively through the OJS platform of Revista Coleta Científica, after prior registration by the author responsible for the submission.

Submissions sent by e-mail, social media, messaging applications, or other channels external to the journal’s official platform will not be accepted.

The author responsible for the submission must monitor all stages of the editorial process through the OJS system, including any requests for adjustments, submission of supplementary documents, communication with the editorial team, and monitoring of the editorial decision.

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2. Originality and Unpublished Status

Revista Coleta Científica accepts only original and unpublished manuscripts.

The manuscript may not be under simultaneous evaluation by another journal, book, conference proceedings, or any other editorial venue.

Texts derived from papers presented at scientific events may be submitted provided that they present substantial development, revision, theoretical, methodological, or analytical expansion, and do not constitute duplicate publication.

The journal does not accept plagiarism, improper self-plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification of results, citation manipulation, simultaneous submission, improper authorship, or any practice incompatible with scientific integrity.

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3. Accepted Languages

Revista Coleta Científica accepts manuscripts in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. Regardless of the main language, all articles must include the title, abstract, and keywords in English and in the original language of the manuscript.

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4. Types of Manuscripts Accepted

Revista Coleta Científica may receive the following types of contributions, provided that they are aligned with the journal’s focus and scope:

a) original articles;

b) review articles;

c) theoretical essays;

d) case studies;

e) experience reports with theoretical and methodological foundation;

f) academic reviews;

g) other types of scientific contributions approved by the editorial team.

The journal prioritizes manuscripts with clear academic contribution, consistent theoretical foundation, appropriate methodology, qualified discussion, and relevant references.

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5. Submission Limit per Author

Each author may have only one manuscript under consideration by the journal at a time, considering the period between submission and the final editorial decision.

After the publication of an article, a minimum interval of one year is recommended before the same author submits a new manuscript, except in exceptional cases evaluated by the editors.

This rule seeks to preserve the diversity of authors, institutions, themes, and scientific contributions published by the journal.

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6. Preparing the Manuscript for Blind Review

Revista Coleta Científica adopts a double-blind peer review system, in which authors do not know the identity of the reviewers and reviewers do not know the identity of the authors.

To ensure the integrity of blind review, authors must remove from the manuscript any element that allows authorship identification, including:

a) authors’ names;

b) acknowledgments with personal or institutional identification;

c) explicit references to projects, groups, or institutions that reveal authorship;

d) identifiable self-citations in the body of the text, when they compromise anonymity;

e) authorship data in the file properties.

In Microsoft Word files, authors must remove personal information from the document before submission. To do so, it is recommended to access: File → Info → Check for Issues → Inspect Document → Inspect → Document Properties and Personal Information → Remove All.

Complete authorship information must be entered only in the submission metadata within the OJS platform.

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7. Mandatory Metadata

All authors must be correctly registered in the submission metadata.

The following information must be provided:

a) full name, without abbreviations;

b) e-mail address;

c) institutional affiliation, without isolated acronyms;

d) city, state, and country of the institution;

e) ORCID;

f) brief academic biography;

g) academic degree;

h) field of activity;

i) authorship contribution, when requested by the journal;

j) source of funding, when applicable;

k) conflict of interest, when applicable.

After submission, the inclusion, exclusion, or alteration of authorship may only occur upon formal justification, agreement of all authors, and approval by the editorial team.

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8. ORCID

The journal requires the ORCID record of all authors.

The ORCID must be provided in the author’s registration and in the submission metadata. Authors who do not yet have an ORCID must register free of charge at: https://orcid.org/register.

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9. General Formatting

Manuscripts must follow the official template of Revista Coleta Científica.

As a rule, texts must observe the following guidelines:

a) file in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF format;

b) Arial font, size 12;

c) justified text;

d) single spacing;

e) margins according to the journal’s template;

f) citations and references according to APA, 7th edition;

g) explanatory footnotes, when indispensable;

h) tables, charts, graphs, and figures inserted in the body of the text, close to the passage in which they are mentioned;

i) use of italics for foreign terms not incorporated into the language of the text;

j) moderate use of notes and graphic resources.

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10. Text Length

Articles should preferably contain between 30,000 and 50,000 characters with spaces, including abstract, keywords, body text, notes, and references.

Academic reviews should preferably contain between 8,000 and 15,000 characters with spaces.

The editorial team may evaluate texts outside these limits when there is relevant academic justification.

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11. Article Structure

Articles should preferably present the following structure:

a) title in Portuguese;

b) title in English;

c) title in the original language, when different from Portuguese or English;

d) abstract in Portuguese;

e) abstract in English;

f) abstract in the original language, when applicable;

g) keywords in Portuguese;

h) keywords in English;

i) keywords in the original language, when applicable;

j) introduction;

k) theoretical foundation or literature review;

l) methodology, when applicable;

m) results and discussion, when applicable;

n) final considerations or conclusion;

o) acknowledgments, when any;

p) funding statement, when any;

q) conflict of interest statement;

r) statement on the use of generative artificial intelligence, when applicable;

s) references.

The structure may vary according to the nature of the manuscript, provided that clarity, coherence, scientific rigor, and adequacy to the type of contribution submitted are preserved.

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12. Title, Abstract, and Keywords

The title must be clear, objective, and consistent with the content of the manuscript.

The abstract must briefly present the objective, methodology, main results, and conclusions of the work. It is recommended that the abstract contain between 1,300 and 1,500 characters with spaces.

Keywords must contain between three and five terms, separated by periods, preferably in alphabetical order.

All articles must include the title, abstract, and keywords in Portuguese and English.

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13. Citations and References

Citations and references must follow the standards of the American Psychological Association — APA, 7th edition.

References must be complete, verifiable, relevant to the topic, and directly related to the content of the manuscript.

Whenever available, the DOI must be provided as a complete link, with the prefix https://doi.org/.

It is recommended that the manuscript use current, relevant, and qualified literature, including, when appropriate to the topic, national and international production published in recognized scientific journals.

The journal does not accept false, nonexistent, unverified, or artificially generated references produced by automated tools.

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14. Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to Revista Coleta Científica first undergo preliminary editorial screening, in which the following aspects are evaluated:

a) adequacy to the journal’s focus and scope;

b) compliance with the author guidelines;

c) academic structure;

d) textual quality;

e) completion of metadata;

f) originality;

g) observance of ethical requirements;

h) adequacy to formatting and reference standards.

Manuscripts approved at this stage may be forwarded for peer review, by at least two reviewers with expertise in the thematic area of the work.

Reviewers will evaluate aspects such as originality, scientific relevance, theoretical foundation, methodology, analysis, discussion of results, currency of references, textual clarity, and academic contribution.

The editorial decision may be:

a) accept;

b) accept with adjustments;

c) request mandatory corrections;

d) submit to a new round of evaluation;

e) reject.

The final decision on publication rests with the journal’s editors, considering the reviews received, scientific merit, methodological quality, adherence to the scope, and compliance with ethical and editorial standards.

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15. Research Ethics

Research involving human beings or animals must comply with applicable ethical standards and, when required, present approval from a Research Ethics Committee, CONEP, or an equivalent body in the country of origin of the research.

When applicable, authors must inform in the manuscript:

a) name of the committee or body responsible for ethical approval;

b) approval opinion or protocol number;

c) date of approval;

d) statement of free and informed consent;

e) measures to protect participants’ privacy and confidentiality.

The journal may request supporting documents of ethical approval at any time during the editorial process.

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16. Plagiarism and Textual Similarity

Revista Coleta Científica may use textual similarity-checking tools to support the analysis of manuscript originality.

The identification of similarity does not automatically imply misconduct, but it will be analyzed by the editorial team according to the context, extent, sources involved, and nature of the text.

When evidence of plagiarism, improper self-plagiarism, redundant publication, or any other form of misconduct is identified, the journal may request clarification, return the manuscript for adjustments, reject the submission, or adopt other measures provided for in its editorial ethics policy.

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17. Conflicts of Interest

Authors must declare any financial, academic, institutional, professional, personal, or other conflict of interest that may influence, or appear to influence, the research, interpretation of data, or writing of the manuscript.

When there are no conflicts of interest, it is recommended to include the following statement:

“The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.”

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18. Funding

Authors must inform any sources of funding, scholarships, grants, institutional support, or sponsorship related to the research.

When there is no funding, it is recommended to include the following statement:

“This research received no specific funding from public, private, or nonprofit funding agencies.”

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19. Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Authors must declare the relevant use of generative artificial intelligence tools or artificial intelligence-assisted technologies in the preparation, translation, revision, organization, analysis, or preparation of the manuscript.

Artificial intelligence tools may not be listed as authors or co-authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, references, data, analyses, and conclusions of the manuscript.

The use of generative artificial intelligence is permitted in an auxiliary, limited, and supervised manner, especially for language revision, textual organization, preliminary translation, technical support, or improvement of clarity, provided that the content is reviewed and validated by the authors.

It is prohibited to use artificial intelligence to fabricate data, create nonexistent references, manipulate results, produce false citations, conceal plagiarism, or replace the authors’ intellectual contribution.

When applicable, the following statement must be included before the references:

“During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used [name of tool/service] for [purpose of use]. After using the tool, the authors fully reviewed, edited, and validated the content, assuming full responsibility for the final version submitted to the journal.”

When no generative artificial intelligence tool has been used in a relevant manner, the journal may request the following statement:

“The authors declare that they did not use generative artificial intelligence tools in a relevant manner in the preparation, analysis, writing, or revision of this manuscript.”

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20. Images, Figures, Tables, and Authorizations

Images, figures, tables, charts, and graphs must be presented with a title, source, and indication of authorship.

When the manuscript uses images, photographs, instruments, scales, documents, databases, or third-party materials, the authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary authorizations for use and reproduction.

Images involving identifiable persons may only be used with express authorization. In the case of minors, authorization from parents or legal guardians is required.

Graphs and tables must derive from real, verifiable, and methodologically described data.

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21. Responsibility for Content

The opinions, ideas, concepts, arguments, data, interpretations, and conclusions presented in the manuscripts are the sole responsibility of the authors.

The publication of an article does not imply agreement by the journal, the editorial team, the editorial board, reviewers, or maintaining institutions with the published content.

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22. Editorial Fees

The existence of editorial fees, when applicable, does not interfere with the scientific evaluation process and does not guarantee acceptance or publication of the manuscript.

The editorial decision is based exclusively on academic merit, scientific quality, adherence to the journal’s focus and scope, peer review, and compliance with ethical and editorial standards.

Information about any fees must be clearly and publicly available on the journal’s specific page.

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23. Communication with the Journal

All communication regarding submission, evaluation, adjustments, supplementary documents, and editorial decision should preferably occur through the OJS platform.

The journal’s institutional e-mail may be used only for general questions, administrative contact, or matters that do not replace the official editorial workflow of the platform.

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24. Final Provisions

Submission of a manuscript to Revista Coleta Científica implies that the authors are aware of and agree with these guidelines.

Omitted cases will be evaluated by the editorial team, considering the journal’s policies, good practices in scientific publishing, and the principles of ethics, transparency, and academic integrity.

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Copyright Statement

Authors who publish in Revista Coleta Científica agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright over the published article and grant Revista Coleta Científica the right of first publication.

The article will be published in open access, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license — CC BY 4.0, allowing sharing, distribution, adaptation, and reuse, provided that proper credit is given to the authors and to the original publication in the journal.

Authors guarantee that the manuscript is original, unpublished, and is not under simultaneous evaluation by another journal or editorial venue.

Authors declare that they have authorization to use images, tables, instruments, data, documents, or any third-party materials that may be included in the manuscript.

Authors are responsible for the content of the article, including data, arguments, analyses, references, images, conclusions, and any ethical statements.

The journal reserves the right to make editorial, normative, grammatical, and formatting adjustments, while preserving the approved scientific content.

Authors may deposit, disseminate, and distribute the published version of the article in institutional repositories, personal pages, academic networks, and other media, provided that the original publication in Revista Coleta Científica is indicated.

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Privacy Policy

The names, e-mail addresses, identifiers, affiliations, and other data provided to Revista Coleta Científica will be used exclusively for the editorial, administrative, and scientific services provided by the journal.

This information will not be made available for other purposes nor shared with third parties without authorization, except when necessary for the operation of the editorial process, compliance with legal obligations, preservation of scientific integrity, or operation of the OJS platform.

The journal undertakes to use personal data ethically, responsibly, and in a manner compatible with the academic and editorial purposes of the publication.

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Articles Section Policy

The Articles section publishes original and unpublished scientific works aligned with the focus and scope of Revista Coleta Científica.

Manuscripts submitted to this section undergo preliminary editorial screening and, when approved at this stage, are forwarded for peer review.

Publication is subject to compliance with editorial standards, the academic quality of the manuscript, fulfillment of ethical requirements, and the final decision of the editors.