Submissions

Author Guidelines

Below, we present submission guidelines. Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in the rejection of the article for publication in the journal.

1. SUBMISSION CONDITIONS

a) Only unpublished articles not submitted to other journals simultaneously will be accepted.

b) The publication of submitted articles does not involve payment to the authors. Article publication is free and openly accessible.

c) Any opinions expressed by the author in their articles are their sole responsibility.

d) Authors must provide all required information about the article (especially title, abstract, keywords, contributions, funding agencies if applicable, and bibliographic references) and authorship details (including full name, contact email, Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID), Qualification/Institution, country, summary of biography, and Institution/Qualification - the latter consider completed courses and not those in progress. The journal reserves the right to verify the information on the candidate’s Lattes platform or to request additional details if needed.

To insert ORCID in our platform, simply remove the "s" from the HTTP protocol of the link (e.g., http://orcid.org/XXXX).

e) The article should be authored by a maximum of 03 (three) authors. If more, justification for each author's participation must be provided in the "Author Comments" section.

f) Upon approval, the author grants RCAAP the right to perform grammatical and editorial revisions as needed.

g) Remove metadata from the document (Document Properties > 'Details' Tab > In the 'Remove Properties' window, click 'Select All' > Click OK).

2. FORMATTING THE SUBMITTED TEXT

a) File in .doc format or compatible with Microsoft Word, with a maximum size of 5MB.

b) The manuscript consists of 15 (fifteen) to 25 (twenty) pages, including bibliographic references.

c) Margins: 2.5cm (top, right, bottom, left).

d) Paragraph indentation: 1.5cm.

e) Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing.

f) Quotations:

• Longer than three lines: Times New Roman font, size 10, single spacing, and 4 cm indentation on the left.
• Shorter than three lines should be enclosed in double quotation marks within the paragraph.

g) Titles and subtitles in bold and aligned to the left, with no indentation. Titles always in uppercase, subtitles in normal case.

h) Abstract of up to 250 words in the article's language summarizing the problem, study object, objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions.

i) Following the abstract, provide 3 to 5 keywords, separated by semicolons.

j) Transcription of title, abstract, and keywords in a foreign language (preferably English).

k) The full names of institutions must be provided, followed by their acronym the first time they appear in the text. In subsequent mentions, use only the acronym previously used. Numbers from one to ten must be written out in full, and foreign terms must be set in italics.

l) Progressive section numbering should be used as follows:

INTRODUCTION — unnumbered, in bold and all caps
1 PRIMARY SECTION—in bold and all caps
1.1 Secondary section—in bold, with only the first letter capitalized
1.1.1 Tertiary section—only the first letter capitalized, in bold and italics
1.1.1.1 Quaternary section—only the first letter capitalized
1.1.1.1.1 Quinary section—only the first letter capitalized and in italics
CONCLUSION / FINAL CONSIDERATIONS— unnumbered, in bold, and in all caps.

m) It is recommended that manuscripts contain at least the following sections: 1) introduction, 2) main body, 3) conclusions, and 4) bibliography.

3. REFERENCE STYLE FOR SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS

All in-text citations must follow the ABNT author-date format (e.g., Nunes, 2022, pp. 410–412), using footnotes only for explanatory purposes. The list of references must be presented at the end of the text, in alphabetical order and left-aligned.

IMPORTANT: According to ABNT standard NBR 10520/2023, citations in parentheses throughout the text must now have only the first letter capitalized, with the rest in lowercase. Examples: (Alves, 2023, p. 13), (Berns, 2022). 

In the final bibliography, it is recommended to follow the models below or the most current ABNT standard:

Book:

LAST NAME, First Name; LAST NAME, First Name. Book title in bold: subtitle. Edition. Place: Publisher, year.

Translated book:

LAST NAME, First Name; LAST NAME, First Name. Book title: subtitle. Translation, commentary, and afterword by [translator]. Edition. Place: Publisher, year. (Series, if applicable).

Journal article:

LAST NAME, First Name; LAST NAME, First Name. Article title: subtitle. Journal name, Location, vol., no., p., date. DOI: <URL>. Available at: <URL>. Accessed on: [date].

Book Chapter or Anthology:

LAST NAME, First Name; LAST NAME, First Name. Chapter title: subtitle. In: LAST NAME, First Name (ed.). Book title in bold: subtitle. Place: Publisher, year. pp. start-end.

In cases not covered above, the CAAP Journal follows ABNT standards. If you have any questions, please consult the PUC-MG ABNT Standards Manual.