Submissions

Author Guidelines

ALERT FOR SUBMISSION

Dear Authors,                                                                          

Due to the high volume of submissions, we inform you that submissions for the General Topics Issue are suspended until March 1st, 2026.

Submissions for the Thematic Issue Hermeto Pascoal: 90 Years of Sounds will continue as normal until February 28th, 2026.

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Per Musi encompasses the main subfields of musical knowledge: analysis, musicology, performance, composition, music education, music therapy, electroacoustic music, computerized music, etc., as well as their interdisciplinary approaches.

The following are accepted: Articles, Reviews, Translations, Scores, and Interviews. All submissions must be unpublished, and at least one of the authors must hold a PhD. For interview submissions, the interviewee must be included as a co-author.

Dear authors submitting articles and other texts to Per Musi:

Instructions for Contributors

1. Submissions

Authors should register and submit their papers through:

https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/user/register

Paper should be original. It means unpublished in any circunstancies. 

The author must hold a PhD degree.

In the submission we point out that the ORCID number of each author will be requested, obligatory for the approved works.

Before finalizing the submission the author should take care to fill in ALL the Metadata, as well as ALL the information about the authors in the three languages of the journal. Make sure that all data have been correctly filled in. Including the References of the text. It is not possible to edit the Metadata after the submission has been finalized.

Though English is the preferred language, articles in Portuguese and Spanish are also considered when submitting papers to the editorial process. We strongly encourage non-native language speakers to seek professional revision if the paper is in English.

In the case of co-authorship, at least one of the co-authors must hold a Doctoral degree (exceptional articles by authors holding only a master’s degree may be considered). For interview submissions, the interviewee must be included as a co-author.

Per Musi covers the main subareas of music: analysis, musicology, performance, composition, music education, music therapy, computer music etc., and their interdisciplinary interfaces.

The Per Musi template below must be strictly followed when submitting works for consideration. Submitted works that do not follow Per Musi guidelines will be called to resubmission. You might use this template to copy each part of your work from your original file (title, author(s), institution, e-mail, abstract, keywords, number and title of sections, number and title of subsections, text paragraphs, figures, captions, references, footnotes etc.) and paste into the correspondent space of the template (or highlight each part and use the correspondent box in the “Styles” menu of the template).

1. Template paper (word) /  Template paper (pdf)
2. Template music score (word) / Template music score (pdf)
3. Template interview (word) / Template interview (pdf)
4. Template book review (word) / Template book review (PDF)
5. Template translation (word) / Template translation (PDF)

The documents should include:

• Abstract of no more than 150 words.
• Text in MS Word with list of references (citation style of Music Education Research )
• Musical examples (.pdf or .jpg) and figures (.jpg) should be less than 1MB in size.
• The authorship of the papers must be included in the template submitted for evaluation All contact details should be provided in the system, including the author’s name, e-mail address, filliation, telephone number, ORCID number, link to Lattes CV (for professionals in Brazil) or similar (for foreigners), etc;
• Articles should range from 5,000 to 12,000 words (excluding notes and references).
• Music Score Template no more than 2.500 words (excluding notes and references).

2. Text Preparation

• Formatting: Use Calibri 20-point for the title, 12-point for the text with double space in the paragraph and single space for the footnotes in each page. Use 11-point for Abstract/Resumo/Resúmen and translated title.
• Spacing: 1.15 spacing should be used in all instances, after periods, colons, semicolons and 1.0 in all footnotes. Add line space before paragraph without indent. The text should be justified, including references.
• Names of works: Generic titles should be given in Italic.
• Musical note names: Flats, sharps, and naturals can be indicated by the conventional symbols or spelled out (e.g., C-sharp, D-flat, or B-natural).
• Citations: Use Calibri 12-point for the text with indent 3.0.
• Musical Examples, Tables, Figures, diagrams, and other material should be supplied in the original document and other separate document with short descriptive captions (not longer than a single line is advised).
• References: According to the style of Music Education Research. Automatic bibliographic Software can be used with this formating.

3. Manuscript Evaluation

Submitted works for publication are evaluated through an open review system. A manuscript is considered accepted when approved by two reviewers. In the case of a conflict between reviewers, the Editor may intervene and send the text to a third reviewer. The author(s) of the accepted work automatically transfer(s) all publishing rights to Per Musi. The first author is responsible for the content to be published, ensuring its originality, that it is unpublished, and that all co-authors are aware of the approved content and the transfer of publication rights. The evaluation stages are:

1. SUBMISSION: Format review (desk review) and plagiarism analysis using anti-plagiarism software (conducted by the Flausino Vale Library of the School of Music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil). Assignment of an associate or guest editor.
2. REVIEW: Assignment and evaluation through an open peer review process, in which authors and reviewers are identified to establish a dialectical and constructive evaluation process. By accepting the invitation, reviewers declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the authors. Two reviewers are always assigned, with the possibility of a third reviewer being invited in case of a tie.
3. TEXT EDITING: After approval, text editing is carried out, including active participation by the authors in discussing the results and making any necessary corrections based on the review reports. These corrections may involve normative, orthographic, content-related, grammatical, and/or aesthetic aspects to improve the work to be published.
4. PUBLISHING: Final discussion with the authors to produce the document for publication (review and approval).

4. Preprint

We encourage authors to publish their work on online platforms and/or databases as a preprint or working paper before and during the review and publication process, as these actions can lead to productive exchanges and a faster and broader dissemination of the published work. We suggest SciELO Preprints as a reference.

The ideas expressed in each article do not reflect the opinion of the Editor, the Editorial Board, or the Scientific Council.

      5. Errata and corrections

Any errors or mistakes that do not constitute misconduct will be corrected by means of an erratum. Per Musi guarantees the publication of errata, corrections or retractions in accordance with SciELO's ‘Guide to registering, marking and publishing errata’: https://wp.scielo.org/wp-content/uploads/guia_errata.pdf