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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.
  • The contribution is original and is not being evaluated for publication elsewhere; otherwise, this shall be justified in "comments to the editor." Texts previously presented in congresses and symposiums are acceptable as expanded and updated versions. In this case, the author should mention the fact in the first footnote of the article.
  • Links for the references have been provided where possible.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, in the Journal page's About.
  • Keywords are crucial if you want to have your text found by readers. Verify the existence of subject headings related to your article at the Library of Congress Authorities database (http://authorities.loc.gov/ ). Be sure to insert at least one of the more general terms like: Arts; Music; Theatre; Performing Arts; Performance; Dance; Visual Arts; Painting; Photography...
  • In case of acceptance for publication, the author should be responsible for the translation to Portuguese, preferably by a native speaker.

  • Make sure you present your institution’s (affiliation) name in full and in its original language. This is an important indexation procedure. 

  • The main author of the submission is a Doctor or PhD. In the case of articles written in collaboration between several co-authors, the main author has a PhD degree. The link to the author's official and updated curriculum vitae was provided in the submission authorship form. It is recommended that the author register the ORCID number in the system at the time of submission; It can be obtained from the following link: https://orcid.org/
  • The article submission in Portuguese or in non-English language contains all the required elements in English: article title, abstract, keywords, short resume of the author with up to 150 words.
  • The author has declarations or authorizations that allow the reproduction of images included in the article, when they are not for free use, in the Public Domain or under Creative Commons licenses. Formal authorizations or releases have been or will be sent to the ARJ journal.
  • Supplementary documents (images, sound and moving images) are in PNG, JPG, MP3 or MP4 formats.
  • The path to the Lattes curriculum (mandatory for Brazilians) or the official curriculum (for foreigners) was informed on the author's registration form. It is recommended that the author register the ORCID number in the system at the time of submission; it can be obtained from the following link: https://orcid.org/

Author Guidelines

ARJ – Art Research Journal: Revista de Pesquisa em Artes primarily receives submissions of original articles in Portuguese or English. As a bilingual journal, all articles will be published in both languages (or, alternatively, Spanish, instead of Portuguese, and another language). The translation of the manuscripts approved to publication should be done in accordance with the Executive Editor. Other Western languages will be accepted exclusively by invitation or after consulting the editors, being obligatory their publication in Portuguese (besides the original language). 

ARJ has interfaces in Portuguese and English. The spontaneous submission of an article in English, French, Italian, German, etc., must be accompanied by its version in Portuguese or, alternatively, in Spanish (which may be published on the interface in Portuguese). An article can be submitted in Spanish (to be published in the Portuguese interface); in this case, it is expected that, once approved for publication, the author will provide the English version.

Texts submitted to the ARJ journal, authored by at least one researcher with a PhD or equivalent, must be original and intended exclusively for the journal. Expanded and updated versions of texts presented in conference proceedings are acceptable. In this case mention the fact in the first footnote of the article. All footnotes must be indicated in the body of the text (never in the title, abstract, keywords or references).

The ARJ journal accepts submissions of articles in continuous flow (always open) for the permanent dossier Multidisciplinary Perspectives in the Field of Art or for the sections Articles, Reviews, Interviews and others, or in calls for single (specific) dossiers.

Papers submitted to Original Articles section, whether in Portuguese or in English (or other Western languages), must be destined exclusively for ARJ, and must not be under consideration by any other periodical. Texts previously presented in congresses and symposiums are acceptable as expanded and updated versions. In this case, the author should mention the fact in the first footnote of the article. All footnotes should be indicated in the body of the text (never in title, abstract, keywords, or references).

Texts may be updated versions of previously published material (this condition must be informed in a footnote). The author should provide all suitable permissions.

Texts submitted to the ARTICLE or DOSSIER sections must contain: title (with or without subtitles); abstract (up to 150 words); 5 (five) key words; references; footnotes for explanations; illustrations (figures, images, drawings, photos, engravings, tables and charts) referred as close as possible to their original location in the text with respective subtitles.

Titles and abstracts can not have footnotes. Footnotes should be used only in the body of the text.

The keywords may comply with international academic standards or ABNT (Brazilian standards NBR 6028): appear just below the abstract, preceded by the expression "Keywords:" and words separated by semicolons and finalized by point.

The amount of text of the submissions must be between 30,000 and 80,000 characters with spaces (main text, notes, and captions; except title, abstract, keywords, and references). Special needs (for guests) can be discussed with the editors.

Book/DVD/internet site REVIEW (between 2.000 and 3.000 words) must contain the following elements after the title: 1) For the review authors: name(s) of author(s), sponsor institution, full address; 2) For the reviewed work: Author; Title; Place of publication; Publisher; Date; Edition; size; Abstract; Type of book; Bibliography; Review. To send books (in hard or digital copies) for review contact the chief editor.

ALL TEXTS must be submitted in RTF, OpenOffice or Word for Windows format, using the Verdana typeface set at 11 points. The author is responsible for ensuring COPYRIGHT PERMISSION from the relevant copyright owner for any visual or sound illustrations, which will be submitted as supplementary files in a separate (.ZIP) archive.

ARJ NORMS are adapted from the ABNT uniform requirements (Normas ABNT – Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas). See below for reference models. The main recommendation regards textual references, which follow the criterion author-date-page in brackets after the direct or indirect citation, upper and lower case, with author’s surname in upper case, followed by first name in upper and lower case in the references list. Example: (Agamben, 2009, p. 17); AGAMBEN, Giorgio. Aby Warburg e a ciência sem nome. Arte & Ensaios. Rio de Janeiro, ano XVII, n. 19, p. 131-141, 2009.

Related audio-visual products may be submitted as supplementary documents. We also recommend the deposit of the artistic product with Internet Archive or Petrucci Music Library. 

Reference models:

Books

SURNAME, First name. Title: subtitle. Edition (different from the first). Local: Publisher, Year of publication.

Dissertations/ Theses/Monographs

SURNAME, First name. Title: subtitle. Year. total of pages. Dissertation, Theses, or Monograph (degree and area). Program or center, Institution, Local, Year.

Chapters and collected works

SURNAME, First name. Title. In: SURNAME, First name (org.) or (ed.). Title: subtitle. Edition (different from the first). Local: Publisher, year, beginning and ending pages.

Chapter in book by the same author

SURNAME, First name. Title. In: Title: subtitle. Edition (different from the first). Local: Publisher, year, beginning and ending pages.

Articles

SURNAME, First name. Title of article. Journal Title, local, volume, issue, articles pages (initial and final), year of publication (volume, issue number and page are abbreviated as v., n., p.)

Articles in online journals

SURNAME, First name. Title of article. Journal Title, local, volume, issue, articles pages (initial and final), year of publication. Url: http://www..... Accessed in: 25 apr. 2012.

Image, video and audio

TITLE OF WORK. Author (composer/artist/producer), participants (indicate function). Local: Producer/publisher, date. Type of media support. 

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Dossier: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in the Field of Art

Original articles submitted in streaming (main text between 30,000 and 80,000 characters with spaces) will be peer evaluated. The authors of these articles should have a PhD or equivalent. Articles may be submitted in Portuguese or English through the journal's website. Being accepted, the author will be asked to provide a bilingual version of the article, under the guidance of the Chief Editor.

Related audio-visual products may be submitted as supplementary documents. We also recommend the deposit of the artistic product with Internet Archive or Petrucci Music Library.

Articles

Theater, Dance, Visual Arts or Music original articles submitted in streaming (main text between 30,000 and 80,000 characters with spaces) will be peer evaluated. The authors of these articles should have a PhD or equivalent. Articles may be submitted in Portuguese or English through the journal's website. Being accepted, the author will be asked to provide a bilingual version of the article, under the guidance of the Chief Editor.

Products with thematic, methodological or conceptual link with research lines in creative poetics and interpretive practices are particularly welcome. 

Related audio-visual products may be submitted as supplementary documents. We also recommend the deposit of the artistic product with Internet Archive or Petrucci Music Library.

Interviews

About 4,000 words. Photos or artistic products of the interviewee must be authorized for publication in ARJ magazine. The interviewee (s) or interviewer (s), at least one must have a doctorate. The order of authorship is as follows: the first author is the interviewee and the second author is the interviewer.

Reviews

ARJ - Art Research Journal reviews academic publications, research documentaries and online resources in the field of arts. Reviews must have a maximum of 2,000 words.

Dossier: Generative Video Art

The Generative Video Art dossier aims to map and discuss creative processes in the field of Media Art that involve video art created with generative AI. Contributions will be welcomed from researchers who propose texts, articles, reviews or interviews that contribute to the description, investigation, reports of creative processes and analyses of artistic works produced in video from appropriations and uses of generative AI tools, whose results can reveal an expressive and referential set about what is called, in this context, Generative Video Art.

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