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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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration; otherwise an explanation must be provided in "Comments to the Editor" section.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is 1,5 spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics rather than underlining (except for URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than attached.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in Author Guidelines, in About the Magazine section.
  • I transfer to Benjamin Constant the rights to the text submitted here, upon acceptance for publication.
  • All authors are registered in the journal with personal, professional and academic information, including updated ORCID.

Author Guidelines

Manuscript submission

The paper must be presented without identification of the author(s), associated research groups and/or institutions that can identify the author(s) throughout the text.

The submission of any original automatically implies the acceptance of the authors for its publication in the journal.

Guidelines for publication

See the page About the Journal, specifically the item INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS.

Thematic dossier

A dossier consists of a set of unpublished articles and experience reports on a theme that expresses a relevant contribution to the area of visual impairment, visual impairment associated with other disabilities or deafblindness, in Portuguese, Spanish or English.

Articles

It must present a sufficiently in-depth analysis of the issue that it proposes to discuss; focus the problem on the issue of visual impairment, visual impairment associated with other disabilities or deafblindness; present empirical elements or sufficiently developed arguments to support the conclusions; and present results, formulations or conclusions that indicate progress towards the proposed theme. It must have a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 pages - including references, tables and figures.

Essay and bibliography review

Synthesis of multiple knowledge available on a given topic, through analysis and interpretation of relevant bibliography, in order to contain critical and comparative reflection of the works in the area, which discuss the methodological limits and scope, allowing to indicate perspectives for continuity of the studies. Only works written by professionals with recognized experience in the subject will be accepted in this category. It should be a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 pages - including references, tables and figures.

Experience Reports

Paper that describes a given professional and / or research experience, whether successful or not, in order to contribute relevantly to the author's area of ​​expertise. It must contain motivations or methodology for the actions taken in the situation and the considerations / impressions that the experience brought to the one who lived it. The report is done in a contextualized way, with objectivity and consistent theoretical foundation. It must have a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 pages - including references, tables and figures.

Critical review

Commented and detailed presentation of books that are up to two years old, counted from their 1st edition, respecting academic criteria and standards. It must have a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 pages - including references, tables and figures.

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