Submissions

This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.

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 (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • 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 single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Preparing the Manuscript

PS&P now offers a template to simplify the submission process.

Structure:

  • Your manuscript: this should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables.
  • The article should contain the title, abstract up to 200 words, introduction, methods and materials, results, conclusions, and references.
  • Figures and tables should have legends. Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible—place figures and tables in the text rather than at the end of the manuscript.
  • Supporting information should be submitted in separate files.

Word Limits

Please include a word count for your article.

The word limits include all the words in your main document, including the title, tables, and references. Appendices to be published online only can be excluded from the word count.

The word limits are:

  1. Articles: 8 000 words
  2. Review Articles: 6 000 – 8 000 words
  3. Essays: 3000 words
  4. Book review: 1 000 – 2000 words

1. Articles

Original work is a theoretical or empirical-based manuscript reporting new research findings according to the aims & scope of this journal and making a significant contribution to knowledge in social sciences and policy studies.

2. Review Articles

Also known as a literature review, a review article must provide critical insights on the existing literature from a field of research. It should clearly state the research gap in the field based on the foundations of existing data available. It includes diverse methodologies, but not only: scoping review, systematic review, literature review, and snowball review, among others.

3. Essays

We also publish critical essays covering social and political issues in concise, informed, topical commentaries on recent events relevant to the study and understanding of public policy. This offers an ideal forum for a critical discussion of notable theoretical or methodological advances in the field.

4. Book Reviews

It is a descriptive, critical and evaluative review of a book.

Languages

The journal publishes original work in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

- Speeling can be US or UK English so long as the usage is consistent

- Spelling of Portuguese and Spanish can be either European or Latin American so long as the usage is consistent

Please, do not mix language usage.

References

Please use this reference guide when preparing your article.

References may be submitted in the APA seventh edition format. Please review the citations policy.

Articles

This section is for peer-reviewed articles.

Interviews

Interviews section

Copyright Notice

Copyright

  1. The content of the research is from the total responsibility of the authors.
  2. The works published at Public Sciences & Policies can be reproduced totally or partially since the source is cited.
  3. The works sent to Public Sciences & Policies must be original and unpublished.
  4. The author has the copyright of the articles published in the journal. The rights for the first publication belong to Public Sciences & Policies.
  5. The journal may reproduce the works published in other media for greater dissemination.
  6. The authors accept the open-access policy by submitting papers to this journal since Public Sciences & Policies publishes in free open access.
  7. The work will not be accepted if any illegality, fraud or unethical behaviour is detected.
  8. The personal data provided by the authors will only be used for the respective publication

Proofs

Author(s) will receive a proofreading version of the manuscript with queries for correction. Once accepted, author(s) may only change what is required from the queries and return to the editorial assistance for production and online publication of the article.

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