ISSN 0102-7182 printed version
ISSN 1807-0310 online version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• General manuscript guidelines
• Format guidelines
• Parts of the manuscript
• Submission guidelines

The journal Psicologia & Sociedade aims to publish original unpublished articles whose themes highlight research and theory at the interface of psychology and society, particularly those that take a posture towards Social Psychology that is critical, transformative, and interdisciplinary. The journal publishes theoretical essays, research reports, book reviews, interviews, and news. The Editor will send the unidentified manuscripts to well qualified ad-hoc reviewers.

The reviewers will recommend that the manuscript be classified into one of the options: approved for publication without alterations; approved for publication with suggested alterations; rejected. A list of the ad-hoc reviewers will be published annually acknowledging their collaboration. The final decision about publication rests with the Editor and the Editorial Board who will evaluate the revised version, if required. They can also ask for other changes before final acceptance of the manuscript. The authors will be kept informed at each stage of the process. The Editorial Board reserves the right to make slight changes to the authors' text in order to speed up the publication process.

The primary condition for manuscripts to be considered for publication is that it not be previously published, or simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.

If the submitted manuscript is not in accordance to the following conditions, the publication process will not begin. Otherwise, the manuscript will be returned and the author notified to modify it in accordance to the norms of the journal.

A letter of submission from the principal author must precede any type of material submitted to the journal where the intention of submission or re-submission of the manuscript for publication is to be explained. This letter should be placed before the Identified Title Page.

Psicologia & Sociedade follows the American Psychology Association style guidelines with some adaptations. Please refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition, 2001). Any omission of information below implies that the APA style prevails. The text should be written in Portuguese, Spanish, French, or English.

For examples of sections of the manuscript, please refer to Psychology with style: a hypertext writing guide (for the 5th edition of the APA Manual).

Original manuscripts should be sent, preferably, on-line by the principal author's registration on our website (www.scielo.br/psoc).

The manuscripts should be in Word (.doc) format and should not exceed the maximum number of pages (numbering starts at the Abstract, which will be numbered '1') for each type of manuscript (including Abstract, Figures, Tables, Appendixes and References) according to the type of manuscript:

Articles (15 to 25 pages) are original high quality research reports and theoretical essays, based on systematic and complete studies, which should propose the analysis of concepts, questioning existing theoretical models leading to the elaboration of hypotheses for future researches.

Review articles (3 to 10 pages) are critical evaluations of Brazilian and international literature, orientating the reader in the characteristics and potential uses of the literature under analysis.

Interviews (3 to 15 pages) with important collaborators in the field of Social Psychology should focus on historical and/or theoretical themes of Social Psychology, enlightening these contents with a personal insight on the proposed theme/s.

A. Page: size A4 (21 x 29.7 cm).

B. Typeface: Times New Roman, size 12, in all the manuscript, including References, Footnotes, Tables, etc.

C. Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides (top, bottom, left and right).

D. Spacing: double-spacing in all of the manuscript, including the Identified Title Page, Un-identified Title Page, Abstract, Main body of text, References, Appendixes, etc.

E. Alignment: left

F. Indentation of the first line of a paragraph: tab = 1.25 cm

G. Page number: top right corner at the height of the first line of each page.

H. Page header: the first two or three words of the title should appear five spaces to the left from the page number. The page header is used to identify the pages of the manuscript during the publication process.

I. Internet addresses: all the URL addresses (internet links) in the text (for example: http://pkp.sfu.ca) should be activated.

J. Order of manuscript pages: Letter of Submission, Identified Title Page (all of the authors listed), Un-identified Title Page, Abstract, Main body of text, References, Appendixes, Footnotes, Tables and Figures. Begin each of these elements on a new page.

A. Letter of Submission from the principal author explaining the intention of submitting or re-submitting the manuscript.

B. Identified Title Page: original title of manuscript (maximum 10 words) and compatible title in English; Name and institutional affiliation of each author, at the moment of submission; Postal address (preferably institutional) for readers and editor to correspond with author(s), including e-mail, of one of the authors; acknowledgments and complementary information, when it is the case, as, for example, grants or research funds. Include a note about the authors: a brief description of their current academic activities and curriculum.

C. Un-identified Title Page: original title of manuscript (maximum 10 words) and compatible title in English.

D. Abstracts: maximum of 100 to 150 words. Manuscripts written in Portuguese, Spanish or French must have an abstract written in the same language of the main body of text followed by a translated version of the abstract in English. The heading (Abstract, Resumo, Resumen or Résumé) must be aligned in the center on the first line below the page header. At the end of each abstract, list three to five keywords (in lowercase letters and separated by semicolons). The translated version must not be a "literal" translation, namely, the translation to English must preserve the content, while using the corresponding technical terms currently in use in English, but also adapted to proper English grammar (American or British). As a standard procedure, Psicologia & Sociedade reviews the final version of the abstract written in English, reserving the right to correct it, if necessary. This is an important item in your work, since all the indexing databases that the journal is affiliated to are in English.

E. Main body of text: The title of the manuscript is not necessary on this section. Each subsection of the main body of text does not start on a new page and its headings must be centered, and have the first letter of each word capitalized (for example, Results, Method, Discussion, etc). The subheadings of the subsections must be in italics and the first letter of each word capitalized (for example, the subheadings of the subsection Method: Participants, or Data Analysis).

The first letter of the words Figure, Table, Appendix should be capitalized when written in the main body of the text and followed by the number (for Figures and Tables) or letter (for Appendixes) of the respective Figure, Table or Appendix to which they are referring to. The suggested place of inserting the Figures and Tables should be indicated in text.

Underlining, Italics and Bold typeface: Underline words or expressions that should be emphasized in text, for example, foreign words/phrases of the English language (that are not found as main entries in Webster's Collegiate Dictionary) and words that you wish to stress. Do not use italics (unless where required by the APA publication style), letters in bold typeface, watermarks or other resources, which can make the text visually enhanced, for it can hamper the work of copyeditors and proofreaders.

Always acknowledge the authors, including the date of publication, of all the referred studies. All of the names of the authors of the works cited should be followed by the publication date. All of the authors cited in text should be listed in the section of References.

Examples of citations in the body of the manuscript:

The examples below can help organize you manuscript, but certainly don't cover all of the possibilities of your work. Use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5^th edition) for other types of citations.

1. One Work by Multiple Authors

a) Work of two authors: cite both names every time the reference occurs in text:

Walker and Fleck (2000) compared the social context

In a recent study on at-risk social groups (Walker and Fleck, 2000)

b) Work of three to five authors: cite all authors the first time the reference occurs; in subsequent citations, include only the surname of the first author followed by et al. (not italicized and with a period after "al") and the year if it is the first citation of the reference within a paragraph. Omit year from subsequent citations after first citation within a paragraph:

Wasserstein, Zappulla and Rosen (1994) found

Wasserstein et al. (1994) found [first citation per paragraph]

Wasserstein et al. found [subsequent citation within the same paragraph]

c) Work of six or more authors: cite only the surname of the first author followed by et al. and the year. However, in the Reference section provide the initials and surnames of all of the authors.

2. Citations of Historical or Re-edited Works

Use the following format: author (original date of publication / date of publication consulted)

James (1890/1983)

3. Paraphrasing or referring to an idea contained in another work

Material cited from an article discussed in another work, without the original text being used, for example, "Piaget (1932, cited by Flavell, 1996) studied…". Do not omit citations embedded within the original material you are quoting. The works cited must be included in the list of references (in this case, Flavell, 1996).

NOTE: Incorporate short quotations (less than 40 words) into text, and enclose the quotation with double quotation marks. Display a quotation of 40 or more words in a freestanding block of typewritten lines, and omit the quotation marks. Start such a block quotation on a new line, and indent the block 1.25 cm from the left margin. To reproduce quotations of more than 500 words, one or more figures, tables or other illustrations a written permission from the copyright owner must be obtained. The permission must be addressed to the author of the manuscript submitted to the journal. Under no circumstances do these permissions imply in copyright ownership.

Direct quotes must be accurate even if the source is incorrect. If any incorrect spelling, punctuation or grammar in the source might confuse readers, insert the word [sic], underlined and bracketed, immediately after the error in the quotation. Use three spaced ellipsis points (. . .) within a sentence to indicate that you have omitted material form the original source. Use brackets, not parentheses, to enclose material (additions or explanations) inserted in a quotation by some person other than the original author. If you want to emphasize a word or words in a quotation, underline the word or words. Immediately after the underlined words, insert within brackets the words [our emphasis].

Latin abbreviations: Use the following standard Latin abbreviations only in parenthetical material; in non-parenthetical material, use the English translation of the Latin terms: cf. = compare; i.e. = that is; e.g. = for example; viz. = namely; etc. = and so forth; vs. = versus, against.

F. References: Start a new page for the References section, with this heading centered on the first line below the Page Header. Only the works consulted and mentioned in text must appear in this section. Continue to use double-spacing and do not leave extra space between the citations. Works should be listed alphabetically by the author's surname, according to the APA style (see some example below). Use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5th edition) to verify the norms not mentioned here.

In the case of references to more than one work by the same author, use chronological order, namely, from the earlier works to the most recent. The name of the authors should not be substituted by dashes.

Examples of references:

1. Journal article:
Bosa, C. A., & Piccinini, C. A. (1996). Comportamentos interativos em crianças com temperamento fácil e difícil. Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica, 9, 337-352.

2. Journal article paginated by issue:
Hüning, S. M. & Guareschi, N. M. F. (2005). O que estamos construindo: especialidades ou especialismos? Psicologia & Sociedade, 17(1), 89-92.

3. Manuscript submitted for publication but not yet accepted:
Indicate in place of the date, that the article is in press. Include the name of the journal underlined after the title of the article. Do not refer to dates and numbers of the volume, paginated volume or pages until the article is published. In text, cite the article indicating that it's in press.

4. Book:
Silva, R. N. da (2005). A invenção da psicologia social. Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes.

5. Book chapter of an edited book:
Maraschin, C. (2005). Redes de conversação como operadores de mudanças estruturais na convivência. In N. M. C. Pellanda; E. T. M. Schlünzen & K. Schlüzen Jr. (Eds.), Inclusão digital: tecendo redes afetivas/cognitivas (pp. 135-143). Rio de Janeiro: DP & A.

6. Unpublished contribution to a symposium:
Haidt, J., Dias, M. G., & Koller, S. (1991, February). Disgust, disrespect and culture: Moral judgement of victimless violation in the USA and Brazil. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico.

7. Published proceedings, published contribution to a symposium, article or chapter in an edited book:
Todorov, J. C., Souza, D. G., & Bori, C. M. (1992). Escolha e decisão: A teoria da maximização momentânea [Resumo]. In Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia (Ed.), Resumos de comunicações científicas, XXII Reunião Anual de Psicologia (p. 66). Ribeirão Preto: SBP.

8. Unpublished master's thesis or doctoral dissertation:
Dal Molim, F. (2002). Autopoiese e sociedade: a rede integrada de serviços da Restinga na teoria dos sistemas vivos.. Unpublished master's thesis, Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Social e Institucional, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS.

9. Earlier works and re-edited at a very posterior date; translated books:
Castel, R. (2001). As metamorfoses da questão social: uma crônica do salário(I. D. Poleti, Trans.). Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes. (Original publicado em 1995)

10. Book, group author (government agency) as Publisher:
American Psychological Association (1994). Publication manual (4^th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

11. Personal Communications:
Personal communications may be letters, memos, some electronic communications, personal interviews, telephone conversations, and the like. Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal communications are not included in the reference list. Cite in text only, giving the initials as well as the surname of the communicator, and provide as exact a date as possible.

G. Appendixes: Avoid them. Use them only when there is indispensable information that must be included. Each appendix must be presented on a new page. The appendixes should be indicated in text and presented at the end of the manuscript, identified by the capitalized letters of the alphabet (A, B, C, and so forth).

H. Footnotes: Avoid them as much as possible. However, if there's no other possibility, they should be indicated by using superscript arabic numerals in text and presented after the Appendixes. The title (Footnotes) must be centered on the first line below the Page Header. Indent the first line of each footnote in 1.25 cm and number them according to the respective indications in text.

I. Tables: They must be elaborated in Word (.doc) or Excel. In the case of presenting tables in graphic form, use only the bar graph type. Avoid using colors in tables. Each table begins on a new page. The word Table is aligned to the left on the first line below the Page Header and followed by the corresponding number of the table. Double-space and type the title of the table to the left, in italics and without a period. Capitalize the first letter and any proper names in the title.

J. Figures: The type of file for figures must be JPG, one figure for each page, not exceeding 17.5 cm width by 23.5 cm length. The word Figure is aligned to the left on the first line below the Page Header and followed by the corresponding number of the figure. Double-space and type the title of the figure to the left, in italics and without a period. Capitalize the first letter and any proper names in the title.

The words Figure, Table and Appendix that appear in text should always be written with the first letter capitalized and should be followed by the respective number (for Figures and Tables) or letter (for Appendixes) to which they are referring to. The use of expressions such as "the Table above" or "the Figure below" shouldn't be used because the localization of them could be modified during the publication process. The APA style does not include the use of denominations such as Charts or Graphics, only Tables and Figures.

(all items are required)

• The contribution is original an unpublished, and is not under evaluation elsewhere; this not being the case, justify in the letter of submission that precedes the Identified Title Page.
• The files to be submitted were elaborated using Word (.doc).
• All of the URL addresses in text are activated (i.e.: http://pkp.sfu.c).
• Text is double-spaced, in Times New Roman, size 12, with paragraphs aligned to the left, with appendixes, tables and figure at the end of the manuscript, after the references, with indications as to where they are to be inserted. The manuscript, being an article, should not have more than 25 pages. Paper size is A4 (21 x 29.7 cm), with all margins at 2.5 cm. In case there are subdivisions in text, no more than three levels of subheadings are recommended. See Format and manuscript guidelines.
• The text follows the format requirements of the journal according to the Forma and manuscript guidelines. The manuscript is in accordance to the APA style of publication: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5th edition).
• The name of the author(s) was removed in "Document Properties" (access menu option "File" of MS Word), and elsewhere in the manuscript, notwithstanding the names must appear in the letter of submission and the Identified Title Page.