Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Brief Background
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The Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI) was founded in 1958 by the Brazilian Institute of International Relations (IBRI). Since its creation, it has been published continuously, establishing itself as one of the most traditional and highest-impact journals in the field of International Relations in Latin America and one of the most prominent publications from the Global South. Since 2020, the journal has been published by the Center for Global Studies at the University of Brasília (UnB). Throughout its trajectory, RBPI has consolidated itself as a reference space for academic debate on international politics, foreign policy, international political economy, security, global governance, international law, the history of international relations, and related topics. The journal combines scientific rigor, internationalization, and a commitment to theoretical and methodological pluralism. |
Open Access
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RBPI follows the Open Access model, allowing virtual access without restriction (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose. |
Open Science Compliance
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RBPI is committed to Open Science communication practices. Open Science is understood as the new way of formatting, designing, managing, communicating, and evaluating research and its dissemination, advocating for transparency of processes and the availability of the components that underpin its communication, such as methods, data, and computer programs. This openness encompasses and promotes significant changes in the journal's editorial work, contributing to accelerating research publication through continuous publication and the use of preprint repositories, in order to facilitate article evaluation, research replicability, and the reuse of collected data. The adoption and improvement of scientific communication practices in compliance with Open Science assume: open access; preprints as the starting point of the article production flow; transparent management of research data; availability of program codes and other materials underlying the articles; transparency and gradual openness of the manuscript evaluation process; public dissemination of research and interoperability with the global flow of scientific information and knowledge. Preprints are manuscripts ready for submission to a journal, which are deposited by the author on an open access web server beforehand, or in parallel to submission to the journal, by the author or the journal. The use of a preprint as an author option assumes that, when submitting the article to the journal, the author must inform whether the manuscript is deposited on a preprint server, as well as its name and URL. This pre-publication, in addition to accelerating the communication of research results, allows the author to receive feedback from readers and make modifications they deem appropriate. Articles submitted for publication must be original in print or electronic media, except for those made available on preprint repositories, and simultaneous submission for evaluation to another journal is not permitted. At the time of submission, the responsible author must complete and attach the Formulário sobre Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta (Open Science Compliance Form), informing: (a) whether the manuscript is a preprint and, if so, its location; (b) whether data, program codes, and other materials underlying the manuscript text are properly cited and referenced; and (c) whether they accept openness options in the peer review process. |
Ethics in Publication
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RBPI adopts the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), including: COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers; Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Editors; Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Authors. The journal also observes the ethical principles of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Research involving human subjects must provide proof of approval by an institutional Ethics Committee, when applicable. |
Focus and Scope
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RBPI publishes original scientific articles in the field of International Relations and related areas, including: International Politics; Foreign Policy Analysis; Comparative Politics with an international dimension; International Political Economy; International Security; Global Governance; International Law; History of International Relations. The journal prioritizes contributions with theoretical rigor, methodological consistency, empirical relevance, and engagement with contemporary international debate. |
Digital Preservation
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RBPI follows the standards defined in the Política de Preservação Digital do Programa SciELO (SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy). |
Indexing Sources
Bibliographic Journal Information
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Websites and Social Media
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The manuscript must not have been previously published, in whole or in part, in any other journal (even in modified format), nor be under evaluation for publication in another vehicle. This rule applies to both full and abbreviated versions, as well as to excerpts of the article. Translations of texts already published in another language are not accepted. RBPI is committed to good practices in scientific publication, including the complete originality of published works and proper referencing of arguments, data, and excerpts from texts by other authors or from the authors' own previous work. The editorial analysis process may take up to 120 days and occurs in three stages: All contributions are analyzed by the Editorial Board, which makes a preliminary decision on adherence to the editorial policy and verifies scientific consistency and minimum writing conditions; Works approved in the pre-analysis are subjected to similarity detection mechanisms, identifying any excerpts previously published, even if modified; Manuscripts approved in the second stage are forwarded for double-blind peer review. The evaluation may recommend full acceptance, acceptance with modifications, or rejection. In case of rejection, the manuscript may not be submitted again to RBPI, even with alterations. RBPI establishes a minimum interval of eighteen months between publications by the same author. The journal does not accept simultaneous submissions of multiple articles by the same author. Authors whose manuscripts are rejected at the desk review stage must wait 180 days before submitting again. These rules apply to all coauthors. RBPI requires that all datasets underlying the conclusions of empirical articles be available to readers. The journal curates these data and makes databases and metadata available in the Harvard Dataverse repository. All data must be in English. Authors must also cite public datasets in their references. RBPI is an annual journal and adopts the continuous publication model, in which articles are published online as soon as they are ready. |
Preprints
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RBPI accepts manuscripts that have been previously deposited in a non-commercial Preprint server, provided they have not been simultaneously submitted for peer review to another journal. The responsible author must inform whether the manuscript is deposited on a Preprint server and must provide the corresponding DOI.em um servidor de Preprints e obrigatoriamente fornecer o DOI correspondente. |
Peer Review Process
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All manuscripts approved in the pre-analysis process (desk review) are submitted to double-blind peer review. Manuscripts that do not meet the editorial requirements of the pre-analysis process are immediately rejected. The editorial flow follows this protocol: Initial screening by the Editorial Board; Similarity check; Submission for evaluation by external reviewers; Editorial decision (acceptance, revisions, or rejection). The average time for initial evaluation (return of the first reviews) may take up to 120 days. Following SciELO's recommendation for open peer review, as of January 2026, RBPI publishes, in all its articles, the names of the editors responsible for conducting the manuscript evaluation process. |
Open Data
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RBPI requires that datasets underlying empirical articles be publicly available. Data are curated and deposited in the Harvard Dataverse repository. They must be in a format compatible with statistical software (R, Stata, SPSS, Excel) and made available in English. Authors must cite public datasets in their references. |
Fees
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RBPI does not charge submission, review, or publication fees (no APCs). The journal's financial sustainability is achieved through public funding from the following agencies: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). |
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
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RBPI is in compliance with the main guidelines of international and national organizations that serve as a reference for principles and good practices in ethics and misconduct in scientific publications, and is guided by the main ethical practices of Cope, the "SciELO Guide of Good Practices for the Strengthening of Ethics in Scientific Publishing" and the"Principles of Transparency and Good Practices in Academic Publications" recommended by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME. The adoption of these guidelines helps publishers detect potential fraud and inappropriate publication practices. |
Policy on Conflict of Interest
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Conflicts of interest may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that could influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting a manuscript, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must inform it in a signed document attached to the submission platform. For additional information, access: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest. |
Verification Policy and Editorial Workflow
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Software Selection and Functionality The journal uses Crosscheck, a Crossref initiative powered by iThenticate technology.
Verification Policy and Scope of Application The journal's integrity policy is universal and mandatory, based on the following criteria: A. Screening Universality: All submitted manuscripts — original articles, theoretical essays, literature reviews, and dossiers — undergo verification. There is no distinction based on authors' academic degrees or institutional prestige. B. Qualitative Analysis Criteria: The editorial board does not adopt a rigid percentage cutoff score, understanding that similarity may arise from legitimate direct quotations, bibliographic references, or standardized technical terminology. However, total similarity rates above 20%, or matches with a single source exceeding 5%, trigger a detailed manual audit. C. Verified Cases: The analysis seeks to identify direct plagiarism, "mosaic plagiarism" (recombination of third-party fragments without proper attribution), and self-plagiarism (redundant publication of results previously disseminated by the author in other scientific venues).
Integration into the Editorial Workflow Similarity verification is strategically carried out at the pre-analysis stage (desk review), immediately after receipt of the manuscript. This timeline aims to optimize the time of reviewers and associate editors, ensuring that only texts with proven originality proceed to academic merit evaluation. Submission and Technical Validation: The manuscript is received and checked for formatting and anonymity standards. Similarity Screening (Pre-analysis): Before being forwarded to a Section Editor, the file is processed by Crosscheck.
Editorial Deliberation
A. Compliance: If the similarity rates are acceptable, the manuscript proceeds to scientific merit evaluation. B. Request for Adjustments: If formal citation flaws or excessive self-plagiarism are detected (e.g., excerpts identical to the author's own uncited dissertation), the text is returned for correction before entering the peer review workflow. C. Immediate Rejection (In Limine): Clear evidence of scientific misconduct (plagiarism or duplicate publication) results in immediate rejection, following COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines. This protocol ensures that the published scientific production maintains the rigor and originality required by RBPI's editorial policy. |
Adoption of Software Using Artificial Intelligence Resources
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Authorship Attribution and Responsibility RBPI unequivocally establishes that Generative Artificial Intelligence tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or similar) cannot be listed as authors or coauthors of any manuscript. Authorship presupposes the ability to assume ethical, legal, and intellectual responsibility for the data, interpretations, and conclusions presented, which is an exclusive prerogative of human beings. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their work, including factual accuracy, the absence of plagiarism, and compliance with copyright, regardless of whether they have used technological tools for writing or data processing.
Declaration of Use (Transparency) RBPI adopts the principle of total transparency. If any AI tool has been used in the research or writing process, authors must explicitly declare such use: A. In the Writing Process: Whether AI was used to improve grammar, style, or text fluency. B. In the Methodology: Whether AI was used in data collection, data analysis, or generation of programming code. C. Location of the Declaration: It is recommended to include a specific section entitled "Declaration of AI Use" at the end of the manuscript, preceding the References, or a detailed mention in the Cover Letter. D. Restrictions and Prohibitions
To safeguard scientific rigor, RBPI imposes the following restrictions: Citations and References: The use of AI to generate bibliographic references is expressly prohibited, due to the documented risk of "hallucinations" (fabrication of nonexistent sources). All citations must be manually verified by the authors. Images and Graphics: The submission of images or scientific illustrations generated entirely by AI is not permitted, except in cases where the object of study is the AI technology itself, which must be previously agreed upon with the Editor-in-Chief. Peer Review: In compliance with process confidentiality, reviewers (referees) are prohibited from uploading submitted manuscripts into AI tools for analysis or summarization purposes, as such platforms may store the data and violate the author's intellectual property.
Procedure in Case of Omission The detection of undeclared use of generative AI will be treated as ethical misconduct. The journal reserves the right to use synthetic writing detection software during the desk review phase. If substantial use of AI without proper transparency is identified, the manuscript will be summarily rejected. |
Gender and Sex Issues
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The editorial team of RBPI, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, and results and interpretation of findings. Furthermore, RBPI observes the gender equity policy in the composition of its editorial board and reviewers. |
Ethics Committee
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When applicable, authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research. |
Copyright
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Authors of articles published by the Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional retain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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Authors retain the copyright of submitted manuscripts, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows unrestricted reuse and distribution of the articles, provided the original work is properly cited. RBPI is authorized to publish this text. The data, concepts, and opinions presented in the articles, as well as the accuracy of documentary and bibliographic references, are the sole responsibility of the authors. All content and articles published in RBPI, unless otherwise indicated, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution. RBPI encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts, publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as on their personal social networks, provided that the complete citation is included as on the journal's website version. |
Sponsors and Promotion Agencies
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Editor-in-Chief
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Editores Associados
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Editor Assistente
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Conselho Editorial
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Comitê Diretivo
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Editores Anteriores
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Copy Editors
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Equipe Técnica | Produção Editorial
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Scope
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The Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI) receives continuous flow submissions in the form of scientific articles written in English. The journal publishes original scientific articles whose theme falls within the broad field of International Relations, covering International and Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Law, History of International Relations and Foreign Policy, and International Political Economy. RBPI aims to publish increasingly high-quality and innovative original works in the field of International Relations. Contributions that do not emphasize international or cross-border phenomena, defined as belonging to the international studies agenda, do not fall within the journal's scope. RBPI maintains a high standard of quality, with scientific quality being the first and most important criterion for evaluating submissions. Before submitting any work, ensure that the manuscript strictly follows the journal's guidelines presented below.
Successful manuscripts generally present the following characteristics: 1. They are introduced with a clear and concise argument that explains the scientific contribution of the work to the field of International Relations; 2. They develop an interpretation grounded in the most current literature, indicating the manuscript's relevance to the debate; 3. They demonstrate the importance of the sources cited; 4. They structure arguments clearly throughout the text, presenting evidence unequivocally; 5. They include a concluding section that synthesizes the content and analyzes the results, potentially indicating an agenda for future research; 6. They observe proper use of grammar and academic English, as well as formatting according to the journal's criteria; 7. They respect the maximum length limit.
Manuscripts that are not admitted generally present the following characteristics: 1. They are irrelevant to the journal's area of focus and show low adherence to the editorial policy; 2. They address the topic imprecisely, superficially, or incorrectly; 3. They lack adequate sources to support the arguments; 4. They present formatting problems or do not follow the journal's guidelines; 5. They have inadequate writing, imprecise language, or logical or conceptual inconsistencies; 6. They have been previously published, in whole or in part.
Before submission, carefully examine the manuscript, identifying expressions, sentences, or paragraphs that could be removed without compromising the central argument – or that could help make it clearer. It is also recommended that authors seek detailed comments from qualified reviewers before submitting to the journal. Articles must be written in clear and concise English. Use of either British English or American English is permitted, but not a combination of both. If the author does not have sufficient command of the English language, it is strongly recommended that the text be previously reviewed by a professional specializing in translation or academic revision in the field of international studies. The editorial office may indicate certified translators and reviewers with whom the journal has previously worked, with costs borne directly by the author. The editors reserve the right to return articles that do not comply with these instructions, which must be read carefully and followed rigorously. |
Types of Documents Accepted
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RBPI continuously receives article proposals submitted exclusively through its website, which must be original and contain a maximum of 8,000 words, including title, abstract, keywords, footnotes, and references, in Times New Roman font size 12. |
Authors' Contribution
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RBPI recommends that authorship be based on the following criteria: 1. Substantial contribution to the conception of the study; 2. Analysis or interpretation of data for the work; 3. Writing of part of the work or critical review of intellectual content for the version to be published. |
Manuscript Preparation
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The article must be written exclusively in English and must have between 7,000 and 8,000 words, never exceeding 8,000 words (including title, abstract, references, and keywords); The article must include an abstract of 80 to 120 words; The article must include 4 to 6 keywords; The file to be submitted must be generated by a universally used word processor and be in .docx format. Use only standard text formatting; Footnotes should be used only for additional clarification of the text; References must be listed at the end of the text. All references listed in the References section must have been cited throughout the article; Strictly observe the Chicago author-date system; Submissions are made exclusively through the submission form at http://www.scielo.br/rbpi (Online Submission); To ensure author anonymity in the evaluation of the contribution's value, the article must include, as a supplementary file, a Title Page containing the following information: author's name, affiliated institution, academic background, ORCID, address, telephone number, and institutional email. In the case of contributions with multiple authors, the information for all authors must be presented. On this Title Page, the text of the article's Acknowledgments section may be included; In the body of the article, the author responsible for the submission must remove any reference that could indicate their identity. In the case of multiple authors, the names of all coauthors, as well as their institutions, must be provided in the Submission Form; The author responsible for the submission must declare, in the Cover Letter to the Editor (first field of the Submission Form), that they are responsible for the content of the contribution submitted to the RBPI Editorial Board; The author submitting the article must be authorized by all coauthors to act as their legal representative in all matters related to the publication of the manuscript, and the authorship order must be agreed upon by all authors; The author submitting the article must declare, in the Cover Letter to the Editor (first field of the Submission Form), that the content of the submitted work contains nothing that could be considered illegal, defamatory, cause a conflict of interest, or interfere with the impartiality of the presented work; The Journal does not publish disclaimers or exoneration statements of any kind in its articles; The Journal accepts a maximum of four authors per article, and even so, the responsibility of each one in the development of the research that led to the submission must be clear in the Cover Letter to the Editor (first field of the Submission Form); To submit a manuscript, at least one of the authors must hold a master's degree; If approved for publication, authors must provide material such as press releases, interviews, or any other information requested by the Editorial Team; the data underlying empirical articles must be available, as well as the databases and metadata published in Harvard Dataverse. Authors must cite publicly available datasets in their reference lists; Questions about the submission or evaluation processes should be sent to our institutional email: rbpi@unb.br.
ID ORCID The ORCID ID of the authors is mandatory information for each submission. RBPI will include the ORCID ID number (http://orcid.org/) of the authors in its articles, and this information must be provided at the time of submission.
Title Page The title page must contain the following information: 1. Article title (manuscript title, with first letter capitalized); 2.Full name(s) of the author(s); 3. Institutional affiliation of each author; 4. Professional address of each author; 5. ORCID ID of each author; 6. Institutional email of each author; 7. Phone number; 8. Keywords (4 to 6 terms, in alphabetical order); 9. Acknowledgments, if any, which will be included in the article should its publication be approved.
Acknowledgments When necessary, acknowledgments should refer exclusively to substantial support received by the author in developing the research that originated the article. Acknowledgments must be included on the title page, as described above. Should the work be approved for publication, this section will be inserted at the end of the text, in the Acknowledgments section. Acknowledgments for aid or scholarships, as well as acknowledgments for collaborations with colleagues and any mentions of the article's origin (such as theses) must be indicated in this section. Acknowledgments to individuals must precede acknowledgments to institutions or agencies. Dedications are not permitted.
Footnotes Footnotes should be avoided. When extremely necessary, they must be numbered sequentially and present exclusively additional clarifications to the text. |
Digital Assets
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The use of images (flowcharts, maps, tables, and figures) must be restricted to what is essential for illustrating the arguments developed in the text. This means they should not reproduce information mentioned in the text nor be superficially explored in the development of the article's central argument. All images must be provided in .EPS format and also in editable format, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Only black and white or color images will be accepted. Indicate the exact insertion points of the images in the body of the text. In the case of images not produced by the author, the submission must include, as a supplementary document, a formal authorization signed by the author/editor of the image for its use and reproduction in the article submitted to the Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional. Figures and tables must be accompanied by their respective spreadsheets in a separate, editable file. Figures and tables without appropriate titles, scales, and units will result in preliminary rejection of the submission. |
Citations and References
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Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the bibliographic references cited in their work. Strictly observe the Chicago author-date system. References may be cited in the text, for example, (Almeida 2004), (Almeida and Farias 2009), (Almeida, Farias, and Cunha 2009), or for three or more authors, (Almeida et al. 2010). Two or more articles by the same author in the same year should be differentiated by letters, such as (Almeida 2004a), (Almeida 2004b), (Almeida and Farias 2009a), (Almeida and Farias 2009b), and so on. References should be listed at the end of the text, in the References section, in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author of the cited work. If there are more than three authors, use the surname of the first author followed by et al. The following examples are considered a general guide for listing references:
Articles Vaz-Pinto, Raquel. 2014. “Peaceful rise and the limits of Chinese exceptionalism.” Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional 57, special issue: 210-24. Souza, Matilde de, Franciely Torrente Veloso, Letícia Britto dos Santos, Rebeca Bernardo da Silva Caeiro. 2014. "Governança de recursos comuns: bacias hidrográficas transfronteiriças." Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional 57, no. 2: 152-75.
Books and Book Chapters Cervo, Amado Luiz. 2012. A Parceria Inconclusa: as relações entre Brasil e Portugal. Vol. 1. Belo Horizonte: Fino Traço. Cervo, Amado Luiz. 2013. “A Parceria Inconclusa: as relações entre Brasil e Portugal.” In Parcerias estratégicas do Brasil: os significados e as experiências tradicionais, edited by Antônio Carlos Lessa and Henrique Altmani Oliveira, 119-38. Vol. 1. Belo Horizonte: Fino Traço. |
Supplementary Documents
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RBPI values the availability of research data in open access repositories. Data must be in formats compatible with statistical software such as R, Stata, SPSS, or Excel. If no replicable code is available, the procedures must be described in detail. All data must be in English. |
Financing Statement
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Inform sources of support for the work, including sponsor names, contract number (if any), together with explanations of the role of these sources. This information will be made available in the acknowledgments section. |
Contact
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Center for Global Studies at the University of Brasília (UnB)
Centro de Estudos Globais, Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília - DF - 70910-900 - Brazil, Tel.: + 55 61 31073651- Brasília - DF - Brazil |
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