REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana
Brief History
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The Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana - REMHU (ISSN 1980-8585; online ISSN 2237-9843) is a publication of the Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios - CSEM, part of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo – Scalabrinians. Until December 2005, REMHU was published under the title "Scalabriniane nel mondo," a biannual journal detailing the socio-pastoral work of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, Scalabrinians, serving migrants and refugees in various countries and contexts. Starting in 2006, the Study Center began publishing REMHU with its current characteristics. Since 2024, the Journal has adopted a continuous publication (rolling pass) model. The abbreviated title of the journal is REMHU and should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliographic captions.
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Open Access
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REMHU follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (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 the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose. |
Compliance with Open Science
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REMHU endorses the principles of Open Science, allowing free access to all articles (Open Access), accepting the publication of preprints, encouraging the availability of program codes and other materials underlying the published articles (Open Data and Open Materials) – with a highlight on the SciELO Data Repository – and gradually promoting the transparency and openness of the manuscript evaluation process (Open Peer Review). |
Publication Ethics
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REMHU, Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, aware of its academic and social responsibility as a scientific journal, affirms its commitment to ethics and the quality of its publications, from submission to publication of texts. This commitment aligns with the principles found in the Codes of Ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. Guidelines on "Responsibilities of the Editor, Authors, Reviewers," "Identification of misconduct," and "Guidelines for action" are detailed in REMHU's Code of Ethics (see Code of ethics | Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana (csem.org.br)). |
Focus and Scope
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REMHU publishes academic articles resulting from original research, whether theoretical or field-based, related to international migration, human mobility, and refuge in their diverse aspects. Its objective is to offer the academic world, thinkers, and those who shape migration and pastoral policies, interdisciplinary analyses on topics linked to contemporary human mobility at an international level. REMHU, following CSEM's own mission, prioritizes, in its studies and publications, the circulation of knowledge and studies that favor the defense and promotion of the human rights of people and peoples in mobility. |
Digital Preservation
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This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy. |
Indexing Sources
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Bibliographic Journal Information
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Journal Title: REMHU |
Websites and Social Media
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EDITORIAL POLICY
Preprints
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REMHU accepts manuscripts previously deposited on a non-commercial preprint server (like SciELO Preprints, SocArxiv, Advance, or EmeRI), provided they haven't been simultaneously submitted for peer review to another journal. The author must inform the editors of this at the time of submission, complete and attach the Open Science Compliance Form along with the files submitted for evaluation, and provide the article's virtual location (link, DOI). Articles previously deposited on preprint servers will be peer-reviewed and will not be anonymized. REMHU will gradually adopt an open peer review process, following the criteria stipulated for publications covered by SciELO. |
Peer Review Process
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REMHU publishes national and international contributions (in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, or French) with the aim of offering extensive interdisciplinary studies and in-depth analyses on topics related to contemporary human mobility at an international level, such as migrations, refugees, human trafficking, environmental displacement, migratory policies and legislation, assistance and support for people in mobility, pastoral care, and the theology of migrations, among others. The Journal includes research articles and review articles, as well as communications, essays, socio-pastoral reflections, and book reviews on human mobility or related topics. During manuscript selection, we evaluate the topic's relevance, the quality of the scientific methodology, the originality and consistency of the results, analytical rigor, the coherence of conclusions, the pertinence, relevance, and timeliness of the bibliography used, and adherence to the scope and editorial norms adopted by the journal. All submitted manuscripts undergo initial screening by the Editor-in-Chief, who assesses the work's conformity with the journal's editorial line and scope, as well as the absence of plagiarism. If positive, articles are subsequently evaluated by two or more anonymous expert referees (peer review), with confidentiality guaranteed throughout the review process, except for articles already available on preprint servers. Following this, the Editor will send the Editorial Decision. Manuscripts can be a) accepted, b) rejected, c) accepted with corrections, or d) a new submission may be requested. Accepted texts are sent to the authors for any necessary modifications and for them to be aware of alterations to be introduced during the editing process. Authors must return the text with the requested modifications, justifying in the cover letter, if applicable, the reason for not addressing suggestions. The evaluation process, from submission to editorial decision, should not exceed 130 days. In line with Open Science, authors may also opt, when offered the option, for one or more means of opening the peer review process by mutual agreement with the reviewer, according to the Open Science Compliance Form: a) mutual disclosure of identities in the evaluation process and b) publication of approved article reviews on the journal's platform with optional identification of the reviewers. In accordance with the open science policy, the name of the editor responsible for the evaluation and editing process is published for all articles. |
Open Data
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In accordance with the principles of Open Science, REMHU encourages the deposit of research data in repositories that assign DOIs. We recommend using SciELO Data, a multidisciplinary repository for the deposit, preservation, and dissemination of research data, linked to Dataverse, which REMHU has been a part of since 2022. However, other repositories are also accepted by the journal, including: Havard Dataverse; Repositório de dados científicos da USP. By research data, we understand "factual records, which can take the form of numbers, symbols, texts, images or sounds, used as primary sources for research, and which are commonly accepted in the research community as necessary to validate research results" (Griffith University, our translation). Therefore, we encourage the sharing (open or closed), citation, and referencing of data, code, and materials underlying the article and used in the conception and execution of the research (research project, software, program codes, scripts, algorithms, methodologies, field notebooks, questionnaires, audios or videos, photographs, ppt presentations, among others). Data sharing should occur after the article's acceptance. In some cases, REMHU may request access to the submitted article's databases during manuscript evaluation. We recommend depositing in the SciELO Data Repository: https://data.scielo.org/dataverse/brremhu. For data sharing in SciELO Data, please consult the Research data deposit guidelines, produced by the SciELO team. If research data is made available in repositories, please include the citation in the reference list (see Submission Guidelines). REMHU also requests the completion of the Open Science Compliance Form and its inclusion at the time of manuscript submission. |
Publication Fees
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REMHU does not charge any fees for article submission, evaluation, or publication. |
Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Errata, and Retraction
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The Journal adopts the definitions and criteria for misconduct established by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and the SciELO Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication. This particularly applies to the fabrication and falsification of data and information, including plagiarism, self-plagiarism, improper attribution of authorship, and misuse of Artificial Intelligence tools. If the article has been submitted to an Ethics Committee (Sistema CEP/Conep, Plataforma Brazil, or another system), we ask the authors to mention this in the body of the article (for example, in a footnote). Should it be necessary to correct errors identified in already published texts that do not constitute misconduct, or to include an addendum, the guidelines from the "Guide for the Registration, Marking, and Publication of Errata" and the "Guide for Registration, Marking, and Publication of Addendum" will be followed. Authors should contact the editors via email at: remhu@csem.org.br. If evidence of misconduct is identified, a retraction may be required from the authors, in accordance with the SciELO Brazil Guide for the Registration, Marking, and Publication of Retractions. |
Conflict of Interest
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REMHU requests that editors, authors, and reviewers declare possible conflicts of interest when submitting or evaluating a manuscript. These conflicts can be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. If in doubt, authors and reviewers should include this information when submitting or accepting the evaluation of an article. For more information, we recommend checking the website: https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/author-responsibilities--conflicts-of-interest.html. |
Adoption of Similarity Check Software
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All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo an initial screening by the Editor-in-Chief, who assesses for the absence of plagiarism or improper use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We use Plagiarism Checker and CopySpider software to identify misconduct. Manuscripts that don't comply will be automatically rejected, and the authors may face sanctions determined by the Editorial Board. REMHU employs the SciSpace tool to detect AI-generated content, and the use of generative AI for producing autonomous authorial content is prohibited. |
Adoption of Software and Use of Artificial Intelligence Resources
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REMHU follows the guidelines from COPE and SciELO Brazil regarding the use of software and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. Technical resources and AI tools do not meet the requirements for authorship and therefore cannot be listed among the authors of submitted manuscripts. Authors can use AI tools for spelling and grammar checks, for producing images and graphics, or for bibliographic research. However, they must mandatorily inform this in detail within the article's methodology section, specifying the type of tool used and its purpose. The use of AI for producing autonomous authorial content is prohibited. The responsibility for the text's authorship remains with the author(s), including parts produced with the aid of AI. |
Sex and Gender Issues
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The REMHU editorial team, along with authors publishing in the journal, must always observe the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of directives that guide the reporting of information about sex and gender in study design, data analysis, and the results and interpretation of findings. REMHU observes a gender equity policy in forming its editorial board and selecting referees. Additionally, we suggest reading the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research, available here: https://www.scielo.br/j/ress/a/qbkGJtSD7Cj4fzJSrVsg6Hf/?lang=pt. |
Ethics Committee
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Authors must attach a declaration of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research. We also ask authors to mention it within the body of the article (for example, in a footnote). |
Copyright
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Authors retain their copyrights and grant the journal the right of first publication. The work is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0). License, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that authorship is recognized and the original work is properly cited. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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Sponsors and Funding Agencies
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REMHU is funded by the Associação Educadora São Carlos/CSEM, part of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo - Scalabrinians, based in Rome, Italy. |
Editor-in-chief
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Editorial Assistant
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Associated Editors
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Editorial Comission
The REMHU Journal's editorial board is selected based on criteria of interdisciplinarity and internationality, along with a specific focus on Human Mobility and related themes. |
All works approved by REMHU will receive a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
Types of Accepted Documents
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The REMHU Journal is divided into four sections, in addition to the Editorial. EDITORIAL: This is prepared in Portuguese and English by the journal's Editor-in-Chief or a guest researcher. DOSSIER: This section addresses a specific topic related to the world of international migration. It comprises research articles and review articles that offer different academic perspectives on the theme, potentially including sociological, psychological, anthropological, demographic, ethnological, legal, statistical, theological, and pastoral approaches, among others, depending on the case. Manuscripts must be between 35,000 and 50,000 characters with spaces, including an abstract and keywords (3-5) in the original language of the text (up to 150 words), an abstract and keywords in English, as well as information about the author(s)' academic background. These articles will be peer-reviewed. ARTICLES: The Articles section includes research articles and review articles on any topic related to the universe of human mobility. Manuscripts must be between 35,000 and 50,000 characters with spaces, including an abstract in the original language of the text (up to 150 words), an abstract and keywords in English, as well as information about the author(s)' academic background. These articles will be peer-reviewed. REPORTS AND REFLECTIONS: This section comprises communications, essays, discussions, and case reports pertaining to the phenomenon of migration and socio-pastoral service to migrants and refugees. Texts should be up to 20,000 characters with spaces, without an abstract, but with a final bibliography. Reports will be peer-reviewed. REVIEWS: This final section includes critical reviews of recent publications related to the world of migration. In addition to summarizing the works, the texts should contribute new knowledge and stimulate discussions on the topic. Manuscripts, up to 10,000 characters with spaces, must contain the complete reference of the commented work, a bibliography, and information about the author's academic background. Reviews will also be peer-reviewed. As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify the submission's conformity with all items listed below. - The article submitted to REMHU must be: 1) original and unpublished; 2) the authorial content must not have been produced by Artificial Intelligence tools; 3) the article is not being evaluated for publication by another journal. Texts that are not considered original include those fully or partially disclosed on the internet; segments of theses or dissertations; texts already published in another language; and works previously published in the proceedings of scientific events. Texts published in event proceedings may be considered original if they have undergone substantial revisions resulting from subsequent debate and further research. In such cases, authors must inform the Editor at the time of submission, using the “Comments to the Editor” field. The Editor will then decide whether the article is eligible for evaluation. Submissions containing plagiarism or self-plagiarism will not be accepted. - It is permitted to submit a manuscript previously published on a Preprint platform (such as SciELO Preprints, SocArXiv, and SSRN), provided it has not been simultaneously submitted for peer review to another journal. In this case, the author must inform the editors of this at the time of submission, complete and attach the Open Science Compliance Form along with the files submitted for evaluation, and provide the article's virtual location (DOI). |
Author Contributions
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If there are two or more authors, it's necessary to inform each author's contributions according to the Manuscript Submission Form (available at https://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/32). There are two minimum authorship criteria: a. Active participation in the discussion of results; b. Review and approval of the final version of the work. A Any changes in the authorship order must be communicated before the manuscript is accepted. |
Manuscript Preparation
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Manuscript format: single space, A4, Times New Roman, size 12. Manuscript length: between 35,000 and 50,000 characters with spaces for articles in the Dossier and Articles sections (including abstract, footnotes, and final bibliography); between 10,000 and 20,000 characters with spaces for the "Reports and Reflections" section; up to 10,000 characters with spaces for the "Reviews" section. - The "article text" file: 1. addresses themes related to migration, refuge, and related topics, and is written in Portuguese, English, Italian, Spanish, or French. 2. it is in Microsoft Word format, with no author identification, thereby ensuring the journal’s confidentiality policy. 3. has a maximum of 3 (three) authors; minimum master's degree (for the "Dossier" and "Articles" sections). It's possible to accept texts from master's students, provided they were written in co-authorship with doctors. The author submitting the article confirms that the co-author(s) are aware of the manuscript submission, and after submission, the inclusion or exclusion of co-author(s) will not be permitted. 4. The article submitted for the "Articles" and "Dossier" sections includes, in the language in which it is written and in English: a) title; b) abstract up to 150 words; c) 3 to 5 keywords. 5. Complete and attach the Manuscript Submission Form (English), including: a) article title in the original language and in English; b) author note (in case of multiple authorship, indicate the authors' names in order of responsibility in the work's elaboration); c) authors' description (profession, institutional affiliation, academic degree, postal address, and email); d) in case of a manuscript prepared by 2 or more authors, a statement informing each author's individual contribution; e) ORCID of all authors; f) conflict of interest statement. 6. Complete and attach the Open Science Compliance Form and, whenever pertinent, the declaration of approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the responsible institution. 7. The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in "Guidelines for Authors," in the "About the Journal" section. |
Article Submission Format
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- In the Article Text
- In the Manuscript Submission Form
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Digital Assets
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Tables: Should be inserted in the body of the text, numbered sequentially, and include proper source and/or authorship indication. To maintain the Journal's aesthetic standard and for the digitization process, charts must also be submitted in Excel. Charts: Should follow the same guidelines as tables. To maintain the Journal's aesthetic standard and for the digitization process, charts must also be submitted in Excel. Figures, photos, and illustrations: Should be numbered sequentially and submitted in high-resolution separate files. The first time acronyms or abbreviations are mentioned, their full equivalent must be indicated. Do not use acronyms or abbreviations in the abstract or in the article title. |
Citations and References
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Bibliographic references should generally follow the guidelines of the Associação Brazileira de Normas Técnicas – ABNT. Citations In-text citations should use the author-date system. For indirect citations, use the author's Surname (or responsible entity), the year of document publication, and, if necessary, the page number. If there is more than one work by the same author in the same year, use a, b, c immediately after the date. If the author's name is already mentioned in the text, include only the year in parentheses. Ex: (Balibar, 2012, p. 12-14) Ex: (IBGE, 2014a, p. 10) Ex: "...in the opinion of Mezzadra (2015)" For citations with two authors, place their Surnames separated by a comma (,) and the publication date. Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple sources. Ex.: (Durand, Massey, 2001) Ex.: (Sayad, 1986; Castles, Miller, 2012) For citations with more than three authors, use the surname of the first author followed by et al. and the publication date. Ex.: (Zanini et al. 2017). Direct quotations of up to 3 lines should be placed within the body of the text, enclosed in double quotation marks ("..."), without italics, and followed by (Surname, year, and page number). Ex: ... "è doveroso distinguere il concetto di globalizzazione tra progetto político e processo economico" (Castles, Mille, 2012, p. 79). Direct quotations of more than 3 lines should be placed in a separate block (indented 2 cm), without quotation marks or italics, and followed by (Surname, year, and page number). All works cited in the text must appear in the reference list. Bibliographic References The bibliographic references used will be presented at the end of the article. Include only references for authors mentioned in the text, in alphabetical order by the authors' surnames. In case of more than one reference by the same author, use chronological order, starting with the oldest publication. If there are several works by the same author cited, and there is a coincidence of year, a letter (a, b, c, ...) should be added after the date. Book: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, first name. Title (in bold): subtitle. Place: Publisher, Year of publication. Ex.: BAGGIO, Marileda. Entre dois mundos: a Igreja no pensar e no agir de Giovanni Battista Scalabrini. Brasília: CSEM, 2011. Book Chapter: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, first name. Chapter title. In: LAST NAME, first name of author(s) or editor(s). Title: subtitle. Place: Publisher, Year of publication, initial-final pages. Ex.: LUSSI, Carmem. Atendimento à população migrante: por uma abordagem integral. In: NETO, Helion Povoa; SANTOS, Miriam de Oliveira; PETRUS, Regina (orgs.). Migrações: rumos, tendências e desafios. Rio de Janeiro: Polobooks, CRV, 2016, p. 477-496. Article in journals/periodicals: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, first name. Article title. Journal/Periodical Name, volume (v.), number (n.), elocation-id (if continuous publication) or initial-final pages, Year of publication. DOI. Ex.: BAENINGER, Rosana. Racismo e sua negação: o caso dos migrantes bolivianos em São Paulo. Travessia, v. XXIV, n. 68, p. 49-62, 2011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48213/travessia.i68.498 Ex.: DIAS, Gustavo; AVALLONE, Gennaro. Por que ler Sayad? A produção de uma sociolinguística crítica sobre a representação do migrante. REMHU, Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, v. 32, e322038, 2024. DOI: https://10.1590/1980-858525038800032117. Dissertation and thesis: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, first name. Academic work title (Doctoral thesis or master's dissertation). Institution Name, place and year. Ex: DIAS, Guilherme Mansur. Migração e crime: desconstrução das políticas de segurança e tráfico de pessoas (Tese de doutorado). Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Campinas, 2014. Work presented at conferences: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, first name. Title, subtitle of the work. In: Conference Name. Place, date. Ex.: KREUTZ, Lúcio. Identidade étnica e processo escolar. In: XXII Encontro Anual da ANPOCS. Caxambú, 27 a 31 de Outubro de 1998. Text in electronic medium: LAST NAME, author's first name. Title. Additional information if available. Publication date. Available at: <electronic address>. Accessed on: dd.mm.yyyy. Ex.: SANTIN, Terezinha. Fórum Social Mundial das Migrações. 2012. Available at: http://www.csem.org.br/evento/644-forum-social-mundial-das-migracoes. Accessed on: 12.12.2012. Newspaper article: Article Title. Newspaper Name. City, dd.mm.yyyy. Available at: <electronic address>. Accessed on: dd.mm.yyyy. Ex.: Migrazioni, i viaggi disperati: una panoramica del cambiamento nei flussi misti verso l'Europa. La Repubblica. 11.04.2011. Available at: http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/immigrazione/. Accessed on: 15.05.2018. Research data: LAST NAME, author's first name. Research data title. Qualifier [dataset]. Research data deposit date, version. Repository Name, Electronic identifier and link. Ex.: ANDRADE, Márcio. Estudo de genes em ratos albinos na América Latina [dataset]. 20 Jan. 2018. Open Science Framework (OSF). NR_109833.1. http://dx.doi.org/10.15090/012345620187214. Preprints: Ex.: MACHADO, Igor J. R. Espacialidades precárias dos refugiados no Brazil. preprints.scielo.org [Preprint], 2020. [Submitted 2020-09-09 - Posted 2020-09-14; cited 2020-10-09]. Available at and/or DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.1198 |
Supplementary Documents
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Submit: the Manuscript Submission Form and the Open Science Compliance Form. |
Funding
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Authors must provide information on all sources of support for the work, including the names of funding agencies or sponsors, contract or grant numbers (if applicable), and a description of the role played by each funding source in the research. |
Manuscript Submission
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Articles should be submitted to REMHU Journal via the electronic manuscript submission website: http://www.csem.org.br/remhu |
Additional Information
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Privacy Policy Names, addresses, or other information about authors and reviewers provided to this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes of this publication and will not be available for other uses. |
Contact
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Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios – CSEM |
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