Submissions

Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

The journal accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Geltung - Journal of Studies on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy (Geltung) has no article processing charges or article submission charges.

Articles must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication anywhere else and can be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish.

The journal publishes articles, critical book reviews, and interviews/profiles. It also reprints papers that are considered fundamental to the area when authorized written permission is given by the original publisher.

The submissions must be sent electronically in Microsoft Word or RTF format, following the steps of a system that aims to give assistance in each phase of the editorial process.

The publication is subjected to the previous approval of the journal's Editorial Board, as well as to peer review made by, at least, two ad hoc reviewers using the double blind review process. The identification of authorship of the work must be removed from the file, ensuring Geltung’s confidentiality criteria.

The final acceptance of the article depends on:

• The recommendation of the reviewers;
• That the authors carry out the necessary corrections;
• And final approval by the Editorial Board.

Every article should be preceded by a title and subtitle (if any), separated by a colon; author’s full name, the institution to which they belong and electronic address (e-mail); abstract in the same language as the text, which should not exceed 250 words, followed by keywords. In the case of articles in languages other than English, titles and subtitles, abstracts and keywords should also be submitted in English.

Quotations up to three lines should be between double quotation marks; single quotation marks should be used for a quotation within a quotation. Quotations with more than three lines should be highlighted by a 4-cm indentation from the left margin, in Times New Roman font 11, without quotation marks. Suppressions in quotations should be indicated by ellipsis within brackets, and interpolations or commentaries should be within brackets. To emphasize sections of quotations they should be highlighted either through the expression ‘our italics’ in parentheses, after the reference, or ‘author’s italics’, should it be already part of the consulted work.

Quotations may be indicated in the text by a numerical system (referring the reader to a footnote) or author-date.

Footnotes, which can be referential, explanatory or include indications, observations and additions to the text, should be numbered sequentially in Arabic numerals and given in superscript after the punctuation closing the quotation, and repeated at the start of the corresponding note. Footnote text should be in Times New Roman 10.

At the end of the text, references consulted should be indicated.

A generic sequence of the essential elements of a reference can be represented as follows:

AUTHOR. Title, edition. Location: Publisher, date.

Ex.:

GOWER, Barry. Scientific method: an historical and philosophical introduction. London: Routledge, 1997.

As a general rule, the author should be indicated by the surname in capitals, followed by a comma and Christian name(s) and other surnames. In the case of up to three authors, all are indicated, separated by a semi-colon. In the case of more than three authors, the first one should appear, followed by “et al.”. Should the work involve a number of works or contributions from various authors, the person intellectually responsible (coordinator, organizer, etc.) should appear, followed by an abbreviated work characterizing the type of responsibility, in brackets. Works by entities are generally entered with their full names in capitals.

The title of the work should be highlighted in italics, and separated from the subtitle by a colon.

The edition, when mentioned in the work, should be indicated in abbreviated ordinal numerals and the word “edition”, both in the publication’s language.

Should there be more than one location for a single publisher, the primary or major publisher should be indicated. In the case of homonymous cities, the name of the state, country, etc. should be mentioned. When the city is not mentioned in the publication, but can be identified, it should be indicated in brackets. If the location cannot be determined, the expression sine loco should be used, abbreviated, in brackets: [S.l.]. Should there be two publishers, both are indicated, with their respective locations (cities). Should there be three or more publishes, the first or the most prominent, should be indicated. When a publisher cannot be identified, the expression sine nomine should be used, abbreviated, and in brackets: [s.n.]. When both the location and publisher cannot be identified, both expressions are used, abbreviated, in brackets: [S.l.: s.n.].

If no date of publication, distribution, copyright or printing can be determined, an approximate date should be recorded in brackets. The months should be abbreviated in the publication’s language. Divisions of years in quarters, halves, etc., to indicate date of publication, should also be abbreviated.

In the case of part of a periodical (volume, issues, sections, special issue or other), the following sequence should be observed:

TITLE (of publication). Location: Publisher, volume, number (of the year and/or volume, and of the issue), date (including period of publication).

Ex.:

RAE - REVISTA DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE EMPRESAS. São Paulo: Fundação Getúlio Vargas, v. 41, n. 2, abr./jun. 2001.

In the case of articles in periodicals, the following sequence should be followed:

AUTHOR. Title and subtitle (of article). Title (of periodical), Location, volume and/or year, issue or number, initial and final page of the article, date or period of publication.

Ex.:

GUMBRECHT, Hans Ulrich. Emergence: a response to João Mattar. Cognitio: revista de filosofia, São Paulo, v. 4, n. 2, p. 194-196, jul./dez. 2003.    

In the case of articles in newspapers, the folio wing sequence should be followed:

AUTHOR. Title (of article). Title (of newspaper), Location, date (day, month and year). Physical description (section, supplement or part of the newspaper, and corresponding pages).

Ex.:

COLOMBO, Sylvia. Inédito de Antonio Cândido é lançado este ano. Folha de S. Paulo, São Paulo, 21 maio 2001. Folha Ilustrada, E 6. 

In the case of multimedia material, apart from traditional reference elements, the physical description of the electronic media should be added. Examples:

Ex.:

KOLB, David.  Socrates in the labyrinth: hypertext, argument, philosophy. Watertown, MA: Eastgate, 1994. 1 diskette.

INTRODUÇÃO à teoria musical. Brasília: MDS software, 1995. 1 CD-ROM.

WOLHNGER, Kirk (Prod.). To the moon. Boston: WGBH, 1999- 1 DVD.           

Apart from traditional elements, reference to documents consulted online should include the electronic address (URL), shown between the signs < > and preceded by the expression "Available at:", and the date of access to the document, preceded by the expression “Visited on:”, besides other notes considered necessary. Example:

Ex.:

FERNANDES, Adriana; ANDRADE, Renato. Imports will pay higher Cofins and PIS tax as from May. Estadão.com.br, São Paulo, 27 Jan. 2004. Available at: <wvvw.estadao.corn.br/economia/noticias/2004/ jan/27/192.htm>. Visited on: 28 Jan. 2004.