Submissions

Author Guidelines

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items. Submissions may be returned to authors if they do not adhere to these guidelines.

Guidelines for submission and evaluation

1. Antropolítica accepts original articles and reviews of interest to the Social Sciences and Anthropology in particular.

1.1 We accept reviews of books published no more than three years ago.

2. Submissions must have at least one author with a Ph.D. or Ph.D. candidate.

2.1 Authors with a master’s degree, master’s degree in progress, undergraduate degree, or undergraduate degree in progress may only publish in co-authorship with a Ph.D.

2.2 The maximum number of co-authors allowed is four. In these cases, it is necessary to describe each author’s contribution to the work. See guideline 6.2.2 below.

3. Authors may only submit one document at a time. Submissions must be made by registering, available here.

4. During submission, it is necessary to register the section to which you are submitting in the “1. Home” tab. In the case of the Dossier section, the name of the call must be indicated in the “Comments to the Editor” field.

4.1 Also, in the “1. Home” tab, please indicate four names for possible reviewers in the “Comments to the Editor” section. Please note that all reviewers indicated must have a Ph.D. degree and be from a different institution than the author(s).

5. The submission must be in WORD or RTF format. Files in PDF or other formats will be returned to the authors.

6. All submissions must contain titles, abstracts, and keywords in Portuguese and English. This criterion also applies to reviews. Therefore, please pay attention when filling out the “3. Insert metadata” tab.

6.1 In this tab, the article’s metadata must be provided: titles and subtitles (if applicable), abstracts (see guideline 6), authorship data, rights, keywords, funding (if applicable), and references. These items must follow specific formatting. See Format Guidelines below.

6.2 Please note that authorship information must be included in the system, not the submission file. Failure to comply with this criterion will result in the article’s rejection.

6.2.1 To include authorship information, follow these steps:

• In the “3. Insert metadata” tab, click the blue arrow next to the author’s name in “List of Co-authors”;

• Click the “Edit” option;

• Fill in the fields for name, contact email, country, institution/affiliation, biography summary (professional position (if applicable) and highest degree), ORCID (include in the URL field), and the collaborator’s role.

6.2.2 Regarding co-authored articles, a short paragraph in the “Biography Summary” field must be included in each author’s contribution to the article. If all authors have performed the same roles, simply repeat them. The following example should be followed:
• Author 1, Bibliographic research, Empirical research, Data analysis.
• Author 2, Data analysis, Writing, Illustrations.
• Author 3, Writing and proofreading.

7. After submission, the Editorial Committee will screen the document. The screening assesses the submission’s adherence to the journal’s scope, objectives, and policies.

7.1 During the screening, the CopySpider tool checks submissions for plagiarism. Articles exceeding the 3% similarity rate will be examined for plagiarism and rejected if plagiarism is confirmed.

7.2 Once approved for screening, the submission will proceed to ad hoc peer review, which may be done by members of the Editorial Board and/or external reviewers.

8. Authors are contacted at the end of peer review. The review process takes, on average, six months, and publication takes, on average, 12 months.

9. Submissions rejected in the peer review process will receive opinions indicating the reasons for the rejection.

9.1 In cases of rejection, there is no minimum deadline for submitting a new article.

10. Accepted submissions will be submitted for correction by the authors and, subsequently, re-evaluation by the Editorial Committee and publication.

10.1. If their work is accepted, authors may only submit it again after one year, counting from the date of acceptance.

11. Antropolítica allows the deposit of all versions (pre-print, post-print, and final publication version) at any time during the editorial process and/or after the final article is published.

11.1 For published versions, we request the inclusion of the following information in subsequent deposits: © {AUTHOR} {YEAR}. This is the author’s version of the paper. It is posted for personal use. The final version was published in Antropolítica {INCLUDE DOI LINK}.

12. Antropolítica does not charge any fees for evaluating and publishing submitted articles and reviews.

13. In case of doubts, authors can write to antropoliticauff@gmail.com

Format guidelines

1. Submissions should not contain information allowing the authors to be identified. Submissions should be de-identified, excluding from the text any passages that allow the identification of the author, for example, names, biographies, quotes, references to previous works, etc.

1.1 Personal references should be replaced by generic references followed by the year, as in Author (2024), and the work’s title should be hidden.

1.2 In documents in WORD format, the author’s identification should be removed from the document properties. To do this, follow the path:
• Locate the Menu bar;
• Click on the File option;
• Click on the Information option;
• Click on the Check for problems option;
• Uncheck all options, except for the Document Properties and Personal Information option;
• Click on Inspect;
• Click on Remove all;
• Click OK;
• Save file.

2. Submissions must not exceed 25 pages in the case of articles and 6 pages in the case of reviews.

2.1 It is important to note that all text elements must be within these limits, namely: titles (PT and EN), abstracts (PT and EN), keywords (PT and EN), illustrations (images, tables, charts, etc.), and references, among others.

3. Submissions must follow the journal’s guidelines for configuration and formatting. To this end, we provide a style sheet that can be downloaded here.

3.1 It should be noted that the style sheet should only be followed for formatting and configuring the text. The content can be adapted to meet the text’s needs.

4. The file must be submitted with A4 page configuration (210 x 297 mm), margins of 3 cm (top and left) and 2 cm (bottom and right).

5. The submission’s title must be written in the same language as the text. It must follow the following standard:
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 16;
• Highlighted in bold;
• Lowercase letters, except for the beginning of the sentence and proper nouns;
• 1.5 cm spacing;
• Justified alignment.

5.1 The submission must also present a title in English. It must follow the standard:
• Positioned below the title in the original language;
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 14;
• Not highlighted in bold;
• Lowercase letters, except for the beginning of the sentence and proper nouns;
• 1.5 cm spacing;
• Justified alignment;
• One enter before and one enter after the title in English.

5.2 In the case of texts written in a foreign language (Spanish, French, Italian, etc.), the submission must present 3 titles: one in the foreign language, one in English, and one in Portuguese.

6. Abstracts (PT and EN) must be informative and structured in accordance with ABNT NBR 6028/2021. They must follow the following standard:
• Contain between 200 (minimum) and 300 words (maximum);
• Contain at least the following topics: relevance, purpose/objective, methodology, results, or conclusions;
• Do not contain citations or references;
• Write acronyms in full;
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 12;
• 1 cm spacing;
• Justified alignment;
• Positioned below the titles;
• One enter before and one enter after the abstract.

6.1 Abstracts in English and other languages must follow the same structure and standards established above. Therefore, they must contain the same content as the abstract in Portuguese and not be a reduced version.

7. Submissions must contain keywords (PT and EN) that are representative of the content of the submission. They must follow the following standard:
• Between 3 and 5 keywords;
• Separated by commas;
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 12;
• 1 cm spacing;
• Justified alignment;
• Positioned below the abstracts.

8. It is recommended that the body of the text be written in a clear and easy-to-understand manner, avoiding constructions that are difficult to interpret and loose sentences. It should follow the following standard:
• Indentation of 1.25 cm at the beginning of paragraphs;
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 12;
• 1.5 cm spacing;
• Justified alignment;
• No enter before or after paragraphs;
• For names of institutions, associations, etc., the name must be written in full when first mentioned, followed by the acronym. In other mentions, only the acronym may be used.
• It is recommended that the names of books and periodicals or foreign words that are not conventionalized in Portuguese be used in italics;
• If the author uses italics for other functions, this should be standardized and justified in the body of the text;
• It is suggested that the use of bold be avoided, except for section titles and underlining in the body of the text;
• Citations must follow ABNT NBR 10520/2023. See guideline 14;
• References must comply with ABNT NBR 6023/2018. See guideline 15.

9. Section titles, such as Introduction, Development, Final Considerations, References, etc., must follow the standard:
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 14;
• Highlighted in bold;
• Centered alignment;
• 1.5 cm spacing;
• One enter before and one enter after the title;
• Written in capital letters.

9.1 Subtitles of possible divisions of the main sections must follow the standard:
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 12;
• Justified alignment;
• One enter before the title, no enter after the title;
• Highlighted in bold;
• Written in lowercase, except for the first letter of the sentence and proper nouns.

10. Explanatory notes should be presented at the bottom of the page. It should be noted that notes are additional comments to the main text, so they should be restricted to the bare minimum. They must follow the following standard:
• Times New Roman font;
• Size 10;
• Justified alignment;
• 1 cm spacing;
• No enter before or after the note.

11. Illustrations (photographs, figures, charts, tables, graphs, etc.) must have a quality of 300 dpi. They must be captioned with title and authorship, following the format:

• The illustration must be positioned in the text, in the size and location intended for publication;
• It must be preceded by a name and title, as in the examples: Figure 1. City map; Chart 2. Methodological aspects; Table 5. Population quantity
• The title must be written in Times New Roman font; size 11, highlighted in bold, justified alignment;
• Must be followed by the image source, as in the examples: Source: Borges (2005, p. 50).; Source: Own authorship (2024).; Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (2012);
• The source must be written in Times New Roman font; size 10; justified alignment;
• One enter before and one enter after the title and the source.

11.2 We emphasize that authors must have authorization to reproduce illustrations that are authored by third parties. This is valid regardless of the source: available online, extracted from social networks or other works, belonging to institutional collection.

12. Funding sources that made the production of the research possible, such as scholarships or institutional funding, must be indicated during the submission and as a footnote on the first page of the submission.

13. The transcription of interviews, testimonies, information from the field notebook or any other “speeches” that are not published must follow the format defined for citations by ABNT NBR 10520/2023. See guideline 14.

13.1 Indicate the authorship of the speech and the year of production. The signaling can be done with the name given to the interlocutor of the research or simply indicating their role (e.g., Marina, 2024; Interviewee, 2020; Witness, 2018). As in the example:

This disease is no joke. Even in young people, it does a lot of harm. Imagine with the more experienced, the older ones. So, between us not attending a hearing or attending it by video, with the public defender present next to the inmate [,] [...] how are we not going to let it happen? (Counselor, 2020).

14. Citations must be indicated in the body of the text according to ABNT NBR 10520/2023.

14.1 Indirect citations, which paraphrase an author, do not require quotation marks and must be made in the body of the text. They must follow the following standards:

• Use of id., ibid. and op. cit. should be minimal and restricted to footnotes, as the elements have specific uses;
• Author’s surname written in lowercase, except for the first letter;
• Followed by a comma;
• Followed by the year of publication. As in the examples:

Example 1: At federal level, the changes characterized the system as “mixed,” maintaining procedures from the previous system and introducing elements of the accusatory model. (Eilbaum, 2008; Renoldi, 2008; Sarrabayrouse, 1998, 2004).

Example 2: In this field, research such as that by Holanda (2021), who investigated the illness of undergraduate students in Pernambuco, or Silva (2017), who researched how illness and psychological suffering influenced the trajectory of professors are in tangent with this article. 

14.2 Direct quotations, in which the author’s words are reproduced in full, can be made in two ways.

14.2.1 When the direct quotation is up to 3 lines long, it should be made between quotation marks in the body of the text. It should follow the following standards:

• Placed between quotation marks;
• Author’s surname written in lowercase, except for the first letter;
• Followed by a comma;
• Followed by the year of publication;
• Followed by a comma;
• Followed by the page number;
• Use brackets to indicate omitted excerpts or words, and inclusions. As in the example:

Example 1: One report illustrates that “[…] popular, plural, and diverse, Círio de Nazaré is for all faiths and manifestations of faith. Among the pilgrims, devotees of other religions take part in the processions, especially those of African origin, spiritists and gypsies […], [characterizing] an ecumenical festival” (Monteiro, 2021, p. 71).

14.2.1 When the direct citation is longer than three lines, it should be made in a separate paragraph from the body of the text. It should follow the following standards:

• 4 cm indentation throughout the paragraph;
• No quotation marks;
• Font size 10;
• Justified alignment;
• An enter before and after the paragraph;
• Author’s surname written in lowercase, except for the first letter;
• Followed by a comma;
• Followed by the year of publication;
• Followed by a comma;
• Followed by the page number;
• Use brackets to indicate omitted excerpts or words, and inclusions. As in the examples:

Example 1: Honésio Dace Munduruku‘s (2016, p. 61) research shows similar recent reports:

                                   _{In general, older adults believe that beyond death, there is a very nice place to live, where they can once again see loved ones who have been                                       dead for a long time. In order to be rewarded with this eternity, they believe that the person, while alive, needs to be wise in various types of                                         traditional knowledge, such as singing, decorations, pulling, being a shaman, living according to the traditions of the ancestors. In addition,                                          for the Munduruku, there are those who are lucky, although they don't know anything, some people may be chosen for some reason to live                                          with them in the other world. This world, as they claim, can be seen through dreams, in the form of visions, and by sick people, especially when                                    they become “spiritless.”}

Example 2: To understand the effectiveness of a rule, Becker suggests premises, which I will use as a guideline to analyze the process of creating and enforcing Doria’s anti-graffiti program:

                                    _{Firstly, imposing a rule is an undertaking. Someone—an entrepreneur—must take the initiative to punish the guilty party. Secondly, enforce-                                         ment occurs when those who want the rule imposed bring the offense to the public's attention. […] Thirdly, people snitch, making enforce-                                           ment necessary, when they see some advantage in it. [Finally, the type of personal interest that leads to imposition varies with the complexity                                       of the situation in which the imposition takes place (Becker, 2008, p. 129-130).}

15. Bibliographic references should be presented at the end of the text, listed in alphabetical order, and following the standards of ABNT NBR 6023/2018.

15.1 In addition to the ABNT standards, references should follow the standard:

• Justified alignment;
• Single spacing;
• Separated by an enter;
• Authors’ names written in full;
• Organized in alphabetical order of authors’ surnames;
• Use of et al.is restricted to references with more than 3 authors;
• All references must have a date;
• Link and access date are mandatory for all references available online.

15.2 The main examples of references are described below. For other types, see ABNT NBR 6023/2018:

Books:

Essential elements: Author(s). Title: subtitle (if any). Edition (if any). City: Publisher, Year. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

MARX, Karl. Manuscritos econômico-filosóficos e outros textos escolhidos. 2. ed. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, 1978.

BIELO, James. Antropologia da religião: Fundamentos, conceitos e prática. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes, 2022.

Collections:

Essential elements: Author(s). Role abbreviation (organizer, editor, etc.). Book title: subtitle (if any). Edition (if any). City: Publisher, Year. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

WOLFF, Kurt (org.) Sociology of Georg Simmel. Glencoe: The Free Press, 1950.

MEDINA, Javier; MARIANO, Lorenzo; CONDE, David; AGUILAR, Alicia (ed.). Consumo alimentario y sostenibilidad. ¿Hacia una sociedad sostenible? Barcelona: MRA Ediciones, 2021.

Chapters:

Essential elements: Author(s). Chapter title: subtitle (if any). In: Book author(s). Book title: subtitle (if any). Edition (if any). City: Publisher, Year. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

LOBO, Andréa de Souza. Vidas em movimento. Sobre mobilidade infantil e emigração em Cabo Verde. In: LOBO, Andréa de Souza; DIAS, Juliana Braz (org.). África em movimento. Brasília: ABA Publicações, 2012. p. 65-83.

FOUCAULT, Michel. Le jeu de Michel Foucault. In: FOUCAULT, Michel. Dits et Écrits II. 1976-1988. Paris: Gallimard, 2001. p. 298-329.

Articles in Journals:

Essential elements: Author(s). Title of the article or subject: subtitle (if any). Title of the journal, City, Year, and/or volume number, Number and/or edition, First and last pages, Publication date. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

ARRUDA, Mauro. Brasil: é essencial reverter o atraso. Panorama da Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro, v. 3, n. 8, p. 4-9, 1989.

BARRETO, Francisco Sá; EFREM FILHO, Roberto. Corpos negros, torres brancas: cidade e racismo em pandemia. Antropolítica, Revista Contemporânea de Antropologia, Niterói, v. 54, n. 3, p. 516-536. 2022. Available at: https://periodicos.uff.br/antropolitica/article/view/51935. Accessed on: July 29, 2024.

Articles or Newspaper Materials:

Essential elements: Author (if there is none, the entry is made by the title). Title: subtitle (if any). Title of the newspaper, City, Year and/or volume number, Publication date, Section, pages, or part of the newspaper, First and last pages. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

LIMA, Roberto Kant de. Igualdade jurídica e respeito às diferenças no Brasil: entre a pirâmide e o paralelepípedo. O Globo, 21 jan. 2019. Ciência e Matemática. Available at: https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/ciencia-matematica/post/igualdade-juridica-e-respeito-diferencas-no-brasil-entre-piramide-e-o-paralelepipedo.html. Accessed on: April 2023.

CRÉDITO à agropecuária será de R$ 156 bilhões até 2015. Jornal do Commercio, Rio de Janeiro, ano 97, n. 156, 20 maio 2014, p. A3.

Legislation:

Essential elements: JURISDICTION OR HEAD OF THE ENTITY. Epigraph and summary transcribed as published. City: Publishing institution, Year. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

BRASIL. [Constituição (1988)]. Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil. Organizado por Cláudio Brandão de Oliveira. Rio de Janeiro: Roma Victor, 2002. 320 p.

CURITIBA. Lei nº 12.092, de 21 de dezembro de 2006. Estima a receita e fixa a despesa do município de Curitiba para o exercício financeiro de 2007. Curitiba: Câmara Municipal, [2007]. Available at: http://domino.cmc.pr.gov.br/contlei.nsf/98454e416897038b052568fc004fc180/e5df879ac6353e7f032572800061df72. Accessed on: March 22, 2007.

Papers in Events:

Essential elements: Author(s). Title of the paper, followed by the expression In: EVENT NAME, Event number (if any), Year and City. Title of the document (proceedings, minutes, etc.), City, Publisher, Year. First and last pages of the referenced part. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

BRAYNER, Angêlo Roncalli Alencar; MEDEIROS, Claudia Bauzer. Incorporação do tempo em SGBD orientado a objetos. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE BANCO DE DADOS, 9., 1994, São Paulo. Anais [...]. São Paulo: USP, 1994. p. 16-29.

LAGO, Natália; ZAMBONI, Marcio. Políticas sexuais e afetivas da prisão: gênero e sexualidade em contextos de privação de liberdade. In: ENCONTRO DA ANPOCS, 40., 2016, Caxambu. Anais [...]. Caxambu: Anpocs, 2016. Available at https://www.anpocs.com/index.php/papers-40-encontro/spg-3/spg13-3/10052-politicas-sexuais-e-afetivas-da-previsao-genero-e-sexualidade-em-contextos-de-privacao-de-liberdade/file. Accessed on: July 31, 2023.

Academic Works:

Essential elements: Author(s). Title: subtitle (if any). Year. Type of work (Degree and area) – Institution, City, Year. Include the link and date of access (Available at:, Accessed on:) if the document is available online.

BHERING, Marcos Jungmann. Controle da Natalidade no Brasil: um estudo sobre o Centro de Pesquisas e Assistência Integral à Mulher e à Criança. 2014. Tese (Doutorado em História das Ciências) – Programa de Pós-Graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014.

WERNECK, Mariana. Porto Maravilha: agentes, coalizões de poder e neoliberalização no Rio de Janeiro. Dissertação (Pós-Graduação em Planejamento Urbano e Regional) – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2016. Available at: http://www.repositorio.poli.ufrj.br/dissertacoes/dissertpoli2423.pdf. Accessed on: September 13, 2018.