Submissions

Author Guidelines

The submission of manuscripts for publication in the journal Rotas a Oriente is open on a continuous basis. Manuscripts may be submitted at any time, exclusively through the platform https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/rotasaoriente, in electronic format, using the following file extensions: (.doc), (.docx), or (.rtf).

 

I. General Guidelines

1. Manuscripts submitted for publication in Rotas a Oriente must fall within the thematic scope of the journal.

2. No fees are charged for the submission or publication of manuscripts in Rotas a Oriente.

3. Rotas a Oriente adheres to the ethical principles established by COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics.

4. There are no restrictions regarding the academic qualifications of authors.

5. Manuscripts written in Portuguese, English, and Chinese are accepted.

6. Submissions must be original and unpublished and must not be under consideration for publication or in the review process by another journal.

7. Submissions involving authorship misconduct, such as plagiarism or duplicate publication, will not be accepted.

8. Authors must provide their ORCID identifier as part of their registration. ORCID registration can be completed at https://orcid.org/.

9. During the submission process, all metadata fields must be fully and accurately completed, including the abstract, bibliographic references, biographical note, fields of knowledge, keywords, among others.

10. Submitted files must not exceed 2 MB.

11. Manuscripts that do not comply with the above guidelines and the journal’s submission standards will not be considered.

12. The main criteria guiding the Editorial Board’s decision on manuscript acceptance are scientific relevance, originality, and clarity of presentation.

13. Upon receipt, manuscripts will first be assessed by the Editorial Board to verify their compliance with the journal’s guidelines. If all requirements are met, they will be submitted to an external, anonymous, peer-review process, in which reviewers will issue one of the following decisions: accepted; accepted with revisions; rejected.

14. After completion of the evaluation process, manuscripts will be revised and standardised, and a single proof will be sent to the authors for approval. Following the submission of any corrections, the Editorial Board will ensure the final revision. The manuscripts will then be typeset and published in the journal.

 

II. Manuscript Submission Guidelines

1. Manuscripts must not exceed 20 pages in length (equivalent to 50,000 characters, including spaces), including quotations, footnotes, and bibliographical references. The main text must be written in Times New Roman, font size 12, with 1.5 line spacing.

2. Footnotes must be written in Times New Roman, font size 10, with single line spacing.

3. For Chinese characters, the SimSun font must be used.

4. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must comply with the following page layout specifications, in A4 format: left margin: 3 cm; right margin: 2.5 cm; top margin: 3 cm; bottom margin: 3 cm.

5. The manuscript must not contain the author(s)’ name(s), institutional affiliation(s), or institutional email address(es), in order to ensure anonymous peer review. If the author(s) cite(s) their own previous work in the bibliographical references, their name(s) must be replaced by “_______”.

6. The title of the manuscript must be presented in Portuguese (or Chinese) and in English. In the case of manuscripts written in English, the title must be provided in English and accompanied by its Portuguese translation.

7. Manuscripts must include an abstract in the language of the article and in English, with a maximum length of 150 words.

8. Manuscripts must include five (5) keywords, placed immediately below the abstract, preceded by the heading “Keywords” (capitalised) and separated by commas, in the language of the article and in English.

9. In the case of articles written in English, the abstract and keywords must be provided in English and accompanied by their Portuguese translation.

10. Examples in languages other than the language of the article must be accompanied by translations or explanatory glosses.

11. Articles may present an internal structure organised into numbered sections and subsections. The sections “Introduction”, “Final Remarks”, and “Bibliographical References”, however, must not be numbered.

12. Illustrations, which may take the form of drawings, diagrams, flowcharts, photographs, graphs, maps, organisational charts, plans, tables, portraits, figures, or images, must be identified at the top, preceded by one of the above designations, followed by their sequential number in Arabic numerals, a dash, and the corresponding title. Example: “Table 1 – Mandarin vowel system”. At the bottom of each illustration, the source must be indicated, preceded by the word “Source:”, even when it is the author’s own work. Examples: “Source: author’s own elaboration” or “Source: Martins (2002, p. 57)”. All illustrations must be inserted directly into the body of the text.

13. The author must ensure that the publication rights of all images are duly secured.

14. Whenever available, URLs corresponding to the cited references must be provided.

15. All citations must strictly follow the APA Style – 7th edition.

15.1 General Guidelines

a) Use double quotation marks (“ ”) for quotations from modern texts;
b) Do not italicise Latin abbreviations (op. cit., loc. cit., cf., ibid., etc.).

15.2 In-text Citations and Footnotes

a) Direct quotation: (Author, year, p. no./pp. nos.) for a single author; (Author & Author, year, p. no./pp. nos.) for two authors.

Examples:
“Não há uma questão de características positivas e negativas, apenas há uma necessidade de conhecer essas pessoas” (Lança, 2012, p. 37).
“No sistema vocálico do mandarim, o tom apresenta-se como um traço fonológico distintivo” (Silva & Santos, 2005, pp. 21–22).

b) Indirect citation: Author (year, p. no./pp. nos.); or Author and Author (year, p. no./pp. nos.).

Examples:
According to Lança (2012, p. 47), this decision-making process is carried out as a team.
Silva and Santos (2005, pp. 21–22) argue that the Mandarin vowel system presents distinctive phonological features.

c) Long quotations (over 40 words) must be presented as block quotations, indented 1.27 cm (0.5 inches) from the left margin on all lines, with single spacing. If two or more paragraphs are quoted, the first line of the second and subsequent paragraphs must have an additional 1.27 cm indentation. All long direct quotations must include the page number(s) from which they were extracted.

16. Bibliographical references must be limited to works actually cited in the text, appear at the end of the manuscript, and conform to APA Style – 7th edition.

16.1 Book

a) Single author
Surname, Initial. (Year). Title. Publisher.

Example:
Lança, R. (2012). Como formar equipas de elevado desempenho. Escolar Editora.

For Portuguese or English texts citing books in Chinese:

拼音姓 , 拼音名首字母 .( 出版年 ). 《中文书名》外文名翻译 . 出版社 .
Example:

Xu, Y. X. (2019). 《葡萄牙语会话教材(上)》Conversação em Português I. Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

b) Multiple authors

Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. C., & Nelson, R. R. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford University Press.

Mai, R., Shen, Y. L., & Morais, C. (2021). 《中文一二三(第二册)》Chinês… um, dois, três: Livro 2. UA Editora.

c) Multiple editions
Silva, J. J. C. (2000). A vida e a natureza na aprendizagem (5th ed.). FOC Escolar.

Shen, Y. L. (2021).《中文一二三(第二册)》 Chinês… um, dois, três: livro 2 (2nd ed.). UA Editora.

d) E-book or PDF

Antonelli, G. (2006). Underwater robots: Motion and force control of vehicle-manipulator systems (2nd ed.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/11540199

16.2 Edited Book

Surname, Initial. (Ed.). (Year). Title. Publisher.

Example:
Gomes, C. (Ed.). (2009). Antecedentes do capitalismo. Edições Ecopy.

For Portuguese or English texts citing books in Chinese:

拼音姓, 拼音名首字母. (Ed.). (出版年).《中文书名》外文名翻译. 出版社.

Example:

Morais, C., & Guo, Z. Y. (Eds.). (2019). 《中葡跨文化对话》 Diálogos Interculturais Portugal-China. UA Editora.

16.3 Book Chapter

Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial. (Year). Chapter title. In Initial. Surname (Ed.), Book title (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.

Examples:

Stacey, R. (2000). Excitação e tensão na orla do caos. In M. P. Cunha, J. M. Fonseca, & F. Gonçalves (Orgs.), Empresas, caos e complexidade (pp. 87-106). RH.

Matos, G. (1992). O sabichão. In A. M. Guerreiro (Ed.), Anedotas: contribuição para um estudo (8.ª ed., Vol. 1, p. 5). ERL.

For Portuguese or English language texts citing book chapters in Chinese.

拼音姓, 拼音名首字母. (出版年). 章节名章节名外文翻译. In 拼音 名首字母, 拼音姓 (Ed.), 《中文书名》外文名翻译 (页数 – 页数). 出版社.

Example:

Mai, R. (2014). 格拉 戎克罗作品中的葡萄牙民族特性探析 A questão de identidade em obras de Guerra Junqueiro. In Y. X. Xu & D. M. Cao (Eds.), 《文化视角下的欧盟成员国五国研究 》 Os estados-membros da UE de uma perspectiva cultural – Espanha, Portugal, Itália, Grécia e Holanda (pp. 127-133). Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

16.4 Journal Article

Surname, Initial. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume(issue), xx–xx.

Examples:

Gomes, R. M. (2012). Serra da Estrela. Revista Fugas, 152(4), 20-31.

Ferreira, A. M. (2015). Os dois irmãos, de Germano de Almeida: um romance de vítimas. Forma breve, 12, 289-299.

For Portuguese or English language texts citing journal articles in Chinese.

拼音姓, 拼音名首字母. (出版年). 文章标题 外文翻译. 《期刊名》外 文翻译, 期号, 页数 – 页数.

Example:

Mai, R. (2018). 葡国学生中文教学的若干思考 Reflexões sobre o ensino de chinês a falantes de português. 《中葡跨文化对话(第一辑)》 Rotas a Oriente, 1, 475-500.

 

16.5 Thesis / Dissertation

Surname, Initial. (Year). Title [Master’s dissertation / Doctoral thesis, Institution]. Repository. URL.

Example:

Wolf, J.-H. (2021). Princípios de eficiência e equidade no planeamento de escolas [Tese de doutoramento, Universidade de Aveiro]. Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/xxxxx/xxxxx.

For Portuguese or English language texts citing theses or dissertations in Chinese.

拼音姓, 拼音名首字母. (年份).《论文标题》外文翻译 (论文性质). 院 校, 城市

Example:

Mai. R. (2012). 《葡国学生的汉语教学》Ensino de Chinês a Falantes de Português [Tese de doutoramento, Universidade de Aveiro]. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/xxxxx/xxxxx.

For cases not covered by this summary, consult APA REFERENCING STYLE (7TH EDITION):
https://apastyle.apa.org/