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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • All web page addresses (URLs) included in the text (e.g., http://www.ibict.br) are active and clickable.
  • The manuscript adheres to the style guidelines, bibliographic requirements and template available for each submission type. If the article is not formatted according to the TEMPLATE provided for its submission type, it will not be sent for review and will be rejected during the preliminary evaluation.
  • The article offers a contribution to the field of University Extension, arising from extension activities or from theoretical and methodological studies that involve the guidelines and areas of Extension. Research articles, course completion papers, dissertations or theses that are not related to University Extension will not be accepted.
  • Authors are responsible for verifying plagiarism in their article. The report generated by the software used must be included with the article submission. (Suggested free software: CopySpider)
  • The article references at least two works published in the journal Extensão em Foco (for submissions from June 1, 2025 onward).
  • The author identification has been removed from the text and file. If it is found that the authors did not follow this recommendation, the article will be rejected during the preliminary evaluation.

    To ensure the integrity of the blind peer‐review process, every possible measure must be taken to avoid revealing the identities of those involved:

    AUTHORS:

    Remove all author names from the manuscript (both on the title page—below the title and in the footer—and anywhere else, such as references or footnotes).

    Apply document inspection to remove personal information (see example below).

    All complete author information, including affiliation, academic degrees, ORCID, home institution, city and country, must be entered in the submission metadata within the journal system. Articles that do not meet this requirement will be rejected.

    REVIEWERS:

    If you upload a revised version of the manuscript (with notes, comments, etc.), apply document inspection to remove your personal information (see example below).

    Example of removing personal information in Microsoft Office:

    Go to File in the main menu
    Select Info
    Click Check for Issues > Inspect Document
    Enable Document Properties and Personal Information and click Inspect

    After the inspection completes, click Remove All under the personal information section
  • A contribuição é original e inédita e não está sendo avaliada para publicação por outra revista; caso contrário, justifique em Comentários ao Editor.
  • ConfiguraçõesSubmission files must be in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF format provided they do not exceed 20 MB.

Author Guidelines

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Check below the submission types and the template files for each type

Please note: articles that do not follow the available templates for each submission type will be rejected.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Unpublished article of a conceptual nature or presentation of ideas, methodologies, processes, and results related to Extension activities through programs, projects or other form of University Extension. Maximum of 6 authors, at least one of whom must have a PhD*. Between 15 and 20 pages, prepared according to the available template: Click here for the Original template (download the template and use it to insert your work: File -> download). * For submission from August/2023

REVIEW ARTICLE

An article reviewing the literature on university extension, which may be analytical, basic, temporal, thematic, historical, up-to-date, bibliographical or critical, on a particular thematic field or line of extension. Maximum of 6 authors, at least one of whom must have a PhD*. Between 15 and 20 pages, prepared according to the available template. Click here for the Review Article template (download the template and use it to insert your work: File -> download). * For submission from August/2023.

EXPERIENCE REPORT

Unpublished report on the experiences resulting from the implementation of Extension programs and projects or other Extension activities, articulated with theoretical foundations and discussion on the observed results Maximun of 10 authors.* Between 8 and 15 pages, prepared according to the available template. Click here for the Experience Report template (download the template and use it to insert your work: File -> download). * For submission from August/2023

REVIEW

Critical presentation of a textual or media work whose theme is relevant to the thematic areas of University Extension. Limited to 1 author.* No more than 5 pages, prepared according to the available template: Click here for the Review template ( (baixe o modelo e use para inserir o trabalho: Arquivo ->fazer download) *For submission from August/2023.

Copyright Notice

Copyright in articles published in this journal rests with the author, with first publication rights to the journal. As a result of being published in this open access journal, the articles are free to use, and any part of the publications may be reproducing provided that proper credit is given. All articles published in the Journal Extensão em Foco are under CC BY 4.0 International license.

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