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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word.
  • Your document file follows our Submission Instructions (ie., Author Guidelines)?
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author's Guidelines.
  • Have been added the Data Availability Statement.
  • Author Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    Author Confirmation (displayed text, no need of additional upload)
    By completing this declaration, the author(s) confirm that:
    - no AI system is listed as an author or co-author;
    - AI was not used to fabricate data, sources, citations, analyses, or results;
    - all scholarly arguments and interpretations are the authors’ own intellectual responsibility.

Author Guidelines

Submission of an original manuscript, which entails that the work described has not been published before; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors.

  • Submissions should be made through this Website.
  • For further inquiring, you may contact us by e-mail: novation@ufpr.br

Title Page

The title page should include:

  • The name(s) of the author(s)
  • A title
  • The affiliation(s) of the author(s)
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author

Abstract

Please provide an abstract of 150 to 300 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords that can be used for indexing purposes.

Text Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word.
  • Up to a maximum length of 8000 Words.
  • Use a normal, plain font (e.g.: 12-point Times Roman) for text.
  • Use italics for emphasis.
  • Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
  • Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
  • Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
  • Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
Headings

Please use Microsoft Word’s heading levels to create sections and subsections.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Footnotes

Footnotes can be used to provide additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. Footnotes should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographical details of a reference. Footnotes should not contain any figures or tables.

Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data).

Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgement of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

References

Citation

Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

  • Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson, 1990).
  • This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman (1996).
  • This effect has been widely studied (Abbott, 1991; Barakat et al., 1995; Kelso & Smith 1998; Medvec et al., 1999).
  • et al. being Latin, should appear in italics.

Reference List

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.

Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.

The references/bibliography norm adopted at NOvation is APA style - American Psychology Association. See, for example https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

Journal names and book titles should always be italicized.

Tables

  • Tables should be numbered using Arabic numerals. (e.g., Table 1, Table 2)
  • Tables should always be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order.
  • For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
  • Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
  • Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

English Language Editing

For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you must ensure that the English language is of sufficient quality to be clearly understood.

If your manuscript is accepted it will be checked by our copy editors for spelling style before publication.

We may accept pieces in other languages (French, Spanish and Portuguese) providing that the author ensures that, after peer reviewing acceptance, English translation will be assured for the final version.

Book Reviews

In this section, we will regularly invite some colleagues to offer some reading advice, not just on recently published books, but also on pieces they find fundamental to our readers.

Make a new submission to the Book Reviews section.

Editorial

Introductory pieces to Thematic Issues or reporting special events, written by Board members or Guest Editors

Articles

Our journal publishes articles within annual thematic issues, and all articles are subject to an (open) peer-review process (according to our evaluation policies and the open peer-review guidelines we have been working with). In addition, the Editorial Committee and the Editorial Board are presently considering the possibility of introducing a continuous flow issue, depending on the expected growth in demand over the coming months, due to the journal's first indexations and the DOI’s attribution.

Reviews

In this section, we regularly invite some colleagues to offer some reading advice, not just on recently published books, but also on pieces they find fundamental to our readers. Reviews also entail published commentaries and responses to position papers that our journal publishes in Special Editions.

Copyright Notice

NOvation is an open-access journal under a Creative Commons – CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license, which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement (and preservation) of the author's authorship and intellectual property rights.

To this extent, the authors who publish in this journal agree with the following terms:

1. Authors retain the rights and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work published under the Creative Commons – CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 that allows [...].

2. Authors have authorization for distribution, of the version of the work published in this journal, in an institutional repository, thematic, databases and in other works as a book chapter, with acknowledgement of authorship and initial publication in the journal;

3. Papers published in this journal will be indexed in databases, repositories, portals, directories and other sources in which the journal is and will be indexed.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record.

Consent to submit has been received explicitly from all co-authors, as well as from the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before the work is submitted.

 

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

NOvation – Critical Studies of Innovation allows the responsible and transparent use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the preparation of manuscripts, in line with the principles of research integrity, human accountability, and transparency established by COPE, UNESCO (Recommendation on Open Science), and the editorial criteria of Scopus.

Guidance for Authors

  • AI tools may be used only for assistive purposes, such as:

    • language editing and grammar correction;

    • translation support;

    • text organisation or formatting.

  • AI tools must not be used to:

    • fabricate or falsify data, sources, citations, or results;

    • generate scholarly analyses, interpretations, or arguments presented as the authors’ original intellectual contribution;

    • replace human intellectual responsibility.

  • AI systems cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.

Mandatory Disclosure

When AI tools are used beyond routine language editing, authors must include a statement on the use of AI, specifying:

  • the AI tool(s) used;

  • the purpose of their use;

  • confirmation that all content was reviewed and validated by the authors, who assume full responsibility for the manuscript.

  • Suggested Template for Author Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence HERE.

Editorial Integrity

Undisclosed or inappropriate use of AI may lead to requests for clarification, required revisions, or rejection of the manuscript, in accordance with international standards of publication ethics.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Consult our institutional documents and policies for more information at: https://ufpr.br/lgpd/documentos/