Submissions

Author Guidelines

EDITORIAL POLICY AND AUTHOR GUIDELINES

RUS accepts studies of theoretical or applied nature, about matters regarding Russian language, culture and literature in the form of papers, essays, reviews, translations, debates and interviews, provided they are unpublished contributions

1. GENERAL GUIDELINE

- RUS – Journal of Russian Literature and Culture is a journal of the Graduate Program of Russian Literature and Culture of the Department of Oriental Languages of the Faculty of Philosophy, Language and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo published by the Editorial Board, assisted by a Scientific Board in the assessment of manuscripts.

- All correspondence to the journal should be sent via Contact section. No other mean can be used for this end.

- Manuscripts must be unpublished and may not have been simultaneously submitted to other journals.

Previously published contributions may be submitted, provided that the original edition is out of print and with no prospect of reprinting. This must be reported to the Editorial Board, and the assessment by the Board might take longer.

- RUS accepts papers written in Portuguese, English, Russian, French, Spanish or Italian.

At the discretion of the Editorial Board, other languages might be accepted. In this case, the assessment by Editorial Board might take longer.

- RUS reserves the right to submit all originals to the Editorial Board and Scientific Board, which is fully authorized to decide about the acceptance of the manuscript. The Boards can also request authors to make necessary alterations to fit these guidelines.

Although manuscripts are proofread by our editorial staff, the journal is not responsible for the final version of the published text, for which the author is fully accountable.

- The manuscripts are double blind peer reviewed. In case of divergent assessments, a third review is requested. With the double-blind peer review system, reviewers and authors are kept anonymous. The acceptance of a manuscript does not imply its publication in the subsequent issue.

         The reviewers assess the manuscript in terms of textual organization, thematic originality and the pertinence to the editorial scope of the journal. RUS resorts to anti-plagiarism tools to verify the originality of the manuscript and will take applicable measures in case plagiarism is confirmed.

-  The ideas expressed in the papers are the sole responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Editorial Board or of the Scientific Board.

2. Conditions for submission

            To have a manuscript assessed, the authors should submit their work in accordance with the following guidelines. Manuscripts that are not in accordance with these instructions will not be taken into consideration. Upon submitting a manuscript, the author agrees with these conditions.

- The text is formatted in accordance with the ABNT or Vancouver system.

- The manuscript must be original, unpublished and not have been submitted to another journal for simultaneous analysis.

In case the manuscript has already been published, RUS has to be reported with enough time for the decision-making. Otherwise the paper might be considered plagiarism.

If the manuscript is proven to be plagiarism, even if it is a non-reported republication, the Editorial Board will take applicable measures.

- The manuscript must be formatted as specified below (see 3).

In the case of doubts, the author may contact the journal. It is asked, however, that all instructions are thoroughly read.

- The manuscript must be written in a clear and intelligible manner, that meets the standards of academic writing.

The author should use typographical marks, such as bold and italics, with moderation.

- The file should not have any form of identification of authorship, be it in the text itself or in the Properties tab on Microsoft Office Word. This measure ensures the anonymity, should the manuscript take part in the evaluation process.

For this reason, it is requested that personal information (short biography, contact e-mail, link to ORCID and Lattes) be in a second file, as described below.

Although it may vary depending on the version and operational system in question, the exclusion of personal information on the Properties tab of Microsoft Office Word is the following: File > Save as… > Choose destination > Tools (or Options for MAC) > Security Options… > Remove personal information > Ok > Save.

If the operational system is Windows 10, this can be done as follows: Right click on the file > Properties > Details > Remove Properties and Personal Information > Create a copy with all possible properties removed > OK.

- The author must submit in a separate file an abridged version of his/her curriculum, which should be presented in Times New Roman font, size 12, spacing 1,15. In case there is more than one author, all curricula should be sent in the same file. Each curriculum should have no more than 150 words.

This document must provide the following information about the author: education, institutional affiliation, professional experience, most relevant publications (if any), and e-mail. It is suggested that the authors include the links to their Lattes curriculum and/or ORCID.

- All references quoted in the text must be listed at the end, in the References section. Images must be inserted in the text as intended by the author.

Because of the amount of material processed by the journal, RUS does not take responsibility for the copyright safeguarding of the referred material in its contributions.

In case of copyright infringement in any referred material, the authors are held fully accountable.

3. PRESENTATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts must be sent in electronic format (.doc), according to the guidelines described below. Manuscripts that do not comply with these rules will not be considered for assessment.

3.1 Style guidelines

Title in Portuguese (or in the language of the original paper) followed by its English translation.

- The general structure must be as follows: title of the paper in Portuguese (or in the language of the original) and in English (Times New Roman font, size 14, centered). Blank paragraph. Name(s) of the author(s) (Times New Roman, 12, justified). Blank paragraph. Epigraph (if any, see below). Blank paragraph. Abstract and keywords in Portuguese (or in the language of the original) and in English (Times New Roman, 12, separated by semicolons). The main text should begin in the following page (Times New Roman, 12). References.

Manuscript size limits vary according to the genre. Papers and essays should between 4.000 and 6.000 words; reviews and debates should have no more than 3.000 words; interviews should have between 3.000 and 6.000 words; translations should have between 2.000 and 6.000 words. References are not considered for this counting.

The institutional affiliation and/or main activity of the author, followed by e-mail should be informed in a footnote and marked with an asterisk next to the name of the author(s). The inclusion of the links to the Lattes curriculum and/or ORCID is highly recommended.

The epigraph should be centered, the name of the author should be aligned to the right. Both should be written in Times New Roman, size 11.

Paragraphs and spacing: the main text must be justified, with 1,15 cm spacing between lines. Paragraphs should have a 0,5 cm indent on the first line.

3.2 Textual Elements

            - Abstract and Keywords: must be presented in Portuguese (or in the language of the original) and in English, both according to the aforementioned formatting.

- Citations: should be followed by a footnote indicating the author's last name, year of publication and page(s).

Citations up to 3 lines should have quotation marks, no typographic marks, and follow the formatting style of the main text.

Citations with more than 3 lines should be presented in a separate paragraph, with 2 cm indent to both margins, Times New Roman font, size 10, without quotation marks or italic, and single spaced.

Citations in foreign languages must be translated. Authors are allowed to use existing translations, provided that the translator is mentioned in the References.

            - Ellipsis: must be indicated with suspension points and brackets […].

            - Footnotes: should be used instead of endnotes. References must be marked by numbers in ascending order, beginning with # 01, superscript, without parentheses, and presented immediately after the passage to which they refer.

            - References: this section presents only the works that were referred to in the text, according to the following formatting style.

              Bibliographic References

Books

 LAST NAME, First name. Book Title, edition (if applicable). City: Publisher, year of publication, year of first edition (if applicable).

Example:

DOE, John. Book Title. Middle-earth: Random, 2020.

Book Chapter

LAST NAME, First name. “Chapter Title”. In: Book Title, edition (if applicable). City: Publisher, year of publication, year of first edition (if applicable).

Example:

DOE, John. “Book Chapter”. In: Book in Question. Middle-earth: Random, 2020.

Journal Paper

LAST NAME, First name. “Paper Title”. Journal Title, volume and/or number, city, year of publication, number of page(s).

Example:

DOE, John. “Journal Article”. Journal Avalon, v. 2, n. 1, oct. 2020, pp. 13-42.

Iconographic Documents (illustrations, paintings, images etc.) should be identified in the text and listed in the References. If necessary, the author may add extra information for a more precise identification of the reference.

LAST NAME, First name. Document Title. Year. Media specification.

Example:

DOE, John. Iconographic Document. 2020. 1 photography.

Electronic Documents: websites, databases, forums, hard disk files and similar. If possible, include: author, title, version and description, service or article, link.

Example:

University of Avalon. Library of Camelot. Text.doc. Avalon, 2020. 1 DVD. Word for Windows 10.

Papers, book chapters or other sources in digital format: the aforementioned style guidelines should be applied, followed by the link and, between parenthesis, date of access.

The authors are advised to refer reliable sources, like Archive.org, thus avoiding possible copyright infringement. In such cases, as said above, the author is held fully accountable (see 2).

Example:

DOE, John. E-Book Title. Middle-earth: Random, 2020. Available at: www.siteinquestion.com/bookavaible.pdf. Accessed: 01/01/2020

Movies, DVDs and others: movie title, name of director, name of producer, place, producer, date, media specification. If necessary, the author may add complementary information about the media.

Example:

Movie Title. John Doe. Producer: Max Bialystock. Middle-earth: Bialystock & Bloom, 2020. 1 DVD (3 h).

Guidelines for metadata

Title: insert title in Portuguese (or in the language of the original) and in English.

Abstract: insert abstract in Portuguese (or in the language of the original) and in English.

Keywords: separated by comma and without full stop (e.g.: Russian literature, Prose, Tolstoy), maximum of five, in Portuguese (or in the language of the original) and English.

Author affiliation: insert without abbreviation starting with the larger institution (e.g.: University of California, Department of Slavic Languages & Literature, Berkley, California, USA). Names of institutions should not be translated. Funding: if applicable, the name of the funding agency must be informed without abbreviations (e.g.: US National Endowment for the Humanities).