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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 author must hold, at a minimum, a master’s degree awarded by a recognized higher education institution. In cases of co-authorship, at least one of the authors must hold a master’s degree, while the remaining authors must hold, at minimum, an undergraduate degree from a higher education program.
  • The article may have up to three (3) authors, all of whom must hold at least an undergraduate degree, subject to the provisions set forth in item I. In the event that there are three (3) authors, at least one must hold a doctoral degree.
  • Any change in authorship after submission of the article for peer review is strictly prohibited.
  • Articles should preferably be unpublished.
  • Articles involving direct or indirect research with human subjects—such as interviews, questionnaires, use of databases, review of medical or institutional records, among others—must, at the time of submission, be accompanied by a prior favorable opinion issued by a Research Ethics Committee of the educational institution with which the author is affiliated.
  • After publication in Revista EJEF, articles may be published in other outlets, provided that the original publication is duly cited as the source.
  • No more than one (1) article by the same author or co-author shall be published in a single issue of the journal.
  • The author must read the Author Guidelines, available under the “Submissions” menu on the Journal’s homepage, and undertakes to fully comply with the rules and criteria established therein for the submission of manuscripts. (https://revistaejef.tjmg.jus.br/index.php/revista-ejef/about/submissions).

Author Guidelines

CONTINUOUS-FLOW ARTICLE SUBMISSION

Revista EJEF receives article proposals for publication under a continuous-flow system. Submissions must be made exclusively through the electronic Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, upon prior registration and access via login and password, with no submission or processing fees charged. Access: registration.

As a means of standardizing authorship identification, the Editorial Committee of this scholarly journal recommends the inclusion of the ORCID iD at the time of submission. The ORCID identifier may be obtained free of charge at https://orcid.org/register . Authors must comply with the standards for ORCID iD presentation and include the full URL, preceded by “http://”, in their registration profile, immediately after the e-mail address (e.g., http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097).

USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

§1. Only articles of exclusive authorship by the submitting author(s) will be accepted. The use of Artificial Intelligence tools for the generation of data, results, conclusions, arguments, substantive analyses, or any original intellectual content of the manuscript, as well as for drafting original or structuring texts of the article, is strictly prohibited.

§2. The author must expressly declare, in the publication authorization referred to in Article 8, which Artificial Intelligence tool was used, for what specific purpose, and at which stage of the article’s preparation process, even if such use occurred solely in ancillary activities.

§3. Artificial Intelligence tools may be employed only as auxiliary support, strictly limited to the following activities:

I – Linguistic, orthographic, or grammatical revision;

II – Suggestions aimed at improving clarity, textual organization, or stylistic refinement, provided that they do not involve the generation of original content;

III – Support in the preliminary research of terms, references, or bibliographic sources, with full responsibility resting with the author for verifying the accuracy of the information obtained.

§4. Any omission, inaccuracy, or misrepresentation regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence tools shall result in the rejection of the article or, if already published, its retraction, without prejudice to other applicable measures.

 

GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE PREPARATION

Articles must include:

I – Title in Portuguese and in another language, with a maximum of fifteen (15) words;

II – For submission purposes, the inclusion of any data within the body of the article that may identify the authors is prohibited;

III – Abstract in Portuguese and in another language, with a maximum of 250 words;

IV – Keywords (at least five), in Portuguese and in another language;

V – Textual elements: introduction, development, and conclusion, which may include titles and/or subtitles at the author(s)’ discretion;

VI – Post-textual elements: list of references (only works effectively cited in the text);

VII – Acknowledgment of funding agencies, if the research underlying the article received any form of support or funding;

VIII – Manuscripts are preferably submitted in Portuguese; however, submissions in English and Spanish are also accepted. In such cases, the abstract must also be provided in English and/or Spanish, with a Portuguese translation;

IX – Submitted manuscripts must comply with the following formatting requirements:

a) MS Word document – most current version;

b) A4 page size;

c) Title in Arial font, size 14, bold, centered, with a version in another language;

d) Text in Arial font, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing for the main text; for direct quotations exceeding three lines, footnotes, pagination, captions for figures and tables, font size 10 and single spacing shall be used;

e) Left and top margins of 3 cm, right and bottom margins of 2 cm; direct quotations exceeding three lines must be set in a separate paragraph, indented 4 cm from the left margin, without quotation marks;

f) Citations must follow the author–date system (e.g., Squarisi, 2003, p. 71). Footnotes shall be explanatory only;

g) Justified text, with a minimum length of 15 pages and a maximum of 20 pages, including references;

h) Charts and illustrations must not exceed 25% of the article’s content and must present adequate reproduction quality, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi for printing, as well as balanced proportions and clear, informative captions;

i) References must appear in a single list at the end of the manuscript, arranged alphabetically, single-spaced, and left-aligned;

j) Foreign-language expressions or words, as well as textual emphasis, must be presented in italics;

k) The manuscript must comply with the other standards of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) — NBR 6022/2018, NBR 6023/2025, NBR 10520/2023, and subsequent updates.

Sole paragraph: Authors are required to review the references cited to ensure that they do not include articles published in journals that adopt predatory practices.

 

EDITORIAL WORKFLOW AND PEER REVIEW

Articles will be subject to a double-blind peer-review process, consisting of the following stages:

I. Upon receipt, the responsible editors will verify:

a) alignment with the journal’s scope;

b) compliance with the formal requirements set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of this Ordinance;

c) plagiarism screening.
Sole paragraph: If the article does not comply with the established standards, the authors will be notified within thirty (30) days from the submission date, and revisions or adjustments will be allowed within a deadline set by the editorial team.

II. After verification of compliance with the publication standards described in item I, the article will be forwarded to two reviewers for anonymous evaluation of:

a) relevance, timeliness, and pertinence of the topic;

b) depth of analysis;

c) legal reasoning and theoretical grounding;

d) proper use of language;

e) clarity, coherence, and conciseness of ideas.

§1. At the conclusion of the review, reviewers may reject the article or indicate the need for corrections or improvements.

§2. Upon notification of the required corrections or improvements, the author(s) must submit the revised version within a period of up to thirty (30) days.

§3. After review and revisions, the author will be informed of the acceptance or rejection of the article for publication. If published, it shall be the author’s responsibility to register the article on the Lattes Platform and with the graduate programs to which they are affiliated, ensuring academic traceability of the publication.

Manuscripts that fail to comply with any submission rules or publication standards will be dismissed. Revista EJEF assumes no responsibility for the content of submitted articles and will not perform corrections, adaptations, or additions, except for adjustments required to meet the linguistic and editorial standards adopted by the TJMG.

Sole paragraph: Revista EJEF adopts a policy aimed at reducing endogeneity and encouraging exogeneity, promoting the participation of authors and reviewers from other Brazilian states. The Advisory Board, the Editor-in-Chief, and the Superintendence of EJEF will appoint external authors and reviewers to ensure diversity and to enrich the journal’s editorial process.

In addition to the manuscript text, the author(s) must submit, in a separate file, the publication authorization, in accordance with the template provided in the Sole Annex of this Ordinance. Both files must be submitted through the OJS platform.

 

ANTI-PLAGIARISM POLICY

Revista EJEF does not tolerate any form of academic plagiarism, whether total or partial. All published texts are the sole responsibility of their authors and co-authors.

Proper identification of information sources, including ideas and words of others, must be rigorously observed in all articles.

Revista EJEF employs plagiarism-detection software and tools, such as Crossref Similarity Check.

 

ARTICLE PROCESSING AND PUBLICATION FEES

Under no circumstances are fees charged to authors or readers. Submission, editorial processing, publication, and access to articles are entirely free of charge, preserving the diamond open-access model adopted by Revista EJEF and ensuring free, broad, and unrestricted access to the journal’s content.

Articles

This section publishes scientific and technical–legal articles of interest to the national and international legal community, with a focus on innovation, academic quality, and legal practice, contributing to interdisciplinary reflection.

Open Topic

This section, in recognition of scientific transversality, aims to publish articles on diverse themes that connect other fields of knowledge—such as literature, psychology, philosophy, among others—with Law, in order to offer alternative perspectives for legal debates.

Invited authors

Members of the Editorial Board, the Editor-in-Chief of Revista EJEF, and the Superintendence of EJEF may recommend for publication, in a specific section of the journal, articles authored by invited contributors of recognized standing in Brazil and/or abroad. Such articles may be published without undergoing peer review, provided that all other submission requirements are duly observed.

Thematic Dossiers

Periodically, the journal will organize thematic dossiers through public calls for papers on topics previously defined by the Editorial Board. Submissions to thematic dossiers will follow the same double-blind peer-review process applied to regular articles. Each dossier will be coordinated by invited editors or members of the editorial board, who will be responsible for the selection of manuscripts and for overseeing the peer-review process.

Privacy Statement

In line with technological developments, Revista EJEF is committed to ensuring security and privacy within its digital environment. To this end, it adopts a transparency policy and implements measures to prevent the risk of unauthorized third-party access to personal data, thereby providing the highest possible level of security to its users.

It is important to clarify that, upon user registration (as a reader, author, or reviewer), consent is automatically granted for the collection of personal data, which are used exclusively for access and restricted use by Revista EJEF. Personal data are also automatically collected by the server through simple access to the Revista EJEF website or consultation of its content.

Revista EJEF complies with the personal data protection policy established by the Court of Justice of the State of Minas Gerais (TJMG), in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the National Council of Justice (CNJ). Click here