Submission Guidelines

  1. Op. Cit.: A Journal of Anglo-American Studies accepts original texts which may contribute to advancing research within the fields of Anglo-American Studies, including literature, linguistics and cultural studies, as well as translation studies, art and performance studies, from a multidisciplinary point of view.
  2. Op. Cit. publishes issues edited by the Editorial Board or by guest editors, who are responsible for preparing thematic issues in collaboration with the Editorial Board. Although individual authors maybe invited to submit manuscripts, all the texts must follow the guidelines contained in this document, and will be evaluated as described below.
  3. The manuscripts submitted to Op. Cit. must be unpublished and authored by the person(s) submitting them. The manuscripts must clearly identify the source of every item that is not original (e.g. text excerpts, illustrations, tables, etc.), and make explicit reference, whenever necessary, to permissions obtained from copyright holders and/or authors. In the latter case, if the manuscripts include items protected by intellectual property rights, authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders.
  4. Submission of an article to Op. Cit. is a certification by the author(s) that the manuscript has not been otherwise published (in print or digital format, in Portugal or abroad, in Portuguese or any other language), or submitted at the same time to any other publication. Although the Op. Cit. editorial policy is to publish original manuscripts, the Editorial Board may decide in exceptional cases to publish a previously published text, based on criteria of scholarly and intellectual relevance and opportuneness. In that case, the manuscript will only be published with an authorization from the owner(s) of the intellectual property rights.
  5. Manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese or English. If manuscripts are submitted in Portuguese, they should be accompanied by an abstract and keywords in English; in the case of manuscripts submitted in English, Op. Cit. will be responsible for the translation of the abstract and keywords into Portuguese.