1. General Publication Guidelines

A) Topics must be relevant to the field of International Relations.
B) Articles should be neither simple opinion pieces nor purely academic texts. The purpose of a Yearbook is primarily informative, combining well-grounded opinions with an empirical basis. Analysis must therefore rely on verifiable data, such as facts, dates, and geographical locations.
C) Each article constitutes a single unit of information and should occupy between four and ten printed pages (corresponding to two to five pages of the Yearbook). This total includes both text and visual elements such as charts, tables, maps, diagrams, boxes, timelines, or panels.
D) Articles may be submitted in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, or Italian.

2. Article Guidelines

The JANUS Yearbook is a demanding publication, both in terms of the rigour required of its content and its aesthetic and graphic standards. Authors are therefore requested to pay close attention to the guidelines below in order to facilitate the editorial and production process.

A) Format and Length

Each article should be organised as follows (between two and five pages):
1. Main text consisting of approximately 10,000 to 28,000 characters, including spaces. Character limits are indicative and may vary depending on the number and size of graphic elements included. A limited number and length of footnotes is recommended in order to ensure readability. If a bibliography is included, it should appear at the end of the article, regardless of references made throughout the text.
2. Graphic elements: at least one graphic element is mandatory. Tables are acceptable. Graphic elements may include boxes (secondary text used to develop a key idea or provide complementary analysis, and counted within the overall character limit), maps, charts, tables, timelines, diagrams, or similar materials. A balanced use of these elements is expected; for example, maps generally require more space than charts.
3. Subheadings may be used within the main text but should only be introduced after the first paragraph. Articles must not begin with a subheading. There should be no subheading entitled Introduction; if present, the introduction should consist of an opening paragraph.
4. Author identification: articles must clearly identify the author(s). Each author’s name should be accompanied by: a preferred basic professional designation (e.g. António Silva, Professor at University X), to appear with the individual article published online; and a short biographical note of up to 500 characters, including spaces, to appear in the final list of contributors to the complete publication.
5. Submission format: manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.docx) format and sent by email or via the method specified in the relevant call for contributions.

B) Other editorial rules

1. Article titles and subheadings should be concise and should not exceed one line.
2. Each standalone element (boxes, maps, charts, tables) must have its own short title.
3. All data (charts, cartography, statistics, etc.) must be clearly referenced to their source.
4. Os elementos gráficos publicados no Anuário Janus são sempre originais recriados pelo/a designer. Por isso: (i) os gráficos devem apresentar com clareza os valores numéricos, a não ser que estes possam ser inferidos através dos valores nos eixos (não adianta a cópia de um gráfico de que não temos os valores); (ii) os mapas enviados para ilustrarem os textos devem ser suficientemente claros para serem devidamente recriados; (iii) se os gráficos/mapas/tabelas estiverem numa língua diferente da do artigo, as informações neles contidas devem ser traduzidas, incluindo as legendas dos mapas. No caso dos elementos gráficos cuja fonte é online/internet, solicita-se que os autores enviem também o link dos mesmos ou dos documentos/publicações de onde são retirados.
5. Texts should be presented in a simple format, without colours, bold type, or paragraph numbering. Foreign words should always appear in italics, without quotation marks. Country names should appear in the language of the article, using standard contemporary usage in that language.
6. Numbers: numbers from one to ten should be written in words. Numbers above one thousand should use a full stop as the thousands separator (e.g. 10.000; 1.000.000), and commas as decimal separators (e.g. 1.327,25 or 35,2%). These numerical conventions constitute mandatory JANUS house style and apply regardless of the language of the article.
7. Acronyms and abbreviations: at first mention, the full designation should be given, followed by the abbreviated form in brackets; from the second mention onwards, the abbreviated form may be used (e.g. European Union (EU), and EU thereafter).

For any clarification or additional information, please contact: anuariojanus.observare@autonoma.pt