Information For Authors

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Instructions to authors:

Contributions to QUARKS should preferably be submitted online, following the five steps (see below) shown during the online submission procedure (area reserved for authors), and must include indexing information or any additional file required (such as research and instrument data). If online submission is not feasible, the materials can be sent by e-mail to the editors.

All manuscripts should be written in English. Submitted manuscript, after preliminary review by one of the Editors, will be reviewed by at least two referees.
The corresponding author should send a cover letter with the submission stating title, type of paper (full paper, short communication or review), total word count (including references, tables and figure legends), warrants that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, suggestion up to five names of possible reviewers to the manuscript. Submission of a manuscript implies that its publication has been approved by all co-authors.

Submission Process

Please follow the below steps for manuscript submission to our journals.

Please Register, providing the e-mail address and create your own password for QUARKS. Click on Register in the top menu of the page. The registration will allow the reader to receive the summary via e-mail with each new edition.
Then select the Journal QUARKS and click on the Submit Manuscript. Please enter the login details you have registered with us
You may now fill the necessary details: title, abstract, name and affiliations of all authors(Department and University) and, submit your manuscript.
After the submission you can Log In to the https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/quarks/login and regularly check the status of submitted manuscript. Please write to our editorial staff journal.quarks@ufjf.edu.br in case of any technical issues in submission process.
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Permission to Publish and Open Access Copyright Transfer Agreement

Article entitled:
Corresponding author:
To be published in: QUARKS: Brazilian Electronic Journal of Physics, Chemistry and Materials Science.

I/We hereby grant to QUARKS a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the article(s) referenced above and any supplemental tables, illustrations or other information submitted therewith that are intended for publication as part of the article (the ‘Article’) in all forms and media (whether now known or hereafter developed), throughout the world, for the full term of copyright, effective when and if the Article is accepted for publication. This license includes the right to provide the Article in electronic and online forms and systems. I/We hereby grant a non-exclusive license for such publication, posting and making available, and further permit indexing and archiving.

I/We agree that QUARKS shall have first publication rights in the Article and that QUARKS retains exclusive rights in the definitive final version of the Article that appears in the Journal and embodies all value-adding publisher activities including copy-editing, formatting and pagination.

The author may self-archive an version of the article on his own website and his institution's repository, reproduce or authorize reproduction of the Article, since QUARKS be cited as the first publisher of the Article and a link to the appropriate bibliographic citation (authors, article title, volume issue, page numbers, DOI, and the link to the Published Article on Portal de Periódicos da UFJF: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/quarks) should be maintained.

I/We declare that the Article is original work, has been written by the stated authors and has not been published elsewhere. The Article is not currently being considered for publication by any other Periodical and will not be submitted for such review while under review by the Journal. The Article contains no libelous or other unlawful statements and does not contain any materials that violate any personal or proprietary rights of any other person or entity. I/We have obtained written permission from copyright owners for any excerpts from copyrighted works that are included and have credited the sources in the Article. If using any personal details, I/We have obtained written permission or consent from the individual(s) in question (or, where applicable, the next of kin). I/We have read the final version of the manuscript and are responsible for what is said in it

If the Article was prepared jointly with other authors, I have informed the co-author(s) of the terms of this non-exclusive license and that I am signing on their behalf as their agent and, represent that I am authorized to do so.

I/we also agree to the authorship of the article is the same sequence presented in te manuscript. I/we do not have any conflict of interest (financial or other). I/we have read the final version of the manuscript and are responsible for what is said in it. The work described in the manuscript is my/our own and my/our individual contribution to this work is significant enough to qualify authorship. No one who has contributed significantly to the work has been denied authorship and those who helped have been duly acknowledged. No addition, deletion or change in the sequence of authors was allowed at the later stage without valid reasons.

After submission of this agreement signed by the corresponding author, changes of authorship or in the order of the authors listed will not be accepted by QUARKS.

TO BE SIGNED BY ALL AUTHORS

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Corresponding Author’s Signature, Date

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