Guide for authors

 

Manuscript submission

You should register an account (or login) in the top right menu of this page to submit the manuscript files, following the instructions detailed in the Submission section.

Interfases publishes three types of articles: research papers (up to 5,000 words), research works in progress (up to 2,800 words) and review papers (up to 1,500 words). The estimated word number is only referential.

All submitted manuscripts follow the same process. Once the editor verifies that the content of the manuscript fits within the scope of Interfases, it will undergo a peer review process. This process (composed of one or two review rounds) takes approximately 2-3 months, but depending on the complexity of the manuscript, it could be extended.

Manuscripts submitted to Interfases must not have been previously published nor be under consideration for publication in another journal.

Title page

The title page should include:
  • A concise and informative title (up to 30 words)
  • Authors' full names, including institutional affiliation, email address and ORCiD identifier.
  • An abstract of 200-250 words. The abstract should indicate the nature and contribution of the study. Undefined acronyms, mathematical equations, or bibliographic references in the text of the abstract must be avoided.
  • A list of keywords (3-5) separated by commas. Keywords should be taken from the IEEE Computer Society taxonomy: https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/sc/tsc-taxonomy-list

Text

Submitted manuscripts should be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx), and we suggest using the Interfases official template link.

When writing the manuscript, use the automatic numbering option to number the pages. Please avoid using field functions. Use the table function instead of embeded spreadsheets. If you are writing your manuscript in Microsoft Word, use the equation editor or MathType for the equations.

Tables

Tables are one of the core elements of the new findings reported in science, therefore, authors are encouraged to include tables considered strictly necessary. All tables are listed using Arabic numbers (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, ...) and include a title prompting the relevance of the data presented. Tables are mentioned in order of appearance in the manuscript. In addition to the number, title and data, tables may include a short Note detailing the source, as well as additional explanations not included in the manuscript.

Abbreviations and acronyms

Use abbreviations and acronyms only when necessary to improve the manuscript readability. Each abbreviation or acronym should be defined at the first mention.

Biography data

Only for manuscripts accepted for publication. Please, provide a brief biography of each author, which will be included at the end of the manuscript.

Conclusions

Remember the conclusions are not the narrative and textual version of the tables included in the Results section. Instead, the conclusions summarize and synthesize the main arguments of the article. The conclusions are drawn from the findings and provide a suitable answer to the research question. In addition, the conclusions include the limitations of the study and suggest further research questions and applications for future studies.

References

Citations and references should be indicated in accordance with APA standards. Thereby, references listed at the end of the publication shall be described in the following format:

Books:

  • Author(s) surname, initial(s). (Year). Book title (italics), (edition). Place: Publisher name.

Journal articles or book chapters:

  • Author(s) surname, initial(s). (Year). Article title or chapter title. Journal or Book (italics), journal number (italics), pages.

E-books:

  • Author(s) surname, initial(s). (Year). E-Book Title (italics). Retrieved from  http://... (URL)

Electronic journal articles:

  • Author(s) surname, initial(s). (Year). Article title. Journal name (italics), pages. Retrieved from  http://... (URL)

Conference proceeedings:

  • Author(s) surname, initial(s). (Year, X[day], Y[month]). Article title (italics). In proceedings of [Conference name], pages. Retrieved from  http://... (URL)

Supplementary material

Authors may include text files (including tables or figures) and spreadsheets as supplementary material. However, as research data, it is recommended to archive them in data repositories. For software code, authors can use platforms such as GitHub or similar.

 

About authorship rights

By publishing in Interfaces, the authors agree with the following conditions:

Authors preserve their copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication of the work registered under the Creative Commons attribution license, which allows third parties to use the published material as long as they mention authorship of the work and the publication in this journal.

Authors might undertake other independent and additional contractual arrangements for non-exclusive distribution of article version published in this journal (e.g., inclusion in an institutional repository or publication in a book) as long as they clearly indicate that the work was first published in Interfases.

Authors are allowed to publish their work on public repositories (e.g. pre-prints at institutional or personal pages) before and during the review and publication process, as it may lead to productive exchanges and to a wider and faster dissemination of the published work. (see The Effect of Open Access).

 

Privacy statement

Authors' names and e-mail addresses will be used exclusively for the purposes stated at submission and publication process. Hence, they will not be provided to third parties nor used for other purposes.

 

Last updated: 03/05/21