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Prepare your manuscript for Conservar Património.

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Checked 2026-08-07
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Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 150 words.
  • Guidelines for Authors 7 Submission checklist Manuscript  The manuscript was reviewed carefully (form and content)  Submitted version has been approved by all authors  Is original, is not waiting for publication and has not been submitted elsewhere  Meets the ethical principles set out in authors guidelines Text file  Follows the template  Is in doc or docx format  Does not include footnotes or endnotes Title, abstract and keywords  The manuscript has title, abstract and keywords in the language of the document  The manuscript has title, abstract and keywords in English  The manuscript has title, abstract and keywords in Portuguese language (except in the case of non-speaking Portuguese authors)  The abstract does not exceed about 150 words  A maximum of 6 keywords are indicated Authors  The manuscript has the affiliation of all authors  Authors with ORCID indicate their ORCID number  A corresponding author has been indicated Text  Abbreviations are defined at their first mention in text (non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided in abstract)  Acknowledgments are at a separate section at the end of manuscript before the references list References  Are identified by numeric system  Are listed at the end of manuscript according to the formatting standards listed in authors guidelines  All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa Figures  Figures are all referenced in the text  Captions are with figures or at the end of the manuscript Guidelines for Authors 8  Figures are in jpg, tif or psd format with file name indicating the Figure number  Figures are, at least, about 1000 pixels wide (original resolution, without magnification)  If any third-party figures are used the authors obtained the necessary permission and signed the document available here Tables  Are all referenced in the text  Are along the text or at separate page(s) the end of the document doc or docx  Have title  They are presented in text form Submission The submission of a manuscript supposes that the respective Authors accept the ethical principles.
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  • The papers destined to the Articles, Interventions and Notes sections must contain a Portuguese and an English title and abstract and, if written in another language, must also incorporate the title and abstract in that language.
  • Text organization All papers except those destined to the Opinions section must obey the following structure: Title written in the original language, as well as in Portuguese and English, Authors’ names and affiliation, respective contacts, abstract, keywords, text, acknowledgements, references, tables and figures.
  • The Authors authorize ARP to freely republish their articles in any further publications it may promote (e.g.
  • a collection of selected papers), regardless of any change in medium or in graphic layout.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • A maximum of 6 keywords are indicated.
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  • A maximum of six keywords should also be presented in Portuguese, English and the original language.
  • The keywords should help to frame the text in its general context and should complement the words in the title without repetition.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • All cited works with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) must include the latter at the end of the respective bibliographic reference listing. Guidelines for Authors 4 Note: Using a citations software (eg. Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero) is highly recommended to prevent entry duplications, omissions or misplacements.
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  • Footnotes are not allowed and reference marks should be numbered between straight brackets.
  • References should be listed at the end of the text, numbered in accordance with the text citations and in the style presented here.
  • References The list of references (cited references only) at the end of the paper should follow the citation sequence of the text.
  • Any other situation should be signalled and duly referenced by the authors and will be analysed by the Editors on a case-by-case basis, with the ultimate goal of ensuring transparency and safeguarding the originality of the paper.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Group figures at the end of the manuscript.
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  • Group tables at the end of the manuscript.
  • Tables and figures may be used, and should be thus designated — and not as images, photos, photographs, illustrations, schemes or other.
  • All tables and figures must be referenced in the text by their respective numbers.
  • They should be placed at the end of the text, each with its respective legend, on separate sheets.
  • The Authors must gain the necessary permission to use the figures or other copyright materials.
  • The name of each file should be the respective figure number.
  • When the figure is composed of different parts (a, b, c, etc.), each part should correspond to a different file.
  • When the figures are constructed images or schemes, they should be made by the Author and sent as one individual graphic file.
  • The figures should be submitted as separate graphic files, as previously specified.
  • Figures In addition to the figures inserted along the Word document or at is end (with sufficient resolution for the evaluation of the manuscript), the figures should be sent as an individual graphic files (tiff, jpeg, psd, pdf or other) with resolution appropriate for publication.
  • Statement about the figures If there are third-party figures, a statement must be signed that declares there are no problems related to its use: Statement template for manuscript with a single author: docx.
  • Statement about the figures If there are third-party figures, a statement must be signed that declares there are no problems related to its use: Statement template for manuscript with multiple authors: docx.
  • The Authors are free to use all or part of their content (text and figures) in other publications, including edits and adaptations; nevertheless, the original publication in Conservar Património should always be referenced.
  • Figures are, at least, about 1000 pixels wide (original resolution, without magnification).

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Submitted contributions that, directly or indirectly, had the economic support of third parties, should clearly state these sources of funding.

Data availability statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Provide a heading “Data availability statement” with a formatting similar to acknowledgments.

Title page and author information

  • Include or confirm the title page and author information required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Preprints and prior publication

  • Ethical guidelines The papers submitted for publication must be original, i.e. they should not have been previously published, nor submitted or pending publication elsewhere.

Authorship and originality

  • It is assumed that the contributions submitted for publication were actually authored by the designated Authors; that they constitute accounts of the Authors’ work and research; and that they do not pose any falsification or plagiarism problems – considered inadmissible by this Journal.
  • It is assumed that the contributions submitted for publication were actually authored by the designated Authors; that they constitute accounts of the Authors’ work and research; and that they do not pose any falsification or plagiarism problems – deemed inadmissible by this Journal.

Competing interests

  • Authors should clearly declare any conflicts of interest.

Other submission requirements

  • The graphic files should have an appropriate resolution (normally 300 dpi).
  • Authors should immediately notify the Journal should they identify a mistake in a published article and be willing to publish a retraction.
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  • Review: The orthographic and grammatical review should be done carefully.
  • Manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word files using this template document.
  • It is assumed that all the data provided by the Authors is real and authentic, and is furthermore appropriately recorded and reported, should there be a reasonable need for verification.
  • The only exceptions to this rule are: theses; reports circulated solely within the institution in which they were developed; documentation provided only to attendants of conferences or other meetings - which do not question this principle.

Language and text style

  • In such cases, however, there must be consistence throughout the texts; the same holds true for other languages with spelling variants.
  • The abstracts should be written in Portuguese, English and in the original language if different from the former two.
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  • The texts destined to the Opinions section shall have the title written in the original language, as well as in Portuguese and English.

Article type and manuscript length

  • The abstracts must not surpass 150 words and must function as a separate text without referring to the main text.

Manuscript structure

  • Review: The texts should be divided in sections and subsections in accordance with their content. Guidelines for Authors 3 The orthographic and grammatical review should be done carefully.

Study reporting guidelines

  • When designing graphics and schemes, care should be taken to use colours and symbols coherently.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 150 words
Keywords: Up to 6 keywords
Declarations: Data availability, Funding, Acknowledgements

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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