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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Submissions are published on a rolling basis. The evaluation process takes an average of 6 months, but may vary. Submissions made after September will automatically be considered for publication in the following year's volume.
  • The contribution is original and unpublished, and is not under evaluation for publication by another journal; otherwise, you should justify it in "Comments to editor".
  • The manuscript must be anonymous for double-blind review (with no identification of the authors in the manuscript).
  • Each author may publish one paper every 12 months. The 12-month period starts from the date the paper is submitted. This rule also applies to co-authorship;
  • The text is in Portuguese, English or Spanish and complies with ABNT standards. For non-Brazilian authors, follow the rules and guidelines for authors available in the "Submissions" tab (see file "template.docx").
  • The work is within one of the following thematic areas (Music):
    - Sound Creation and Musical Composition;
    - Music Computing and Music Technology;
    - Sound Studies and Sonology;
    - Aesthetics and Philosophy of Music
    - Music Performance;
    - Analysis, Perception and Music Theory;
    - Musicology and Ethnomusicology;
    - Popular Music.
  • Vortex only accepts submissions in which at least one of the authors holds a doctoral title, except in the case of a senior author with proven experience. In this case, please explain in the “Comments to the Editor” section.
  • Authors must have made a significant contribution to the work. In the template, indicate the roles of each author according to the CRediT Taxonomy . To preserve anonymity in the evaluation, use designations such as “Author 1,” “Author 2,” etc.
  • All authors who contributed to the paper are listed in the platform fields—their names will be hidden from the reviewers but recorded in the system. Please include: name, institution, department, city, state, country, ORCID, and email address. No new authors will be accepted after submission.
  • I am aware of the contents of the document Editorial Policy e Evaluation
  • All published papers are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC-BY.
  • ORCID: even if already included in the author's registration, it is necessary to check the option "Send email to request ORCID authorization from contributor" in the authorship record and validate the link received by email. This step is mandatory to correctly link the ORCID to the article and complete the submission.
  • All submissions will automatically be run through artificial intelligence and plagiarism detection software before being sent for peer review.

Author Guidelines

Accepted formats

• Article (double-blind or preprint): maximum of 10,000 words – no minimum (the following are not included in the word count: title, abstract, keywords, acknowledgments, references, appendices, and attachments).
• Review: maximum of 3.000 words counted only in the body text.
• Translation: of works by other authors, relevant to the academic community, and not available as open access. Translations are not accepted for SciELO Preprint.
• Interview with people considered relevant to the area.
• Letter to the Editor (Post-Publication Discussions): up to 1,000 words; up to 2 years after the original article was published.

Download our template in DOCX or ODT format.

Titles, Abstract, and Keywords

• Title: maximum of 90 characters, with spaces.
• Title: avoid including numbers, acronyms, abbreviations or punctuation.
• Abstract: maximum of 150 words.
• Keywords: maximum of 5 entries.

Layout

• It is mandatory to use the 'Template' file.
• Use DOCX file format (or ODT).
• Paper size: A4 (210x297mm)
• Margins: 2,0cm (top, bottom) and 2.5cm (left, right)
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Paragraph spacing: 0cm
• Justified text
• Paragraph indentation: 1 cm
• Texts must use the font types displayed in the template file. All fonts can be downloaded for free at:
https://fonts.google.com/

Figures, Examples, Graphics, Photography, and Tables

• Must be inserted in text with captions (FIGURE 1, EXAMPLE 2, TABLE 1 etc.) in font size 10, center text alignment.
• Images must be 100% readable. We recommend using an Image Editor to prepare them.
• In case of digitized images, please use 300 dpi resolution (formats TIFF, PNG and SVG are suitable for high-resolution preservation).
• Please use only editable tables.
• Photographs must present credits.
• Captions should always present the source (except when made by the author): FIGURE 1 – Bob Moog and Les Paul. Source: Kettlewell (2002, p. 113)
• To assist visually impaired readers, please describe the illustration / graphic in the captions or, in case of a large table, insert an appendix with the textual description.
• All images must have permission granted by the owner. See “image release permission form”

Musical Notation

• Musical notes should always be capitalized (Do, Re, F, G# etc.).
• Specify in the text if middle C is either C3 (French system) or C4 (American Standard Pitch Notation).

Special fonts

- Avoid mixing special fonts with the body text font. In case of necessity to use special fonts – such as those for musical notation or Hebrew – prefer to insert them separately from the body text, as an example or figure. When it comes to an example, provide the font along with the submission (format compatible with Macintosh or Windows). As for an image, just make sure that the caption describes well its content (for blind readers).

Citations (throughout the document)

• Up to three complete lines: within the paragraph using quotation marks, font 12, and author-date-page system in parenthesis (Author, 2014, p. 1). It is required to indicate the page(s) used.
• With more than three complete lines, citations must be formatted in font size 10, in a separated paragraph with indentation of 4 cm at the left margin, without quotation marks, line spacing 1.0, and author, year, page system (Author, 2014, p. 1). Separate the citation of the preceding and subsequent paragraphs with a blank line.
• Please avoid references without page indication. In this way, it is preferable (Stockhausen, 1958, p. 33) rather than (Stockhausen, 1958), which is too vague.
• Examples of author-date-page system:

One work, one author: (Stockhausen, 1958, p. 33)
One work, up to three authors: (Boulez; Cage; Nattiez, 1980, p. 22)
One work, more than three authors: (Deliége et al., 2000, p. 11-13)
Quoting a quoted work: (Forte 1977 apud Hyde, 2007, p. 57)
Translation by the author: (Grisey, 1986, p. 11, author’s translation)
Name of the author within text: According to Murail (2001, p. 35)

• Simple quotation marks (‘’) are used to indicate citations within the current citation.
• Footnote can be used as additional references or comments. They must be indicated in Arabic number.
• Avoid long footnotes. Optimize the reading of your text.
• Indirect citation is optional (paraphrase and condensation), but we recommend to indicate page(s).

References (at the end of the document)

Use simple line spacing (1.0), 1 blank line between each reference, font size 12, without indentation. Please, see below for a few examples:

- Books
LAST NAME, First Name. Work Title. Edition [if not the first]. Publishing location: Editor, year.

- Book excerpt (chapters, articles, etc.)
LAST NAME, First Name. Title of part. In: Last Name, First Name of the Organizer (Org.). Title. Edition [if not the first]. Publishing location: Publisher, year. Initial and final page number (excerpt).

- Articles
LAST NAME, First Name. Title of the Work. Title of the Journal, publishing location, issue number, initial-last pages of the article, year/date.

optional: DOI. 00.0000/0000000. Available at: <http://>. Access on: 18 feb. 2019.

- Proceedings papers
LAST NAME, First Name. Work Title. In: NAME OF THE EVENT, edition number, year, local. Title: Location: Publisher. Initial and final page number.

- Thesis and Dissertations
LAST NAME, First Name. Title. Year. Thesis/Dissertation (Masters/Doctoral, Area). Institute, Location.

- Online Works
LAST NAME, First Name. Title: subtitle (if available). Location (if available): Publisher, year. Available at: <http://...>. Accessed on: 13 jan. 2019

- Scores
LAST NAME, First Name (composer). Title. Location: Publisher, year. Description (Score), page numbers. Instrument(s).

- Recordings (complete album)
AUTHOR (Composer or Performer). Title. Location: Recording label, year. Media type.

- Recordings (tracks)
AUTHOR (Composer). Track title. Performer: name. In: Album Title. Location: Recording label, year. Media type.

- Published interview
AUTHOR (interviewed). Interview's Title. Title and data of the source in which the interview was published. Interview.

- Unpublished interview
AUTHOR. Title (if any). Place, date. Specific name of the type of information. Interview.

PrePrint (SciELO)

In line with Open Science guidelines, Vórtex Journal adopts practices of transparency and information sharing, promoting open access, the use of open repositories, and the publication of preprints on public platforms, such as SciELO Preprints (https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo). A preprint refers to a version of an article that is shared publicly prior to peer review. This practice ensures immediate access to research results and allows authors to receive feedback from the community, enabling them to make adjustments before submitting the article to the journal.

Original Article

Article: maximum 10,000 words – no minimum (the following are not included in the word count: title, abstract, keywords, acknowledgments, references, appendices, and attachments). Sheet music (manuscripts, originals, transcriptions, arrangements), patches, code, and audiovisual recordings are published exclusively as attachments to full-length articles. Every submission must be accompanied by a critical discussion in the “articles” category. This practice ensures the quality of published content and acknowledges the existence of specialized repositories (GitHub, GitLab, SourceForge) for code distribution, while also fostering discussions about artistic productions.

Dossier “Morton Feldman – A Silent Revolution Over 100 Years”

In 2026, Vórtex Journal will celebrate the centennial of Morton Feldman’s life and work. We invite everyone to submit contributions to the special issue “Morton Feldman – A Silent Revolution Over 100 Years.” For more information, please visit the call for papers link: https://periodicos.unespar.edu.br/vortex/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/242

Review

Review: up to 3,000 words, counting only the main text. Reviews must identify the strengths and weaknesses of the work being reviewed in terms of its structure, content, style, clarity, and coherence of language, as well as the work’s relevance and significance to the field of study or discipline in which it is situated. Specific examples or other evidence must be provided to support your assessment.

Interview

Interview: with figures considered to be influential in the field.

Translation

Translation: of a third-party work considered relevant to the field and not available in open access format. Translations are not accepted for SciELO Preprint. They must include basic information about the translation project, such as the title of the original text, its context of production, and its relevance to the field of study or area in which it is situated, as well as the rationale for its publication in Portuguese; the translator’s name, the date of the translation, authorization from the copyright holder for the translation, and any other details deemed relevant by the translator.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor (Post-Publication Discussions): Readers may submit formal comments through the “Letter to the Editor” section on the journal’s submission platform. The publication will receive its own DOI, be published in the “Correspondence” category, and be indexed in all of the journal’s databases. Submissions must be based on evidence and/or data, contain no more than 1,000 words (use the journal’s template), be submitted within 2 years of the original article’s publication, and be written in a respectful manner that is relevant to the work being commented on.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) that permits sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that permits sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

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