Technical Screening Checklist (Self-Assessment for Authors)

ATTENTION: All manuscripts submitted to Revista Intercom undergo a strict initial technical screening (Desk Review). If your work violates any of the items below, it will be automatically returned or rejected without proceeding to peer review.
Before finalizing your submission in OJS 3, please check and ensure that your file folder fully meets these criteria:
  • Degree and Eligibility: Does at least one of the authors hold a completed PhD degree? (The maximum limit is 4 authors).
  • Editorial Interstice (Cooling-off Period): Have none of the authors published in INTERCOM within the last 15 months?
  • Strict Anonymization: Is the main manuscript file 100% clean? Have names, emails, university acronyms, direct references to the authors' own theses/dissertations, and hidden Word file properties been removed?
  • Separate File Uploads: Have you prepared and individually uploaded the following mandatory documents in Step 2 of the system?
    • Original Manuscript (Anonymized and in the Template).
    • Title Page (Identified, including ORCIDs, emails, and funding).
    • Open Science Compliance Form.
    • CRediT Form (Contributor Roles Taxonomy).
    • Signed Declarations (Conflict of Interest, Responsibility, and AI).
  • Multilingual Metadata in OJS: Have you filled out the Title, Abstract (max. 1,000 characters), and Keywords (max. 5) fields in the OJS system in all three languages (Portuguese, English, and Spanish) by clicking the language tabs at the top of the form?
  • Links and Formatting: Do all citations and references strictly follow ABNT standards? Are the digital links (URLs) in the references complete and not shortened?
  • Visual Accessibility: Do all images, charts, and tables inserted in the text have an Alternative Text (Alt Text) description right below the source?
  • AI and SAGER Declaration: Is the use of generative AI (if applicable) and the reporting of gender and race variables (SAGER Guidelines, if human data is involved) clearly described in the Methodology section?