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The aim of scientific writing is to show the reader new ideas from a piece of research or study that has the following characteristics: clarity: the use of simple words and expressions; conciseness: the act of writing with the fewest number of words and organizing the body of the article in a logical structure for the reader to understand. In order to guide authors and collaborators who have drawn up the rules for submitting a technical-scientific article to the Revista Interdisciplinar e do Meio Ambiente, the following structure items should be taken as a basis:

1) Title: Maximum 15 words; in bold; It should be clear and objective, showing the main result of the work; To do so:(A title should be specific, informative and brief. Capitalize titles, but not conjunctions and articles).

2) Authorship: Affiliations must be preceded by superscript numbers corresponding to the list of authors. Each affiliation must be executed in such a way that the complete list of affiliations is a single paragraph. Only one author will be allowed for each editorial system.

A. B. Author¹, D. E. Author², and F. G. Author³

(List authors by first name or initial followed by last name and separated by commas. Use superscript numbers to link affiliations and symbols. For example: A. S. Vieira1, F. A. Farias2. Authors are individuals who contributed significantly to the research and preparation of the article).

¹Affiliation for author 1.

²Affiliation to author2.

³Affiliation to author 3.

Example:

¹Professor Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil (corresponding author). E-mail: allan.sarmento@ufcg.edu.br.

²Professor of University Federal of Campina Grande, Brazil. E-mail: wfcuri@yahoo.com.br

3) Summary, Abstract, Resumen: maximum 250 words; must present problem, solution and conclusions; sequence of concise and objective sentences, containing: Context: one or two sentences that identify where your work is inserted within the major area; Gap: sentence about what is still to be worked on, what needs research, what has not yet been understood, what still needs to be studied in this field of research; Purpose: main objective of the work, what has been done. It must be linked to the gap; Methodology: one or two sentences describing the methodology used; Results: identify the main results of the research; Conclusions: how the result can contribute to the advancement of the field in relation to your area of research. NOTE 02: Some abstracts start from the Purpose item onwards. Three items must be included in this section: purpose, results and conclusions; Present the abstract in a language other than the main text: Portuguese, English and Spanish. Order of publication according to the language of the main text: Portuguese: Abstract; English: Resumen; Spanish: Abstract;

(A good abstract defines the general question or topic you are studying for the average reader, provides background information on the specific question or problem, briefly describes the main data or analysis, and describes the main results and uncertainties. Avoid acronyms or, if used, define them).

4) Keywords/Keywords/Palabras clave: minimum of 3 and maximum of 5; essentially relevant and taken from the text; do not extract from the title; separate the words with a period (.). Example: Information competence, Information mediation, Socio-digital inclusion. Present keywords in the language of the main text.

5) Structure of the main text: Number of pages: maximum 25 pages; Sheet: A4 size; Margins: 3 cm to the left and 2 cm above, below and to the right; Standard font: TIMES NEW ROMAN: Titles and subtitles: size 14 bold; body text: size 12 normal; long direct quotations (more than three lines): size 10, indented 4 cm from the left margin; no quotation marks or italics; page numbers, footnotes and captions: size 10. Spacing: single; Sections of the article: size 12 in capitals and bold, aligned to the left. They are numbered. Example: 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Results and discussions; 4. Conclusions; References.

6) Subsections (only one sublevel): size 12 pt in small caps and bold, aligned to the left. From the 3rd level onwards, italics, lowercase and no bold.

7) Detail the structure of the main text:

Introduction: justifies and defines the problem, announcing the subject; summarizes the subject and its importance, presenting the general idea; briefly discusses the approach of the work, delimiting the subject, ending with the presentation of hypotheses and objectives; it should not be extensive and serves to familiarize the reader with the subject: Contextualization: major area where your work is inserted and what the importance of the major area is. Here you define terms, jargon, etc.); Gap: what questions remain open, what limitations still exist and need to be improved; Purpose: what the objectives of the work and the study are.
Methodology: Describes the details of the research design and how the study was conducted. This section should: describe the methods, materials, techniques and equipment used precisely and rigorously; provide information on the statistical methods used and data transformations, if applicable; reference already known techniques and methods; avoid hypotheses and generalizations when they are not based on the elements contained in the work. Results and Discussion: the results obtained should be presented precisely and clearly; they can be accompanied by tables, graphs, charts or figures with statistical values; the experimental data obtained can be analyzed and related to the main problems that exist on the subject, providing support for the conclusion; the discussion should relate causes and effects; indicate the theoretical applications and limitations of the results obtained; present new perspectives for continuing the research; present proposals or suggestions for new research in certain areas.
Conclusions: summarize arguments that confirm or deny hypotheses; emphasize the main result; provide a brief interpretation of the main results; show the importance of these results for the broad area of the work.
Appendices: texts or documents prepared by the author in order to complement his argument; they should be identified by consecutive capital letters (APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B), following the pagination of the main text and separated from the text by an additional sheet, indicating its beginning.

8) Illustrations: include: drawings, diagrams, flowcharts, photographs, graphs, maps, organization charts, plants, tables, portraits and others; illustrations should provide sufficient information for the reader to understand them without the need for significant input from the text; words used in figures should be identical to those used in the text in terms of capitalization, italics and symbols; they should be presented in the order in which they appear in the text. If they are long, send them in separate files, indicating where they should be inserted in the text; in illustrations that contain more than one image, identify each image with capital letters, for example A, B, C (without brackets and without periods after the letters) in the top left-hand corner of each image; place the identification at the top of the illustration, preceded by the word figure, graph, table etc., numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals, followed by a dash and its title. Example: Fig. 1. Title; Table 1. Title, and so on. In the text, when referring to figures and tables, use lowercase according to the Template.

9) Caption: brief and objective; with notes and other information necessary for understanding; the source consulted is indicated at the bottom, after the illustration; the source is a mandatory element even if it is the author's own production; the sources should be included in the References section. NOTE 03: The quality of the figures is just as important as the quality of the data and results presented. Simplicity is recommended throughout the interpretations; check the need for figures and whether it is possible to put the information in text form; there should be a balance between the information in the text and the captions so as not to be repetitive. Example: Template.

10) Tables: should be self-explanatory; located as close as possible to the point where it is first mentioned in the text; title at the top preceded by the word Table (1st letter in capitals), numbered in sequence with Arabic numerals, followed by a hyphen (Table 1. ) and the title of the table; preferably in a vertical position; continuation on the following page: delimited by a horizontal line at the bottom; repeat heading on the following page; indicate with the word "continues" on the 1st page; indicate continuation for the others, as above; indicate conclusion for the last page; put information about the source(s) consulted and other information and notes necessary for understanding, in the footer. The source(s) should be included in the References section; use horizontal lines at the bottom of the table to separate the content from the supplementary elements, to separate the heading from the title, and from the body. Additional horizontal lines can be used within the heading and body. Do not use vertical lines; edit in a Word file, using the features of the table menu; More information see: Documentation and Information Dissemination Center. Tabular presentation standards. 3. ed. Rio de Janeiro, 1993. 62p. Example table: Template.

11) References and citations: when selecting the works to be cited in the article, opt for: pioneering works that began the study of the subject; more recent works (state of the art of the subject to be studied); impact works published in the area, in recognized journals and publishers. Citations show where the ideas came from, not the text. They must be interpreted and written in your own words. Observe copyright issues (plagiarism and self-plagiarism). Examples of in-text citations: An author: Dabas (1998) or (DABAS, 1998). Two authors: Gosling and Taylor (2010) or (GOSLING; TAYLOR, 2009). Three authors: Duke, Ellis and Marshal (2013) or (DUKE; ELLIS; MARSHAL, 2013); More than three authors: Pawson et al. (2004) or (PAWSON et al., 2004). Author Entity: Ibict (2011) or (IBICT, 2011); Unknown author: Mudanças...(2014) or (MUDANÇAS..., 2014); Only references cited in the text should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the article; use italics for journal titles in articles, book titles, event titles etc.; do not use italics for Latin abbreviations such as et al, apud in both in-text citations and references; use capital letters in references for surnames, with first names abbreviated, followed by a period (.) and no spaces. This also applies to authorships of collective entities (entry by title) and event titles;

Examples:

- Publications in Electronic Media:

Follow the same examples as for books, book chapters, journal articles, newspaper articles, dissertations and theses etc., adding the information at the end of the reference:

Available at: <http://www.dominio/camiho/arquivo.extensão>. Accessed on: day month.Apr. YEAR. AND/OR DOI number.

Reference

Deng, A., & Stauffer, D. R. (2006), On improving 4-km mesoscale model simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45(3), 361-381. doi:10.1175/JAM2341.1

Citation
Cunha (2010) or (CUNHA, 2010)

Reference
BELKIN, N.J. The cognitive viewpoint in information science. Journal of Information Science, v. 16, n.1, p.11-15, 1990. DOI: 10.1177/016555159001600104

Citation
Belkin (1990) or (BELKIN, 1990)

- Book:

Reference
LEITE, F.C.L. Como gerenciar e ampliar a visibilidade da informação científica brasileira: repositórios institucionais de acesso aberto. Brasília: Ibict, 2009. 120p.

Citation
Leite (2009) or (LEITE, 2009)

- Book chapter:

Reference
ROBREDO, J.; VILAN FILHO, J.L. Information metrics: history and trends. In: ______.;
Passeios pelo bosque da informação: estudos sobre a representação e organização da informação e do conhecimento. Brasília: IBICT, 2010. p.184-258.

Citation
Robredo and Vilan Filho (2010) or (ROBREDO; VILAN FILHO, 2010)

Reference
TORRES VARGAS, G.A. Modelo de acceso en el medio digital. In:______. El acceso universal a la información, del modelo librario al digital. México: UNAM; Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas, 2010. p. 75-87.

Citation
Torres Vargas (2010) or (TORRES VARGAS, 2010)

- Magazine articles:

Reference

Azevedo, L. G. T., Porto, R. L. L., Porto, M. (1998), Decision support system for the integrated management of water quantity and quality: methodology and case study. Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos, Porto Alegre, v.3, n. 1, p. 21-51. DOI: 10.21168/rbrh.v3n1.p21-51

Citation
Romanos de Tiratel, Giunti e Contardi, (2011) or (ROMANOS DE TIRATEL; GIUNTI; CONTARDI, 2011)

Reference
MADSEN, D. Interdisciplinarity in the information field. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v.49, p.1-7, 2012.

Citation
Madsen (2012) or (MADSEN, 2012)

- Dissertations and Theses:

Reference

Vieira, A. S. (2011), Multi-objective qualitative-quantitative simulation model for the integrated planning of water resources systems, 296 p., Doctoral Thesis, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, acess in: http://dspace.sti.ufcg.edu.br:8080/xmlui/handle/riufcg/1877. - 18/02/2010.

Citation
Santos Junior(2010) or (SANTOS JUNIOR, 2010)

- Articles in Newspapers

Reference
SUAIDEN, E.J. Director of IBICT talks about science communication. Jornal da Ciência, São Paulo, Feb. 7, 2013. Available at: < http://www.jornaldaciencia.org.br/Detalhe.jsp?id=85760> Accessed on: 15 Apr. 2014.

Citation Suaiden (2013) or (SUAIDEN, 2013)

- Scientific events:

Reference
ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE PESQUISA EM CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO, 11., 2010, Rio de Janeiro. Proceedings... Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ, 2010. 1 CD-ROM.

Citation

Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação (2010) or (ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE PESQUISA EM CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO, 2010)

- Paper Presented at Event:

Reference

SOUZA, S.H.C. Conectando: um estudo de caso da uso das mídias digitais sociais pela Biblioteca de São Paulo. In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE BIBLIOTECONOMIA, DOCUMENTAÇÃO E CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO, 25., 2013, Florianópolis. Proceedings. São Paulo: FEBAB, 2013.

14p. DOI:XXXXXXXXX Available at: <http://portal.febab.org.br/anais/article/view/1280/1281> Accessed on April 15, 2014.

Citation
Souza (2013) or (SOUZA, 2013)

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