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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.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is Microsoft Word file format, and uses the template available in the instructions for authors.
  • The text follows the formatting defined in the template, including body text, headings, images, tables, references, etc.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The Submission Fee was paid (pay here).
  • If applicable, the article includes a statement on the ethical considerations of the research, specifying the ethical code followed and, where necessary, the approval of an institutional ethics committee, including the institution’s identification and the reference number.
  • I confirm that I have read and agree with the NTQR Ethics and Best Practices Declaration, complying with all the established guidelines.
  • I confirm that all references were managed and formatted using a reference management software (e.g., Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote or equivalent), ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance with NTQR bibliographic standards.

Author Guidelines

Instructions for Authors

The Editorial Board of New Trends in Qualitative Research (NTQR) invites authors to submit original, innovative, and methodologically grounded manuscripts for evaluation by the Scientific Board under a double-blind peer review process.

NTQR is an international open-access scientific journal dedicated to the development, critical reflection, analysis, and innovation of qualitative research methodologies. All submitted articles must place qualitative methodology at the centre of analysis. The fundamental editorial criterion for acceptance is the article’s clear, relevant, and original contribution to the advancement of methodological knowledge.

Only original works may be submitted, and they must not be under review elsewhere. Submission implies that the authors declare that the content is not subject to copyright held by another publication.

 

Types of Contribution and Length

NTQR accepts the following types of contribution:

  • Theoretical–Conceptual Articles
  • Scientific Essays
  • Methodological Innovation Studies
  • Comparative Studies of Methods or Techniques
  • Empirical Studies with Methodological Reflection

Manuscripts must comply with the following word limits (including figures and tables):

  • 1,500 to 2,500 words – Theoretical–Conceptual Articles and Scientific Essays
  • 3,500 to 4,500 words – Methodological Innovation and Comparative Studies
  • 4,500 to 5,500 words – Empirical Studies with Methodological Reflection

Empirical studies must include a separate Methodological Reflection section. The Methodology section must contain between 1,000 and 1,500 words.

 

Languages and Formatting

Manuscripts may be written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English and must strictly follow the formatting defined in the official journal template.

In addition to scientific quality standards, NTQR maintains high linguistic standards. Manuscripts containing serious linguistic errors will not be sent for peer review.

Authors who are not native speakers of the language of submission must ensure prior professional language revision and provide proof of such revision upon submission.

 

Citation Standards

Manuscripts must follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition (2019).

Specific adaptations:

  • “Table” should be translated as “Quadro” or “Tabela” when applicable;
  • “Abstract” should be translated as “Resumo”;
  • The symbol “&” must be used in accordance with APA rules;
  • Decimal separator: full stop;
  • Thousands separator: blank space.

The use of reference management software is strongly recommended.

 

Abstracts and Keywords

Manuscripts must include:

  • Abstracts with 250–300 words;
  • Between 2 and 5 keywords.

The abstract must clearly state the methodological contribution of the article.

 

Author Identification

Only the final accepted version may include author identification (name, email, institutional affiliation, ORCID, etc.).

To ensure blind review, all identifying information must be removed from the submitted manuscript, including self-references that may reveal authorship.

 

Submission

Submissions must be made through the NTQR OJS platform.

The final accepted version must be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

 

Ethics, Ethical Approval and Mandatory Declarations

Articles involving data collection must include explicit declarations regarding:

  • Ethical approval (when applicable);
  • Informed consent;
  • Conflicts of interest;
  • Funding (when applicable);
  • Use of Artificial Intelligence (when applicable).

Failure to include these declarations may prevent the manuscript from proceeding in the editorial process.

 

Fees

Each submitted manuscript is subject to:

  • Submission fee: €45
  • Publication fee (if accepted): €395

The submission fee is charged before pre-evaluation. Only manuscripts with confirmed payment will proceed.

Authors have 15 days from submission to complete payment. Unpaid submissions may be removed.

Submission fees are non-refundable.

 

Anti-Plagiarism Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subject to plagiarism screening.

Procedure:

  • Initial automated analysis;
  • Request for correction if irregularities are detected;
  • Rejection if irregularities persist;
  • Retraction if plagiarism is detected after publication.

 

Evaluation Criteria

All manuscripts are assessed based on their contribution to the advancement of qualitative methodology.

Editorial decisions consider:

  • Alignment with the journal’s methodological scope;
  • Quality and originality of the methodological contribution;
  • Consistent theoretical–methodological grounding;
  • Rigour, reflexivity, and argumentative clarity;
  • Relevance to the scientific community.

 

Download template here

Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright over the articles published in New Trends in Qualitative Research (NTQR).

By submitting an article and, if it is accepted for publication, authors grant NTQR/Ludomedia the right of first publication, as well as non-exclusive rights to edit, publish, make available, preserve, index, and disseminate the article, in digital format and in any media and scientific information systems used by the journal.

Articles published in NTQR are made available in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Under the terms of this licence, third parties may copy and redistribute the article in any medium or format, for non-commercial purposes, provided that proper attribution is given to the authors and to the journal, and provided that the content is not altered, adapted, or distributed in the form of a derivative work.

Authors retain the right to:

  • claim authorship of the article;
  • safeguard the integrity of the work;
  • reuse the article, in whole or in part, in academic, scientific, and institutional contexts;
  • deposit the article in the versions permitted under NTQR’s repository and self-archiving policy.

Authors declare that the submitted article is original, does not infringe the copyright or related rights of third parties, and that they assume full responsibility for its content, including any legal, ethical, or intellectual property issues arising from it.

NTQR reserves the right to maintain the published article as part of the scientific record, without prejudice to the application of exceptional editorial procedures of correction, retraction, or removal, where justified by ethical, legal, or scientific reasons.

Privacy Statement

New Trends in Qualitative Research (NTQR) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of its editorial platform.

Personal data provided to NTQR, including name, institutional affiliation, email address, ORCID, country, contact details, submission history, reviews, and editorial communications, are used exclusively for purposes related to the editorial, scientific, technical, and administrative management of the journal.

These data may be used to manage submissions, peer review, and editorial decisions; contact authors, reviewers, and editors within the editorial process; ensure the integrity, traceability, and transparency of publication processes; prepare metadata associated with published articles; comply with legal, ethical, editorial, technical, and scientific indexing requirements; and communicate information directly related to the journal’s activity.

NTQR does not sell, transfer, or make personal data available to third parties for commercial, promotional, or non-editorial purposes.

Data may only be shared when necessary for the legitimate operation of scholarly publishing, namely with the OJS editorial platform, preservation services, indexing services, DOI registration services, originality-checking services, bibliographic metadata services, or other technical entities directly involved in the publication and scientific dissemination process.

NTQR respects the confidentiality of the editorial process. Submitted articles, reviewer reports, editorial decisions, and internal communications are treated as confidential information and are accessible only to those directly involved in the editorial process.

Personal data are retained only for the period necessary to fulfil the editorial, scientific, legal, and administrative purposes of the journal. Whenever possible, appropriate security measures, access restrictions, and protection against misuse, loss, alteration, or unauthorised disclosure will be adopted.

Users may request access to, correction, or updating of their personal data, as well as submit requests concerning their deletion, provided that this does not compromise legal, ethical, editorial, archival, or scientific record integrity obligations.

The publication of articles entails the public availability of the metadata necessary for the identification, citation, indexing, and preservation of published works, including authors’ names, affiliations, ORCID, country, title, abstract, keywords, DOI, and bibliographic references, where applicable.

By registering, submitting an article, accepting a review, or interacting with NTQR’s editorial platform, users acknowledge that their data will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Statement and exclusively within the scientific and editorial purposes of the journal.

For questions related to privacy and data protection, users may contact the NTQR editorial team through the official contact details available on the journal’s website.