Submissions

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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 text adheres to the style and bibliographic requirements described in the article templates (Microsoft Word and LaTeX).
  • For articles prepared using the Microsoft Word template: submit the editable file in a compatible format (e.g., .docx, .doc).
  • Manuscripts must be composed in standard American English, demonstrating grammatical accuracy.
  • The topic of the article aligns with the scope of the Spectrum journal.
  • The submission is original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication by another journal.
  • For articles prepared using the LaTeX template: submit a .zip file containing the complete project.
  • The names of institutions must be in the native language (Portuguese, French, German etc.), except for those not in Latin (Russian, Chinese etc.), which should be translated into English.

Author Guidelines

View the Publishing Guide.

Author Contributions

Spectrum adopts the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to ensure transparency regarding authorship. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the description of individual contributions is accurate and agreed upon by all co-authors. Regardless of specific roles, all authors share responsibility for the manuscript's final content.

The contribution statement should use the following standard terms: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Funding Acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft, and Writing – Review & Editing.

Example format: Conceptualization: Author A; Methodology: Author B; Formal Analysis: Author A and Author B; Writing – Review & Editing: Author C.

Please review the submission guidelines in the article template by clicking on the links for Microsoft Word and LaTeX.

Copyright Notice

Spectrum stipulates that only individuals who have substantially participated in the core stages of the research should be listed as authors. Merely revising the text or collecting data, for example, is not sufficient for authorship. All individuals listed as authors at the time of submission automatically declare their responsibility under the following terms:

Declaration of Responsibility: "I certify that I have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for its content. I certify that the manuscript represents original work and that it has not been published nor is it currently being considered for publication in another national or international journal, whether in print or electronic format, except as described in the attachment. I attest that, if requested, I will provide or fully cooperate in obtaining and providing data upon which the manuscript is based, for examination by the journal's editorial board."

Copyright Transfer: "I declare that, in the event of the article's acceptance by Spectrum, I agree that its copyright will become the exclusive property of the Aeronautical Institute of Technology (ITA), without payment to either party. Any reproduction, total or partial, in any other medium or means of dissemination, whether print or electronic, is prohibited without prior and necessary authorization. Once such authorization is obtained, I will include due acknowledgment to ITA and the corresponding credits to Spectrum. I declare on my behalf and on behalf of any co-authors that failure to comply with this commitment will subject the infringer to the sanctions and penalties provided for in the Copyright Protection Law (Federal Law No. 9,610 of February 19, 1998)."

Creative Commons License: Spectrum adopts the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Therefore, after publication, the content is free to be copied and adapted, provided that:

  • Appropriate credit is given, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are indicated. This may be done in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

  • The material may not be used for commercial purposes.

  • If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

  • You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Symposium Publications: Spectrum may invite authors of papers presented at the Symposium on Operational Applications in Defense Areas (SIGE) to publish their work in its original or modified version in the journal. Likewise, authors of articles accepted for publication in Spectrum may be invited to present their work at SIGE. In such cases, the work will be subject to the copyright policies of both Spectrum and SIGE, and it is the responsibility of the author to cite either the SIGE Proceedings or Spectrum as the original source.

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