Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- The submission is original and unpublished, and has not been submitted and/or is being evaluated, with its data, for publication by another journal;
- All bibliographic citations are referenced and all references are cited, in accordance with the standards of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards - ABNT (NBR 6023, updated in 2020, and NBR 10520, updated in 2023);
- Authors are aware that they are responsible for the content of the submission and will provide clarifications directly to interested parties when requested;
- The submission complies with the rules of the Submission Guidelines, the spelling and grammar review of the text has been carried out, and all "URL" addresses are active;
- At the time of submission, all data will be filled in, as requested, including from authors of the work, and other mandatory data (submission metadata). We will not include authors after the fact.
- The following files are being sent, using the templates available on the RBA page: 1. the “submission” file, without authorship information; 2. the file with the “authorship list”, in editable format (.doc, .docx or .odt); 3. the file with “letter of consent” (in PDF), proving the authors' agreement with the submission, informing the existence or absence of a conflict of interest, and describing the contributions to the work; and 4. supplementary files (in .jpg) with the graphic elements that appear in the text, such as Figures and Tables, in good resolution (one file for each graphic element);
Articles
The “Articles” category is reserved for the publication of original research papers that preferably adopt a systemic approach and present robust methods, results, and analysis. Evaluation by at least two ad hoc reviewers, in a double-blind peer review system (authors and reviewers do not know each other's identity). More information in the Submission Guidelines
Agroecological Notes
The "Agroecological Notes" category publishes original research papers with a smaller volume of results and discussion, as they are initial or address specific problems, but which, even without adopting a systemic approach, are of interest to Agroecology. Evaluation by at least two ad hoc reviewers, in a double-blind peer review system (authors and reviewers do not know each other's identity). Consult the submission guidelines.
Dissertation and Thesis Abstracts
It is the transcription of the abstracts (in Portuguese and/or Spanish, and in English) of a master's dissertation or doctoral thesis, and must be available in an institutional repository. The publication will be subject to evaluation by the Editorial Board, considering RBA's editorial policy.
Academic reviews
The academic review must be of a recently launched book, audiovisual material or event that presents relevant contributions to Agroecology. It may be up to 4 pages long, without listing topics, and preceded by a reference to the subject of the review. The review must be written by a single author, different from the author of the work being written about. The publication will be subject to evaluation by the Editorial Board, considering the editorial policy of the RBA.
See at submission guidelines.
Letter to the Editorial Board
Text produced by the reader expressing analyses, reflections, questions, suggestions or criticisms on topics published in RBA. The publication will be subject to evaluation by the Editorial Board, considering RBA's editorial policy.
Special Issue: RBA 20 years
For the special 20th anniversary issue, agroecological articles or notes that follow the focus of the call for papers will be accepted. Submissions can be made in Portuguese, Spanish and/or English, by authors registered in the RBA system and following the journal's guidelines. After submission, they will undergo double-blind peer review. Submissions will be accepted from January 1st to April 30th, 2026, with publication scheduled for October 16th, 2026.
Copyright Notice
Submissions to the Brazilian Journal of Agroecology are subject to the following terms, to which the authors agree.
Copyright for articles published in this journal belongs to the author, with first publication rights granted to the journal. Due to their appearance in this open-access journal, the articles are free to use.
Published articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) – allowing sharing and adaptation, even for commercial purposes, provided that credit is given to the source and without restrictions.
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