Call for Papers- Revista de Economia Contemporânea – REC (Journal of Contemporary Economics)

Revista de Economia Contemporânea – REC (Journal of Contemporary Economics,
https://www.scielo.br/j/rec) is a fully open-access journal edited by the Institute of Economics at the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

REC welcomes original research-based academic papers that address topics of domestic, regional, or international interest and give a theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution to the field of Economics.

Being one of the top-rated journals in the Brazilian Economics community, REC publishes 24 to 32 papers
annually on a continuous publication model.
Revista de Economia Contemporânea invites SASE Rio 2023 network organizers, mini-conference
organizers, and participants to publish the papers presented at the Rio conference
(https://sase.org/event/2023-rio-de-janeiro/) with REC in an issue to be released in 2025. Submission and
evaluation requirements are as follows.

WELCOMED THEMES

ONLY PAPERS PRESENTED IN THE SYMPOSIUMS OF THE FOLLOWING NETWORKS & MINI-CONFERENCES ARE WELCOMED:
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development
C: Gender, Work and Family
E: Political Economy of Industrial Relations and Welfare States
F: KITE: Knowledge, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship
L: Regulation and Governance
M: Spanish Language
N: Finance and Society
O: Global Value Chains
Q: Asian Capitalism
S: Environment and Climate Change
MC01: Post-Neoliberal Transformations: Politics, Practices and Governance in a Changing International Political Economy
MC02: Connecting the Dots Between Global Capitalism and National Capitalisms in a Transitional World Order
MC03: A Digital Revolution in the Making? Productive Opportunities, New Divides and Implications for
Development and Policy in Middle-income Countries
MC10: Studies on Informal Activity and Policies for Its Reduction

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

All papers should be prepared in DOCX format and contain up to 9,000 words, including references.
All papers should be written in either English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
All submissions must contain a cover letter and a full anonymized article in two separate DOCX files.
The cover letter must be prepared using this template.
The full paper must be structured into numbered sections providing context & background, literature review,
materials & methods, description & discussion of results, final remarks, and a list of references.
Submissions must be placed at https://submission.scielo.br/index.php/rec

EVALUATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA

All submissions will be evaluated by the REC editorial board and invited specialists.
Only manuscripts submitted according to the submission requirements will be considered.

Submissions will be evaluated and accepted for publication based on:

-The adequacy of the research theme and problem to REC’s editorial scope
-The relevance of the research theme and problem in the current Economic debate
-The originality of the contribution to the current Economic debate
-The adequacy of materials & methods employed
-The quality of the paper organization and writing

APPLICATIONS AND DEADLINE

All submissions must be placed at https://submission.scielo.br/index.php/rec/index

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS 31 DECEMBER, 2023.

Need help or clarification? Write to rec@ie.ufrj.br