14a IPA Conference BR

FULL PAPER GUIDELINE

Form and Format of the Paper

The IPA2026BR is a multilingual and inclusive conference. We welcome contributions in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Extended abstracts could be submitted in any of these three languages, and authors whose proposals have been accepted are welcome to continue writing their full papers in the same language used for the abstract submission.

Authors are also free to change the language of their manuscript when preparing the final paper. While English is the primary language of the conference, we strongly value linguistic diversity and seek to foster dialogue across different scholarly communities.

To facilitate broader international exchange and readership, we kindly encourage authors submitting papers in Portuguese or Spanish to include, whenever possible, an English translation of the paper at the end of the same document. Likewise, authors submitting in English may consider including a Portuguese or Spanish version if feasible. We understand that preparing translations requires additional effort, and therefore this recommendation is entirely optional. The use of AI-assisted translation tools is welcome for this purpose.

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings unless authors explicitly request otherwise. Providing an English version helps increase the visibility and accessibility of contributions to the wider international IPA community.

Paper Requirements

Final papers must:

Be between 6,000 and 10,000 words in length, including notes and references;
Include a title;
Provide the name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation(s), country, and contact e-mail address;
Include an abstract of up to 250 words;
Include 4–7 keywords;
Be submitted as a single file;
Include any translated version, if provided, at the end of the same document.

Formatting Requirements

Font: Arial, 11-point;
Line spacing: 1.5;
Standard page margins.

Submission Deadline

The deadline for uploading full papers is September 29, 2026.

How to upload a paper?

The uploaded paper will be in PDF format.

To upload your PDF, please log in and go to your profile, click on the "14a IPA Conference BR" icon, then on "MY PAPERS" on the tab menu. Your paper will appear, click on the first icon under the "Action" column.

You will have several options, we recommend uploading your full paper in PDF and to upload also your presentation in PPT format.

This will be helpful for the chairs to organize beforehand the presentations and discussions about your paper.

Once uploaded, the document will be visible under the pdf logo under the "current documents" column.

References

In-Text Citations

In-text citations consist of the surname(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication.

If there is no author, use the title (or a short form of the title, if it is lengthy) and the year. Titles that are italicized in the reference list are italicized in text; titles that are not italicized in the reference list appear in quotation marks.
If there is no date, use “n.d.” (without quotation marks) instead.

Citing a journal article in print

Author, A. (Publication Year). Article title. Periodical Title, Volume(Issue), pp.-pp.

APA format example: Nevin, A. (1990). The changing of teacher education special education. Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 13(3-4), 147-148.

Citing a journal article found online

Author, A. (Publication Year). Article title. Periodical Title, Volume(Issue), pp.-pp. DOI:XX.XXXXX or Retrieved from journal URL

APA format example: Jameson, J. (2013). E-Leadership in higher education: The fifth “age” of educational technology research. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(6), 889-915. DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12103

Citing a book in print

Capitalize the first letter of the first word of the title and any subtitles, as well as the first letter of any proper nouns. The full title of the book, including any subtitles, should be stated and italicized.

APA format structure: Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work. Publisher City, State: Publisher.

APA format example: Finney, J. (1970). Time and again. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.

Citing an E-book or a chapter in an E-book

The reference list entry for an e-book includes the author, date, title, and source (URL or DOI). For a chapter in an e-book, include the chapter title and page numbers (if available).

Whole E-book: Author, A. (date). Title of book. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx or doi:xxxxxxxxxxxx

Chapter in an E-book: Author, A. (date). Title of chapter. In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx–xx). Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx or doi:xxxxxxxxxxxx

Citing interviews

The citation of interviews depends on the nature of the interview.

Third-party interviews: If the interview is in a form that is recoverable (e.g., a recording, transcript, published Q&A), use the reference format appropriate for the source in which the interview is available.
Informational interviews: If you have interviewed someone for information about your topic and that person has agreed to be identified as a source, cite the source as a personal communication (in text only): (G. Fink-Nottle, personal communication, April 5, 2011). Personal communications do not have reference list entries because they cannot be retrieved.
Interviews of research participants: No citation is needed for remarks made by participants in the research on which you’re reporting. Do not cite these as personal communications; this would breach the participants’ guarantee of confidentiality.

Citing websites

For a passing reference to a website in text, the URL is sufficient; no reference list entry is needed.

However, when you are citing a particular document or piece of information from a website, include both a reference list entry and an in-text citation. The key to creating the reference list entry is to determine the type of content on the web page. Basically, provide the following four pieces of information: Author, A. (date). Title of document [Format description]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx

The in-text citation includes the author and date (Author, date), as with any other APA Style citation.

Use of DOIs

A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique string of letters, numbers, and symbols assigned to a published work to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the Internet. The DOI is typically located on the first page of an electronic document near the copyright notice and on the database landing page for the document. When DOIs are available, include them in the reference information. Place the DOI at the end of the reference, and don’t add a period at the end of it.

Format structure: Author, A. (year). Title of article. Journal Title, X, xxx–xxx. doi:xxxxxx

Citing a Youtube video

Here’s the general format for creating a reference for a video found on YouTube and other video-posting websites:

If both the real name of the person who posted the video and the screen name are known: Author, A. A. [Screen name]. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx
If only the screen name of the person who posted the video is known: Screen name. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx The in-text citations include the author name outside of brackets (whichever that may be) and the date.