Instructions for Manuscript Preparation and Submission

All submissions must be in PDF format and must follow the style format required by each track:

• Papers submitted to the Research, Experience Reports, Software Quality Education tracks, and the CTDQS, CTICQS and WTDQS events must follow the two-column format, as instructed below.

Papers submitted to SBQS may or may not identify the authors, depending on the anonymization policy of each track or parallel event, as follows.

• Papers submitted to the Research Papers track must not identify the authors and should be prepared for a double-anonymous review process, in which both authors and reviewers remain anonymous.
• For the Experience Reports and Software Quality Education tracks, authors have the option of identifying themselves in the submitted article. Reviewers will remain anonymous.
• Papers submitted to WTDQS, CTDQS, and CTICQS must identify the authors, meaning they should be prepared for a single-anonymous review process.

Instructions for anonymization can be found in the corresponding section below.

Papers should be written in Portuguese or English. Submissions in English are strongly encouraged.

The symposium proceedings will be indexed online. The SBQS Proceedings will be published in the SBC Open Lib (SOL) platform. The event coordination will submit the SBQS Proceedings for indexing on DBLP. WTDQS papers will be published only in the SBQS Companion Proceedings on the SBC Open Lib (SOL) platform.

Submissions should be made electronically through the JEMS3 system (https://jems3.sbc.org.br/sbqs2026), including any additional documents when required.

Papers submitted to the Research, Experience Reports, and Software Quality Education Tracks must be in full conformance with the format instructions, must fit the track scope, and must not have been simultaneously submitted to another forum (scientific event or journal), nor have they been previously published.

Submissions that do not comply with the format guidelines or fall outside the scope of the tracks or parallel events will be rejected without review.

Important: Track and event chairs cannot submit to the same tracks or to the event they organize. The Program Committee members are allowed to submit. General chairs can also submit as they are not involved with the papers ‘s acceptance decision-making

Rebuttal

The review process for the Research, Experience Reports, and Software Quality Education tracks includes a rebuttal period, during which authors will have access to reviewers' comments. During this time, authors can provide arguments and responses to the comments and questions raised by the reviewers before the final decision on the acceptance or rejection of the paper is made.

Papers with a clear acceptance or rejection recommendation (i.e. all reviewers decided for paper acceptance or rejection, respectively) during the 1st review and discussion period will be accepted/rejected, and their authors will be notified on the date of the 1st Notification. The authors should ensure that all reviewers' points are observed in the final version.

The authors of the other papers will be invited to participate in the rebuttal phase, when the authors will have access to the reviewers' comments and may present arguments and responses to comments and questions submitted by the reviewers before the final decision to accept or reject the paper. The authors of these papers will be notified on the date of the 2nd Notification.

Instructions for Two-Column Format Manuscripts

All submissions must be in PDF format and must follow the two-column ACM format for conferences (sigconf), available in ACM SIG Proceedings Templates, with the adaptations indicated below.

The use of LaTeX and online tools such as Overleaf is strongly recommended. In this case, authors should:

• Use the acmart.cls class provided in the template with the conference format enabled in the preamble of the document: \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}.
• Substitute \acmConference[Conference acronym 'XX]{Make sure to enter the correct conference title from your rights confirmation email}{June 03--05, 2018}{Woodstock, NY} for \acmConference[SBQS25]{Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality}{Nov 10--13, 2026}{Maringá, PR}.
• Insert right below the above content the following lines, which will respectively suppress the copyright message, the ACM reference format on the first page, and the footer note about the conference in the first column.
  • \settopmatter{printacmref=false}
  • \setcopyright{none}
  • \renewcommand\footnotetextcopyrightpermission[1]{}
• Remove \acmISBN{978-1-4503-XXXX-X/2018/06}.
• Insert the CCS Components, following the instructions in the template.
• Apply the ACM-Reference-Format.bst bibliography style provided in the template: \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}.

If the authors choose to use the Word format, they must use the two-column version (Interim Template) with the modifications indicated in this example document or use the template available here. In this case, authors should:

• Ensure that the abstract does not contain any paragraph breaks.
• Insert the CCS Components, following the instructions in the LaTeX template.
• Update the headers on the second and third pages to reflect the details of this edition of the event (SBQS 2026, Maringá, PR).
• Update the header on the second page to include the authors' last names, in accordance with the ACM citation guidelines.
• Update the header on the third page to include the title of the paper (if the title exceeds one line, a shortened version should be used).

We also strongly recommend installing the Linux Libertine font package.

Papers should be written in Portuguese or English. Submissions in English are strongly encouraged. Papers in Portuguese must have metadata, title, abstract, and keywords ONLY IN ENGLISH.

Unless the tracks or events specify specific rules, papers should not exceed 10 pages, including all figures, tables, appendices, and acknowledgments. Up to two additional pages can be utilized for references. Additional information can be found on the specific track pages.

Submissions for the Experience Reports track should be between 5 and 10 pages.

Instructions for SBC Format Manuscripts (WTDQS)

The paper must be submitted as a PDF file and comply with the following instructions:

• For master’s papers, the length must be between 2 and 4 pages, following the ACM template.
• For doctoral papers, the length must be between 3 and 5 pages, following the ACM template.

(i) The paper must clearly and objectively present the following topics: research context and motivation, problem characterization, objectives and research questions, theoretical foundation, research methods (including data collection and analysis techniques), current status of the work, related work, proposed solution and evaluation protocol, and expected contributions (scientific and technological). These topics are mandatory in the paper, but they do not need to appear as separate sections, nor do they need to be presented in the order listed above.

(ii) On the first page, the paper must include: the name(s) of the advisor(s), the program level (master’s or doctoral), the start and planned end dates, and the date of approval of the thesis/dissertation proposal (qualification).

(iii) Papers may be written in Portuguese or English. In addition, the paper must include a title, author identification, affiliation, an abstract in English, and an abstract in Portuguese. Both abstracts must not exceed 10 lines each and must appear on the first page of the paper.

Papers in a format other than PDF that exceed the number of pages, violate formatting and content instructions, or are out of WTDQS scope will be desk rejected.

The papers must be submitted electronically via the JEMS system before the paper submission deadline.

Accepted works at WTDQS will be published in the SBQS Companion Proceedings at the SBC Open Lib Platform.

Further information can be found in the WTDQS Call for Papers.

Anonymization Instructions

As mentioned above, some tracks of SBQS adopt a double-anonymous review process. As such, submitted papers must omit any information that would allow their authors to be identified. To this end:

• Authorship information should be omitted (i.e., the paper should not include authors' names and affiliations, as well as other information that would allow authors to be identified, such as university name, project identification, or funding information);
• References to previous work by the authors should be presented in the third person (e.g., use "in the work of Sousa et al." instead of "in our work") or by anonymizing the reference in the references section (e.g., instead of "this work evolves the proposal of Sousa et al.", one can use "this work evolves our previous proposal presented in [ref]", and the reference [ref] can be included as "[ref] Reference omitted due to double-anonymous review process" in the references section);
• If the paper includes links to artifacts related to the work, only repositories or websites that do not allow identification of the authors should be cited. To anonymize GitHub-based repositories, you can use the anonymous service (https://anonymous.4open.science/).

Note that reviewers will not be encouraged to search other sources for references that identify the authors. Searching digital libraries or existing artifacts does not compromise the double-anonymous review process.

If the article is accepted, information omitted in the submitted version should be included in the final version.

When submission anonymization is single, authors must provide their names and affiliations in the submitted file. There is no need to anonymize supplementary materials provided alongside the article (e.g., study packages).

When submission anonymization is optional, if authors choose the single anonymization process, they should provide their names and affiliations in the submitted file. If authors choose the double anonymization process, the submitted work must conceal the authors' identities and follow the double anonymization instructions above.

Should you have any doubts regarding following the rules of anonymous submission or other inquiries, please feel free to reach out to the Program Committee Chairs of the corresponding track or parallel event.

Summary

Track/Event	Paper Type	Style	Anonymization	Pages	Rebuttal
Research Track	-	2 columns	Double	6 to 10 (*)	Yes
Experience Reports Track	-	2 columns	Single or Double	5 t0 10 (*)	Yes
Software Quality Education Track	-	2 columns	Single or Double	Up to 10 (*)	yes
WTDQS	Master's	2 columns	Simple	2 to 4	No
	Doutorado	2 columns	Simple	3 to 5	No
CTDQS	Original Work	2 columns	Simple	Up to 10 (*)	No
	Extend Abstract	2 columns	Simple	Up to 3	No
CTICQS	Original Work	2 columns	Simple	Up to 10 (*)	No
	Extend Abstract	2 columns	Simple	Up to 3	No