The history of the journal "Em Questão" dates back to 1986 with the publication of the first issue of "Revista de Biblioteconomia & Comunicação." This journal was initially created as an experimental project by students of the Projeto Experimental em Jornalismo II course, under the coordination of professors Rosa Nívea Pedroso and Rubens Constantino Volpe Weine. According to Pedroso and Weine (1986), the inaugural issue aimed to stimulate discussion on theoretical trends in Communication and Library Science and to provide a platform for the dissemination of studies and research by students and professors of the Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (FABICO/UFRGS). Initially an experimental venture, there was no certainty about the journal’s permanency at the time of its creation.

Professor Rosa Nívea Pedroso, the editor of the journal until its seventh issue, noted that the first issue had such a significant impact that the then headmistress of FABICO, Professor Lourdes Gregol Fagundes da Silva, decided to adopt it as an official publication of the School, dissociating it from the Projeto Experimental em Jornalismo II course. By its third issue in 1988, the Editorial Board, initially comprising FABICO professors, expanded to include professors from other universities. The journal soon garnered scientific recognition and received an ISSN in its fourth issue in 1989, beginning to attract submissions from various national institutions (Pedroso, 2000).

From its sixth issue in 1994, the journal received sponsorship from the Programa de Apoio à Editoração de Periódicos of UFRGS. This issue emphasized the importance of maintaining regular publication intervals.

The seventh issue in 1996 marked the introduction of international texts and the creation of an International Editorial Board. However, the journal experienced publication discontinuations from 1991 to 1993, in 1995, and from 1997 to 1999.

In 2000, celebrating FABICO’s 30th anniversary, "Revista de Biblioteconomia & Comunicação" was revived under the coordination of editor Professor Jussara Pereira Santos. This issue, featuring contributions from FABICO’s professors and administrative staff, had a high volume of submissions, reinvigorating the journal’s publication efforts. Despite this, the journal struggled to maintain regular publication, reappearing only in 2003.

The year 2003 was pivotal for the journal, undergoing a significant transformation with a name change to "Em Questão" and a shift to biannual publication. Under the leadership of Professor Jussara Pereira Santos, the journal began focusing on disseminating studies in Information and Communication and related fields. Adopting electronic publishing enhanced its features, improving visibility and access to its contents.

Starting with its ninth issue in 2003, "Em Questão" began publishing abstracts of theses and dissertations defended at the Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação e Informação of UFRGS (PPGCOM/UFRGS) and by FABICO staff. The 2004 tenth issue initiated the publication of articles derived from undergraduate dissertations defended at FABICO, aiming to democratize access to scientific production for young professionals and to publish these academic works as pre-publications (Santos, 2004).

In 2005, Professor Cida Golin took over the coordination of the editorial staff, with the journal aspiring to rigorously follow the Qualis criteria of the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) to enhance its quality and relevance (Golin, 2005). The Scientific Board expanded in number and specialty scope.

Since 2006, "Em Questão" has utilized the Sistema Eletrônico de Editoração de Revistas (SEER), developed by the Public Knowledge Project of the University of British Columbia. From 2007, all issues since 2003 were included in the SEER 2.0 version, reflecting a commitment to technological advancements and the dissemination of scientific production. The adoption of the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol of Metadata Harvesting) facilitated metadata exchange, research support tools, and content preservation mechanisms.

The first special issue in 2010 celebrated FABICO’s 40th anniversary. Edited by Professor Valdir José Morigi, the “Porto Alegre Imaginada” issue featured scientific studies about Porto Alegre, the city hosting "Em Questão."

In 2012, under editor Professor Alexandre Rocha da Silva, the journal transitioned to exclusive electronic publication to align with international trends, optimize resources, and expedite content publication. That same year, the journal was classified as Qualis B1 in Applied Social Sciences.
Endeavoring to improve its Qualis rating and achieve indexing in national and international databases, the Editorial Board implemented significant changes by late 2013. A new visual identity was created, the graphic design adapted for electronic media, and a specific digital publishing template was provided for authors (Passos; Passos; Vanz, 2014). The journal was also indexed in the ProQuest Library Science database.

2014 marked a pivotal year, as "Em Questão" aligned with the Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação e Informação (PPGCOM) and began publishing exclusively in the Information Science field. Led by Professor Samile Andrea de Souza Vanz, the Editorial Board focused on enhancing the journal's usability, visual identity, and efficiency in processing submissions.

In 2015, the "Online First" section was introduced for publishing approved texts awaiting issue release, expediting scientific communication within the Information Science community. The journal also became quarterly and incorporated Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for its papers.

2016 saw increased visibility and access to "Em Questão's" papers with its inclusion in the Redalyc collection and the adoption of XML markup in line with indexing database standards. By the year's end, it achieved an A2 Qualis rating in the Communication and Information area.

In August 2017, the journal was indexed by Google Scholar and Dialnet, a Spanish Social Sciences and Humanities database. This period also saw the incorporation of a professional librarian into the team and the launch of a marketing plan, including a Facebook page for "Em Questão."

In 2018, "Em Questão" incorporated Ethical Guidelines for Authors based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flows and conflict resolution. By December, it was indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index by Clarivate Analytics. In response to high submission volumes, the number of manuscripts published per edition increased from about 15 to 18 in 2019. This change expedited the definitive publication of peer-reviewed texts, which began appearing in the "Online First" section upon review and formatting. In 2020, the editorial team decided against adopting continuous publication (Vanz; Silveira, 2020).

2020 also saw the introduction of the Declaration of Authorship and Responsibility, a requisite document for manuscript submission in SEER. Papers received their own reference in a “How to cite” section for easier referencing by readers.

2021 was a significant year, marking "Em Questão's" 35th anniversary with contributions from guest authors. The frequency increased to four issues annually, and new social media channels were launched, along with an updated visual identity. Publication responsibilities transitioned to the Graduate Program in Information Science at FABICO/UFRGS.

Anticipating its indexing by SciELO, "Em Questão" planned several changes for 2023, including adopting continuous publication from volume 29 onwards, expanding the use of the CC BY 4.0 license, and adhering more closely to the open science movement, potentially publishing open reviews with the consent of authors and referees. The year also saw funding granted through the CNPq Editorial Program.
 

References

GOLIN, Cida. Apresentação. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 11, n. 1, 2005.
OLIVEIRA, Caroline; SANTIN, Dirce Maria; VANZ, Samile Andrea de Souza. Revista Em Questão: uma análise da sua trajetória a partir dos critérios Qualis (2003-2012). Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 21, n. 1, p. 8-25, jan/abr. 2015.
PASSOS, Jaire Ederson; PASSOS, Paula Caroline Schifino Jardim; VANZ, Samile Andréa de Souza. Projeto de identidade visual para a revista Em Questão. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 20, n. 2, p. 8-27, jul/dez. 2014.
PEDROSO, Rosa Nívea. Um projeto pedagógico se transforma em um projeto científico internacional: uma pequena história da Revista de Biblioteconomia & Comunicação. Revista de Biblioteconomia & Comunicação, Porto Alegre, v. 8, p. 291-292, jan./dez. 2000.
SANTOS, Jussara Pereira. Editorial. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 10, n. 1, 2004.
VANZ, Samile Andréa de Souza; SILVEIRA, Lúcia da. Publicação continuada: algumas reflexões. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 26, n. 1, p. 12-16, jan/abr. 2020.

"Em Questão" is a diamond open-access journal, meaning all content is freely available without cost to the author, reader, or their institution. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without seeking prior permission from the editor or author.

In line with the Open Science movement, the "Em Questão" reviewers may choose whether they want their opinion to be published anonymously or signed alongside the evaluated article. The opinion and name of the reviewer will be published with the article, with the consent of the author (s).

"Em Questão" suggests that authors deposit research data in institutional or thematic repositories, such as SciELO Data, Zenodo, and LattesData. If the research reuses data, we request that the data be cited.

Other open science compliance practices of "Em Questão" include the use of social media to disseminate published works, the possibility of publishing preprints, indicating the role of each author in multi-author articles, adopting the best practice guidelines for editors and codes of scientific ethics from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and using the CC BY 4.0 license for all journal content published on its website and for articles published by the journal.

Em Questão journal publishes original manuscripts which present research results and deepen academic discussions. The journal reserves the right to publish scientific and impartial manuscripts that do not harm any political / ideological, ethnic / racial, religious or environmental position.

Publishing involves many parts, each of which plays an important role in achieving those goals. Therefore, the author, editor, Editorial Board, and reviewers of the journal are responsible for maintaining good ethical practices and civility.

Author responsibilities

• Plagiarism is not allowed, including publications of excerpts from the author himself not properly cited. Manuscripts submitted to Em Questão pass by a plagiarism detection software (Turnitin Originality) to determine its originality before going through peer review. The Em Questão journal considers an unethical practice to submit the article in more than one journal, as well as to publish it in more than one journal. To submit a manuscript to Em Questão, the author must confirm that the manuscript submitted is not being considered or already accepted for publication in another journal. Likewise, it is not allowed to send the same manuscript to another journal while it is being evaluated by Em Questão. The release to sent it to other publications is given expressly and occurs only in case of manuscript refusal. If parts of the content overlap with published or submitted content, these sources must be acknowledged and cited. In addition, the author is responsible for providing to the publisher a copy of any manuscript submitted that may contain overlapping or closely related content. The author must be aware of and agree with the ethical guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), adopted by Em Questão.
• It is important to mention that the Ethics Committee has approved projects that use methodologies involving human interaction, such as interviews and observations.
• Authors must promptly notify the journal’s editor if a significant error in their manuscript is identified, as well as cooperate with the editor to publish errata, retraction or expression of concern about the document when necessary.
• All authors signing the manuscript must have collaborated for its development.
• Authors' names, acknowledgments, funding information, or any references / citations to the authors must be removed from the evaluation manuscript version in order to preserve the blind review.
• Authors that submit manuscripts to evaluation may be invited to participate in the Em Questão Peer Review process.

Editor(s) and Editorial Board responsibilities

• The editor-in-chief is responsible for the initial evaluation of the manuscript regardless of the author's geographical origin, political/ideological positioning, religious belief, gender, or ethnic/racial origin.
• A positive initial evaluation sends the manuscript to peer review.
• Based on the standards of ethical conduct of COPE and SciELO, the journal Em Questão will publish, whenever necessary, Errata, Retractions, and Expression of Concern about published articles. Retraction is a public instrument for registering and/or correcting problems of a published article or informing of its cancellation. Errata is a document that aims to correct errors identified in an already published article. The expression of concern is a record of doubts about a published article regarding misconduct or plagiarism, used when there are not enough conclusive evidence for a retraction yet.
• Em Questão assumes the right to remove and / or retract works that have been proven to have committed any type of fraud, after due verification. Ethical infractions will be judged by the journal‘s Editorial Board and, if necessary, by members of the Editorial Council. The denunciation of ethical infractions must be communicated through the email emquestao@ufrgs.br, by any person at any time. Authors will have the opportunity to respond to any claim.
• The editor-in-chief, the Editorial Board and the Editorial Council are responsible for preserving the ethical aspects of Em Questão, resolving any conflicts with brevity and transparency, with the more significant objective of maintaining the journal's credibility.

Reviewers responsibilities

Reviewers are responsible for contributing to the decision-making process and assisting in improving the quality of the published paper by reviewing the manuscript objectively and promptly. It is also the responsibility of the reviewers:

1. to maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the editor or author. To not retain or copy any manuscript content;
2. to warn the editor about any content published or submitted that is substantially similar to that under review without proper citation;
3. to be aware of any potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, collaborative or other relations between the reviewer and the author) and warn the editor about them, if necessary, withdrawing its services for that manuscript. Conflicts of interest can occur between authors, reviewers or editors and any potential conflicts must be disclosed.

"Em Questão" is a scientific electronic journal published by the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação of the Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação at Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul. It is directed at researchers, professors, professionals, and students in the field of Information Science and aims to:

a) disseminate the scientific production of researchers from different regions of the country and abroad;

b) when appropriate, present thematic dossiers, gathering contributions from experts in their respective fields.

The journal "Em Questão" accepts original works (articles, interviews, or reviews) written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. These works must be unpublished and fall into one of the following categories:

• Article - Presents themes or original scientific approaches (research reports, case studies), contributing to the knowledge established in the area, or it can be a review article (analyzing and discussing ideas, methods, techniques, processes, and outcomes that have already been published).

• Interview - Features reflections from prominent researchers and practitioners in Information Science.
• Review - Provides assessment and critical analysis of newly published works.

Encoded Thematic Coverage CNPq (Brazil):

6.00.00.00-7 Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (Social Sciences)
6.07.00.00-9 Ciência da Informação (Information Science)
6.07.01.00-5 Teoria da informação (Information theory) 
6.07.02.00-1 Biblioteconomia (Librarianship)
6.07.03.00-8 Arquivologia (Archivology)
6.08.00.00-3 Museologia (Museology)

• Em Questão uses the LOCKSS system to create a filing system distributed among participating libraries and enables those libraries to create permanent files of the journal for preservation and restoration.
• Em Questão is also preserved in the Rede Cariniana, ensuring continued access in the long term to content published digitally.

Indexing databases:

• Web of Science
• DOAJ
• ASCI
• Biblat: Bibliografia Latinoamericana
• BRAPCI
• CLASE
• Dialnet
• Google Acadêmico
• Latindex
• ProQuest Library Science
• Sumários.org
• Univerciência

 Web portals:

• BASE – Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
• Diretório Luso-brasileiro – Repositórios e Revistas de Acesso Aberto
• EZB – Electronic Journals Library
• Journals for Free (J4F)
• OAIster
• Portal de Periódicos da Capes
• Portal de Periódicos da UFRGS
• SHERPA/RoMEO
• ROAD - Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources

• Journal title: Em Questão
• Abbreviated title: Em Quest.
• Published by: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação
• Frequency: annual
• Publication mode: continuous publication model
• Journal creation year: 1986 (original title: Revista de Biblioteconomia & Comunicação)

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The journal accepts submission of manuscripts previously deposited on a preprint server such as SciELO Preprints or Research Square.

The author must inform the editor about the preprint version of the manuscript, indicating the DOI or URL. The author is responsible for linking all materials to the article, including citing the article in the preprint version, after the article is published, in order to maintain hyperlinked versions and prevent the perception of duplicated content.

Manuscripts submitted to "Em Questão" must be unpublished. Texts that have been previously published, even in conference proceedings, will not be accepted. Similarly, texts under simultaneous evaluation by another journal are ineligible. Plagiarism, including the publication of the author's excerpts without proper citation, is strictly prohibited. "Em Questão" uses Turnitin Originality software to monitor for plagiarism. The use of artificial intelligence in research must be detailed in the methodological procedures of the article but does not confer authorship responsibilities. The journal asserts that the authors who sign the article bear responsibility for its content.

Publication Criteria:

1. Priority is given to unpublished texts resulting from completed research. Texts previously published in conference proceedings are not accepted.
2. Emphasis is placed on scientific discoveries and on methodological or conceptual innovations.
3. Preference is given to texts written in English.
4. Priority is afforded to works by researchers from various regions of the country and internationally.
5. Consideration is given to the potential impact on Information Science.

To ensure a diverse range of authors, "Em Questão" does not evaluate more than one manuscript simultaneously from the same author (s).

In alignment with Open Science principles, "Em Questão" encourages authors to share research data, making it accessible to referees. Articles on preprint servers are also considered.

Editorial Process

Manuscripts undergo an initial review by the editor. At this stage, a text may be rejected for not adhering to the journal’s guidelines, rules, template, and priority criteria. Reasons for rejection include: (1) Being experience reports or having a prescriptive nature; (2) Solely configured as a bibliographic review; (3) Presenting as a research project or report; (4) Lacking theoretical or methodological consistency; (5) Being merely descriptive without in-depth analysis of the intended theme; (6) Not centrally focusing on Information Science; (7) Containing numerous writing errors or not adhering to ABNT standards and/or the journal’s template; (8) Not presenting results, formulations, or records indicating advancements in the proposed theme. This quick initial procedure prevents authors from waiting unnecessarily for a peer review. Rejected works may be returned to the authors with suggestions for reformulation and potential resubmission.

Manuscripts not initially rejected undergo double-blind reviews by two members of the Editorial Board or ad hoc consultants, with a third referee involved if necessary. Based on reviewers’ assessments, the editor makes the publication decision, maintaining reviewer anonymity when communicating with authors. The average response time from submission to first decision is approximately 12 weeks.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to: (1) Request thematic or formal changes in submitted texts; (2) Make formal, spelling, and grammatical corrections, conducted by expert reviewers; (3) Invite experts with academic competence in Information Science for potential publication, subjecting their works to editorial review.

Exceptionally, translated works of texts published in international journals are accepted, subject to the evaluation process.

Works not accepted for publication in "Em Questão," filed by the SEER system, are free for submission to other journals.

In line with Open Science practices, referees may choose to have their review reports published anonymously or signed alongside the evaluated paper, with consent from the author (s).

"Em Questão" recommends that authors deposit research data (and other relevant materials) in institutional or thematic repositories, such as SciELO Data, Zenodo and LattesData. If the research has reused data, proper citation of this data is requested (Portuguese only).

There are no charge for review, distribution, or downloading either. The publication is entirely free and open access.

Conducts in cases of ethical infraction suspicion

In cases of ethical infractions suspicions, any members of the academic community (authors, readers, reviewers, Editorial Board) or public in general may report to emquestao@ufrgs.br. Denunciations reported directly to a member of the Editorial Board or by other means will be registered through the journal's formal communication channel (electronic address), through which the resolutions will be notified and / or the responses will be send to the complainant.

Ethical infractions concern: duplicate publication, plagiarism, data-making, issues related to authorship (change, ghostwriter, etc.), conflicts of interest not mentioned, misappropriation of ideas or data by referees, and other ethical issues related to research (eg involving people).

The editor-in-chief (or an invited member of the Editorial Board) will strictly follow the most relevant conflict resolution flowcharts from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in order to investigate and resolve the issue. The flowcharts currently used by Em Questão can be checked at COPE Flowcharts.

Regarding the retraction policy, the journal follows the prerogatives of COPE. Available at COPE Retraction guidelines. 

Conflicts of interest of a personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial nature, even if potential, must be informed in writing to the journal.

For editors and reviewers, communication can be done on the manuscript submission platform or by email.

The author(s) must inform it in a signed document attached to the submission platform. For more information see: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest. When submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for acknowledging and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work.

The journal uses Turnitin Originality software to verify the similarity of manuscripts. All manuscripts are analyzed in the initial phase of submission, before being sent for evaluation.

Em Questão does not use Artificial Intelligence in any of the processes of manuscript evaluation and editing. The use of Artificial Intelligence by authors must be described in the research methodology (indicating how the AI tool was used and specifying which tool was employed) and must adhere to ethical principles and research integrity. Authors are solely responsible for the text and any AI-based research support. Concealing the use of AI tools in research constitutes an ethical violation. Content generated by AI tools must be cited and referenced, and authors are responsible for verifying its accuracy.

Em Questão does not use Artificial Intelligence in any of the processes of manuscript evaluation and editing. The use of Artificial Intelligence by authors must be described in the research methodology (indicating how the AI tool was used and specifying which tool was employed) and must adhere to ethical principles and research integrity. Authors are solely responsible for the text and any AI-based research support. Concealing the use of AI tools in research constitutes an ethical violation. Content generated by AI tools must be cited and referenced, and authors are responsible for verifying its accuracy.

The Em Questão editorial team, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, should always observe the Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER guidelines. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of sex and gender,

Authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research if the article involves procedures with human beings subject to ethical evaluation, according to the institution where the authors or research are linked.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

• Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License, which allows accessing, printing, reading, sharing, remixing, adapting, and developing derivative work with the recognition of authorship.
• Authors are authorized to enter additional contracts separately, for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal, such as publishing in an institutional repository, with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.
• Readers are free to read, download, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles without asking prior permission from the author or publishers, respecting the prerogatives of the CC BY 4.0 license.

Website Responsibility:

• All content on Em Questão website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY 4.0).
• Readers can read, download, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of the articles without asking prior permission from the author or publishers, respecting the prerogatives of the CC BY 4.0 license.

Author Responsibility:

"Em Questão" complies with the DOAJ prerogative for open-access journals. Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

• Authors of articles published by "Em Questão" retain Copyright and are aware that Em Questão adopts Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited.
• "Em Questão" encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by posting them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as on their personal social media, as long as the full citation to the journal's website version is included.

"Em Questão" is a publication of the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação of the Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (PPGCCIN/UFRGS).

Support

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq Brasil) - Editorial Program

Pró-reitoria de Pesquisa da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Propesq/UFRGS) - Program to Support the Editing of Journals

• Thiago Henrique Bragato Barros, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID, E-mail: sean.vogel@gmail.com 

• Samile Andréa de Souza Vanz, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID, E-mail: samilevanz@terra.com.br

• Natascha Helena Franz Hoppen, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID, E-mail: natascha.hoppen@ufrgs.br
• Sônia Elisa Caregnato, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID, E-mail: caregnat@ufrgs.br

• André Luiz Appel, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR) Porto Velho, RO, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Cristina Dotta Ortega, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Caterina Groposo Pavão, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Djuli Machado De Lucca, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR), Porto Velho, RO, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Douglas Dyllon Jeronimo de Macedo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Evelyn Goyannes Dill Orrico, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Fabiano Ferreira de Castro, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Fabio Assis Pinho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Fabio Castro Gouveia, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Guilherme Ataíde Dias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Gonzalo Rubén Alvarez, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Helen Casarin, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Ieda Pelógia Martins Damian, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• José Augusto Chaves Guimaraes, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Jose Eduardo Santarem Segundo, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Jesús P. Mena-Chalco, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Santo André, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Joana Coeli Ribeiro Garcia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Jussara Borges, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Kelley Cristine Gonçalves Dias Gasque, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Leilah Santiago Bufrem, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Lillian Maria Araujo de Rezende Alvares, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Luciane Paula Vital, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Luciano Antonio Digiampietri, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Marcia Cristina de Carvalho Pazin Vitoriano, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Marcos Galindo Lima, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Marckson Roberto Ferreira de Sousa, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Maria Cristina Piumbato Innocentini Hayashi, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Maria de Fatima Santos Maia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Nadi Helena Presser, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Natália Bolfarini Tognoli, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Patrícia Mallmann S. P., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Renata Lira Furtado, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Renato Tarcisio Barbosa de Sousa, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Roberta Pinto Medeiros, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Rodrigo Aquino de Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Rogério Aparecido Sá Ramalho, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID 
• Rogerio Mugnaini, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis SC, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Sandra de Albuquerque Siebra, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Suellen Oliveira Milani, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID
• Thiago Magela Rodrigues Dias, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. LATTES, ORCID 

• Carlos Manuel da Conceição Guardado da Silva, Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Lisboa, Portugal. ORCID
• Daniela de Filippo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Getafe, Spain. ORCID
• David Haynes, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. ORCID
• Ed Noyons, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. ORCID
• Eduardo Ruvalcaba Burgoa, El Colegio de México (COLMEX), Ciudad de México, Mexico. ORCID
• Elias Sanz-Casado, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Getafe, Spain. ORCID
• Giulia Crippa, Università di Bologna (UNIBO), Bologna, Italy. ORCID
• Gregory Leazer, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, United States of America. ORCID
• Lu An, University of Wuhan (WHU), Wuhan, China. ORCID
• Marcia Lei Zeng, Kent University (KSU), Kent, United States of America. ORCID
• Maria Isabel Gomes de Pinho, Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Aveiro, Portugal. ORCID
• Nuria Bautista Puig, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain. ORCID
• Yue Chen, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalia, Liaoning, China. ORCID

Em Questão welcomes contributions from professors, researchers and doctoral students in Information Science and related fields. Submissions of those with a masters degree or masters students will be evaluated if co-authored by a PhD.

Requirements for submission:

1. The text must be unpublished in Brazil and not be under evaluation to be published by any other journal. Texts previously published in conference proceedings. The journal accepts submission of manuscripts previously deposited on a preprints servers such as SciELO Preprints or Research Square;
2. Any material submitted for evaluation must follow the SUBMISSION TEMPLATE, which contains detailed instructions on the data to be sent, its format, as well as the standards of Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) to be used;
3. The journal accepts texts written in Portuguese, English or Spanish (title, abstract and keywords should be informed in the original language, in Portuguese and English);
4. Papers must be between 7,000 and 9,000 words in length, including abstract and references. Reviews must be up to 1,500 words and interviews up to 5,000 words;
5. Papers must include an introduction (with a clear definition of its objectives), methodological procedures, analysis/reporting of results and conclusions/closing remarks;
6. The title, abstract and keywords should be clear and objective, and designate what the text actually produced, avoiding metaphorical, abstract and subjective terms. Enter three to five keywords;
7. Submissions should be made through Open Jornual System through user/author’s registration. Upon registering a profile in the system, report the requested data avoiding the use of abbreviations. Save login and password to monitor the editorial process. The system of the journal is case sensitive in both fields, therefore, to access the system, you must enter the alphanumeric characters observing this characteristic;
8. When forwarding the article to the journal through its system, the author which will make the submission should be registered and logged. The following data/files will be requested during the submission process: authors’ full name and institutional affiliation, ORCID, e-mail and a short biography; title, abstract and keywords in the original language of submission, in Portuguese and in English; digital file with the text and embedded images; additional documents (images or audio);
9. Digital images (digital assets) – photos, graphs, images –, in addition to being inserted in the text, should be submitted as supplementary documents in TIF or JPG format, with resolution between 200 and 300 dpi. Audio files or moving images should also be submitted as supplementary documents. The titles, captions and sources must accompany the images inserted in the text as per instructions contained in the submission template;
10. Signed articles, as well as the images within them, are responsibility of the authors.

The ethics responsibilities are disclosed in About the journal.

The peer review process is disclosed in the Editorial Policy.

Em Questão is an open access journal that does not practice Article Processing Charge (APC).

Em Questão suggests that authors deposit research datasets in institutional or thematic repositories, such as SciELO Data, Zenodo and LattesData. If the research has reused data, we request that it be cited.

People listed as authors must have effectively participated in the work and take responsibility for its content. For submissions to Em Questão, all authors must sign the Authorship and Responsibility Statement. This document must be sent as a supplementary document at the time of submission.

The journal "Em Questão" accepts original works (articles, interviews, or reviews) written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. These works must be unpublished and fall into one of the following categories:

• Article - Presents themes or original scientific approaches (research reports, case studies), contributing to the knowledge established in the area, or it can be a review article (analyzing and discussing ideas, methods, techniques, processes, and outcomes that have already been published).

• Interview - Features reflections from prominent researchers and practitioners in Information Science.
• Review - Provides assessment and critical analysis of newly published works.

As part of the submission process, authors must check off the following items to ensure compliance. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be returned.

• The text submitted is unpublished and the work, in part or in its entirety, or any other work with substantially similar content, from my authorship, has not been sent to another journal and it will not be sent, while its publication is being considerate by Em Questão.

• The text submitted should be formatted according to the template provided by the editorial committee, and meet the conditions of editing of the journal.
• The manuscript does not contain identification of the authors and/or research project/dissertation/thesis on its initial page, in the references, in the citations, in the tables and in the images. This procedure ensures blind peer review. All information referring to the authors must be inserted in the metadata of the paper during the process of registering the text in the system.

• The images, in addition to being inserted in the text, are also provided separately as supplementary documents. Descriptions are suggested for people with visual disabilities (according to the template).
• The metadata inserted by the author during the submission process is visible to readers if the text is approved for publication. Therefore, it is important to ensure correct spelling and complete and appropriate filling of the available fields, including those dedicated to foreign languages.
• All the listed authors participated in the work and considered themselves responsible for its content, and they are in accordance with the article submission to the journal Em Questão.
  Access here the Authorship and Responsibility Statement and send the file signed by the authors as a supplementary document.
• None of the authors have manuscripts submitted to Em Questão at this moment, either in the evaluation or editing process. If the authors violate this rule, the submitted text will be automatically archived by the editorial committee.
• In the case of the use of artificial intelligence, this is described in the methodological procedures of the article. The artificial intelligence tool does not assume authorship responsibilities.
• Please provide tables and diagrammed charts as text (not as images) to enable reading by screen reader software and enhance accessibility. It is suggested that images be described: describe all elements succinctly, providing the necessary elements for a person with visual disabilities to understand them. The description should be provided just below the source, as "Description of Figure X:".
• The article contains information of financing, according to the template. 

Digital images (digital assets) – photos, graphs, images –, in addition to being inserted in the text, should be submitted as supplementary documents in TIF or JPG format, with resolution between 200 and 300 dpi. Audio files or moving images should also be submitted as supplementary documents. The titles, captions and sources must accompany the images inserted in the text as per instructions contained in the submission template.

Please provide tables and diagrammed charts as text (not as images) to enable reading by screen reader software and enhance accessibility. It is suggested that images be described: describe all elements succinctly, providing the necessary elements for a person with visual disabilities to understand them. The description should be provided just below the source, as "Description of Figure X:".

Em Questão adopts the following standards from the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT):

a) Abstracts: NBR 6028/2003;
b) References: NBR 6023/2018;
c) Citations: NBR 10520/2023 (updated in July 2023);
d) Progressive numbering: NBR 6024/2012;
e) Journal articles: NBR 6022/2003.

Charts and tables must follow the tabular presentation standards of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE): tables must include quantitative information and have open sides, while charts must include qualitative information and have closed sides.

Articles submitted in English or Spanish may follow the citation and reference guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA, latest version) or Vancouver standards. Authors agree to the adaptation of these guidelines to the ABNT model if the article is accepted.

If the research involves data reuse, the source of the data must be appropriately cited (only in Portuguese).

See more information and examples in the Em Questão Template (available in Portuguese, English, and Spanish).

The supplementary documents that must accompany the manuscript submission are:

a) a statement of authorship and responsibility signed by all authors (mandatory for all submissions);
b) an ethics committee approval form (if applicable).
c) high-resolution images, graphics, tables, and other digital assets (if applicable, these should be included within the manuscript and submitted as a supplementary document for formatting purposes).

Funding information must be included in the article's metadata at the time of submission and added to the article after peer review if accepted. Acknowledgments should likewise only be included after the article is accepted in a specific section as outlined in the Em Questão template.

Mission

To disseminate original and unpublished manuscripts resulting from both national and international scientific research in Information Science.

Frequency

Em Questão adopts a continuous publication model with one volume per year, new articles published periodically without interruption.

Privacy Statement

The names and e-mail addresses informed in this website will be used exclusively for the purposes of the journal and will not be made available for other purposes or to third parties.

Em Questão (PPGCIN - FABICO - UFRGS)

Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2705, sala 519
Bairro Santana
CEP 90035-007
Porto Alegre – RS - Brazil

Contato Principal

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação
Telefone +55 (51) 33082141
emquestao@ufrgs.br

Contact for Technical Support

Em Questão
emquestao@ufrgs.br