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Area: Engineering ISSN online version: 2448-167X Previous title Rem: Revista Escola de Minas
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ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Brief History

 

REM - International Engineering Journal (old REM - Revista Escola de Minas) is the first technical journal in South America. It was founded in January, 1936 by students from the Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto and has since specialized in publishing articles in the fields of Civil Engineering, Geology, Metallurgy & Materials, Mining, and Mechanics & Energy.

With the change of the capital of the state of Minas Gerais from Ouro Preto to Belo Horizonte, some schools left, but there was resistance from many former students against transferring the Escola de Minas to Barbacena or the new capital.

Consequently, the Escola de Minas became isolated, which gave rise, among its students, to the idea of creating a technical-scientific magazine, as a way of escaping the isolation in which Ouro Preto had been placed. Two attempts failed: Auri-verde and Nossa Magazines. But, in 1936, REM became a reality, and as its first editor wrote: we hope to transform the current attempt into a lasting achievement.

Its objective is to serve as a publication medium for original technical-scientific works by national and foreign researchers in those areas. Original contributions (articles and letters) are accepted. Review articles are subject to invitation and/or editorial review.

 

 

Open Science Compliance

 

Since 2001, REM has been part of SciELO journals, becoming part of Open Science publications, a scientific activity practiced in an open manner, and allowing free access to all published articles, in all domains of knowledge in the journal.

In accordance with Open Science guidelines, REM adopts a series of practices, such as the open access policy, the code of good practice for editors, reviewers and authors, and the use of social networks to disseminate published articles.

REM encourages the sharing of analysis datasets, instruments, statistical analysis scripts, scripts and additional materials made available in trusted open online repositories, if they cannot be published in the article itself, and this information must be indicated in the manuscript. Consequently, articles that communicate research must indicate and reference the availability of the content underlying the preparation of the research and the results obtained. REM requires the precise indication of the role of each author in articles with multiple authors.

REM encourages the publication of preprint articles on public platforms, such as Preprints, SciELO Preprints and EmeRI, so that, if applicable, they can be discussed openly before being published.

This journal follows the Gold Open Science model.

For the form on compliance with Open Science: Open Science Compliance Form

 

 

Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Errata and Retraction  

 

As REM is a multidisciplinary publication, the Associate Editor is fully responsible for decisions regarding manuscripts and may eventually disregard the examiners' recommendations.

The Associate Editor and authors cannot come from the same entity or have any conflict of interest.

It is mandatory for the author(s) to indicate potential reviewers for the submitted manuscript (see instructions below: Mandatory Indication of Reviewers). Authors may also nominate unpreferred reviewers. It is up to the Associate Editor to accept or not the nominations.

The appointed evaluators must have knowledge of the subject of the submitted article, they must have a doctorate, or be considered “recognized knowledgeable” by the scientific community. They also cannot belong to the authors' institution and cannot come from the same entity.

REM adopts measures to deal with ethical issues and/or issues that may harm the journal's reputation.

 

 

 

Focus and Scope

 

The objective of REM is to serve as a means of publishing original and technical-scientific articles written by national and foreign researchers in those areas. Original contributions (articles and letters) are accepted, as are review articles.

Note: review articles depend on invitation and/or analysis from the Editors.

REM will accept articles from the following areas of Engineering knowledge:

• Civil
• Geosciences
• Oil and Energy
• Metallurgy, Materials and Mechanics
• Mining

 

 

Digital Preservation

 

This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program's  SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy.

 

 

Indexing Sources

   

 

Bibliographic Journal Information

 
  • Journal title: REM - International Engineering Journal
  • ISNN: 2448-167-X
  • Short title: REM, Int. Eng. J.,
  • Published by: Fundação Gorceix
  • Periodicity: quarterly
  • Publication mode: Regular or Continuous Publication
  • Year of creation of the periodical: 1936
 

 

Websites and Social Media

   

 

EDITORIAL POLICY

Peer Review Process

 

Blind Peer Review  

REM adopts blind peer review. Although authors are allowed to nominate potential reviewers for the article, some measures are taken to ensure the integrity of the blind peer review (see instructions below: Mandatory Nomination of Reviewers).

To complete the precautions, it is prohibited for the Associate Editor and author to have the same origin.

In line with Open Science, SciELO considers three options for advancing the opening of peer-review, By mutual agreement and at the discretion of the Associate Editor, REM offers authors/reviewers to accept the aforementioned peer review options:

1. Double-blind peer review: in this modality, authors and reviewers do not know each other’s identities.
2. Single-blind peer review: in this modality, authors reveal their identity, but reviewers remain anonymous
3. Open peer review: in this modality, authors and reviewers know each other’s identities.

The standard form of evaluation adopted by the journal is double-blind. However, in cases of preprint, it is not possible to guarantee the anonymity of the authors and therefore, the evaluation can be single-blind or open.

 

 

Preprints

 

REM has gradually aligned itself with the service of accepting manuscripts previously deposited in the preprint repository. A preprint is defined as a manuscript ready for submission to a journal and which is deposited on trusted preprint servers before or in parallel with submission to a journal.

This practice joins that of continuous publication as a mechanism to accelerate the communication of research. Preprints share the originality of the publication of articles with journals and inhibit the use of double-blind procedures in evaluating manuscripts. The use of preprints is an option and choice of the authors, and it is up to journals to adapt their policies to accept the submission of manuscripts previously deposited on a preprint server recognized by the journal.

Given the need for a transparent communication process between authors and readers, the REM - International Engineering Journal specifies its prior publication policy:

  • All material previously published, in full or in part, in a journal, book or website by the authors is considered prior publication, and therefore, cannot be submitted for evaluation in REM - International Engineering Journal;
  • All content previously available in non-scientific journals, event annals, thesis, dissertations, monographs and research presented as a requirement for completion of the course by the authors is not considered prior publication. However, authors must declare the origin of the article at the time of submission in Research Context;
  • REM - International Engineering Journal accepts articles previously deposited on the SciELO Preprints, SocArXic and Zenodo preprint servers. Other servers will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis by the Editor-in-Chief. The text previously published in the preprint must be correctly cited at the time of submission in the Preprint.
  • We recommend that authors check whether they actually hold the copyright to the text in the cases described above.
 

 

Open Data

 

REM recommends that all research data be public in repositories at the time of submission or made public when the article is published. If authors choose to keep research data closed, it will be necessary to provide justification when submitting the manuscript, which will be analyzed by the Editor-in-Chief. The History of Historiography recommends that data repositories from institutions to which one of the authors is linked or other reliable data repositories be preferably used.

 

 

Publication Charge

 

Submission Fee

  • Every article submitted to REM must pay the submission fee in the amount of U$ 20 (twenty dollars).
  • The submission fee will not be refunded in case the REM guidelines are not followed or if the articles are rejected

Publication Fee (article processing charge)
Every article accepted for publication in accordance with the rules of REM, is charged a publication fee that must be paid. Publication charges can be paid in two ways:

  • Voluntary donation

When the fee is covered by a voluntary donation, REM has a charge of US$100.00 per published page. Some research groups, government agencies, companies, or individuals include funds for publication costs in their scientific budgets. Authors would benefit by obtaining publication charge coverage in this manner.

  • Personal payment

For authors who have not been able to obtain a voluntary donation, REM charges a publication fee per approved article of US$200.00 (two hundred dollars).

Attention:
The exchange rate (US$/real) adjustment will be made every three months.

 

 

Policy on Conflict of Interest

 

The conflict of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial nature. Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts.

Authors
Authors must disclose any potential conflict of interest. When submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the study. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must inform this 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: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest

If there is no type of conflict, the authors can insert at the end of the article: “The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest related to this study”.

Editors and reviewers:
The reviewer must inform the editors of any conflicts of interest that could influence the analysis of the manuscript and must declare that he or she is not qualified to review it. Reviewers must consider any type of conflict of interest before evaluating the manuscript.

Just like reviewers, editors should avoid making decisions about manuscripts that conflict with their own interests, such as those submitted by authors in their department, research collaborators or relatives.

 

 

Adoption of similarity checking software  

 

The ScholarOne/SciELO system checks the similarity (Duplicate Submission Check), and it is up to the Associate Editor, after analyzing the facts, to accept, or not, the percentage shown by the software.

REM also adopts the Plagiarism Check, which is analyzed by the Chief Editor and Associate Editor

 

 

Adoption of Software Using Artificial Intelligence Resources

 

REM is preparing to adopt the use of artificial intelligence. 

For more information see: Guide to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools and Resources in Research Communication on SciELO.

 

 

Gender and Sex Issues

 

The REM editorial team, in addition to the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the guidelines described in Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of information about sex and gender in study design, data analysis, as well as the results and interpretation of findings. Furthermore, [name of publication] observes this gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board.

 

 

Ethics Committee

 

When applicable in special cases, authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research.

 

 

Copyright

 

Authors retain the copyright to their sresearch, and grant REM the right of first publication.

Authors of articles published by REM retain copyright to their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BYlicense, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original study is correctly cited.

All journal content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution BY License.

 

 

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

 

Website/applicative responsibility:
Copyright terms applied to published content must be clearly stated and separate from copyright terms applied to the website.

Author's responsibility:
Authors of articles published by REM retain the copyright to their article. The data, concepts and opinions presented in the articles, as well as the accuracy of documentary and bibliographic references, are the sole responsibility of the authors.

REM encourages Authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts, publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories and academic social media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, as long as the full citation is included in the journal website version.

 

 

Sponsors and Promotion Agencies

 

REM is currently funded by the Gorceix Foundation

 

EDITORIAL BOARD

 

Editor-in-Chief

   

 

Associate Editors

 

1. Civil Engineering

2. Geoscience  

3. Mechanical Engineering and Energy

4. Metallurgy and Materials

5. Mining Engineering

6. Petroleum Science and Technology

 

 

Technical Team

 

Revision

  • Harriett Konkel -Free Lance - (English reviser) – Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, MG, Brasil, E-mail: hkreis2000@gmail.com
  • Marilene Vasconcelos de Melo (Bibliographic reviser) – Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, MG, Brasil, E-mail: marilene@ufop.edu.br 

Secretariat – Composition – Final Art

  • Lucas Antônio Camilo – Fundação Gorceix – Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, MG, Brasil, E-mail: secretaria@rem.com.br   

XML Prodution

  • GN1 Sistemas e Publicações

Production for Applicatives (app)

  • Box3w Comunicação Digital LTDA - ME
 

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

 

General information:

  • Submission of articles for publication implies that the work has not been previously published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
  • The Editor-in-Chief (EC) or the Associate Editor (EA) will conduct a preliminary analysis of the submitted articles before recommending revisions or accepting them for review.
  • The Associate Editor assumes full responsibility for decisions regarding manuscripts and may disregard the reviewers' recommendations if necessary.
  • The Editor-in-Chief will communicate the acceptance or rejection of the work to the authors.
  • The submitting author must be responsible for all communication with REM and must obtain agreement from all co-authors.
  • During manuscript preparation, authors must carefully read and follow the guidelines presented below.
  • Questions and doubts should be directed to the Editor-in-Chief: editor.rem@gorceix.org.br
  • REM requires the author(s) to indicate potential reviewers for their manuscript (see instructions below: Mandatory Reviewer Suggestion). Authors may also suggest non-preferred reviewers. It is up to the Associate Editor to accept or reject the suggestions.
  • Articles published in REM may be reproduced in other publications with written authorization from the Editor-in-Chief of REM and the authors.
  • If illustrations have been previously published, the source and permission for reproduction (copyright) should be mentioned.
  • According to REM's guidelines, every submitted article must pay a submission fee in the amount of U$ 20.00 (twenty US dollars) or the equivalent in Brazilian Real. This fee will be implemented starting from January 2024.
  • Articles not complying with REM's guidelines will be automatically rejected.
  • The submission fee will not be refunded in case the REM guidelines are not followed or if the articles are rejected.
  • The Journal adopts the CrossCheck system for plagiarism detection.

Mandatory Reviewer Suggestion:

  • The suggested reviewers must have knowledge of the submitted article's topic.
  • The suggested reviewers must hold a Ph.D. degree or be considered to have "recognized expertise" by the scientific community.
  • The suggested reviewers cannot belong to the authors' institution. They also cannot originate from the same entity.

Mandatory: about authors
The name of the authors should not be inserted in the article. Author data should also be sent in a separate WORD file.  

  • The order for the names should follow the author’s degree of participation in the research, being the first one, the one who participated the most.
  • As you well know, indexation in SciELO requires the precise indication of author affiliation, which is necessary for obtaining different bibliographic indicators.
  • Author affiliation should be restricted to: name of the institutional entity, City, State (or Provence) and Country and should be presented separate from the author’s name and title. ORCID register.
 

 

Types of Documents Accepted

 

REM publishes the following types of articles:

An original article

A revised article (requested or not)
Articles for events supported by REM
Scientific Communications
Discussions 
Preprints

Obs: All articles must be peer-reviewed.

 

 

Authors' Contribution

 

Authors/co-authors must explain their contributions in the article.  The contribution must meet two minimum authorship criteria:

a. Actively participate in the discussion of results; and
b. For revision and approval of the final version of the article, we recommend Taxonomia CRediT.

 

 

Form and preparation of manuscripts.

 

Text

  • Articles will be accepted in English.
  •  Microsoft Word is the recommended software for the body of the article.
  • The paper size to be used is A4 (210 mm by 297 mm) and should have 2cm margins.
  • The text should not be presented in columns.

Articles should be precise, not longer than 12 pages ± 2, in size 12 Times New Roman font, including abstracts, Keywords, illustrations, tables, bibliographical references, etc.Articles should be typed with single spacing (given a space between each item).

Note: after the first peer review, whereupon additional information is requested by the reviewer, an additional 2 or 3 pages may be authorized.
Attention: The illustrations (photos, maps, tables etc.) should be inserted in the text and MUST BE SENT along with the text as jpg or tif or excel extensions.

 

 

 

Send of the manuscripts

 

Manuscript Submission
Regular articles, focused on new data, may discuss any aspect of the areas that REM deals with. The article review will depend on an analysis of the topic, or an invitation. Every article, regardless of type, must be peer-reviewed.

The article’s outline should maintain the following standard format for publication:

  • Title (Avoid long titles and unnecessary words: “Study about….”, “Contribution to …”)
  • Abstract (Each paper must be preceded by an abstract presenting a concise summary of the facts contained in the article, keywords, illuminating important facts and conclusions. This abstract of about 150 to 250 words is required. No references, figures, or tables should be included in the abstract.)
  • Introduction
  • Material and method
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References

Line drawings

  • Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
  • Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
  • All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
  • Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 200 dpi.
  • Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
  • Shades of gray in drawings should be no less than 20% apart to be distinguished easily in print.

Tables

  • All tables are to be sequentially numbered, using Arabic numerals. Use Word or Excel— a format that we can edit for style.
  • Tables should always be cited within the text in consecutive numerical order.
  • Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
  • Table legends must be brief, and self-sufficient explanations of the illustrations. The legends should be placed at the top of the tables.

Photos
Photos must be scanned at a minimum resolution of 200 dpi.

  • Multiple graphs or parts of graphs should be grouped into a single plate on one page.
  • Figure captions must be brief and self-explanatory descriptions of the illustrations. Captions should be placed below the figures or photos.

Photo or Figure Assembly
Multiple photos or figures with the same numbering (e.g., 1a; 1b, etc.) can be grouped into a single piece on one page.

Figure or Photo Captions
Captions must be concise, self-explanatory descriptions of the illustrations. Captions should be placed below the figure or photo.

Discussion
Readers can debate all the articles published in REM.
Letters should be concise, not more than 05 pages including abstract, illustrations, tables, bibliographic references, etc. In very special cases, a superior number of pages will be accepted, providing the data presented is extremely important to the understanding of the topic in discussion.
Papers should be typed following the publication format of REM articles.
After Editorial analysis, letters and their replies will be listed in the index of the volume in which they were published.

Scientific Communication
REM can publish information on recent discoveries or developments in the above-mentioned fields. Letters should be concise, not more than 2 pages, including abstracts, illustrations, tables, bibliographic references, etc. They should be typed according to the standard publication format of REM articles.

 

 

Citations in the text and references

 

REM - International Engineering Journal uses the following normative instructions from the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT):

  • Citations in documents - Presentation (NBR 10520/2002).
  • References - Preparation (NBR-6023/2018).

REM has a standard for presenting bibliographic references. These references should be cited as follows:

  • In alphabetical order.
  • Without numbers.
  • Cited within the text without numbers, in the example is given below.

Note: In case of doubt, please ask the librarian of your university for assistance.

When citing literature in the text, use the following forms:    

  • One author (Schwarz, 1984), two authors (Linhares and Costa, 1984), three or more authors (Spier et al., 2007).
  • If two or more authors are cited parenthetically, they are listed chronologically from oldest to most recent: (Skinner, 1979; Schwarz, 1984; Spier et al., 2007).
  • If the citation is not a parenthetical one (as above), refer to Skinner (1979), to Linhares and Costa, (1984), and to Spier et al., (2007).

Bibliographic references
Bibliographic references should not be numbered but listed at the end of the text in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author, in accordance with NBR-6023 (updated in 2018) on documentation.

Articles published in periodicals
SCHWARZ, D. Inclusões em esmeraldas (Emerald inclusion). REM - Revista Escola de Minas, v. 37, n. 4, p. 12-21, 1984.
SPIER, C. A., OLIVEIRA, S. M. B, SIAL, A. N., RIOS, F. J. Geochemistry and genesis of the banded iron formations of the Cauê Formation, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Precambrian Research, v. 152, n. 3-4, p. 170-206, 2007.

Articles published in serial publications
BARBOSA, O. et alli. Geologia da região do Triângulo Mineiro. Rio de Janeiro: DNPM/DFPM, 1970. 140 p. (Boletim 136).
VICALVI, M. A. & KOTZIAN, S. C. B. Ocorrência de microfauna estuarina no quaternário da plataforma continental de São Paulo. In: Projeto REMAC - Evolução sedimentar holocênica da plataforma continental e do talude do sul do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: PETROBRAS, CENPES/DINTEP, 1977. p. 77-96. (Série Projeto-REMAC2).

Articles published regarding events
LINHARES, P. S. & COSTA, A. C. Aplicação de recipientes fechados na dissolução de rochas minerais (Closed container application for mineral rock dissolution). In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE GEOLOGIA, 33, 1984. Rio de Janeiro. Anais[...] (Annals...). Rio de Janeiro: SBG, 1984. V. 2, p. 4806-13.

Books
VERAVIJT, A. et alli. Penetration testing. Rotterdam: A. A. Baldema, 1982. 922p.

Book chapters
GY, P. M. Definition of basic terms and notation. In: _____. Sampling of particulate materials. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1982. 431p. cap. 1, p. 11-21. (Developments in Geomathematics, 4).
SKINNER, B. J. The many origins of hydrothermal mineral deposits. In: BARNES, H. L. ed. Geochemistry of hydrothermal ore deposits. 2 ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. 798 p., cap. 1, p. 1-21.

 

 

Financing Statement

 

Provide sources of support for the research, including names of sponsors, contract number (if any), along with explanations of the role of these sources

 

 

 

Contact

 

Editor-in-Chief
Jório Coelho
Rua Carlos Walter Marinho Campos, 56,
Cep: 35400-326., Ouro Preto - MG - Brasil
Tel: (+55 31) 3551-4730
E-mail: editor.rem@gorceix.org.br   

Secretariat:
Lucas Camilo
Rua Carlos Walter Marinho Campos, 56,
Cep: 35400-326, Ouro Preto - MG - Brasil
Tel: (+55 31) 3559-7408
Email: secretaria@rem.com.br

 

 

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