Sociedade e Estado
Brief Background
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The journal Sociedade e Estado (S&E) was founded in 1986 and since then has been regularly edited and published by the Department of Sociology (SOL) at the University of Brasilia (UnB). It was a biannual until December 2004, and became a quarterly from 2005 onwards. The main aim of the journal has been to help update and promote studies in the social sciences through original work, preferably unpublished and from research carried out in centres of excellence around the world. It strives for a careful and organised treatment of manuscripts signed by promising and already recognised authors in Portuguese and other languages - the majority in English, Spanish and French. In 2013, Sociedade e Estado achieved Qualis A1 in Sociology, which it will maintain until the evaluation of the last quadrennium 2017 - 2020. Its positive impact goes beyond the Brazilian academic world, consolidating itself as an important journal in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, especially after becoming an online, open and free journal. In 2023, the journal joined the continuous flow evaluation and publication process, in line with the Open Science policy.
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Open Science Compliance
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This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public leads to greater global democratisation of knowledge. The journal Society and State expresses its alignment with open science in its editorial policy; it accepts the evaluation of manuscripts deposited in well-known preprint servers such as Advance, OSFPreprints, SciELO Preprints e SocArxiv and requires the citation, referencing and declaration of research data. In line with good editorial transparency and open science practices, the journal promotes informed peer review, giving the option for referees and authors to request or accept:
Authors should send in the Open Science Compliance Form. |
Ethics in Publication
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In order to guarantee an editorial policy committed to ethical publication criteria, which encourage the identification of plagiarism, bad practices, fraud, possible breaches of ethics and the opening of lawsuits, we strongly recommend that authors take the following steps before submitting texts to the journal:
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Focus and Scope
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The journal Sociedade e Estado (S&E) publishes original articles, most of them unpublished and of importance in sociology and related areas, which aim to make a theoretical, methodological and empirical contribution to these areas of knowledge. S&E will preferably publish papers in Portuguese, but may also publish in Spanish, French and English, at the discretion of the Editorial Board and the platforms on which it is indexed. The following categories of work can be published as single articles, in specific sections or thematic dossiers: Original Article, Essay, Critical Commentary, Interview, Speech, Critical Book Review (subject to consultation and approval by the editorial board), Translation (only on the UnB OJS/PKP platform). Sociedade e Estado publishes documents authored by Ph.D. Non-doctors may co-author articles with doctorate holders. |
Digital Preservation
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This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Programme's Digital Preservation Policy. |
Indexing Sources
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Bibliographic Journal Information
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Websites and Social Media
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EDITORIAL POLICY
Preprints
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Peer Review Process
The standard form of evaluation adopted by the journal is double-blind. However, in the case of preprints, it is not possible to guarantee the anonymity of the authors, which is why the evaluation can be single-blind or open |
Open Data
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The journal recommends that authors deposit their research data in Open Repositories, preferably in the data repositories of the institutions to which one of the authors is affiliated or other reliable data repositories. |
Fees
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S&E does not charge submission, article processing (APC) or publication fees. |
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
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S&E's guideline is to certify the originality of submitted manuscripts. Plagiarism in its various forms (direct, indirect, consensual plagiarism) will not be tolerated, as it violates copyright. To curb this practice, submitted manuscripts will be subjected to a plagiarism detection programme. In cases where plagiarism is detected, the editors will take the appropriate ethical and legal measures in line with the guidelines of the Editorial Ethics Committee - COPE and, in all suspected cases, the manuscript evaluation process will be immediately suspended. The journal assumes responsibility for the final editing of published articles. If typographical errors are detected, in the spelling of the authors' names or in the title of the articles, an errata will be published. The authors are entirely responsible for the methodological approach adopted and the choice of theoretical framework, as well as the conclusions presented. If the authors identify the need for rectification, they should contact the editors by e-mail, who will decide whether a retraction is appropriate. If the editors confirm the allegations, they may consider asking the authors to correct specific errors or mistakes, or they may consider publishing a retraction, based on the COPE and Council of Science Editors guidelines for correcting articles. |
Policy on Conflict of Interest
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Conflicts of interest can be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature. Conflicts of interest can occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting a manuscript, authors are responsible for recognising and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must disclose 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. Authors, reviewers and referees must inform the editors if they have any kind of conflict that would interfere with the fair assessment of the submitted manuscript. |
Adoption of similarity software
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Papers that evidence plagiarism or more than 20% of self-plagiarism are not accepted, and such cases should be appropriately referenced to the original work. The Journal employs plagiarism detection methods through software and research. Authors are expected to observe ethical issues and good academic practices, such as explicitly stating sources of funding and approval by ethics committees for research generating the articles, when applicable. A statement to this effect is requested from the author(s) at the time of submission. |
Adoption of software using Artificial Intelligence resources
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Despite exploring possible ways of adoption, S&E does not currently use AI resources in its publication evaluation and editing process. However, it recommends that authors and reviewers follow the guidelines of the SciELO Network's Guide for the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools and Resources in Research Communication. Recommendations for authors:
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Gender and Sex Issues
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The S&E editorial team, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, results and interpretation of findings. In addition, Society and State observes the gender equity policy in the training of its editorial board. |
Ethics Committee
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Authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research, if applicable. |
Copyright
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Authors of articles published by Sociedade e Estado retain the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0), which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. The authors grant the journal Sociedade e Estado the right of first publication. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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Sponsors and Promotion Agencies
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The journal Sociedade e Estado has the following permanent supporters:
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Editor-in-Chief
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Deputy Editors
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Assistant Editors
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Editorial Committee
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Honorary Board
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Technical Team
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Types of Documents Accepted
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Sociedade e Estado publishes original papers in Sociology and related domains with theoretical, methodological and/or empirical contributions to the field. Sociedade e Estado accepts submissions in Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and other languages subject to the editorial team decision. The following types of paper can be published as articles, in special sections or in thematic issues (these are subject to specific conditions detailed below).
Thematic Issues
Rules for translated articles Sociedade e Estado is open to receive translated articles already published elsewhere, which must be accompanied by an argumentative reasoning on its relevance, credentials of the author(s) and the original publication, presentation of the proponent(s) and the translator(s). The translation implies the proponent's responsibility of revising the Portuguese version, obtaining the publication rights as well as preparing the translation accordingly to our journal's formatting. If approved by the Editorial Team, the translation will be published online solely on the UnB platform, the Open Journal System (OJS/PKP). |
Authors' Contribution
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The journal adopts the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) specification system, which is maintained by NISO. Thus, S&E defines 10 different roles or functions of authorship, described as follows. When submitting the article, the author(s)/author(s) must specify the function/role of each author in the production of the text. These will be published alongside the document if it is approved. Conceptualization: ideas, formulation or evolution of overarching research objectives and goals. Data curation: management activities regarding metadata production, cleaning and maintenance of research data (including software code) for initial use and reuse. Formal analysis: application of statistical, mathematical, computational or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize the study data.
Research: carrying out a research process, specifically carrying out experiments and collecting data/evidence. Project administration: management and coordination responsibility for the planning and execution of research activities. Supervision: supervisory and leadership responsibility for the planning and execution of the research activity, including external guidance to the core team. Validation: verification, either as part of the activity or separately, of the general replicability of results and experiments and other research results. Writing the original draft: preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specific writing of the initial draft (including substantive translation). Writing: reviewing and editing: preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by people from the original research group, critical review, commentary or revision, including the steps d |
Manuscript Preparation
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For online submission, you must complete the following two steps.
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Article Submission Format
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Digital Assets
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Citations and References
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Supplementary Documents
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Fill in the presentation and identification form provided. |
Financing Statement
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Authors should inform the sources of support for the work, including the names of sponsors, contract numbers (if any), together with explanations of the role of these sources. This information can be added as a footnote to the submitted article. |
Additional Information
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Contact
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Any questions about the submission or evaluation process of articles can be clarified via email: revistasol@unb.br.
Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade de Brasília |