Editorial Policies

 

Focus and scope

The Journal of ABPN is a free and open journal, published every three months by the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers, in electronic version, available at: http://abpnrevista.org.br/revista . Its main objective is to give visibility to the discussions on race relations from the production of black researchers and intellectuals, as well as others committed to the promotion of racial equity and the production of knowledge about Africa and African Diasporas, on national and international scales. The Journal of ABPN is aimed at researchers and the academic community in general, teachers of basic education, social activists, members of organizations and institutions working on racial issues, representatives of traditional knowledge and people interested in the debate on race relations in the areas indicated above.

Publishes quarterly papers in Portuguese. However, manuscripts submitted in Spanish, French and English will also be published, without translation into Portuguese.

The Journal of ABPN adopts CC-BY 4.0 Creative Commons open licensing, so there are no costs for submission and publication of papers.

 

Section Policies

For publication in the Journal of ABPN, original papers that focus on topics of interest to the black community that may contribute to the improvement of the teaching work and to the deepening of discussions in the area will be considered. Papers are accepted for publication in the following sections:

 

Editorial

Responsible: Editorial Team

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

 

Section: Continuous Flow

Covers Original Papers and Review Papers

Original Papers: (contribution intended to disseminate original and unpublished research results that can be replicated and or generalized. Discursive formulations of theorizing effect and qualitative research in general are also considered original papers). They include hypotheses, background study, methods, results, interpretation of results, and a discussion of possible implications.

Editor-in-Chief: Anna M. Canavarro Benite

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

Literature review papers (contribution that presents the synthesis of multiple published studies and allows general conclusions about a area of study, carried out in a systematic and orderly manner, favoring the deepening of knowledge of the subject).

Editor-in-Chief: Cintia Camargo Vianna

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

Page Limit: 25

 

Section: Reporting Experiences

Dissemination of experiences, with the purpose of socializing them with the community, as well as reflecting on them. It should be explicit contributions of the lived experience and indicators of the obtained results.

Editor-in-Chief: Mércia Otaviana Barbosa de Sá Figueiredo

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

Page Limit: 25

 

Section: Essays

Critical texts about a certain debate or issue that shows the author's position and reflections on the theme considered. Manifestation about a point of view from questions, criticism, experimentation and considerations on the subject.

Responsible Editors: José Antonio Novaes da Silva and Mercia Otaviana Barbosa de Sá Figueiredo

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

Page Limit: 5

 

Section: Interviews/Biographies 

Space for publication of interviews promoted and/or commissioned by Journal of ABPN.

Editor-in-Chief: Cintia Camargo Vianna 

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

Page Limit: 5

 

Section: Reviews

Texts from critical readings that publicize or present a work (book, film, documentary, etc ...)

Responsible Editor: Anna Mª Canavarro Benite

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

Page Limit: 5

 

Section: Dossiers

These are propositions elaborated by researchers, gathered in a group and/or an area of a certain theme, which in turn organize and invite other researchers to produce scientific work. The handling of invitations, receipt of papers, evaluation, deadlines for authors, review ... in short, are the responsibility of their organizers.

To outline the Thematic Dossier proposal to be published in the Journal of ABPN, we request the submission of the following data:

  1. Name of the Dossier.
  2. Name and Institution of the proposal articulators.
  3. Dossier Cover Letter (one page).
  4. List of possible titles, authors and institutions linked to the respective authors - INDEX.

We stress the importance of:

  1. Registration of authors in the journal.
  2. Affiliation of proposers to ABPN (recommended).

As well as:

  1. Compliance with the norms of the journal.
  2. Portuguese revision.
  3. Translation of abstracts in English, French and Spanish.

Responsible Editors: Anna M. Canavarro Benite and Morgana Abranches Bastos

  • Open Submissions
  • Indexed
  • Peer Reviwed

Page Limit: 25

 

Peer Review Process

  1. Peer Review: The review and approval of contributions to the Journal of ABPN will be done by peers, with proven authority on the topics presented in the submissions.
  2. Anonymous Evaluation: The system of anonymous evaluation (Double-blind review) is adopted to analyze contributions, with at least two reviewers, according to the evaluation criteria of the Journal of ABPN.

Received originals go through four steps:

  1. Submission to plagiarism and self-plagiarism control programs: the objective is to verify the originality of the text.
  2. Prior evaluation by the Editorial Committee: the Committee judges the adequacy of the texts to the editorial line of the journal; the publication standards established by it; and the quality of the work, i.e. its publication potential.
  3. Double blind process: if they undergo this initial screening, the texts will be sent to be evaluated for merit by experts in the field.
  4. Final decision: the opinions issued will be analyzed by the Editorial Committee, which will give a final decision issuing a consolidated opinion.

Submissions in the form of interviews, essays and reviews are evaluated by the Editorial Committee, which will decide on the relevance of its publication, according to the objectives of each section and demands of the journal.

  1. When submitting papers, the authors are notified by the editor about receipt of the original. Authors are contacted again when the editor has her/his opinion, based on the opinions issued by the reviewers. In the case of approved papers with minor modifications, the contact between editor and authors continues until the paper is rewritten according to the requirements of the opinions issued. All authors are notified of the final decision regarding the submitted text. Finally, in due course, the authors of approved papers are notified of the edition in which the text will be made public.

 

Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

Evaluators respond to the following Online Evaluation Form. Nonetheless it can be accessed offline by clicking here.

The evaluation will consider the following criteria: contribution to the scope of the Journal of ABPN; originality of the theme and/or treatment given to the theme; argumentative consistency; rigor of the theoretical-methodological approach; overall quality of the text. The reviewers may accept the papers fully, accept requesting rewording or reject the papers. Either hypothesis is justified by a descriptive opinion. When the two referees refuse the work, the paper is returned to the author. When both reviewers accept the work, it goes to the next phase. Finally, when one or both referees request reformulations, the work is returned to the author, requesting that the opinions be considered, and a paper be reformulated within thirty days. When the author resubmits the reformulated text, as suggested by the reviewers, it is reevaluated and goes to the final phase.

If the arbitrators submit dissenting opinions, or if for any other reason the editors deem it necessary, the paper will be sent to a third arbitrator.

 

From the opinions, editors may decide:

Accept the submitted paper: as is or with slight modifications;

Publish with modifications: From the date of submission of the opinions by the editor, the author will have up to 30 days to answer and comment on the reformulations suggested by the referees and/or editors, specifying in detail how each suggestion was or was not implemented. These modifications should be restricted to those made by the referees and/or editors. In situations that, without justification, the author takes longer than the deadline for rewording, the paper will be automatically rejected. Publishers reserve the right not to publish the work if the reworkings do not meet the requirements without convincing justification.

Reject: The paper will not be published by the Journal of ABPN.

 

The version of the approved paper, generated in the composition, layout and specialized review instances of Portuguese and foreign language, is sent to the authors for approval;

There is no deadline for submitting papers for publication in regular editions, whose flow of receiving and processing is continuous. When reviewed and edited, papers are published in chronological order of completion. If there is more than one paper finalized for publication by the same author, the Journal of ABPN will publish only one paper in the issue or editions respecting the interval of 6 months and excepting the case of Dossiers, according to the flow of papers submitted for evaluation. For the editions of Thematic Notebooks there are specific call for papers widely disseminated to the community.

In the last issue of each volume, a complete list is published with the names of all the reviewers who collaborated with the magazine throughout the year.

 

Frequency

Quarterly.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making the scientific knowledge available to the public free of charge provides greater worldwide democratization of knowledge.

The Journal of ABPN is managed by the Open Journal Systems platform (OJS 3.0.1.0) provided by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and follows integration/interoperability standards and protocols through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).

 

Archiving

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed file system among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent journal archives for preservation and restoration. Know more...

 

Indexing Source