Veredas (e-ISSN 2183-816X) is a biannual journal of the International Association of Lusitanistas (Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas). It is a scientific publication that aims to disseminate researchs on the literature and culture of Portuguese-speaking countries.
Peer Review Process
All texts, with no exception, will be evaluated by consultants, and the mutual anonymity will be kept.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Advisory board
Andrés Pociña López (Universidade de Extremadura, Espanha)
Anna Maria Kalewska (Universidade de Varsóvia, Polónia)
Antonio Augusto Nery (Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brasil)
Axel Schönberger (Universidade de Bremen, Alemanha)
Benjamin Abdala Junior (Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
Carlos Ascenso André (Instituto Politécnico de Macau, Macau)
Carmen Villarino Pardo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galiza)
Clara Rowland (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Cláudia Pazos-Alonso (Universidade de Oxford, Reino Unido)
Cristina Robalo Cordeiro (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Elias J. Feijó Torres (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galiza)
Ettore Finazzi-Agrò (Universidade de Roma «La Sapienza», Itália)
Helder Macedo (King's College London, Reino Unido)
Helena Rebelo (Universidade da Madeira, Portugal)
Isabel Pires de Lima (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Juracy Assman Saraiva (Universidade Feevale, Brasil)
Laura Cavalcante Padilha (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil)
Manuel Brito-Semedo (Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde)
Manuel Ferro (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Maria Luísa Malato Borralho (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Natalia Czopek (Universidade Jaguelónica de Cracóvia, Polónia)
Onésimo Teotónio de Almeida (Universidade de Brown, Estados Unidos)
Pál Ferenc (Universidade ELTE, Hungria)
Petar Petrov (Universidade do Algarve, Portugal)
Raquel Bello Vázquez (Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, Brasil)
Regina Zilberman (Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil)
Roberto Samartim (Universidade da Corunha, Galiza)
Roberto Vecchi (Universidade de Bolonha, Itália)
Roger Friedlein (RuhrUniversität Bochum, Alemanha)
Sebastião Tavares Pinho (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Sérgio Nazar David (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Teresa Cristina Cerdeira da Silva (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Thomas Earle (Universidade de Oxford, Reino Unido)
Ulisses Infante (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brasil)
Vera Lucia de Oliveira (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Itália)
Vincenzo Russo (Universidade de Milão, Itália).
Ethical guidelines for publishing
Veredas is a journal committed to remain aligned with the guidelines provided by the CNPq's Brazilian commission for integrity on scientific activity (http://www.cnpq.br/web/guest/diretrizes) and the ethical recommendations in publishing for authors, editors and reviewers of the Committee on Publication Ethics – COPE (http://publicationethics.org/).
Our editors will make efforts in the prevention of unsuitable practices and unethical behavior in the publication of articles, and they will not tolerate any kind of plagiarism.
- When submitting articles to the journal, authors automatically state that the contents are original. In addition, they assert that the article has not been published yet, partially or totally, in another language, nor was submitted to another journal simultaneously. Authors also undertake to notify the journal when they detect errors or inaccuracies in their own work (already published, in review or in the process of being published) and cooperate with publishers in order to further the process of withdrawal or correction.
- Editors and reviewers agree to review papers submitted to the journal factually, centered on its intellectual content, without discrimination of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, geographical origin or political thought. They also undertake to keep submissions confidential, while are under review and if the paper is refused. Papers will be subjected to reviewing or discussion with external reviewers only by permission of the editors.
- When reviewers identify that the paper submitted has relevant content previously published – by the author or others, whether in form of statements, arguments or excerpts – they shall notify publishers directly and authors must provide that such content will always be complemented with the bibliographical reference to indicate its origin. Similarly, when there is substantial similarity or indication that the paper in evaluation has already been published in another journal, reviewers should notify editors that the article violates the ethical principles of the journal.
- Nonconformities and other cases not mentioned in these guidelines should be reported to the chief editor of the journal, which will take appropriate action to solve the problem presented.
Guideline for assessment
Submissions are evaluated, first, regarding the scientific character and alignment of the article with the scope of the journal. When an article is considered pertinent, the assessment continues, and the paper is sent for a double blind peer review by our ad hoc consultants – specialists chosen according to the theme of the article –, that will consider, mainly, the following aspects:
- relevance of the problem
- contribution to the field
- up-to-dateness of the theme
- originality of the content
- mastery of arguments and context of debate
- theoretical framework
- clarity of objectives
- coherence and relevance of arguments
- organization of the text
- language and quality of the text
- link between abstract and article
- adequacy of keywords
- consistency of bibliography used
- up-to-dateness of bibliography used
The editors, on their turn, based on the considerations sent by the consultants (at least two), analyze the quality of the opinion regarding the manuscript to, then, decide on the publication of the article.
In the case of thematic dossiers, the articles are also analyzed by the organizers, who evaluate, in particular, the alignment of the article with the call for papers. Based on the considerations made by the referees (at least two) - and the organizers, as the case may be - the Editorial Committee verifies the fidelity of the comments of the peer reviewers in relation to article and then decides abaut the publication.
The assessment process from the time an article is submitted to the final decision of publication takes on average 6 (six) months, depending on the amount of papers received for analysis and the availability of the consultants.
Article Processing Charges
This journal does not charge the authors any fee related to submission and processing of manuscripts.