About the Journal

In this section, you will find: Journal's Focus and Scope, Compliance with Open Science, Publication Ethics, Digital Preservation, Indexing Sources, Websites and Social Media, Sponsors and Funding Agencies, Additional Information.

 

Focus and Scope

"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 These works must be unpublished and fall into one of the following categories: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)

 

Open Science Compliance

"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.

 

Ethics in Publication

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.

 

Digital Preservation

  • 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 Sources

 

Indexing databases:

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Bibliographic Journal Information

  • 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)

 

Websites and Social Media

 

Sponsors and Promotion Agencies

"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

 

 

Additional Information

 

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.

 

 

Others

See also the information on the Editorial Policies page, Guidelines for Authors, Journal's history, and Editorial Team. The Ethics Guidelines section has been moved to About the journal (current page) and Editorial Policies.

 

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