About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Revista GEARTE [GEARTE Journal] is an electronic publication of academic-scientific nature, edited by the Research Group on Education and Art (GEARTE), linked to the Graduate Program in Education of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Its purpose is to disseminate the production of Brazilian and foreign researchers in the field of Visual Arts Education who focus on the relationship between education, art, language and technology, in dialogue with different theoretical contributions, aiming to enrich the interdisciplinary discussion of knowledge in the areas of Education and Visual Arts.

The journal publishes original works in Portuguese, Spanish and English resulting from theoretical studies, research, reflections and contemporary debates. It brings as a differential a section dedicated to Visual Essays and Arts-Based Research results (Arts-Based Research – ABR; Investigación Basada en las Artes – IBA; Pesquisa Educacional Baseada em Arte – Arts-Based Educational Research – ABER). It publishes articles, visual and audiovisual essays, verbal-visual testimonies, poetic essays and audio interviews. As an online journal, there is the possibility of including other forms or formats such as videographic, for example.

GEARTE Journal is organized into thematic sections with contemporary subjects in order to focus on different theoretical and methodological approaches. It maintains continuous flow of submissions and calls, for a specific period, for specific topics.

Peer Review Process

GEARTE Journal accepts articles, visual and audiovisual essays, results from Arts-Based Research (ABR), verbal-visual testimonies, poetry essays, reviews and audio interviews for publication. It receives individual papers and proposals from thematic dossiers. It refuses papers that are reports of experiences without a theoretical reflection; research projects or reports; literature review; texts with little theoretical consistency; or even outside the area of the visual arts and the interface with education; outside the submission rules of GEARTE Journal; and with many language errors. The texts must follow the rules of the Journal and be posted directly on the web site.

The evaluation process is carried out through blind peer evaluation, in which the submitted work is sent back, without reference to the author, to two evaluators, guaranteeing the anonymity of both parties, that is, the scientific reviewers do not know the identity of the authors of the texts, nor the authors know the identity of their reviewer. In this procedure, at least two experts from states or countries other than the author state or country will analyze the work. Thus, the geographic diversity of authors as well as of reviewers is favored.

The evaluation of both the individual works and those of the thematic section comprises three phases. In the first phase, the text is sent to two reviewers, (specialists in the area or approach of the article under evaluation). In the second phase, the editors forward the texts that obtained two favorable opinions to the publication; they return to the authors the texts that obtained two unfavorable opinions; send to a third evaluator texts that have doubt or nonsense in the evaluation; afterwards, send the authors the texts to which the evaluators have made suggestions for modifications, as a condition for publication. The third stage consists of evaluating the modifications made by the authors, when necessary, and forwarding the approved texts for language revision and for normalization.

The papers will be considered approved when they obtain two positive opinions according to four main criteria of arbitration: (1) critical reflection on contemporary problems of the area; (2) interest, relevance and originality of the text; (3) linguistic adequacy; (4) formatting, indication of sources and authors quoted according to submission model. Either hypothesis of non-adequacy is justified by a descriptive opinion. The journal accepts research articles already published in Annals of events, so long as they have been expanded and revised.

The proposal of thematic section can be made by a researcher who will invite researchers in the thematic area to submit articles. It is important to have at least one article from a foreign author and that the other articles - amongst seven and ten texts - are from authors linked to different institutions. The organizer, in proposing the thematic section, will give a brief description of the theme including objectives and intended approach. The articles must be submitted by the website and will be evaluated by reviewers, following the procedures of the Journal.

The journal may also encourage certain themes, invite researchers to send texts, in a much lower proportion than the texts evaluated and under the condition that it is an important contribution to the area.

Publication Frequency

GEARTE Journal, from 2014 to 2021, ran every four months, publishing an annual volume, consisting of three issues, which are organized around a theme. As of 2022, the works are being published in the continuous modality in an annual volume no longer consisting of three issues. The continuous publication aims to speed up the dissemination of knowledge produced in the scope of the Journal, as there is no need to close a four-monthly issue.

Open Access Policy

The journal provides readers free and immediate access to its content, following the principle that scientific knowledge freely available to the public supports a greater global democratization of knowledge.

There are no fees for submission, evaluation or publication of the works.

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- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

- ERIH PLUS - European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences

- IRESIE. Base de datos sobre Educación - IISUE, UNAM

- LATINDEX - Sistema Regional de Información en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal

- Open Academic Journals Index (OAJI)

- Public Knowledge Project (PKP Index)

- REDIB (Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico)

- Sistema Eletrônico de Editoração de Revistas - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT)

- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of interest may exist when authors, reviews or editors have interests that can interfere with the elaboration or review of manuscripts. It may also be of personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature.

When the authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and reporting financial or any other conflict that may have influenced their research. The authors must recognize in the manuscript all the financial support and other financial or personal connections regarding the research.

The rapporteur must report to the editors any conflict of interest that could influence his opinion on the manuscript, and, if necessary, declare himself not qualified to review the article.

If the authors are not sure of what may constitute a potential conflict of interest, they must contact the editorial department of the Journal.

Plagiarism policy

The Journal uses the following plagiarism detection tools: Google, Plagium, Plagiarism Detect.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

1) Authors' responsibility

- Authors are responsible for the content of their articles, as well as for the copyright of images, videos and any textual or complementary elements of their article.

- The authors have agreed to work for free of charge on the peer review process for this journal in the future.

- The authors declare that they have a significant contribution to the research disclosed in their article, when applicable.

- The authors are obliged to offer to the journal retractions or corrections of eventual errors.

- Authors must ensure that their text is an original work and should not submit the same text to more than one journal.

- If the article was written based on research that presents real risks for the participants, it is mandatory to submit an opinion from the Ethics Committee of the researcher's institution.

2) The review process

- All contents of the journal are submitted to peer review by the double-blind peer review method.

- Peer review is the process of obtaining opinions on individual manuscripts from peer reviewers in the field. This process is clearly described on our website.

- The opinions should be as objective as possible and sufficiently supported to allow the improvement of the research and the text assessed.

- Reviewers should not have conflicts of interest when performing a review and they declare this in writing in the journal system.

- Reviewers should always draw attention to texts or excerpts already published that have not been properly quoted.

- All articles reviewed are treated confidentially.

- The journal understands that any form of plagiarism is not acceptable and uses anti-graft review tools.

- The final decision on the publication or not of a text is the responsibility of the editors. Whenever a text has academic quality and meets the criteria established by the journal, it is forwarded to the double-blind per review process, which is done by at least two reviewers.

- The only assessment criteria are the academic merit of the text and the improvement of the quality of knowledge, without discrimination to the authors, for any reason.

- Publishers are not permitted to use information contained in articles under review without the explicit consent of the authors.

- Publishers are available to answer any ethical question linked to any submission.

3) Ethics in Publication

- Publishers make considerable efforts to avoid and prevent the publication of articles in which misconduct has occurred in the research.

- In no case do we encourage bad behavior or allow it to happen.

- Any allegations of improper conduct of research are immediately ascertained.

- The journal publishes an erratum to correct articles when necessary.

- The journal is always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, right of reply, retractions and excuses when necessary.

4) Copyright and Universal Access

- The licenses used by the journal are described on this site.

- All articles in complete content are free of fees and are made available in full to any reader without the need for registration or password.

5) Other principles

- The information on ownership, copyright and / or management of the journal is clearly indicated in the "about" menu on the journal's website.

- This journal publishes a number every four months.

- This journal does not charge any type of submission, assessment or publication fee, but may require the translation of the article to be sent by the author.

6) Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence

The GEARTE Journal, in accordance with the guidelines of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, understands that only humans can be authors, so any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be recorded in the processes and aligned with ethical standards and best practices in research communication. Hiding the use and content of AI is an ethical failure that violates the principles of transparency and honesty in research.

Ad-hoc reviewers 2016-2017

Anna Rita Araújo — Universidade Federal de Goiás — Goiânia/GO, Brasil

Ângela Pohlmann — Universidade Federal de Pelotas — Pelotas/RS, Brasil

Camila Monteiro Schenkel — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Celso Vitelli —Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Cristian Poletti Mossi — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Evelise Anicet — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Fernanda Pereira da Cunha — Universidade Federal de Goiás — Goiânia/GO, Brasil

Fernando Antônio Gonçalves de Azevedo — Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – Caruaru/PE, Brasil

Gabriela Bon — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Gabriela Botelho Mager — Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina —Florianópolis/SC, Brasil

Gilvânia Maurício Dias Pontes — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte — Natal, Brasil

José Minerini — Centro Educacional Objetivo — São Paulo/SP, Brasil

Larissa Zanin — Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo — Vitória/ES, Brasil

Leda Maria de Barros Guimarães — Universidade Federal de Goiás — Goiânia/GO, Brasil

Lívia Marques Carvalho— Universidade Federal da Paraíba — João Pessoa/ PB, Brasil

Luciana Gruppelli Loponte — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Maria Isabel Petry Kehrwald — Fundação Municipal de Artes de Montenegro — Montenegro/RS, Brasil

Maria Helena Wagner Rossi — Universidade de Caxias do Sul — Caxias do Sul/RS, Brasil

Marilda Oliveira de Oliveira — Universidade Federal de Santa Maria — Santa Maria/RS, Brasil

Marília Forgearini Nunes — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Marion Divério Faria Pozzi — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Mirian Celeste Martins — Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie — São Paulo/SP, Brasil

Moema Lúcia Martins Rebouças — Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo — Vitória/ES, Brasil

Murilo Scoz — Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina — Florianópolis/SC, Brasil

Nadja de Carvalho Lamas — Universidade da Região de Joinville — Joinville/SC, Brasil

Paola Zordan — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Paula Mastroberti — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Regina Maria Varini Mutti — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Rejane Reckziegel Ledur — Universidade Luterana do Brasil — Canoas/RS, Brasil

Rita Bredariolli — Universidade do Estado de São Paulo — São Paulo/SP, Brasil

Rita Inês Petrykowski Peixe — Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina — Camboriú/SC, Brasil

Rosângela Fachel de Medeiros — Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões — Frederico Westphalen, RS, Brasil

Ruth Lerm — Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-rio-grandense — Pelotas/RS, Brasil

Sandra Regina Ramalho e Oliveira — Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina —Florianópolis/SC, Brasil

Sandra Regina Simonis Richter — Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul — Santa Cruz do Sul/RS, Brasil

Solange de Fátima Gabre — Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Curitiba — Curitiba/PR, Brasil

Sônia Tramujas Vasconcellos — Universidade Federal do Paraná — Curitiba/PR, Brasil

Umbelina Duarte Barreto — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Úrsula Rosa — Universidade Federal de Pelotas — Pelotas/RS, Brasil

Ad-hoc reviewers 2018-2019

Ana Del Tabor Vasconcelos Magalhães — Universidade Federal do Pará — Belém/PA, Brasil

Andrea Hofstaetter — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Ângela Pohlmann — Universidade Federal de Pelotas — Pelotas/RS, Brasil

Celso Vitelli — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Cristian Poletti Mossi — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Cristiano Bedin da Costa — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Eduarda Azevedo Gonçalves — Universidade Federal de Pelotas — Pelotas/RS, Brasil

Evelise Rüthschilling — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil

Fabiane Villela Marroni — Universidade Católica de Pelotas — Pelotas/RS, Brasil

Fernanda Pereira da Cunha — Universidade Federal de Goiás — Goiânia/GO, Brasil

Fernando Antônio Gonçalves de Azevedo — Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – Caruaru/PE, Brasil

Flávia Maria Cunha Bastos — University of Cincinnati — Cincinnati, Estados Unidos da América do Norte

Gilvânia Maurício Dias Pontes — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte — Natal/RN, Brasil