Editorial practices for an Open Science
The journal Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença [Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies] accepts, and encourages authors to participate in, the progressive opening of research processes and the promotion of their results. The objective is: a) to give greater autonomy to authors in the forms of promoting their studies; b) to provide greater transparency and rigor to the original research results that are published through the journal; and c) allow the reuse of data and the reproducibility of research. In this sense, the journal:
- Accepts receiving for evaluation articles that have been published in the preprint modality, especially those deposited on the repository SciELO Preprint accessible at: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo Articles are published prior to the peer review process when there is a need to promote research results with extreme urgency. Thus, the journal encourages authors to reflect on this possibility, considering the type of results to be published. In the case of submissions of articles already published in preprint, the journal will use either a single-blind system or a complete opening of the identities of the authors and reviewers, if both express acceptance of this option.
- Proposes the publication of the reviews, regardless of the modality of evaluation, when editors understand that the texts of the reviews may assist discussion about the theme and issues presented in the article. This practice only takes place with the authorization of the authors and the reviewers.
- Provides incentives to have the data referred to and or mentioned in the manuscript be deposited, during the submission period, in a repository such as https://data.scielo.org/dataverse/brrbep, with a level of opening to be chosen by the authors: totally open; open only to editors and reviewers; or open upon request. A declaration of availability of the data will be requested from the authors during the process of evaluation of the manuscripts and will be included with the final version of the article. For more information about how to prepare the data, authors can consult the Research Data Preparation Guidelines. To learn how to deposit your files with data referring to your study, the authors can consult the Research Data Deposit Guidelines;
- Requests that authors present the number of the report from the ethics committee of their affiliated institution, when publishing results of research with human beings, in situations and countries in which this applies.
