Submissions

Author Guidelines

The journal accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy (UJP) has no article processing charges or article submission charges.

The editorial policy follows the research communication in the Open Science modus operandi.

Preprint submissions from the following servers are acceptable: SciELO Preprints, arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv. The journal editors will analyze the acceptance of Preprints from other servers.

Manuscripts must be accompanied by a data availability statement for the data used or generated in the research underlying the texts.

The final version of the approved article will be published with the name of the editor or editors responsible for the manuscript evaluation process.

Articles must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication anywhere else and can be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish.

The journal prints articles, translations and critical book reviews. It also reprints papers that are considered fundamental to the area when authorized written permission is given by the original publisher.

The submissions must be sent electronically in Microsoft Word or RTF format, following the steps of a system that aims to give assistance in each phase of the editorial process.

The publication is subjected to the previous approval of the journal's Editorial Board, as well as to peer review made by, at least, two ad hoc reviewers using the double blind review process. The identification of authorship of the work must be removed from the file, ensuring UJP’s confidentiality criteria.

The final acceptance of the article depends on:

• The recommendation of the reviewers;
• That the authors carry out the necessary corrections;
• And final approval by the Editorial Board, which decision will recommend one of the following options:
  1. Accept submission;
  2. Revisions required;
  3. Resubmit for review;
  4. Resubmit elsewhere;
  5. Decline submission.

Important

• The concepts and opinions expressed are the full responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher.
• Authors of articles published by  Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy retain copyright of their work licensing under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows articles to be re-used and re-distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. 

Guidelines for submissions

• Extension: Submissions to the sections ‘Articles’, ‘Translation’ or ‘Book Reviews’ must have maximum 8.000 words, including references. Spacing must be 1,5.
• The titles (on the original language and English) must have a maximum of 240 characters including spaces.

Additional guidelines for submitting to the section Philosophy South

Articles must be submitted in English and no longer than 5000 words, all included. There is no need of an abstract and a title in Portuguese.

Guidelines for submitting a proposal for a UJP Dossier:

Each proposal must contain the following information:
(1) Title of the dossier;
(2) Curriculum vitae of guest editor;
(3) Goal and relevance to current research of the proposed dossier;
(4) Expect date of completion;
(5) Name and affiliations of participants.

In order to assess the merit of each proposal the Editorial Board asks to observe the general recommendations below:

• Minimum three, maximum five articles plus a presentation text;
• Articles written preferably in English;
• The presence of authors of different nationalities is encouraged.

Email your dossier proposal to periodicos@unisinos.br

Stylesheet

The original text must contain in the following order:

• Title: in the same language of the article, and in English. The titles (on the original language and English) must have a maximum of 240 characters including spaces.;
• Abstract: in the language of the article and in English with no more than 200 words, followed by at least three key-words;
• Full text: typed in Times New Roman format, font 12, and with spacing of 1,5.
• Images: In case the article contains photographic images and/or graphic drawings, those must be submitted in original format (.jpeg, .png, .tiff, .xls, .xlsx) and in separated files (not inserted in the text). Images (.jpeg, .png, .tiff) must have a with minimal resolution of 300 dpi. Authors must indicate by the insertion of captions (on the original language and in English too) where approximately the pictures should be inserted.
• Citing authors: in-text citation must follow the examples below:
  1. One author: (Leipnitz, 1987);
  2. Two authors: (Turner and Verhoogen, 1960);
  3. Three or more authors: (Amaral et al., 1966);
  4. Works by the same author(s) and same date should be differentiated by letters (a,b,c) after the date. E.g. (Amaral, 2008a) (Amaral, 2008b).

• Do not use op. cit; ibid; ibidem; id; idem.
• Do not use apud. Use the term in rather than apud.

Quotations

(a) Short quotations (containing less than three lines) must be incorporated into the text in quotation marks.
(b) Long quotations (longer than three lines) must be presented in an isolated paragraph, with simple spacing, font size 11 and the left margin larger than the surrounding text (4cm).

Footnotes

• Footnotes must be used only when strictly necessary for information that is complementary to the text. Footnotes containing only references are not allowed. These must be listed in the end of article, in the 'References' item.
• Book Reviews should contain no footnotes.
  

References

The references must be listed at the end of the text, in alphabetical order, font 12, and with simple spacing. References must follow the rules below:

Journal articles:

SURNAME, Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Article title. Journal Title, volume(issue):initial page-final page.

E.g.: MALDONADO, C.E. 2001. Ideas para uma fundamentación filosófica de la sociedad civil. Filosofia Unisinos, 2(3):75-106.

Articles from publications related to events:

SURNAME, Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Title of work. In: name of conference (meeting, symposium, etc.), number of the event, city, year. Proceedings ... City, Symbol. volume:initial page-final page.

E.g.: BIONDI, J.C. 1982. Kimberlitos. In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE GEOLOGIA, 32, Salvador, 1982. Proceedings ... Salvador, SBG. 2:452-464.

Books:

SURNAME, Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Book title. Edition, city, publisher, the total number of pages.

E.g.: TURNER, F.J.; WERHOOGEN, J. 1960. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. 2ª ed., New York, Mc Graw-Hill, 694 p.

Book chapters:

SURNAME, Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Chapter title. In: Initial(s) Name. SURNAME (ed.), Book title. City, publisher, initial page-final page.

E.g.: GADAMER, H.G. 1991. Problemas de la razón práctica. In: H.G. GADAMER (ed.), Verdad y metodo II. Salamanca, Sígueme, p. 293-308

Thesis and dissertations:

SURNAME,Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Title of the thesis. City, state. Type of thesis (MA, PhD). University, the total number of pages.

E.g.: AGLIANI, C.R.A. 1997. Proposta para o Manejo Integrado da Exploração de Areia no Município Costeiro de Rio Grande – RS. Um Enfoque Sistêmico. São Leopoldo, RS. Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS, 158 p.

Sites and electronic texts:

• In case it is possible to identify the authors of the electronic texts, the reference must be indicated as follows:

SURNAME, Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Title of work. Available at: http://. Accessed on: month day, year.

E.g.: LENKER, A.; RHODES, N. 2007. Foreign Language Immersion Programs: Features and Trends Over 35 Years. Disponível em: http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/flimmersion.html. Accessed on: April 28th, 2007.

* In this case, when in the body of the text, the reference is identified by (Lenker and Rhodes, 2007).

• If it is not possible to identify the authors of the electronic texts, the reference should be indicated as follows:

SOURCE/SITE. Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Title of work. Available at: http://. Accessed on: month day, year.

E.g.: GLOBO ONLINE, O. 2006. Brasil será o país com mais sedes do Instituto Cervantes. Disponível em: http://oglobo.globo.com/ cultura/mat/2006/10/25/286393283.asp. Accessed on: April 5th, 2008.

* In the body of the text, the quote will be: (O Globo Online, 2006).

Newspapers and magazines, organs and institutions:

• All the texts from newspapers and magazines must be included in the references. In case there is an explicit author, the reference is indicated by the surname:

SURNAME, Initial(s) name. Year of publication. Title of work. Source (newspaper, organs, institutions, etc.). Session (Column, etc.). City, day month.

E.g.: MICELLI, S. 1987. Um intelectual do sentido. Folha de S. Paulo. Caderno Mais! São Paulo, February 7.

* In the body of the text it is indicated as (Micelli, 1987).

• In case there is no author and the text is under the responsibility of an organ, the reference is indicated as follows:

SOURCE (newspaper, organs, institutions, etc.). Year of publication. Title of work. City, day month, number page.

E.g.: CORREIO DO POVO. 1945. Os métodos objetivos de verificação que empregamos no RS. Porto Alegre, October 5, p. 14.

* In the body of the text, it shall be indicated as (Correio do Povo, 1945).

Conflict of interests

Public reliability in the peer revision process and the credibility of published articles depend partly on how conflicts of interests are managed during writing, peer revision, and decision-making by the editors.

Conflicts of interests may arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests, visible or not, that may affect manuscript elaboration or evaluation. The conflict of interests may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial.

When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and revealing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced their work. The authors must indicate in the manuscript all financial support given to the work or other financial or personal connections in relation to the research. The reviewer must report to the editors any conflict of interests that may affect their opinion on the manuscript and, when applicable, must declare him/herself non-qualified to review it.

Contribution Registration Information

Authors must inform at the end of the articles about the registration of the contribution, using two minimum authorship criteria: a. Actively participate in the discussion of results; B. Review and approval of the final version of the work.