Aims and Scope
The Brazilian Journal of Aquatic Sciences and Technology - BJAST is an international scientific dissemination vehicle, aimed at multidisciplinary sciences of aquatic environments, which offers free access to published articles.
Authors are invited to submit works for publication in the following areas:
- Environmental management and sustainability;
- Use and Management of Natural Resources in Aquatic and Coastal Environments;
- Ecology and Processes in Limnic and Oceanic Environments;
- Climate changes.
Peer Review Process
After the manuscript is submitted through our system, the Editor-in Chief and the Editorial Board will evaluate preliminarily whether themanuscript fits as a potential article to be published in BJAST.
If the manuscript is approved in this evaluation the authors will informed by e-mail and the manuscriptwill be forwarded to two peers for review. After the referees review, the referee's recommendation (approved, approved with minor or major modifications or rejected) will be informed to the authors. If approved pending modifications, suggestions will be sent to the authors via e-mail who must reply either accepting alterations or providing convincing justifications otherwise.
The Editor-in Chief and the Editorial Board will come to a final decision about the article publication in BJAST. Finally, if approved, authors will be required to submit through the system the final version of the text and figures, which will be confirmed by e-mail upon receipt.
Publication Frequency
BJAST adopts a continuous publishing process. Whenever an article is approved and edited, it will be made available for reading.
One edition will be published per year. However, special editions may also be published throughout the year.
Open Access Policy
This journal offers open access to its content, following the principle that by offering free access to scientific knowledge allows for a greater democratization of knowledge.
Archiving
This magazine uses the LOCKSS system to create a file system distributed among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent archives of the magazine for preservation and restoration.
INDEXING
BJAST is indexed in the following search engines:
