Focus and Scope

The Brazilian Journal of Social Technologies is a Qualis B1 publication, according to the Qualis Periódicos CAPES 2017-2020 classification.
Social insertion and innovation constitute the focus of the publication, which must present reports of experiences of social intervention that represent the difference idealized by the Coordination for Personal Improvement of Higher Education - CAPES in the creation of professional master's degrees based on Ordinance CAPES 080 of 1998. The Magazine will seek its recognition as an Interdisciplinary publication, as it is linked to the two Professional Masters Degrees at Univali. One in the area of ​​Health and Work Management and the other in the field of Public Policy Management, both from Univali.
The journal receives texts from Brazilian and foreign researchers, preferably linked to Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Programs, with the following characteristics:
a) Scientific Article;
b) Scientific Communications (paper);
c) Reviews of books published in the areas of Social Sciences and Health;
d) Experience reports in University Extension.

Scientific works submitted to the Revista Brasileira de Tecnologias Sociais - RBTS must undergo prior screening, carried out by the responsible Editors (submission exam), who check the compatibility of content with the adopted Editorial Line, in addition to methodological aspects and structure contained in the Guidelines for Authors.
After passing the prior screening, scientific works are sent to at least 02 (two) external reviewers, selected by specialty on the topic for qualitative evaluation, according to the 'double blind peer review' process.
The average deadline for completing the opinion is 90 (ninety) days. After returning the analysis, the opinion is forwarded to the author(s) for acknowledgment and incorporation of suggested modifications, without identifying the reviewer(s).
The modified text will be sent back to RBTS, and will undergo a new evaluation, at the discretion of the Editor-in-charge (the degree of changes that the reviewer(s) have required will be taken into account). If the author(s) disagree with the qualitative analysis, they will be able to justify their position to the Editor-in-charge who will decide whether it is subject to a new round of evaluation, if there was a discrepancy between the two reviewers and , if deemed appropriate.
If the editor-in-charge maintains the position of the reviewer(s) and the author(s) maintains their disagreement, the journal reserves the right not to publish it. The progress of changes will be informed by email to the author(s).Frequency
The Brazilian Journal of Social Technologies is published every six months.

Open Access Policy

The magazine offers free and immediate access to its content, in order to contribute to the democratization of scientific knowledge to the general public. The texts are available for reading, downloading, printing and sharing, with due citation of the source and authorship. This way, no permission from the authors or publishers is required.
No type of charge is charged for the publication of articles in the magazine.

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.

Indexers
RBTS is indexed in the following databases, which cooperate in disseminating the material: CAPES periodicals; LATINDEX; Google Scholar and REDIB (Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico)

Publication Ethics

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
The Brazilian Journal of Social Technologies observes best practices in publication and research ethics in accordance with internationally established guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and Good Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, published by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE). Below, we list some of the policies we have adopted in this regard, in reinforcement and complement to those discussed in the “Guidelines for Authors”.
Editors' responsibilities
The Editors of the Revista Brasileira de Tecnologias Sociais - RBTS have the responsibility to act in a balanced, objective and fair manner in the performance of their functions, without any form of discrimination.
All submissions are processed following the standard procedure adopted by the journal, so that articles are considered and accepted solely on the basis of their academic/scientific merit and without commercial or political influence.
Editors adopt and follow fair and coherent procedures in the case of situations of an ethical or conflict nature, in addition to providing authors with the right to respond to evaluation decisions to which they are submitted.
Responsibilities of evaluators/reviewers
The referees who form the RBTS bank of evaluators have the responsibility of contributing to the decision-making process for publishing a scientific work, helping in a relevant way to improve the quality of the published article, reviewing the manuscript objectively, within the deadline established in the “ Guidelines for Authors.”
They must maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the editor or author(s), and they are prohibited from retaining or copying the manuscript.
Furthermore, they must alert the editor if they identify content(s) published or sent with suspicions of plagiarism and self-plagiarism, that is, substantially similar to that under review.

Authors' responsibilities
Authors who submit their scientific work to RBTS are responsible for the journal's requirements, regarding originality and other ethical and methodological requirements contained in the “Guidelines for Authors”.
Therefore, the article submitted must be unpublished and cannot be subjected to another evaluation process, nor must it have been published in any other national or foreign journal, unless it is published in another language and in another country, in which case there must be citation that it is a version of an article already published in another journal.
The authors, at the time of submitting the scientific work, adhere to the originality clause, becoming aware that, even after approval and publication of the article on the journal's website, irregularities in relation to the ethical issue of publication are identified, this will be immediately removed and, instead, information will be included that “the article was removed for reasons of publication ethics”.
Scientific works submitted by authors, to be accepted for publication, must comply with the rules listed below:
a) be suitable for the lines of research adopted by the journal;
b) fully comply with the rules indicated in the ‘Guidelines for Authors’;
c) the authors automatically declare, at the time of submission, the assignment of the right to the work for an indefinite period, as well as the rights to exhibit, publish, reproduce, store and/or use it in any other way, which does( em) expressly and in an irrevocable and irreversible manner and by operation of law, free of charge and without any remuneration, burden or charge, in favor of the Revista Brasileira de Tecnologias Sociais;
d) ensure that the submitted text is original, recognize and cite content reproduced from other sources;
e) authors must ensure that any studies involving humans or animals comply with national, local and institutional laws and requirements;
d) declare any potential conflict that may be considered or seen as exerting undue influence on the publication process.
e) correctly fill in all metadata with the personal information of all authors, biography, institution, lattes, orcid and other information that is necessary.

Self-plagiarism

Regarding self-plagiarism, the article must constitute an original contribution and citations from the author's previous works must be cited when necessary to understand the unpublished article with regard to theory or methodology.

Editorial Duties Regarding Unethical Behavior

Any unethical manifestation identified in scientific works published in the Revista Brasileira de Tecnologias Sociais may be brought to the attention of the editor at any time, by anyone, as long as they provide sufficient information and evidence for an investigation to be initiated.
Evidence must be collected while avoiding spreading any allegations beyond those that need to be reported.
In any case, the author must be given the opportunity to respond to any allegations.
Our articles are evaluated by peers to guarantee the quality of the scientific publication. They first undergo screening prior to distribution to evaluators, where, parallel to the pre-evaluation criteria, autoplagiarism software is used.
Inform or notify the author or reviewer where there appears to be a misunderstanding or misapplication of acceptable standards.
Retraction or formal withdrawal from publication of the magazine.
Once the investigation procedure has ended and unethical behavior has been verified, contributions from the investigated author will no longer be accepted.