About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Ilha do Desterro Magazine publishes, since 1979, unpublished articles and reviews in the areas of English Language, Literature and Cultural Studies. Ilha do Desterro is a journal of the Graduate Program in English: Linguistic and Literary Studies at UFSC, with publication in continuous flow from January 2024. Its main mission is to circulate the results of academic research in the areas of English, Literature and Cultural Studies.

All articles, reviews and interviews received are analyzed first by the editorial team. Once approved, they are submitted to two referees, who, through a blind evaluation (peer view), will give their final evaluation on the article, review or interview. Articles, reviews and interviews will only be approved on condition that they are within the scope of the journal or within the theme proposed for the dossiers.

Thematic issues will only be organized by invited editors.

Open Science

Ilha do Desterro is aligned with open science practices and recommends the citation and referencing of data, program codes or other material used or generated during the research work.

Peer Review Process

The originals of articles, interviews and reviews submitted to the journal are forwarded to the editorial team or guest editors for a preliminary analysis, which will consider the general editorial line or theme of the dossier. After this preliminary evaluation, the article or review must be sent incognito to the appreciation of two reviewers who are members of the Editorial Committee, Advisory Board or “ad hoc” consultants, depending on the theme of the article (DOUBLE BLIND REVIEW). If there is disagreement regarding the opinions, the article/review/interview will be sent to a third reviewer. The average period between the submission of the work and its publication is 8 weeks.
The originals may be:

- Accepted in full, without restrictions; - Accepted in full, with some changes; or,

- Rejected. When there is a need for changes referring only to grammatical, spelling and normative aspects, with a view to maintaining the homogeneity of the publication, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to make the necessary changes, respecting the author's style. In other cases, the author will reformulate the text as requested by the Commission.

Ilha do Desterro is not responsible for or endorses the opinions expressed by the authors of the texts published therein, emphasizing that the opinions are their sole responsibility.

All communication with the journal must be made via email (ilhadodesterro@gmail.com) or via the website http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/index.

Publication Frequency

Quarterly publication until the year 2023 and publication in continuous flow from 2024. The journal is published in PDF/A electronic format. At least 20 unpublished articles are published per year.

Open Access Policy

The online journal is free and open access. Ilha do Desterro Journal provides open access to all of its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Such access is associated with increased readership and increased citation of an author's work. For more information on this approach, see the Public Knowledge Project, which has designed this system to improve the scholarly and public quality of research, and which freely distributes the journal system as well as other software to support the open access publishing of scholarly resources. In addition, there are no article processing charges.

Ethical Conduct
Revista Ilha do Desterro stands out for good practices in scientific research and seeks to investigate and prevent misconduct, such as plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, unethical conduct with research subjects, among others.
Ilha do Desterro Magazine also adheres to the following recommendations:
1. Principles of Transparency and Good Practice in Academic Publications: Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
2. CNPq Research Integrity Commission Report: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
3. Guide to promoting the openness, transparency, and reproducibility of published research: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
4. Guide to Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
Ilha do Desterro Magazine understands that the authorship of a scientific article should be conferred to those who actively and substantially participated in all stages of composition and articulation of the work, including participation in the discussion of results as well as review and approval of different versions of the text, until the final version. In addition, authors must inform the editorial team about possible conflicts of interest when submitting their work.

Publication Rules

A - Article - Text resulting from research (bibliographic, documentary, experimental...), preferably completed, highlighting the theoretical-methodological foundation, presenting theoretical reflection that deepens an important theme or new approach for the academic debate in the area of Languages and Linguistics . The article must present procedures used in the research and results achieved - maximum 25 pages, single space.

B - Review - Text that presents a critical appreciation of recently published books in the fields of Letters and corresponding Literature - maximum 08 pages, single space.

C- Interview - Unpublished interviews related to the theme of the specific issue, maximum 25 pages, single space.

1. The texts must be typed with the following configuration: single space, size 12, Times News Roman type, A4 paper format, without paragraph markings.

2. The first page must start with the heading with the title of the text and its English version (if in Portuguese). White interlinear space must be left between the title and its English version. There must be spacing between all section headings and the text.

3. The header must be followed by the abstract of the article, clearly expressing the idea of the work. If the article is in Portuguese, an English and Portuguese version of the abstract is required.

4. Keywords should come right below the abstracts. These should represent the subject of the article and follow the language of the abstract. That is, abstracts in English are followed by keywords in English, and abstracts in Portuguese are followed by keywords in Portuguese. In both cases, they must be separated by "semicolons" – maximum of 5 keywords.

5. Quotations in the body of the text must be written according to the stylistic pattern corresponding to each area: articles, reviews and interviews in English in the area of Literature must comply with MLA standards; articles, reviews and interviews in English in the area of Linguistics follow the APA norms; and articles, reviews and interviews in Portuguese follow ABNT standards.

6. The use of notes, citations, graphs, tables, figures, pictures, photographs, etc., must be limited to the essential minimum.

7. It is recommended to include the name(s) of the person(s) who in some way helped in the data collection, illustrations, or even in the use of laboratories, mentioning "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS" before the References.

8. The originals must not be paginated.