About the Journal

Focus and Scope

ethic@ - An international Journal for Moral Philosophy is a peer-reviewed periodical supported by The Center for Ethics and Political Philosophy (NÉFIPO) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (eISSN 1677-2954). It aims to publish original papers (articles, book reviews, interviews, etc.), demonstrating excellence and relevance to the field of Modern and Contemporary Moral Philosophy. ethic@ publishes three numbers per year (April, August and December). It is an online open access journal. This means that all its content will be freely available at the https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/ address. Submissions from graduate and postgraduate students will only be accepted in co-authorship with a doctor. ethic@ has no ideological orientation and publishes articles of any tradition or school of philosophical inquiry that meet the requirements of originality and academic quality. The journal welcomes papers about meta-ethical and normative problems, and applied ethics issues. In the latter case, the discussion should be clearly taken from a philosophical point of view.

Peer Review Process

ethic@ is a peer-reviewed journal. Papers submitted to ethic@ will first be evaluated by the editor of the journal according to the criteria of the "guidelines for authors" item. If this preliminary editor’s evaluation is negative, the author will be informed via email. If it is positive, the editor will send the work to two external anonymous reviewers before possible publication in the journal ethic@. The anonymous referees are acknowledged experts in the field of ethics and moral philosophy. They will preferably be professors of national and international Post-Graduate Programs of Philosophy.

Publication Frequency

Quarterly

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public provides the largest worldwide democratization of knowledge.

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Editors

The publisher's editorial practice and relationship with authors, reviewers and proof readers are covered by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct for Publishers.

All editorial decisions are based on the relevance, originality, clarity, and validity of the study to meet the scope of the journal.

Reviewers

Assessment is based on the merit of the work, and is not influenced positively or negatively by personal reasons, or financial or intellectual prejudices.

Submissions and details of reviews are confidential.

The reviewer must ensure there is no potential conflict of interest in the submission they review. When faced with an irregularity, such as the identification of plagiarism, fabrication, falsification of results, redundancy in publication or level of contribution of authors in the research, the editor is to be notified.

Authors

The indication of authorship in a scientific work is due only to those who:

- Contribute intellectually, directly and substantially to the conception of the research / article (acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data);

- Participate in the construction of preliminary versions or a critical review of the content of the article;

- Approve the final version of the article to be published;

- Are responsible for the authorship in order to guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the article.

The author(s) must present a declaration of the existence of a conflict of interest when applicable.

Retraction and concern demonstration

The publisher has a duty to act when there is a suspicion or an allegation of misconduct. This extends to both submissions and published articles.

The journal ethic@ uses the COPE flow charts as an instrument to ascertain facts and determine the actions required in case resolution.

The journal ethic@ also adopts Scielo's procedure of registration of retraction, which is based on the guidelines of international committees specializing in research ethics.

Consulted and recommended sources:

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION ETHICS (COPE). Code of conduct and best practice guidelines for journal editors. 2011. Available in: https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf. Access in: 05 may 2020.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION ETHICS (COPE). COPE ethical guidelines for peer reviewers. 2013. Available in: http://publicationethics.org/files/Ethical_guidelines_for_peer_reviewers_0.pdf. Access in: 30 aug. 2016.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION ETHICS (COPE). Flowcharts. 2016. Available in: http://publicationethics.org/files/Full%20set%20of%20English%20flowcharts_9Nov2016.pdf. Access in: 17 mar. 2017.

FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO (FAPESP). Código de boas práticas científicas. São Paulo: FAPESP, 2014. 46 p. Available in: http://www.fapesp.br/boaspraticas/FAPESP-Codigo_de_Boas_Praticas_Cientificas_2014.pdf. Access in: 30 aug. 2016

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF MEDICAL EDITORS (ICMJE). Recomendações para elaboração, redação, edição e publicação de trabalhos acadêmicos em periódicos médicos. 2014. Translated by Eliane de Fátima Duarte e Thaís de Souza Andrade Pansani. Available in: <ttp://www.icmje.org/recommendations/translations/portugese2014.pdf> Access in: 16 mar. 2017.

SCIENTIFIC ELECTRONIC LIBRARY ONLINE (SCIELO). Guia para o registro e publicação de retratações e manifestações de preocupação. 2015. Available in: http://www.scielo.org/php/level.php?lang=pt&component=56&item=53. Access in: 05 may 2020.

Digital Preservation

The ethic@ - An international Journal for Moral Philosophy Journal is concerned with ensuring long-term access to its content. In case any incident occurs in the serves, the digital files of the journal are preserved in the Rede Cariniana, using the LOCKSS program. LOCKSS creates a file system distributed among the participating libraries, which allows them to create permanent files of their journals for preservation and restoration.