On Peer Reviews
Chapter I – General Provisions
Art. 1 This policy regulates the public availability of peer review reports issued during the evaluation process of manuscripts submitted to Ciência da Informação Express, in line with the principles of editorial transparency and Open Science.
Art. 2 The purposes of this policy are:
I – To ensure transparency in editorial processes;
II – To recognize and value the work of reviewers;
III – To support the critical development of the scientific community;
IV – To promote continuous improvement in review quality;
V – To encourage ethical and responsible practices in scholarly communication.
Chapter II – Scope of Application
Art. 3 This policy applies to all articles submitted and reviewed from the year 2024 onward.
Sole paragraph. Implementation of the policy is subject to the authors’ consent regarding the publication of review reports.
Chapter III – Availability of Peer Reviews
Art. 4 Review reports of accepted articles may be published in PDF format and linked to the article in the following sections of the journal:
I – In the issue table of contents;
II – On the article’s metadata presentation page.
Art. 5 Reviews may be signed or remain anonymous, according to the reviewer’s decision.
§1 Reviewers will be consulted in advance about their identification preference.
§2 If they choose to sign, their name will be included in the published report.
Art. 6 Exchanges between reviewers and authors during the editorial process may also be published, provided all parties involved give their consent.
Chapter IV – Author Consent
Art. 7 Authors will be consulted at the time of final article approval regarding authorization to publish the review reports.
§1 Authors may:
I – Authorize full publication of the reviews;
II – Decline publication of the reviews without affecting the editorial process;
III – Request the removal of previously published reviews at any time.
§2 The journal commits to fully respecting the authors’ decisions.
Chapter V – Reviewer Consent
Art. 8 Reviewers will be informed of this policy upon accepting the invitation to review.
Sole paragraph. Reviewers may:
I – Remain anonymous;
II – Choose to sign the review (open identification);
III – Decline the review invitation if they do not agree with this policy.
Chapter VI – Final Provisions
Art. 9 This policy may be revised and updated periodically, based on:
I – The editorial guidelines of the journal;
II – Recommendations on best practices in scholarly publishing;
III – Suggestions from the academic community.
Art. 10 This policy comes into effect on the date of its publication.
