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Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Authors

Editorial Policy

are the sole responsibility of the authors The concepts and opinions issued, as well as the use of any elements in their works (reproduction of images, tables, citations, etc.).

When submitting the work, the names of all authors must be informed. In the metadata of the submission, a must be inserted in the "Summary of biography" field mini-resume of each author, with up to 60 words. In this same field, we ask that there also be included authors' users in the social networks Instagram and LinkedIn. Please complete the fields ORCID, URL (Lattes), Country, and Institution / Affiliation. These data are essential when submitting the article.

This journal does not charge fees for submission, evaluation or publication of papers.

The Revista Mútiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação reserves the right, if it considers it convenient, not to publish work (s) by the same author (s) at intervals of less than 1 (one) year.

 About the work evaluation process:

• All submitted works will undergo an initial evaluation, which includes: a) Analysis in anti-software plagiarism. If there is any occurrence that may characterize plagiarism, the authors will be immediately informed and the evaluation process will be suspended. b) Verification of the completion of all metadata. c) Verification of the relevance of the text to the editorial line and the scope of the Journal. Texts in disagreement with any of these items will be rejected by the Editorial Committee. 
• The next step consists of peer review. Papers that meet the above items will be forwarded blindly to at least two reviewers (from institutions other than the authors), who will be guided by an evaluation form (double blind review).

To allow blind evaluation by reviewers, the version sent of the work mustn’t have authorship identification, including in the body of the text, footer, references, or in the file properties. In citations and references of the authors' own works, it should be used (AUTHOR1, year) only, without presenting title or other information about the publication, to preserve anonymity. 

The result of the evaluation made by the evaluators can be:

a) Accepted: the evaluator may, at his discretion, make or not make comments on the text.

b) Required reviews: the evaluator should point out possible changes to be made before publication, with notes in the body of the text and/or in an attached report. The text will not be returned to the evaluator, being the responsibility of the Editorial Committee to verify whether the pending issues have been resolved by the author during the specified period, as well as to determine the publication or not of the text.

c) Not accepted: the evaluator must point out the items that led to the disapproval of the text and may present suggestions for its improvement, aiming at future submissions.

The editor responsible for the manuscript evaluation process will notify the author about the result of the evaluation. In the case of required revisions, the author will have a deadline to forward the text with the changes made. The editor responsible for the manuscript evaluation process will forward the new version of the manuscript to the evaluators along with the other documents with the comments and/or justifications of the authors, to verify whether or not the modified text met the requirements of the reviewers, and inform whether can be accepted, rejected or still need changes. The final decision will be issued by the responsible editor, a member of the Editorial Team.

It is worth mentioning that the Editorial Board and the Reviewers of the Revista Múltiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação are composed of master researchers and doctors linked to UFMG or other higher education institutions in Brazil and other countries.

In this journal, the average time for evaluating the work has been three months. In addition, this jounal adopts the editorial policy of continuous flow of publications, in which accepted articles are immediately published with DOI.

The content of the works submitted to the journal are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the authors, not necessarily reflecting the opinion of the Editorial Board and Editorial Committee of the Journal.

This Journal is not responsible for standardizing, revising or editing the text.

 About the types of works:

The Revista Múltiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação is accepted

a) Article: 1) results of empirical or theoretical research; 2) systematic and integrative critical review of scientific and academic production in the area; 3) experience report. It must be accompanied by a summary with a length between 150 and 250 words and three to five keywords. The complete article, including title, abstract, keywords and references, must be between 4,000 and 6,000 words.

b) Opinion article: argumentative text, addressing relevant topics in the thematic area of ​​the Journal, which expresses the author's opinion in dialogue with the scientific production of the area. It must be accompanied by a summary with a length between 150 and 250 words and three to five keywords. The complete article, including title, abstract, keywords and references, must be between 4,000 and 6,000 words.

c) Interview: unprecedented interview with people who have significant contributions, either due to their practice or their academic production, for the thematic area of ​​the Magazine. It should be between 1,000 and 3,000 words.

About the structure and format of the works:

The files must be sent in DOC, DOCX, ODT or RTF format, according to the Magazine Template.

1) Pre-textual elements:

a) Title: Title in Portuguese, English and Spanish, which must clearly and precisely express the general content of the article.

b) Summary: must contain between 150 and 250 words, presenting the relevant items of the article, such as objective, methodology, results and final considerations. The use of acronyms, formulas and quotations should be avoided. It must be written in a single paragraph. The abstract and summary must follow the same guidelines.

c) Keywords: minimum 3 and maximum 5 keywords, separated by semicolons.

d) Every submission must contain, on the first page, the title, abstract and keywords in Portuguese and the translation of these elements into English and Spanish.

e) The text must present an introduction, development and conclusion. Please note that this is just a guideline. These parts, maintaining the order in which they appear in the text, may be named differently and/or contain subdivisions according to the authors' preferences.

f) Citations: the rules of ABNT NBR 10520:2023 must be followed for citations.

g) Footnotes: must be restricted to the minimum necessary; must be numbered sequentially; allocated at the end of the corresponding page.

h) Terms in a foreign language must be written in italics. If you need to highlight a word or phrase, also use italics.

i) The use of acronyms and abbreviations must be restricted to those that already exist or are agreed upon. The first time they are mentioned in the text, they must be written in full and followed by the acronym or abbreviation in parentheses. In the following instances, only acronyms or abbreviations may be used.

j) It is recommended that numbers from one to ten be spelled out, as well as tens and round hundreds (twenty, three hundred), and written in numerals for any age (50 years) and periods of time (3 months, 7 minutes, 80 years).

k) Visual resources (drawings, schemes, flowcharts, photographs, graphs, maps, organization charts, plans, pictures, portraits, charts and tables) must have their identification at the bottom, preceded by the designative word, followed by its serial number. occurrence in the text, in Arabic numerals, of the respective title and/or explanatory caption in a brief and clear way. Below the identification, the source must be inserted. Images, graphs, charts and tables prepared by the authors must contain such information in the source. If the work is approved, it may be requested to send the visual resources in JPG format with a resolution above 300 dpi. Tables and charts must be inserted in text format.

l) References: Only the texts/materials cited in the work must be referenced, following the standards of ABNT NBR 6023:2018 for references. Bold font should be used to highlight titles and, whenever possible, the authors' names should be written in full. In references to articles published in journals, inform the DOI whenever applicable.

Authorship

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

1. contribute intellectually, directly and substantially to the design of the research/article (acquisition, analysis or interpretation of the data presented);
2. participate in the construction of preliminary versions or critical review of the article's content;
3. are responsible for authorship, in order to guarantee the accuracy and integrity of the article.

The authors' participation must be informed in the format declared in the Work Notes document.

Authorship credit must be based on substantial contributions, such as (a) Conception and preparation of the manuscript, (b) Data collection and analysis, (c) Discussion of results, (d) Review and final approval of the article.

The roles that describe the specific contribution of each collaborator to academic production will follow the proposed CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), in the following format: Initials of first names, added with the last Surname. Example:

Conception and preparation of the manuscript: L. S. Surname, J. T. Surname, A. P. Surname
Data collection: L. S. Last name, J. T. Last name, A. P. Last name
Data analysis: L. S. Surname, J. T. Surname
Discussion of results: J. T. Surname
Review and approval: A. P. Surname

Declaration of data availability

Inform where the research data was made available.

Conflict of interest

The conflict of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature. Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts.

• Authors: When submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must inform it using the appropriate field available in the Work Notes template, which will be sent as a supplementary document to the article, and also in the field corresponding system during the submission process.
• Ad hoc reviewers: If a conflict of interest is identified on the part of the reviewers, the Editorial Committee will forward the manuscript to another ad hoc reviewer.

Note: Data on authorship, availability and conflict of interest must be sent in a supplementary document, when submitting the manuscript, with the name and signature of all authors. Work Notes Template.

Disclosure

The Revista Múltiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação publishes publications on Instagram and LinkedIn, and recommends that authors publish articles on their personal and institutional social networks.

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Ethical Guidelines

The Revista Múltiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação follows the definition of open access, principles of transparency and best practices in academic publication, in its editorial and post-publication process, covering the Guidelines of the National Research Council (CNPQ) and all the principles and standards recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), an international reference organization on integrity and ethics in scientific publications, as available at: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines.

Any suspicion or complaint of misconduct by authors, reviewers or the editorial team should be sent to the e-mail: moci@eci.ufmg.br, for analysis in accordance with the guidelines and principles adopted by the Revista Múltiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação.