About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The journal Trabalho & Educação – ISSN 1516-9537 / e-ISSN 2238-037X is a quarterly journal, published by the Núcleo de Estudos sobre Trabalho e Educação (Center for The Study on Work and Education – NETE), of the Graduate Program of the Faculty of Education (FAE), of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and has as its central objectives:

• To promote the exchange between researchers in the field of research in Work and Education and their respective thematic axes at national and international level;
• To stimulate the links of the field of research in Work and Education with the Civil Society.

The publishing initiative is based on the premise that the Journal contributes to the debate regarding the problems specific to the field of research in Work and Education, to the dissemination and socialization of the knowledge produced in this field and to the academic training of professors and researchers in the Area of Education. Among others, the following issues:

Professional and Technological Education Teacher Work and Professionalization Social Movements, Trade Unions, Labor, and Education Work, Public Policy, and Human Training Language and Work Philosophy and Work Distance Education Technologies and Teaching Work

Education and Work Work and Education in Rural Areas Youth and Adult Education Training of Workers Ergology, Ergonomics, Work Activity Analysis Teacher Training Working Conditions and Workers’ Health Knowledge, Values, and Skills at Work

In the analysis of the papers submitted to publication in the journal, it is considered, among other aspects, their contribution to the debate of the themes and the production of knowledge in the field of research in Trabalho & Educação.

The manuscripts submitted to Trabalho & Educação are previously evaluated by the Editorial Committee, which verifies their relevance to the scope of the journal and the respective proposed section, and submits them to the plagiarism and self-plagiarism verification program Plagius Detector. If the practice of plagiarism by the authors is verified in the evaluation phase, the submission should be filed. If plagiarism is identified in an article already published in the journal, it will undergo a preliminary investigation and, if necessary, the Editor-in-Chief will request the retraction of those responsible and permanently eliminate the article from the journal’s edition. Those responsible for the plagiarism will not be allowed to publish again in Trabalho & Educação.

Those who meet the editorial criteria are forwarded to the double-blind evaluation performed by peers. The evaluators hold the title of doctor and belong to some national or international scientific institution. The names of the authors, the reviewers, and the institutions to which they belong will remain confidential throughout the process. The journal will publish annually the names of its body of ad hoc reviewers.

Peer Review Process

Papers submitted for publication must be unpublished in journals and submissions of texts that are in the analysis process of another vehicle will be disregarded.

The journal Trabalho & Educação publishes, above all, works in Portuguese. The originals submitted for publication, however, may also be written in Spanish, French, or English. The papers submitted in French and English – already revised in their language of origin –, once approved and being unpublished, will be translated into Portuguese, reviewed by the authors, and published in a mirror, that is: in the language of origin and in their corresponding translation in Portuguese. The articles in Spanish language will be published in the language of origin, in compliance with the Publication Standards.

In this process, the authors are responsible for the originality and veracity of the content presented in the works, and the orthographic, grammatical, and bibliographic reviews must be made before the submission of the texts for publication, observing the journal’s publication standards. A first analysis of the submissions will verify their suitability to these Standards, if refused the authors are instructed to make a new submission, if it is still in their interest.

The first author will be notified as soon as the submitted text is forwarded for evaluation. It will be performed without identification of the authors, by the analysis of two reviewers in the area related to the issue treated. In case of disagreements, a third opinionist will be consulted. A notification about the final opinion should be sent and, in case of an opinion conditioned to changes in the text, the author will have a deadline stipulated by the editor responsible for sending the modifications, considering the demands presented. This text shall automatically be considered non-publishable if the agreed deadlines are not met.

Ethical Guidelines and Good Practices in the Production of Scientific Content

The Journal Trabalho & Educação has as its principle fulfilling good ethical conduct throughout the editorial flow, which directly affects the work of authors, editors, and reviewers.

Focusing on publishing quality scientific content, the different actors involved in the management of manuscripts must meet the ethical standards proposed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

The T&E Journal observes the integrity of the data, the ethical conduct of the investigation, and the disclosure of relevant conflicts of interest. Confidentiality and anonymity throughout the peer review process are guaranteed. The editors ensure transparency and impartiality in the editorial flow, striving for the best ethical practices in the production of scientific knowledge.

Decisions regarding publications are the responsibility of the Editors. They are guided by T&E Journal’s rules regarding defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

Estimated return time for submissions 

Due to the publishing conditions of the journal Trabalho & Educação, we estimate the minimum period of up to 06 (six) months for disclosure of the evaluation result and up to 18 (eighteen) months for publication of the approved article.

Free Acess Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, following the principle that providing free scientific knowledge to the public enables greater worldwide democratization of knowledge.

Content Licensing

The Trabalho & Educação journal adopts the creative commons’ licensing policy for its content, under license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 BY International. 

Any user has the right to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any media or format.
• Adapt — change, modify, or adapt the material for any purpose.

According to the following conditions:

• Crediting — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes have been made. You should do so reasonably, but in no way to suggest that Trabalho & Educação magazine endorses you or the use of the material.
• No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing something that the license allows.

Archiving

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a shared file system with all listed libraries, allowing then to create a permanent archives of the journal for its preservation and restoration.

Qualis Periódicos/CAPES (Four-year period 2017-2020)

ISSN	Área de Avaliação	Avaliação
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Administração Pública e de Empresas, Ciências Contábeis e Turismo	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Ciências Ambientais	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Comunicação e Informação	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Direito	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Economia	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Educação	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Engenharias III	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Ensino	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Interdisciplinar	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Linguística e Literatura	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Planejamento Urbano e Regional / Demografia	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Psicologia	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Saúde Coletiva	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Serviço Social	A3
1516-9537 e 2238-037X	Sociologia	A3

Source: Plataforma Sucupira/Qualis, 2019.

Indexers

OASISBR – Portal Brasileiro de Publicações Científicas em Acesso Aberto (http://oasisbr.ibict.br/vufind/)