About the Journal

Focus and Scope of the Journal

Meridiano 47 is a scholarly journal published by the Center for Global Studies of the University of Brasília dedicated to the promotion of reflection, research, and academic debate on the issues of the international agenda.

Meridiano 47 publishes scholarly articles on International Relations in a broad sense, and more particularly on International Politics, Foreign Policy, International Economics, International Institutions, Global History, International History and History of Foreign Policy, and on issues involving geographic areas and countries.

Meridiano 47 does not charge the authors for article processing charges (APCs).

Mission

Promote the research and the scientific-academic debate on the issues of the international agenda.

Peer Review

All contributions will be submitted to academic evaluation by at least two reviewers, using the double-blind peer review system. Publications will always be supported by the recommendations of the Editorial Board and by the reviewers' reports received concerning them.

Submissions are reviewed on the following criteria:

  • Adherence to the editorial policy of the journal;
  • The relevance of the subject and of the approach presented;
  • Quality of research (analysis, interpretation, design);
  • Advancement in the state of art (originality, arguments, methods, results);
  • Quality of writing (organization, clarity, style).

The process of editorial review can be extended for up to 90 days. The editorial review of all submitted manuscripts occurs in three steps:

  • All contributions will be reviewed by the Editors Committee, which preliminarily decides on the adherence of the article to the editorial policy of the vehicle and verifies the consistency and preliminary correction on acceptable terms of writing;
  • The work approved in the first stage may be submitted to plagiarism detection mechanism. This necessarily involves identifying manuscript excerpts that have been published, albeit in a modified form;
  • The contributions approved in the second step will be submitted to peer review in a double-blind process. The arbitration may recommend full acceptance, acceptance with modifications or rejection of the manuscript. In the case of refusal, the manuscript can not be resubmitted even after modifications.

Ethical guidelines and good practices in Scientific Publishing

Meridiano 47 fully supports the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)’s orientations for dealing with ethical questions in the publication of scientific journals. Meridiano 47´´´  Editorial Board, editors and editorial and administrative staff agree that these orientations fully meet the goals of this publication. 

By submitting an article to the appreciation of Meridiano’s Editorial Board, the submitting author states, on his and the other coauthors’ behalf, to be fully aware of and agree to these guidelines. The authors also state that they are aware that their work will be subjected to plagiarism verification.

These guidelines are listed below:

  • Responsible research publication: international standards for editors - Kleinert S & Wager E (2011) Responsible research publication: international standards for editors. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 51 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (eds) Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 317-28). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7);
  • Responsible research publication: international standards for authors - Wager E & Kleinert S (2011) Responsible research publication: international standards for authors. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 50 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (eds) Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 309-16). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7);
  • COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

The Journal also follows the general guidelines of the Basic Guidelines for Integrity in Scientific Activity of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq.

Meridiano 47 is a fully open access journal, which means that all articles are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication. Non-commercial and commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.

Authors retain copyright the copyright and publication rights of their articles without restriction.

The issues of Meridiano 47 are digitally preserved by the LOKSS System of Cariniana Network - Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications (Brazil).  

The names and email addresses provided will be used exclusively for the purposes of this journal and are not available for other purposes or to third parties.