About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Socioeconomic Development in Debate (RDSD in Portuguese) is a biannual journal originated in the Graduate Program in Socioeconomic Development at the Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC). With an interdisciplinary focus, the RDSD aims to create a qualified space for debates among the various fields of knowledge, especially the Humanities and Applied Social Sciences. In this sense, the journal will accept original texts from interdisciplinary themes that establish connections between socioeconomic development, resulting from dialogues established among the economic, political, social, environmental, cultural, technological, scientific or other spheres.

Therefore, in each of its issues, the journal aims to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge related to socioeconomic development; and offer to the reader approaches of the main themes debated in the area, which will be done through dossiers, articles, and reviews, produced by researchers and professionals interested in the field of Socioeconomic Development.

The focus and scope of the journal seek to promote the consolidation of PPGDS in the scientific community, especially within the Postgraduate Programs in the Interdisciplinary field. The contribution of the journal also lies in the consolidation of the Program itself, through the exchange of ideas and joint productions. Seeking to establish connections between the local and the global, we accept articles written in Portuguese, English, and Spanish with the purpose of spreading interdisciplinary research, originated in several spaces that have Socioeconomic Development as their research theme.

Peer Review Process

The submitted manuscripts will be received through the online system of the journal (periodicos.unesc.net).

Then, they will be preliminarily analyzed (scope and norms) by the editorial team, which will opt for the main editor peer review decision or will send them to invited Ad hoc reviewers/evaluators, who have established competence in the area of knowledge of the manuscript, evaluating it in the blind peer review system.

The editors will send a message to the designated evaluators containing the title and abstract of the submission, as well as an invitation to access the journal's system to start the task and carry out the evaluation. The evaluators access the system to agree to carry out the evaluation, then carry out the transfer of the document to their personal computer, submit their comments and define a recommendation.

The results will be expressed as "approved", "approved after suggested corrections", or "disapproved". In case of a positive and a negative result, the Editor will decide and/or send, if necessary, the manuscript to a third Ad hoc reviewer.

Publication Frequency

Biannual

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate open access to its contents, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge.

We inform that no Article Submission Fees (ASC) are charged.

We inform that there are no charges for Article Processing Charge (APCs).

Code of Ethical Conduct

General Specifications – Submission and Approval Flow: The Journal of Socioeconomic Development in Debate is published in electronic format, and the following kinds of submissions are accepted: original articles; review articles; book reviews; experience reports and interviews (at the discretion of the executive board).

The journal is published biannually, with a continuous flow of incoming manuscripts for evaluation. Relevant topics related to socioeconomic development, at the discretion of the Editorial Board, may be published as special supplements within the journal's areas.

The submitted manuscripts will be received through the journal's on-line system (periodicos.unesc.net). Then, they will be preliminarily analyzed (scope and norms) by the editorial team, which will opt for the main editor peer review decision or will send them to invited Ad hoc reviewers/evaluators, who have established competence in the area of knowledge of the manuscript, evaluating it in the blind peer review system.

The results will be expressed as "approved", "approved after suggested corrections", or "disapproved". In case of a positive and a negative result, the Editor will decide and/or send, if necessary, the manuscript to a third Ad hoc reviewer.

Code of Ethical Conduct

For its commitment to scientific ethics and editorial quality The Journal of Socioeconomic Development in Debate (RDSD) complies with the good practices in scientific publishing and demands ethical behavior from all parties involved, not accepting plagiarism or self-plagiarism, nor any other behavior incompatible with good practices in science. The journal adopts the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

In this sense, we present below the guidelines of ethics and conduct for those primarily involved in this process: authors, evaluators, editors and editorial board.

General duties and responsibilities of the journal's editors:

1. Ensure that all material submitted to the journal is in accordance with the rules and editorial policy of the journal;

2. Be committed to the production and socialization of knowledge in the area of Socioeconomic Development;

3. Ensure the quality of the material published, defending freedom of expression and critical dialogue;

4. Guarantee the conditions so that the needs of the Editorial Board, Scientific Committee, readers and authors are met, preventing interests unrelated to the journal's purposes from compromising the intellectual standards of publishing;

5. Ensure that the material received goes through a peer review process, in a transparent, efficient and fair way, without prejudice to race, gender, sexuality and religion, in accordance with the editorial policy of the journal;

6. Publish, whenever necessary, clarifications, retractions and/or apologies;

7. Be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the material received; as well as ensuring that the journal's reliability is not compromised with the authors, evaluators and other subjects involved;

8. Ensure that the works submitted to the blind peer review process are evaluated by at least two doctored evaluators with experience in the research field of the article;

9. Inform the Editorial Board if there is any conflict of interest on the editor part;

Duties of the Reviewers:

1. Commit to the punctuality of the review, and inform the editor in case of not feeling qualified to evaluate the assigned research;

2. Preserve the confidentiality of manuscripts received and not show or discuss with third parties;

3. Objectively evaluate and express opinions and arguments clearly;

4. Inform the editor if there is any conflict of interest.

General duties and responsibilities of journal authors:

1. Ensure that submitted material is according to the journal's guidelines, standards, and policies;

2. Assure the originality of the manuscript, ensuring that it is not under review/evaluation process in another journal;

3. Attest authorship through citations and references made to materials by other authors;

4. Acknowledge the involvement and participation of all those responsible for the submitted work;

5. Ensure, when applicable, that the research passes through the local Ethical Committee;

6. Be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all those involved in the research.

7. Be aware of the copyright statement adopted by the journal.

8. Inform the editor if there is any conflict of interest.

9. Contact the editors if you detect any errors or inequities in your work.