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Policies and Ethics

Focus and Scope

QUARKS: Brazilian Electronic Journal of Physics, Chemistry and Materials Science is a scientific journal of the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora were original contributions are welcome, which focus on all areas of Physics, and their interfaces with Materials Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Pharmacy and Biology. The journal has an editorial team of scientists drawn from regions throughout Brazil and world, ensuring high standards for the texts published.   Contents of the manuscript are the authors' responsibility and do not reflect the opinion of the Editor-in-Chief or Editorial Board.

Section Policies

EDITORIAL, FULL PAPERS, REVIEWS, PAPERS ON EDUCATION, SHORT COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNICAL NOTES, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, SPECIAL ISSUE (Open Submission, Indexed, Peer Reviwed).

Peer Review Process

The review and evaluation process of the manuscript's scientific content will only be initiated after meeting all requirements criteria described in the Instructions for authors. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements will be returned to the corresponding author for adaptations.Contributions that comply with the Instructions to Authors will be forwarded to the editors, who will assign two reviewers who are specialists on the theme addressed. Peer-reviewing is an entirely anonymous process. Once appraised, the manuscripts will be forwarded to the editors, who will consider publishing them based on the reviewers’ assessment and remarks. Manuscripts rejected, but which can be improved by reworking, may be changed and resubmitted as new submissions, being subject to the normal reviewing process. Those accepted on the condition that the reviewers’ remarks be addressed will be reassessed by the same reviewers. Manuscripts sent to the authors for revision must be returned to the editors within 30 days, otherwise the submission process will be terminated.

An editor (editors, associate editors etc.) should provide impartial consideration to all manuscripts offered for publication, judging each on its particular feature without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the author(s). An editor should review and treat a manuscript submitted for publication with all reasonable speed. An editor takes sole responsibility for accepting or rejecting a manuscript for publication. An editor may seek assistance on a manuscript from specialists chosen for their expertise and fair judgment. An editor should not reveal any information about the manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author and designated reviewers until after the evaluation process is complete. An editor should respect the intellectual independence of authors.

QUARKS considers an AUTHOR he who was responsible for a part of the work at least. AUTHORS should be able to explain in deep the problem in study. For QUARKS, all authors are RESPONSIBLE for the content they submitted. The CORRESPONDING AUTHOR is responsible for the agreement of all the AUTHORS and to keep them informed about the submission process since first submission of their manuscript. He is responsible for providing the license to publish, in case of acceptance, on behalf of all the AUTHORS. QUARKS assumes that submitting the paper implies in total agreement from ALL the AUTHORS. For manuscripts with more than 10 authors, all the authors should provide a declaration specifying what was their contribution to the manuscript.
It is not acceptable for QUARKS to consider for publication anything that was PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED, neither entirely nor in parts in other Journals. Anything sent to QUARKS must not be under analysis anywhere else. Simultaneous submissions to QUARKS and any other journal, is considered a major conduct flaw, and ALL the AUTHORS will be definitively banned, and all their previous publications in QUARKS will be publicly retracted. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism will be treated the same way. Multiple manuscripts, dealing with closely related subjects and/or variables are discouraged as long as they could figure in a single paper.

QUARKS invites peers to review its submissions, relying on their expertise, curricula and their will to review them as volunteers. By accepting to REVIEW a manuscript, the REVIEWER commits himself to do so in due time. Delays are extremely negative to the review process and makes it last much more than it should. When a REVIEWER is requested, he is gently asked TO ANSWER THE INVITATION E-MAIL, informing if he is or not willing to review the manuscript. It is a gesture of politeness and it avoids delays too. By accepting to review a manuscript, the REVIEWER declares that no conflicts of interests exist, and he is doing his revision for the wealth and progress of Science. Those reviewers who answer our requests, agreeing or not, and those who respect the deadlines, are scored positively, and eventual submissions they could send to QUARKS will be treated with priority.

 

Publication Frequency

QUARKS: Brazilian Electronic Journal of Physics, Chemistry and Materials Science is a quarterly scientific journal published by the Universidade Federal de Juiz de For a- Minas Gerais, Brazil. Fora were original contributions are welcome, which focus on all areas of Physics, and their interfaces with Materials Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Pharmacy and Biology. The journal also will publish a number of special issues in addition to the regular ones.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving:

This journal will use the LOCKSS system to create an archiving system distributed among the participating libraries. This archiving system will allow you to create permanent journal files for preservation and restoration.

 

History

The first issue of this journal was published in September 2019. This is the result of large efforts of many professors from various fields, both from UFJF and from other universities. To get to this point, a lot of work has been done and it is important to mention the support of librarian Adriana Oliveira and teacher Priscila Faria Pinto, who tirelessly sought information about the OJS system. Another important support received from Rectors Mônica Oliveira and Luís Paulo S. Barra, who opened spaces for discussions and forums between the editors of other magazines until the creation of the Portal. Also very important was the trust in our work by the colleagues who submitted their articles. We intend to edit a special publication with the works presented during the UFJF Physics postgraduate Workshop and other events that are of interest for publication in QUARKS. We believe that the magazine will gradually gain the credibility of the authors and the readers' interest, as we can say that it has already started to present works of excellent quality.

 

How to subscribe to the magazine

Subscribe to the magazine system as a reader to receive notifications of new publications.

 

Historical Editorial Committee

Year 2019

The Editorial Committee was gradually formed with the adhesion of professors from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora and other regions such as: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of São Paulo and UNESP.

 

Indexing and Abstracting

 

Submission

Submission on-line:

Registration and username (login) are required to access the area reserved for authors, in which the online submission process starts and the current status of. Submission can be checked.

A template is available below to guide authors in the preparation of the manuscript:

Full Paper Template - Word Document

 

Submission Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review.

1. The submission has not previously published, nor is it in consideration for publication in another journal (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The manuscript has been formatted from the template available in this site. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
3. Ensure that the following items are present: One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details (E-mail address, Full postal address).
4. All necessary files have been uploaded: (Manuscript, Include keywords, All figures (include relevant captions), All tables (including titles, description, footnotes), Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided.
5. Further considerations:

• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements 

 

Author Guidelines

Instructions to authors:

Contributions to QUARKS should preferably be submitted online, following the five steps (see below) shown during the online submission procedure (area reserved for authors), and must include indexing information or any additional file required (such as research and instrument data). If online submission is not feasible, the materials can be sent by e-mail to the editors.

All manuscripts should be written in English. Submitted manuscript, after preliminary review by one of the Editors, will be reviewed by at least two referees. 
The corresponding author should send a cover letter with the submission stating title, type of paper (full paper, short communication or review), total word count (including references, tables and figure legends), warrants that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, suggestion up to five names of possible reviewers to the manuscript. Submission of a manuscript implies that its publication has been approved by all co-authors.

Permissions

Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Manuscripts should fall under one the following categories:

FULL PAPERS

Full papers report the results of original investigations and should be structured in the usual order of presentation, comprising Introduction, Results and Discussion, Experimental section (which may either precede or follow Results and Discussion), Conclusions, Acknowledgments, and References, according to the specificities of each manuscript.

REVIEWS

This category encompasses reflective articles and analyses of the literature output, outlining the progress and state-of-the-art in particular areas of Chemistry, from the specialist’s perspective.

 PAPERS ON EDUCATION

The focus of papers on Education is the teaching with dissemination of innovative experiences at all levels of schooling, from elementary to higher education (undergraduate and graduate programs). Short communications of accounts of academic or professional experience, also fall into this category.

 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Shorter texts (of up to four pages) on scientific investigations under way, reporting preliminary results achieved to date. Their purpose is to speed up communication regarding ongoing lines of investigation that have led to recent breakthroughs.

 TECHNICAL NOTES

Technical notes are reports on methods, techniques, equipment, or accessories developed at the authors’ laboratory.

 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

These should encourage constructive discussion between readers and authors and may concern any scientific topic relevant to the purposes of the journal, including critical discussion of recently published papers; in this case, Letters submitted by readers will be forwarded to the authors in question inviting responses to the readers’ appraisal or critique. Letters to the Editor will be published at the sole discretion of the Editorial Team and only after a response from the authors has been obtained.

 The QUARKS journal also will publish a number of special issues in addition to the regular ones.

 

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTIS

Papers must be clearly written in English. If English is not your first language, then it may be of benefit to seek help from a native English speaker to review your manuscript before submitting, or to have your manuscript professionally edited before submissions.

Figures and Tables

All figures and tables should be cited in the text and labeled in numerical order with Arabic numerals. Authors must indicate where tables and figures must be placed in the text. Citations of figures and tables in the text should appear in an abbreviated, capitalized form (e.g., Fig. 1; Tab. 1). Figures should be submitted as individual files. Figure legends should appear only at the end of the article, not in the files containing the figures. Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF or JPEG), and with the correct resolution (minimum of 300 dpi).

Tables should be inserted at the end of main text with title. Use Insert Table function on MS Word to create tables. Tables must contain only horizontal borders at the beginning and end of the table and to separate headings from data. Do not use vertical lines. Do not use fills, shading or colors in the tables. If necessary, place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase numbers.

Papers accepted for publication become the copyright of QUARKS

References in the text should be numbered sequentially as they appear in the text and placed between [square brackets]. The list of references, also numbers between [square brackets], must be included at the end of the manuscript.

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa)

Acknowledgmentsof people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list.

 

Copyright

Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript and, should not be submitted by anyone on their behalf. The principal/corresponding author will be required to submit a Covering Letter along with the manuscript, on behalf of all the co-authors (if any). The author(s) will confirm that the manuscript (or any part of it) has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis) or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other coauthors. Furthermore, any illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. The lead author is responsible for the content of the work as a whole and, ensuring that reasonable care and effort has been taken to determine that all the data are complete, accurate, and reasonably interpreted.

Please read the Quarks Code of Ethics prior submitting your manuscript.

Authors transfer copyright to the publisher as part of a journal publishing agreement, but have the right to:

• Share their article for Personel Use, Internal Institutional and Scholarly Sharing  purposes, with a DOI link to the version of record on ScienceDirect 
• Retain patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
• Proper attribution and credit for the published work.
•  Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

 

Privacity Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.