About the Journal

FOCUS AND SCOPE

Manuscrítica - Journal of Genetic Criticism, ISSN 2596-2477, is a publication of the Association of Researchers in Genetic Criticism (APCG) and the Graduate Program in Foreign Languages and Translation (PPG LETRA, in the Brazilian acronym) at the University of São Paulo. It is published by the Digital Library and Collections Agency of the University of São Paulo (ABCD). Since 1990, Manuscrítica has published papers that dialogue with genetic criticism, a discipline that studies creation processes in several areas, such as literature, visual arts, theatre, and cinema.

 

The journal has the following sections: 

Passado a limpo – completed researches, publications, and events; 

Ateliê – essays and papers, with recent or in progress studies, that are part of thematic dossiers proposed through calls;

Incipit – essays, and papers, with recent or in progress studies, that are not part of thematic dossiers proposed through calls;

Diálogo – interview with writers and artists; 

Comentário – reviews;

Tradução e Fac-símile – documents.

 

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

Manuscrítica accepts, in a continuous flow, original and unpublished papers authored by individuals or collectives. The publication is evaluated by peer reviewers and the Editorial Committee. 

The submitted papers are previously evaluated by the Editorial Team, which examines the adequacy to the journal’s editorial line and then forwards them for evaluation through a double-blind review system by two ad hoc peer-reviewers. The approved paper will be the one recommended by two peer reviewers. In case of disagreement, the editor will decide to deny the paper or send it to a third peer-reviewer. 

In case of acceptance, the author will receive the reviews and will have up to 10 days to send a new file with revisions and modifications, if necessary. 

The journal guarantees that peer reviewers and papers represent the plurality of institutions that research creative processes.

 

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

Three numbers a year.

 

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This journal offers immediate free access to its contents, following the principle that making scientific knowledge available to the public allows greater worldwide democratization of knowledge.

There are no charges for publication.

 

Ethics policy and regulation

Manuscrítica - Journal of Genetic Criticism follows the guidelines of the Code of Conduct and Good Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/) and submissions must meet these guidelines. To learn more about the Code, please check: https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_1.pdf.

 

PLAGIARISM PREVENTION

Manuscrítica uses iThenticate, a service provided by CrossRef, to identify text similarity in already published scientific documents. More information can be obtained at: https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check.

 

USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Following COPE guidelines, Manuscrítica does not allow generative Artificial Intelligences to be included as authors of submitted texts, since they do not meet the requirements for authorship in scientific productions, as they cannot assume responsibility for the content of the text.

Additionally, the journal does not admit that generative Artificial Intelligence has generated excerpts of submitted texts since the authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscripts.

Access the original COPE guidelines at: https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author.

 

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

Considerations from sources of income will not influence the decisions of the Editors and the Editorial Board.

Manuscrítica is committed to ethical principles and will publish corrections, clarifications, and retractions when necessary.

Regarding ethical complaints about a published manuscript or article, the editors will take the necessary measures to investigate any complaints and possible corrections or retractions.

 

DIGITAL PRESERVATION POLICY

Manuscrítica uses the LOCKSS - PKP Preservation Network system as a digital content preservation strategy.

The journal uses the DOI as a digital object identifier, in addition to linking the publication to the authors' ORCiD. The linking is carried out via CROSSREF.

 

EDITORS' RESPONSIBILITY

Publication decision: the editors responsible for deciding on the publication of articles submitted to the journal are guided by the journal's policies, which must comply with legal requirements regarding copyright infringement and plagiarism (COPE / Committee on Publication Ethics' Code of Conduct and Good Practices)

Transparency and respect: editors must evaluate submitted manuscripts without taking into account the race, sex, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality: editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript, except to reviewers and editorial advisors.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest: editors may refuse to evaluate manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest, whether for collaborative or competitive reasons or for other connections with any of the authors. When necessary, the editor may designate a specific and exempt editor to take care of the editorial process of a given article.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations: Editors must take appropriate action when ethical complaints are made regarding a submitted manuscript or published article.

Editorial responsibility: editors must always preserve the identity of reviewers anonymously and treat manuscripts as confidential documents.

Best practices for editors include:

  • Encourage reviewers to comment on ethical issues and potential research and publication misconduct raised by submissions (e.g., unethical research design, inappropriate data manipulation and presentation);
  • Encourage reviewers to comment on the originality of submissions and to be alert to redundant publication and plagiarism;
  • Consider providing reviewers with tools to detect related publications (e.g., electronic addresses for cited references and literature searches);
  • Send reviewers' comments to the authors in their entirety, unless they contain offensive or defamatory remarks;
  • Seek to publicize the contribution of evaluators to the journal;
  • Encourage academic institutions to recognize peer review work as part of the academic process;
  • Monitor the evaluators' performance and take action to ensure it is of a high standard;
  • Develop and maintain a database of suitable evaluators and update it based on evaluator performance;
  • Stop requesting evaluators who consistently produce discourteous, poor-quality or exceeding-the-deadline comments;
  • Ensure that the reviewer database reflects the scientific community for your journal and add new reviewers if necessary;
  • Use a wide range of sources (not just personal contacts) to identify potential new reviewers (e.g., author suggestions, bibliographic databases);
  • Follow the COPE flowchart in cases of suspected evaluator misconduct.

 

REVIEWERS' DUTIES (REVIEWERS)

Confidentiality: works received for analysis must be treated as confidential documents, and no information about the manuscript may be disclosed to third parties.

Disclosure and conflict of interest: reviewers must maintain confidentiality and must not use for personal benefit ideas obtained through reading the manuscripts.

Regarding sources: reviewers must identify relevant published works that were not cited by the authors, as well as draw the editors' attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript in question and any other published article of which they have personal knowledge.

Reviewers are expected to observe:

  1. adequacy of the work to the proposed theme;
  2. clarity regarding the objective of the work and coherence of its development in the text;
  3. coherence with the proposed theory, presenting updated knowledge of the relevant bibliography;
  4. originality of reflection and contribution to the field of knowledge;
  5. clarity, linguistic correctness and adequacy of language to a scientific work.

 

AUTHORS' DUTIES

Originality and plagiarism: authors must ensure that their works are entirely original and, if they use texts or images from others, that they are properly cited. Plagiarism constitutes unethical editorial behavior and is unacceptable.

Authorship: authorship of the work must be restricted to those who made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study.
All those who have made significant contributions must be listed as co-authors.
The lead author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the article.
The main author must ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and that they have agreed to its submission for publication. Authors will not be included after the acceptance of the article.

Multiple, redundant and simultaneous publication: authors should not publish manuscripts that describe essentially the same content in more than one journal. Manuscrítica uses the iThenticate system to check the similarity of manuscripts.

About sources: authors must cite publications that were important in determining the nature of the manuscript, as the work of other authors must always be recognized. Information obtained in conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties should be used only with the explicit written permission of the source.

Errors in published works: when authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is their obligation to inform and cooperate with the editors to correct the article.

Sources of research funding: it is the authors' responsibility to inform the sources of funds used for research.