Pandaemonium Germanicum
Brief History
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The journal Pandaemonium Germanicum, published since 1997 by the German Area of the Department of Modern Letters of the FFLCH/USP and the Post-Graduate Program in German Language and Literature, comprehends itself as a forum of academic discussion in the Germanistic field covering: German language literature, compared literature and cultural studies related to German-speaking countries, German linguistics, applied and contrastive linguistics (Portuguese/German), teaching of German as a foreign/additional language, and studies on translation logic. |
Open Access
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Pandaemonium Germanicum follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including no financial barriers) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is a condition whereby the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitting immediate free access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose. |
Open Access Policy
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According to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2022, p. 7), "open science is defined as an inclusive construct that combines various movements and practices that aim to make multilingual scientific knowledge openly available, accessible and reusable for all, and to increase scientific collaborations and information sharing for the benefit of science and society". Considering the particularities of German Studies in Brazil, Pandaemonium Germanicum adopts the following principles of Open Science:
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Ethics in Publication
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Pandaemonium Germanicum endeavours to comply with good publishing practices for scientific journals, according to the guidelines of the (Committee on Publication Ethics – COPE). It does not accept any kind of unethical behaviour or plagiarism and has tools available to detect it. Statement on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and authorship Pandaemonium Germanicum adheres to the position of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which states that AI tools cannot be listed as authors of an article as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot declare conflicts of interest or manage copyright and licence agreements. Therefore, authors who use AI tools to write a manuscript, produce images or graphic elements for the article, or collect and analyse data must disclose how the AI tool was used and which tool was chosen. Authors are responsible for the entire content of their manuscript, including parts produced by an AI tool, and are therefore responsible for any violation of publication ethics. Adoption of software and use of artificial intelligence resources 1) Authors using generative artificial intelligence (AI) must complete the form on the submission page and send it, together with the original manuscript, to Pandaemonium's email address. 2) Authors must adhere to the following ethical guidelines when using AI tools such as ChatGPT, DeepL, Copilot, Gemini and DALL·E: - Explicitly declare use of the tool at the time of submission, indicating its purpose, version and extent of use (e.g. language revision, data analysis, image generation or translation). - Verify the accuracy, originality and absence of plagiarism in the content generated by the tool, and assume full responsibility for the final content. - Do not list generative AI as a co-author, as these tools have no ethical, intellectual or legal responsibility for the content produced. - Respect copyright and image rights by not using generative AI to produce content that reproduces the works or voices of third parties without authorisation. - Do not use generative AI to manipulate data, fabricate results, or create misinforming content. - Disclose whether generative AI was used in interviews, transcripts, translations, or speech analysis of research subjects, and ensure that the rights of these subjects have been respected.
Reviewers are prohibited from using generative artificial intelligence to: - Replace critical and reasoned judgement on the manuscript. - Copy, summarise or reproduce content from reviewed texts using generative AI tools without the express permission of the editors, as this may compromise the confidentiality of the peer review process. Editors may reject manuscripts that use generative AI in an undeclared, irresponsible or ethically questionable manner. They should also ensure that AI use does not reinforce social, racial, gender or linguistic biases, particularly in content involving vulnerable communities. This policy aligns with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines and UNESCO's recommendations on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in research.
Procedures in cases of misconduct Art. 8 – Suspicion of inappropriate conduct will be investigated under the terms of Art. 2, item I, will be investigated based on the principles of dialogue, transparency and procedural justice, in accordance with COPE procedures and FCHSSALLA (Fórum de Ciências Humanas, Sociais, Sociais Aplicadas, Linguística, Letras e Artes) guidelines. Art. 9 – In the event of proven misconduct, the following sanctions may be applied, individually or cumulatively, at the discretion of the journal: a. Rejection of the manuscript; b. public retraction of the article; c. Notification to the institutions of origin; d. Temporary or permanent suspension of the right to submit; e. Publication of a clarification or retraction note; f. Removal of the article from the journal. |
Focus and Scope
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The journal Pandaemonium Germanicum aims to contribute to the dissemination of research by Germanists from Brazil and other countries, as well as to the dialog between Germanistics, other areas of Letters and other fields of knowledge. Pandaemonium accepts the following types of texts on the areas mentioned above: 1. unpublished articles in Portuguese, German, Spanish or English (minimum 15, maximum 30 pages); 2. review articles; 3. critical reviews of dissertations, theses, translations and books of interest to the areas in question. Books must have been published in the last 3 years in the case of foreign editions, and in the last 2 years in the case of Brazilian editions;
4. interviews with authors or professors of recognized importance to the field. From August 2024, Pandaemonium will begin publishing in continuous flow. The structure of the articles adopted will be an unnumbered annual volume, starting in 2025 with volume 28. The order of appearance of the sections in the electronic summary of the site will be as follows:
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Digital Preservation
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This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy. All issues of the journal published to date, including the printed publications, are preserved on the USP Journals Portal and can be accessed free of charge. |
Indexing Sources
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Bibliographic Journal Information
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Websites and Social Media
Editorial Policy
Preprints
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The journal switched to continuous flow publication in 2024. In order to encourage dissemination and communication in the field of science and open science practices, the use of preprints deposited on reliable and widely accepted servers will begin to apply from January 2025, following the recommendations of SciELO and the policy of the Open Science Framework (OSF). |
Peer Review Process
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Pandaemonium Germanicum uses a double-blind peer review process to evaluate articles. Some data is made public, such as the names of the section editors, which are published alongside each article. The journal also accepts preprints. As in the case of preprints it is not possible to guarantee the anonymity of the authors, the evaluation can also be single-blind or open. In this case, we opted to open up some data, such as information about the section editors, whose names are published in each article. The editors' contributions are duly credited in the published article. Reviewers receive a statement of opinion on the manuscript and can also validate the activity in Publons or Reviewer Credit. In all available modalities (double-blind, single-blind or open), reviewers must:
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Open Data
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The journal Pandaemonium Germanicum encourages the sharing of data, codes, methods and other materials used and resulting from research, which are usually underlying the texts of articles. The journal is gradually implementing the "TOP” Guidelines for Promoting Transparency in Journals. In addition, we are considering using the SciELO Data repository as a database. |
Fees
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There are no fees. |
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
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Pandaemonium Germanicum endeavours to comply with good publishing practices for scientific journals, according to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics – COPE. It does not accept any kind of unethical behaviour or plagiarism and has tools available to detect it. |
Policy on Conflict of Interest
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Conflicts of interest can be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature. Conflicts of interest can occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must disclose this in a signed document attached to the submission platform. Authors must identify in the manuscript all financial support obtained for the work and other personal connections related to the work. The reviewer must inform the editors of any conflicts of interest that could influence the analysis of the manuscript. |
Adoption of similarity software
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As part of its efforts to enhance academic integrity and prevent plagiarism in its publications, Pandaemonium Germanicum has adopted a text similarity identification service based on the Turnitin platform. |
Gender and Sex Issues
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The editorial team of Pandaemonium Germanicum, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER guidelines. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, results and interpretation of findings. In addition, Pandaemonium Germanicum observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board. |
Ethics Committee
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Authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research. |
Copyright
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Authors retain copyright over the published article and grant the journal the right of first publication. Pandaemonium Germanicum uses the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 licence, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited, the authors grant the journal the right of first publication. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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Responsibility of the site: Submission of manuscripts implies permission for publication by Pandaemonium Germanicum, at no cost to it, and acceptance of the Creative Commons Licence indicated. All the content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY Licence. Authors' responsibility: The data, opinions and concepts expressed in the articles, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographical references, are the sole responsibility of the author(s). Authors of articles published by Pandaemonium Germanicum retain the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. The author retains all copyright and property rights to the article; the author grants the right of first publication to the journal. Pandaemonium Germanicum encourages Authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories and academic social media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, as long as the full citation to the journal's website version is included. |
Sponsors and Promotion Agencies
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Editor-in-Chief
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Executive editors
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Types of Documents Accepted
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Pandaemonium accepts manuscripts in the following broad areas of German Studies: Teaching, literature, linguistics and translation. We also accept articles on cultural and intercultural topics. Manuscripts may be submitted in the following formats: unpublished articles; review articles; and reviews of dissertations, theses, translations and books (books must have been published within the last three years). The journal accepts submissions continuously or in response to calls for papers in the form of thematic dossiers (see the 'News' tab). All articles undergo double-blind peer review. Unpublished articles, i.e. articles that have not been published or submitted to other journals or editorial bodies simultaneously (even as translations), must comply with the following rules: |
Authors' Contribution
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Pandaemonium Germanicum uses the CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy. All authors must describe their participation in the preparation of the manuscript via the online submission platform. |
Manuscript Preparation
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Reading and complying with all of the editorial guidelines below is mandatory. Manuscripts must be submitted using the detailed template.
1. Title and margins: The title should be centred and only the initial letters should be capitalised. Font: Avenir 26. The title must be translated into English in size 14 and placed in square brackets. Section title: Avenir 19.5, with no indentation and only the first letter capitalised. Use Arabic numerals for numbering. Subtitles: size 13.5. 2. The text margins should be set to 2.5 cm at the top and bottom, and 3.0 cm on the left and right. 3. Abstract: The abstracts should be ordered according to the IPA, with the first abstract in the language of the article (English, Portuguese, German or Spanish), followed by a second abstract in the order of the IPA. The first abstract should be in English. At least one of the abstracts must be in English. The word 'Abstract' should be in bold (only the first letter should be capitalised), followed by a colon and the text of the abstract. The abstract should contain a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 200 words and be written in Times New Roman 11 with single spacing. The abstract text cannot be accompanied by citations and bibliographical references. 4. Keywords: After a blank space, in Times New Roman 11 with single spacing. Three to five keywords in each language, separated by semicolons and no periods. Use capital letters for proper nouns and nouns depending on the language. Note: reviews should not be accompanied by an abstract or keywords. 5. Text: Use Times New Roman 12 with 1.5 spacing between lines and paragraphs. Use the tabulator for paragraphs (0.5 inches). 6. Charts, tables and illustrations should adhere to the standard text format. Images with a resolution of 72 px are recommended. Avoid using large images. Title and note of sources: Times New Roman 10 pt, single spacing and justified. 7. Use italics for emphasis or highlights. For words in a foreign language, use quotation marks. Do not use bold or underlining. 8. Citations: Up to three lines should be enclosed in quotation marks (not italicised), followed by the author's name in small caps, the year of publication and the page number(s). Quotations that are longer than three lines should be indented by 12.5 mm from the left margin. They should be written in Times New Roman 11 font, without quotation marks or italics. They should be single-spaced, and the source should be indicated. In cases of self-quotation, replace the identifications by 'XXX' in the body of the text and in the references. 9. Appendices should be avoided. If they exist, they should be placed before the bibliographical references and preceded by the word 'Appendices', with only the first letter capitalised, and with no bold, indentation or numbering. 10. Bibliographical references: They should adhere to the ABNT standards and refer to the texts cited in the work. The words 'Bibliographical references' should only have the letter 'R' capitalised, in Avenir 19.5 and without bold or indentation. There should be single spacing in bibliographical references with a displacement of -1.25 cm. Font: Times New Roman 11. Use small caps for authors' last names. The bibliographic reference should not be numbered. 11. Data Availability Statement: Add one of the following four statements after the references (without numbering):
12. After the data availability statement, please indicate whether the work was funded by a grant or research grant, and specify the funding agency. Important final remarks (required reading):
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Article Submission Format
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Along with the manuscript, the Artificial Intelligence Use Declaration form must be completed in the same language as the submission and sent to the journal's email address: pandaemonium.germanicum@usp.br. Manuscripts must be submitted via the following system: https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/pg-scielo. |
Financing Statement
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Authors should inform sources of support for the work, including names of sponsors, contract number (if any), along with explanations of the role of these sources in the research. |
Contact
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