Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
A brief history
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The main mission of Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology - the electronic journal of the Brazilian Anthropology Association (ISSN: 1809-4341) - is to disseminate Brazilian anthropology by publishing articles and audiovisual materials in English, French and/or Spanish by anthropologists who are working, studying or in dialogue with Brazilian institutions. The journal was created by Gustavo Lins Ribeiro in 2004, as a journal of the Brazilian Anthropology Association, with the aim of disseminating Brazilian anthropology beyond the borders of the Portuguese language and, in 2011, it became part of the SciELO collection. In 2017, it adopted the rolling pass format for the dissemination of scientific articles and, since 2019, it has used the single annual publication system, which allows for great flexibility in the dissemination and composition of issues. In this publication format, the accepted and edited article is not "archived" temporarily until it is published every four months (Vibrant's previous periodicity), but is immediately disseminated. |
Compliance with Open Science
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Vibrant has joined the Open Science Program and the movement to increase the transparency of scientific processes and publications. However, we believe that the humanities must take ownership of this concept and formulate their own definitions in order to fulfill their mission of scientific dissemination. Vibrant therefore follows these guidelines, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Ethics of the Brazilian Anthropology Association: http://www.portal.abant.org.br/codigo-de-etica/. |
Ethics in Publishing
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Vibrant adheres to standards and good practices regarding the moral conduct of scientific publishing and the prevention of negligence and any unethical behavior, such as plagiarism, unfair exposure of research groups and all scientific misconduct. To this end, we adhere to the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines on ethical principles in scientific publishing. Researchers, authors, editors and evaluators are subject to rules of conduct that define the ethical integrity of scientific activities. To this end, they are recommended to read the following basic guidelines for the integrity of scientific activity and publications:
a) Singapore Declaration on Research Integrity, 2010: https://wcrif.org/wcri2010; |
Focus and Scope
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VIBRANT - Virtual Brazilian Anthropology was created by the Brazilian Anthropology Association with the aim of disseminating Brazilian anthropology beyond the borders of the Portuguese language. It publishes articles and audiovisuals by anthropologists linked to Brazilian institutions in English, French and Spanish, in order to promote a greater transnational exchange of ideas and broaden the diversity of anthropological production on the world stage. |
Digital Preservation
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The OJS platform is compatible with the LOCKSS system (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), used to ensure secure and permanent archiving of journal caches. LOCKSS is free software developed by the Stanford University Library, which allows online journals to be preserved by archiving their contents. Each file is continuously validated against copies from other libraries. If the content is corrupted or lost, the copies are used for restoration. This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program's Digital Preservation Policy: https://www-scielo-org.ezproxy.eth.mpg.de/pt/sobre-o-scielo/preservacao-digital/ |
Indexing Sources
Vibrant has been evaluated by Qualis Referência/CAPES A1 for the period 2017-2020 |
Bibliographical file
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Websites and Social Media
EDITORIAL POLICY
Preprints
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From 2024, Vibrant will accept submissions of manuscripts previously deposited on preprint servers in Portuguese only. In these cases, authors must inform Vibrant in advance that the text has already been published in this form, sending the DOI of the manuscript at the time of submission. The referees will be informed of the availability and will therefore have access to the identity of the authors, which means that the evaluation is no longer double-blind but only blind (the authors do not know the identity of the referees, but the referees know the identity of the authors). Once the text has been accepted for publication, and all changes have been made to the text in a foreign language (English, Spanish or French), the authors are obliged to replace the preprint version of the manuscript deposited there with the new version after final editing of the journal as sent to SciELO for publication and already with the definitive DOI. |
Peer review process
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The articles are sent to two ad hoc reviewers for qualitative analysis of their form and content, in accordance with the double-blind peer review process. The ideal average time to prepare an evaluation is 21 days. When the evaluation is received, it is sent to the author of the article to inform them of its content and, if necessary, to make any suggested changes. The average time between submission and publication is 24 weeks. In addition, in line with the new guidelines aimed at broadening the dialog between peers and strengthening open science, we offer an option for referees and authors to request or accept by mutual agreement:
The system for evaluating manuscripts deposited on preprint servers (see Preprints) is different. The final evaluation is the responsibility of the General Editor, with the support of the Editorial Board, when necessary. |
Open data
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Articles approved for publication that use processable and available data will, from 2024 onwards, be free to add them to any data transparency platform, provided that they demonstrate that they do not infringe on the ethical principles of the discipline as understood in the Brazilian national context in accordance with the position of the Brazilian Anthropology Association in its Code of Ethics: http://www.portal.abant.org.br/codigo-de-etica/. The articles will be published with the respective link to the databases, once they have been duly informed by their authors to the journal. As an anthropology journal, Vibrant encourages authors to make available on these platforms additional evidence that helps to understand the article's argument, such as images, maps, interview transcripts, additional excerpts from the field notebook and any other interesting data for the research, as long as the commitments between researchers and their interlocutors, collectivities and/or individuals are maintained. No data that exposes or generates even the slightest risk for those being researched should therefore be made available, in accordance with national and international rules on scientific ethics and integrity. |
Charging Fees
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VIBRANT does not charge article processing or publication costs (APCs - Article Processing Charges / Article Submission Charges). |
Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Errata and Retraction
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Regarding the registration and publication of Errata (for correction, inclusion or exclusion of information) and Retraction (total or partial), the guidelines adopted by the SciELO platform in its official documents will be followed. With regard to ethical issues, Vibrant follows the Code of Ethics of the Brazilian Anthropology Association (ABA): https://portal.abant.org.br/codigo-de-etica/ and https://portal.abant.org.br/comite-de-etica-em-pesquisa-nas-ciencias-humanas/. By submitting and publishing in our journal, authors commit themselves to the guidelines, norms and sanctions specified therein. With regard to the retraction policy, in the event of misconduct, Vibrant follows the guidelines adopted by the SciELO platform in accordance with the Good Practice Guide: https://wp-scielo-org.ezproxy.eth.mpg.de/wp-content/uploads/Guia-de-Boas-Praticas-para-o-Fortalecimento-da-Etica-na-Publicacao-Cientifica.pdf and the Guide for the registration and publication of retractions: https://wp-scielo-org.ezproxy.eth.mpg.de/wp-content/uploads/guia_retratacao.pdf. |
Conflicts of Interest Policy
| Conflicts of interest can occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that could influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. With regard to ad hoc consultants, conflicts of interest are considered to be the existence of any political, religious, relational or other factors that could compromise their ability to make an objective judgment, affecting favorably or unfavorably the impartial treatment of the articles submitted for their review. With regard to authors, the journal considers conflicts of interest to be the existence of financial and/or professional dependence that could compromise the objective production of research results, as well as their interpretation. With regard to Editors, they should not make any editorial decisions or be involved in the editorial process if they or a close relative have a Conflict of Interest (financial or otherwise) in a particular manuscript submitted to the journal. In all cases, it will be up to the editorial board to decide whether a case constitutes a conflict of interest. For more information see: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest. |
Anti-Plagiarism Policy
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Articles submitted to the journal are checked for plagiarism using iThenticate software. Authors must ensure the originality of their manuscripts and, if they use articles by other authors, that they are duly cited. Plagiarism in all its forms is unacceptable editorial behavior. It is therefore possible that authors may receive questions during the evaluation process of the work submitted, regarding indications pointed out by the software used. If plagiarism is proven, the author(s) involved will no longer be able to submit articles to the journal. Vibrant applies plagiarism and self-plagiarism checking software to every article accepted for publication. Texts reproduced from other sources, including those signed by the authors themselves, must be properly referenced. |
Sex and Gender Issues
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In line with its commitment to promoting gender equity in science, Vibrant's editorial team is committed to observing the (Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGE , as well as acting to preserve gender equity and other forms of social discrimination in our journal. Submissions should always have these guidelines in their analytical scope. |
Ethics Committee
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Where appropriate, given the specificities of the scientific field of Social Sciences and in compliance with the ABA Code of Ethics: https://portal.abant.org.br/comite-de-etica-em-pesquisa-nas-ciencias-humanas/, authors may attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research |
Copyright
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The authors of articles and audiovisual productions published by Vibrant retain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.pt, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited |
Intellectual property and terms of use
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This journal offers free and immediate access to its content. All the content of the journal, except where noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY. Under the license you have the right to:
According to the following terms:
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Sponsors and Funding Agencies
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The publication currently receives, or has already received, funding from:
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Editors
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Coeditor
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Honorary Editor
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Editors for International Relations
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Editorial board
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Technical Team
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Graphic Design, Layout and Website Maintenance: Tarcísio Osório Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/SC, Brasil. ORCID: https://ORCID.org/0000-0001-9986-3372, Lattes: https://lattes.cnpq.br/0478632063431520, E-mail: editoria.digital@gmail.com Translation and Proofreading - English:
Translation and Proofreading - French:
Translation and Proofreading - Spanish:
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Section policies
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As VIBRANT aims to disseminate anthropology done in Brazil, it only accepts works produced by anthropologists working in Brazilian institutions or linked to them or in dialog with Brazilian anthropologists and/or institutions during the period of production of the proposed work. VIBRANT accepts the following types of contributions:
The relevance of the article or audiovisual production for publication will be assessed by the Editorial Board (with regard to its suitability for the journal's profile and editorial line) and by ad hoc reviewers (with regard to the content and quality of the contributions), in accordance with the Peer Review Policy (see "About the Journal"). The evaluators do not have access to the authorship of the texts examined (double blind peer review). Texts can be submitted in Portuguese, and audiovisual productions must be subtitled in English, French or Spanish. If the work is approved for publication, the author will be responsible for translating it into one of the three languages, using translators appointed by Vibrant (see "Editorial Board". Translation and Proofreading). Vibrant will only accept translations made by translators listed on its website. If the text is written in a foreign language by the author, it must be submitted to one of the translators indicated by the journal for review. Under no circumstances will translations or revisions by other translators be accepted. We suggest that authors seek funding from their institutions and research sources for the translation of their texts, as Vibrant does not have resources for this purpose.
[Section] Unpublished articles:
[Section] Bibliographical Essays:
[Section] Thematic dossiers:
In the second case, the proposal will be evaluated by the Journal's General Editor and Editorial Board. In both cases, the dossier can be put together through an open call, published on the VIBRANT website and through the means of publicizing the Brazilian Anthropology Association, and also, but not only, through a direct invitation from the organizers to the authors of the articles. In either case, articles destined for the Thematic Dossiers should follow the same guidelines as those for texts published in the Unpublished Articles section, and be subject to exactly the same system and evaluation criteria. Introductory texts must be no shorter than five pages of 1,400 characters. The editors of the Thematic Dossiers will be responsible for managing the flow of articles evaluated for their thematic dossier in the SciELO Submission System. They will be registered in the system by the Editorial Team and will receive the SciELO operating manual. The Editorial Team is responsible for providing technical assistance to dossier editors and for standardizing approved and translated texts in due course. It will also be up to the Dossier organizers to appoint and eventually replace referees, in accordance with the criteria endorsed by this journal and SciELO for each article in their section. In the case of Thematic Dossier proposals that do not reach the minimum number of 8 (eight) articles plus an introductory text, their publication (or not) will be decided by the journal's General Editor. In the case of those that exceed 12 (twelve) articles, the Thematic Dossier may be presented in two parts, in two issues of VIBRANT. A Thematic Dossier may be combined with the publication of translations of classic Brazilian anthropology articles on the chosen theme. These translations should be included in the Déjà Lu section and appear in the same issue, always remembering that this important task does not count for the purposes of indexed databases such as SciELO.
Vibrant works in a continuous publication format. In this format, the accepted and edited article is not "archived" temporarily until it is published every four months (Vibrant's previous periodicity), but is published immediately. Therefore, the editors of the dossiers must adapt to this format, which means that the order of the articles that make them up follows the editing flow. If the introduction is to be the text that opens the dossier, it must be completed and sent before the other articles in the dossier are ready for publication.
[Section] Déjà Lu: In exceptional cases, texts by foreign authors that are directly related to the theme of the dossier and that are paradigmatic in their field of expertise, unpublished and difficult for Brazilian researchers to access, may be republished and translated into Portuguese. In any of these cases, responsibility for translation costs will lie with the text's authors. The rights to the texts proposed for this section must either be in the public domain or have the explicit approval of their author or heirs.
[Section] Global Anthropological Dialogues:
[Section] Audiovisuals:
Video: MP4 - CODEC H264 low compression In all these modalities, Vibrant welcomes and encourages co-authorships between professionals located in Brazilian institutions and authors located in other countries, as part of the recognition of the level of internationalization already achieved by anthropology produced in institutions located in Brazil. For the three types of audiovisual productions, it is mandatory that the material is accompanied by a title, summary, introduction (an average of 1,000 words) and dialogue with the bibliography pertinent to the theme in which the production is inserted, especially Brazilian references. As a way of increasing the accessibility of the material: i) videos must be accompanied by subtitles in Portuguese and at least one of the foreign languages in Vibrant's scope (Spanish, French or English); audio productions must be transcribed in the language(s) used, as well as in Portuguese and at least one other foreign language (Spanish, French or English), when these are not the main language of the audio; and images must have short written descriptions, also in the languages mentioned. |
Manuscript format and preparation
Guidelines for bibliographical references: Bibliographical references follow the Chicago standard (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html).
Books
Edited Volume
Article in Edited Volume
Article in Journal
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Submission of manuscripts - Online submission system
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Contributions should be sent via the SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online online submission system.
After one of these steps, you will be able to send contributions to VIBRANT. Simply access the system and click on "[New submission]". IMPORTANT: Note which section you want to submit to. For single articles, choose the "Articles" section. For dossiers, choose the "Section" item with the title of the dossier to which you wish to submit the work. For "Bibliographical essays" - and for Déjà Lu, the section of the same name. The submission metadata must be provided in full using the form available at http://www.vibrant.org.br/instructions-for-authors/. It is essential to provide the authors' ORCID, which can be obtained by registering at (https://ORCID.org/), in the case of those who do not have it, as well as the first author's contact details (e-mail). All published articles will have a DOI number and a standard bibliographic legend on their pages, consisting of the abbreviated title of the journal, place of publication, volume number and issue date. |
Contact
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Brazilian Anthropology Association (ABA) |