ABSTRACT
This article analyzes the editorial policies of Brazilian periodicals indexed in the SciELO electronic library in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics in order to identify similarities and differences between these journals and the Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas and subsequently recommend potential adjustments to current editorial policy at this journal. The survey was qualitative and quantitative, and used documentary and bibliographic techniques to collect the data. The variables analyzed were languages for submissions, journal format (online or printed), sections in which content is presented, peer review methods, requirements for authorship, content origin (from dissertations or other research), access to content, indexing in Brazilian and international databases, and plagiarism detection policy. The authors determined that all the elements of the Boletim’s current policy are effective, but recommend more precise definition of the journal’s scope for works in correlated areas (such as sociology and geography).
Keywords:
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Human Sciences; Scientific journal; Editorial policy