About the Journal

Open Science Compliance

Since 2020, Oculum Ensaios has adopted the modality of continuous publication as a way to contribute to the acceleration of the dissemination of scientific research and access to updated information. In addition, it is an open access journal Gold, that is, all its content can be accessed freely at no cost.

 

In order to increase the transparency and debate of the current scientific model, we inform in the published article who was the Editor responsible for the evaluation process, we encourage the submission of Preprints, as well as the deposit of research data. For such, we recommend SciELO Preprints and SciELO data.

 

The Open Science Compliance Form prepared by SciELO is available for completion online and contributes to improve the practices related to Open Science in the journal.

 

Ethics in Publication

Oculum Ensaios, focusing on the application/execution of good practices in scientific publications, adopts the Guidelines on good publishing practices recommended by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), to carry out the editorial activities that guide the journal.

 

For research conducted with living beings or animals, we adopted Resolution 466, of December 12, 2012, established by the Ministério da Saúde do Brasil (Brazilian Ministry of Health).

The Journal uses the Ithenticate similarity detection tool to ensure the originality of its publications. In cases of identification of research misconduct (as indicated by COPE), the journal presents the case to its editorial board for deliberation.

 

In the cases in which it applies, the Journal adopts the publication of errata and retractions, aiming at a scientific communication that does not generate doubts about its credibility.

 

Focus and Scope

Oculum Ensaios positions itself as a vehicle for disseminating academic production, supporting teaching and research activities. The journal's mission is to promote academic debate and disseminate ideas, research, and practices that are relevant to the disciplinary field of Architecture and Urbanism, with a focus on the following themes: the role of architectural and urban interventions in shaping the territory at its multiple scales and temporalities; theories, history, and criticism involving the processes of the built environment; the spatialities of the public sphere; the configuration of urban form; the relationship between architecture and urban spaces; the potential of architectural and urban heritage for urban and building rehabilitation; collective and participatory actions of the populations involved in shaping the territory and the economic, political, social, and spatial impacts that result from them.

 

Digital Preservation

This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program’s Digital Preservation Policy program.

Indexing Sources

• DOAJ
• Latindex
• RedaLyc
• Diadorim
• ROAD

Bibliographic Journal Information

-  Journal title: Oculum Ensaios

-  Abbreviated title: Oculum Ens. (Online)

-  Publication of: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

-  Frequency: Annual

-  Modality of publication: Continuous Publication

-  Year of creation of the journal: 2000

 

Websites and Social Media

• Editora Splendet
• Twitter

 

Editorial Policy

 

Preprints

Oculum Ensaios supports the submission of articles such as Preprints and accepts manuscripts previously deposited on trusted servers such as SciELO Preprints.

 

Peer Review Process

Oculum Ensaios has specific policies for the evaluation and selection of manuscripts:

• Papers that have been submitted to other journals, presented at previous events (national or international) or translated into other languages are not accepted, in order to preserve the originality of the work.
• The initial evaluation is carried out by the Editors, considering originality, pertinence, academic quality and relevance to the disciplinary field of Architecture and Urbanism, in accordance with the focus and scope of the journal.
• Authors must suggest three possible reviewers for the manuscript, with their e-mail addresses and affiliated institutions, and may optionally indicate up to three reviewers they prefer not to review their work.
• After initial approval, manuscripts are sent to two specialist reviewers, which may include a reviewer suggested by the authors. In the event of disagreement, a third reviewer is appointed.
• The evaluation process adopted by the Journal is blind review, and the identities of the authors and reviewers are kept confidential.
• The reviewers' opinions can be of approval, resubmission or rejection. The author is informed in all cases.
• The analysis of similarity takes place in the second stage of the evaluation process, after the first ad hoc evaluation.
• The associate editors analyze the opinions and recommend approval or rejection to the Editor-in-Chief, who has the final say.
• Manuscripts that have been rejected but can be reformulated can be resubmitted as new papers, undergoing a new evaluation process.
• Papers with suggested changes must be corrected by the authors within 30 days.
• Accepted manuscripts can be returned to the authors for approval of changes during the editing and standardization process, according to the Journal's style.
• The first option for opening the evaluation process proposed by SciELO is adopted by the Journal, i.e. the name of the Editor or Editors responsible for the evaluation process is informed when the article is published.

 

Open Data

Oculum Ensaios supports and encourages the sharing of data, codes, methods and other materials used and resulting from the research that usually underlies the texts of articles published in the Journal. In case they are useful Oculum Ensaios supports and encourages the sharing of data, codes, methods and other materials used and resulting from the research that usually underlies the texts of articles published in the Journal. If external research data is used, consult the Guide to citation of research data provided by SciELO. The repositories for filing research data recommended by SciELO can be used and are accepted.

 

Fees

Oculum Ensaios does not charge any fee for submission, processing or publication of articles.

 

Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy

Cases of scientific misconduct identified by Oculum Ensaios will be investigated by the editorial team of the Journal, with the Editorial Board, in order to determine the best option for their resolution.

The requests for errata or retraction will be evaluated and conducted according to the guidelines provided by SciELO Brazil.

 

Policy on Conflict of Interest

Conflicts of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature and may occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting the manuscript, the authors are responsible for recognizing and revealing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must inform you in a signed document attached to the submission platform. For more information: Disclosure of Financial and non-financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest.

 

 

Adoption of similarity verification software

 

Oculum Ensaios uses the Ithenticate tool to verify the similarity of articles. This verification occurs during the evaluation process, in the second stage of the ad hoc review. There is no acceptable percentage of similarity, each case being analyzed individually.

Articles derived from publications such as theses or dissertations are accepted, and can be submitted, however, we understand that a research of excellence should generate different research products and not just sliced reproductions considered an unethical conduct.

Authors may be asked to rewrite and adjust the manuscript according to the similarity found.

 

 

 

 

Questions of Sex and Gender

 

The Oculum Ensaios editorial team, in addition to the authors who publish in the journal, should always observe the guidelines on Gender Equity in Research (Sex and Gender Equity in Research - SAGER). The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of information about sex and gender in the study design, data analysis and results and interpretation of findings. In addition, Oculum Ensaios observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board.

 

Ethics Committee

Research involving procedures with human beings must respect the ethical principles established by Resolution 466, of December 12, 2012, of the Ministry of Health, and research must have been approved by the ethics committee of the institution responsible for it.

The declaration of approval of the ethics committee will be requested in case of approval of the article. For the evaluation it is necessary to enter the survey registration number.

 

Copyright

In all articles published by Oculum Ensaios magazine, copyright is maintained by the authors. Articles are protected under an open access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, which means that anyone can download and read the article at no cost. Also, the article can be reused as long as it is properly cited.

 

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

The publication reserves the right to make, in the originals, changes of normative, orthographic and grammatical order, in order to maintain the cult standard of the language, respecting, however, the style of the authors.

The moral and intellectual rights of the articles belong to the respective authors, not being the property of the journal, which is also not responsible for the opinions issued by the authors.

All articles published in Oculum Ensaios, except when specified differently, are protected under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, allowing distribution, adaptation and creation from the original work.

The journal Oculum Ensaios encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media platforms, as well as sharing them on their personal social media accounts, provided that full citation to the journal's website version is included.

 

Sponsors and Promotion Agencies

  Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

  Splendet Publishing House PUC-Campinas