Code of Ethics, Interoperability, and Publication Malpractice Statement

The journal adopts the definition of open access for all its scientific literature, making it available online in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI-2002) principles. This means we advocate for the publication of scientific articles without financial, legal, or technical barriers, allowing anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and reference the full text, use it as data in software, or use it for any other legal purpose.

Interoperability and Technical Infrastructure For editorial management, we use the Open Journal Systems (OJS 3.5) platform, which enables interoperability, integration, and wide dissemination of content. Our infrastructure follows these standards:

  • OAI-PMH 2.0 Protocol: Supporting DRIVER 2.0 guidelines and OpenAIRE standards.

  • Structured Metadata: We use JATS XML and the CRediT Taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to ensure authorship transparency and machine readability.

  • Digital Preservation: Content is preserved through the Cariniana Network (IBICT) via the LOCKSS system, ensuring perpetual access.

The journal also supports international standards for responsible scientific publication promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), AERA, CSE, and the SciELO Good Practice Guide. Any violation of this policy will be handled with sanctions established by the Editorial Board, according to the following guidelines:

1. Evaluation and Author's Freedom of Expression All submitted articles are evaluated through a double-blind peer review system to ensure the highest standard of academic quality and anonymity.

2. Plagiarism and Ethical Conduct of Authors Authors must submit original and unpublished work. The journal uses similarity detection software (CopySpider or similar) on all submissions. Authors retain copyright, licensing it under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

3. Responsibilities of Editors Editors evaluate manuscripts exclusively based on academic and intellectual merit, without discrimination of any kind.

4. Responsibilities of Reviewers Reviewers must treat manuscripts as confidential documents and provide objective, reasoned evaluations.

5. Policy on Corrections, Errata, and Retractions Minor errors will be handled via Errata. Proven scientific misconduct will result in a Retraction linked to the original article, following COPE guidelines.

6. Processing and Submission Fees The Journal does not charge article processing charges (APCs), submission, or publication fees. The process is fully funded by the OAB/SP Higher School of Law (Diamond Open Access).

7. Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) The use of Generative AI tools must be declared by authors in the manuscript. AI cannot be listed as a co-author; human authors are fully responsible for the content.