Focus and Scope

Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, ISSN 1983-4675 (print) and ISSN 1983-4683 (on-line), is published by the Maringá State University, in modality the continuous publication. The scientific journal publishes general and specific articles in Languages and Linguistics.


Aims: This journal aims to establish the public inscription of knowledge and its preservation; To publish results of research comprising ideas and new scientific suggestions; To publicize worldwide information and knowledge produced by the scientific community; To speech the process of scientific communication in Languages and Linguistics.

Focus: The thematic is broad in these areas, accepting articles under the most diverse theoretical, methodological and analytical perspectives. In the area of knowledge of Linguistic Studies, the editions bring together contributions that include different focuses, among them language teaching and learning, language and translation, new technologies and language teaching, culture and significant materialities, text and discourse studies and the linguistic description. Regarding the area of Literary Studies, the journal pays special attention to studies involving the literary field and the formation of readers, as well as the mediations between literature and history and also between literature and identity construction.

For authors: As a reference journal in its area, Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences requires the minimum degree of doctorate for authors interested in submitting articles. In the case of collective authorship, at least one of the authors must have such title.

Deadline for submissions: issues numbered 1 and 3 are for publications in Literary Studies and issues numbered 2 and 4 for Linguistic Studies.

 

Peer Review Process

Articles shall be analyzed by referees specialized in the research’s area of knowledge and hailing from Brazilian or foreign higher research institutions. After due corrections and insertions of possible suggestions (when applicable), the article shall be accepted for publication when there are two favorable opinions on the article; it will be rejected when two referees give unfavorable opinions. In case of ties, the article shall be sent to another referee. In this case the Editorial Board’s decision will be final.

Publication Frequency

Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, ISSN 1983-4675 (print) and ISSN 1983-4683 (on-line), is published by the Maringá State University, in modality the continuous publication

Open Access Policy

Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture is published under the Open Access model, allowing free reading and downloading, as well as copying and dissemination of its content, in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 copyright policies (CC-BY 4.0).

Digital Preservation

The Journal's content is preserved in the Cariniana Network (Ibict) and can be verified at Keepers Registry.