PRELO - Platform for Journals and Books of NOVA FCSH actively promotes a set of best practices among the collections and journals it hosts, ensuring the quality of the editorial process and aligning publications with the most recent and recognised models in this field.<\/p>\n
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PRELO\u2019s content must be freely accessible, allowing users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link articles in full text, chapters or books, or to use them for any other lawful purpose, without requesting prior authorisation from the journal, collection or authors, provided that proper reference is made to the publication and in accordance with the licence assigned to the content.<\/p>\n
The submission and publication should also be free of charge. No fees should be charged to authors.<\/p>\n
To facilitate access, discovery, interoperability, and reuse, PRELO recommends that journals be registered in the Directory of Open Access Journals<\/a> (DOAJ) and that self-archiving policies be recorded in the SHERPA RoMEO<\/a> database.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Manuscripts submitted for publication in PRELO\u2019s journals and collections should be subjected to a sound peer review process, defined by the journal\u2019s or collection Editorial Boards, as a guarantee of scientific quality.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PRELO encourages authors to retain their intellectual property rights. The Rights Retention Strategy means they should not transfer copyright exclusively to the editorial or scientific boards of journals and collections. This mechanism allows authors to retain control over the distribution of their manuscript before, during, and after the peer review process.<\/p>\n The use of third-party material should only be authorised with the appropriate legal consent, obtained in advance by those responsible for submitting the work. The terms of the Creative Commons<\/i> licences applied to published works do not extend to any non-original content (such as graphics, figures, photos, excerpts, etc.), requiring additional permission from the rights holder. The responsibility for seeking permission and ensuring clear authorisation lies solely with the party reusing the material.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PRELO recommends and actively promotes gender equity and equality in the editorial activities of the journals and collections. <\/p>\n Journals and collections hosted on PRELO are encouraged to make every effort to ensure that published content does not infringe the rights of any individual or violate applicable legislation in Portugal.<\/p>\n With the increasing use of artificial intelligence in research and publication processes, PRELO asks authors to consider the ethical implications and ensure transparency in the use of AI algorithms and data.<\/p>\n It also warns that plagiarism is ethically unacceptable and can be detected through text similarity tools.<\/p>\n Additionally, PRELO recommends the implementation of a standardised system for assigning authorship roles (such as the Contributor Roles Taxonomy \u2013 CRediT<\/a>), which defines the responsibilities of each participant in the intellectual process, preventing unclear authorship practices that may be ethically questionable and\/or legally sanctionable.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When research data is associated with publications, authors are encouraged to make data available in compliance with the FAIR Principles (Findable<\/i>, Accessible<\/i>, Interoperable<\/i>, Reusable<\/i>) and CARE Principles (Collective,<\/i> Benefit<\/i>, Authorithy of Control<\/i>, Responsability<\/i>and Ethics<\/i>). Data should be deposited in a certified data repository under an open access licence, allowing unrestricted access.<\/p>\n The submitted work must include a \u201cData Availability Statement\u201d and provide the persistent identifier assigned by the data repository.<\/p>\n A list of data repositories can be found at https:\/\/www.re3data.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n If it is not possible to make data publicly available through open access, a justification must be provided.<\/p>\n Secondary data (obtained from other sources) must be properly credited.<\/p>\n For more information, please refer to the <\/a>Guia para a Gest\u00e3o de Dados de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o na NOVA FCSH<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To enhance the dissemination and accessibility PRELO recommends the use of persistent identifiers (PID) in compliance with internationally recognised standards:<\/p>\n ORCID \u2013 Open Researcher and Contributor ID<\/a> (for authors)<\/p>\n DOI \u2013 Digital Object Identifier<\/a><\/p>\n ISSN<\/a> (for Scientific Journals)<\/p>\nPEER REVIEW<\/span><\/h6>\n
COPYRIGHT AND RIGHTS RETENTION STRATEGY
\n<\/span><\/h6>\nEQUITY, EQUALITY, AND DIVERSITY<\/span><\/h6>\n
\nIt is also strongly advised that editorial and scientific boards of journals and collections hosted on PRELO include external members from outside the NOVA FCSH community, representing different geographical backgrounds.<\/p>\nETHICS AND INTEGRITY<\/span><\/h6>\n
RESEARCH DATA<\/span><\/h6>\n
PID - PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER<\/span><\/h6>\n