Editorial Policy
Publication Ethics and Good Editorial Practices
Revista EJEF adopts and promotes high standards of ethics in scientific publishing and academic integrity, aligning its practices with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Authors and editors must ensure transparency, accountability, and rigor at all stages of the editorial process. Manuscripts are expected to be original (or to include an explicit declaration of any prior publication), to present proper authorship attribution, accurate citation of sources, and reliability of the information and data provided.
Scientific misconduct includes, among other unacceptable practices, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication or manipulation of data, improper authorship, failure to disclose conflicts of interest, or any form of academic fraud. Such situations will be addressed with due rigor and may result in rejection, retraction of a published article, communication with the institutions involved, and other appropriate measures, in accordance with COPE guidelines.
Revista EJEF reserves the right to adopt corrective measures whenever ethical violations are identified, including after publication, in defense of scientific credibility and the public interest.
Open Access
Revista EJEF is part of the Open Science movement and adopts a fully free and open-access policy. No fees are charged for article submission, processing, peer review, or reading.
All content is made publicly available without financial or technical restrictions. Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, share, or link to the full texts of the articles, as well as to use them for lawful purposes, without prior authorization from the editor or the authors.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which allows broad reuse of the content, including for commercial purposes, provided that proper credit is given to the authors and the original source.
Revista EJEF is classified as a diamond open-access journal, reaffirming its long-standing commitment to the democratization of scientific knowledge and to strengthening public access to high-quality information.
Copyright and License of Use
The copyright of articles published in Revista EJEF belongs exclusively to their respective authors. This means that authors retain full ownership of their works and bear sole responsibility for the content, opinions, and concepts expressed therein.
However, by submitting their manuscripts to Revista EJEF, authors grant the journal the right of first publication and authorize dissemination under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). This license allows any person to read, download, share, reuse, adapt, and distribute the published material, including for commercial purposes, provided that due credit is given to the author(s) and to the original source of publication.
Authors are also free to archive versions of their articles in institutional, thematic, or personal repositories, as well as to republish them in other media, provided that the original publication in Revista EJEF is properly acknowledged.
For further clarification regarding the license of use or specific permissions, direct contact with the authors or with the editorial team of Revista EJEF is recommended.
Access, Submission, and Publication Costs
Under no circumstances are fees charged to authors or readers. Submission, editorial processing, publication, and access to articles are entirely free of charge, preserving the diamond open-access model adopted by Revista EJEF and ensuring free, broad, and unrestricted access to the journal’s content.
Periodicity and Languages
The journal operates under a continuous publication model, with semiannual closing of issues. Its content is published exclusively online through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, with unrestricted and free access for all readers, including researchers, faculty members, students, legal professionals, and other interested audiences.
Manuscripts are preferably accepted in Portuguese; however, submissions in English and Spanish are also accepted. In such cases, the abstract must also be provided in English and/or Spanish, with a Portuguese translation.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
§1. Only articles of exclusive authorship by the submitting author(s) are accepted. The use of Artificial Intelligence tools for the generation of data, results, conclusions, arguments, substantive analyses, or any original intellectual content of the manuscript, as well as for drafting inédit or structuring texts of the article, is strictly prohibited.
§2. The author must expressly declare, in the publication authorization referred to in Article 8, which Artificial Intelligence tool was used, for what specific purpose, and at which stage of the article’s preparation process, even if the use occurred solely in ancillary activities.
§3. Artificial Intelligence tools may be employed only as auxiliary support, strictly limited to the following activities:
I – Linguistic, orthographic, or grammatical revision;
II – Suggestions for clarity, textual organization, or stylistic improvement, provided that they do not involve the generation of original content;
III – Support in preliminary research of terms, references, or bibliographic sources, with full responsibility remaining with the author for verifying the accuracy of the information obtained.
§4. Omission, inaccuracy, or misrepresentation regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence tools will result in rejection of the article or, if already published, its retraction, without prejudice to other applicable measures.
Editorial Workflow and Peer Review
Articles are subject to a double-blind peer-review process, comprising the following stages:
I. Upon receipt, the responsible editors will verify:
a) alignment with the journal’s scope;
b) compliance with the formal requirements set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of this Ordinance;
c) plagiarism screening.
Sole paragraph: If the article does not comply with the established standards, the authors will be notified within thirty days from the submission date, and revisions or adjustments will be allowed within a deadline set by the editorial team.
II. After confirmation of compliance with the publication standards described in item I, the article will be forwarded to two reviewers for anonymous evaluation of:
a) relevance, timeliness, and pertinence of the topic;
b) depth of analysis;c) legal reasoning and theoretical grounding;
d) proper use of language;
e) clarity, coherence, and conciseness of ideas.
§1. At the conclusion of the review, reviewers may reject the article or indicate the need for corrections or improvements.
§2. Upon notification of required corrections or improvements, the author(s) must submit the revised version within a period of up to thirty (30) days.
§3. After review and revisions, the author will be informed of the acceptance or rejection of the article for publication. If published, it is the author’s responsibility to register the article on the Lattes Platform and with the graduate programs to which they are affiliated, ensuring academic traceability of the publication.
Manuscripts that fail to comply with any submission rules or publication standards will be dismissed. Revista EJEF assumes no responsibility for the content of the articles and will not perform corrections, adaptations, or additions to submitted works, except for adjustments to the linguistic and editorial standards adopted by the TJMG.
Sole paragraph: Revista EJEF adopts a policy aimed at reducing endogeneity and encouraging exogeneity, promoting the participation of authors and reviewers from other Brazilian states. The Advisory Board, the Editor-in-Chief, and the Superintendence of EJEF will appoint external authors and reviewers to ensure diversity and to enrich the journal’s editorial process.
In addition to the manuscript text, the author(s) must submit, in a separate file, the publication authorization, in accordance with the template provided in the Sole Annex of this Ordinance. Both files must be submitted through the OJS platform.
Anti-Plagiarism Policy
Revista EJEF does not tolerate any form of academic plagiarism, whether total or partial. All published texts are the sole responsibility of their authors and co-authors.
Proper identification of information sources, including ideas and words of others, must be rigorously observed in all articles.
Revista EJEF employs plagiarism-detection software and tools, such as Crossref Similarity Check.
