Peer review process

Ciencias Sociales y Religión / Ciências Sociais e Religião operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions are initially assessed by the Editorial Committee for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the paper's scientific quality. In case of receiving contradictory opinions, the article is evaluated by the Editorial Committee or by a third external referee. In general, ad hoc reviewers are external to the Department of Anthropology at UNICAMP. The originality of the submission, its theoretical-methodological rigor, and its general quality will be evaluated.

Four possible results from this evaluation are:

a) To accept without content modifications,
b) To accept with some modifications,
c) To accept if the author makes significant modifications on the points mentioned, and
d) To reject due to the reasons mentioned above.

The Editorial Committee is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers that they have written themselves or have been written by family members or colleagues. Any such submission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures, with peer review handled independently of the relevant editor and their research groups.

The average time between the reception and the conclusion of the article evaluation process is six months. The submission process lasts an average of nine months until the article's publication. The rejection rate for articles in the year 2022 was 40%.

Special Editions

In collaboration with expert Guest Editors, Ciencias Sociales y Religión / Social Sciences and Religion publishes Special Editions on topics of interest to the field of social sciences of religion in Latin America. The Guest Editors are responsible for evaluating the suitability of submissions for the journal and the dossier. All submissions to dossiers undergo the double-blind peer review process indicated above. The Guest Editors are responsible for the final decision on whether to accept or reject the article, following the rules stipulated by the Editorial Committee.. The entire editorial process of evaluating submissions to Special Editions is monitored by the journal's Editorial Committee, which is responsible for ensuring good editorial practice on the part of the Guest Editors.

Conference on Religious Alternatives in Latin America

Ciencias Sociales y Religión / Ciências Sociais e Religião also publishes, on an extraordinary basis, lectures held at the Conference on Religious Alternatives in Latin America, a biennial event organized by the Association of Social Sciences of Religion of Latin America (ACSRAL). All publications related to the event are duly registered as such and are not submissions to the journal. The lectures published are evaluated by the Editorial Committee and do not undergo the double-blind review process.