About the Journal

HISTORY

It is with joy that the Faculty of Psychology at PUC Minas presents the Pretextos to the academic community. Or rather, it re-presents, therefore, the periodical, secure, was an instrument of record and archiving of materials made for the Journey of the Clinic of the Department of Psychology at PUC Minas, When the course was still restricted to the Coração Eucarístico campus. The texts were typed and circulated internally. Today, the journal is rescued and its scope of publication has been expanded: the publication aims to encourage the scientific dissemination of studies developed in the area of ​​Psychology by students, teachers, professionals and researchers from PUC Minas or any other Higher Education Institution.

Pretextos gathers articles from internship practices, scientific initiation and university extension and course completion research (monograph). Attention is given to the texts available during or as a result of the graduation process, since the Faculty of Psychology at PUC Minas already has Psicologia em Revista[1], a journal under the care of the Graduate Program in Psychology and that although it may also include in its scope the productions of undergraduate students, it does not have these as a preferred audience.

Texts in Portuguese or Spanish can be published.

 

Mission

Pretextos, a journal of the Faculty of Psychology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), aims to encourage the scientific dissemination of studies developed by undergraduate students in Psychology at PUC Minas and other Higher Education Institutions. The publication brings together texts from internship, extension, scientific initiation and course completion (monograph) produced during graduation, also contemplating Psychology articles from the postgraduate context, as well as writings prepared by professors and researchers in the area. It is a biannual journal that offers free / open access to its content, following the principle that making scientific material available free of charge provides greater democratization of knowledge. It is noteworthy, however, that the opinions expressed in the articles are the sole responsibility of their author (s). Texts in Portuguese or Spanish can be published. ISSN: 2448-0738.

 

Aims

• To serve as a space for publication and appreciation of the practices carried out by the student and faculty members of the undergraduate course in Psychology at PUC Minas and other Higher Education Institutions;

• Carry out scientific works that can contribute to the advancement of Psychology, based on the diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives presented, as well as the critical apprehension of the phenomena addressed.

 

Submission policy

Due to the large number of contributions received for the editions already published, the period for submitting articles will be opened only once a year (according to the schedule that will be released soon). However, since it is a biannual journal, after evaluation, part of the works received will be selected to compose the volume for the first semester (January / June) of the following year, and others will be separated for the number for the second semester (July / December) of the same year. An acceptance letter is sent to the authors certifying the approval of their contribution.

 

Section policy / scope

Articles originating from works developed during graduation will be accepted, as a result of theoretical-conceptual and methodological reflections, with or without analysis of empirical data, produced from monographs (course completion works) and experiences of scientific initiation, internship or extension. There will also be articles on Psychology produced by students from the Postgraduate courses at PUC Minas and other Higher Education Institutions, and by professors and researchers in the field. Reviews and abstracts of dissertations and theses are also published, according to specific guidelines for these types of productions.

 

Anti-plagiarism screening policy

All articles received, before being sent for blind peer review, will be verified using CopySpider software, a freeware tool developed for the identification of inappropriate copy and appropriation of other authors' content.

 

Open Access Policy

The Pretextos Magazine is an open access magazine. All works are licensed under Creative Commons 4.0. The entire scientific and academic community has unrestricted access to content; the works can be downloaded, printed, read, cited, taking into account that no taxes or fees are charged for the submission, peer review, publication and distribution or availability on the internet charges.

 

Copyright Policy

The authors retain the copyright and grant the journal the right to initial publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons License CC BY 4.0, and for publication rights. Authors can publish their work online in institutional / disciplinary repositories or on their own websites.

 

Peer review – Double Blind Review

The articles and reviews received will be sent to ad hoc reviewers, so that each production will undergo at least two evaluations. The Editorial Team is in charge of preserving the identities of authors and reviewers during the process - Double Blind Review. The opinion prepared by the evaluators follows criteria stipulated by the editors of the magazine, and must be sent by them to the Editorial Team within a maximum of thirty days. All authors will receive feedback on the submission of their work (accepted, accepted with modifications, rejected).

 

Licença Creative Commons 4.0 - CC BY

This work is protected by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. CC BY.

 

LOCKSS / secure filing

Pretextos uses the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) to ensure safe and permanent archiving of your cache. It is free software developed by the Stanford University Library, which allows preserving online magazines chosen by scanning their pages for newly published content and archiving it. Each file is continuously validated against copies from other libraries. In case the content is corrupted or lost, the copies are used for restoration.

 

Digital Preservation

Just like the other magazines of the Portal of Periodicals of PUC Minas, Pretextos was incorporated into the Brazilian Network of Digital Preservation Services – Cariniana.

 

 

GUIDELINES FOR PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND SUMMARY OF DISSERTATIONS AND THESES

Access through the Submissions page (click here).