SCIENTIA AGRICOLA

Authors must disclose potential personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial conflicts of interest. The reviewer must inform the editors of any conflicts of interest that could influence the analysis of the manuscript and must declare themselves unqualified to review it. Like reviewers, Associate Editors and Editor-in-Chief should avoid making decisions on manuscripts that conflict with…

Scientia Agricola strictly adheres to ethical publication guidelines and combats scientific misconduct. The journal reserves the right to take appropriate action whenever misconduct is detected, which may include immediately rejecting the manuscript, prohibiting future submissions from the authors involved, and communicating infractions to affiliated institutions. Scientia Agricola strictly prohib…

The author maintains the copyright over the published article and grants Scientia Agricola the right to first publish it. The articles are licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 open-access license, so anyone can download and read them. Furthermore, the article can be reused and cited if the original published version is cited. This way, the study will have maximum exposure, and the authors w…

This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including no financial barriers) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is a condition whereby the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitting immediate free access to the work and authorizin…

Scientia Agricola adopts a single-anonymous peer review process to ensure an unbiased judgment and the quality of published articles. The process includes the following steps: The technical advisory board will first evaluate the manuscript for compliance with Scientia Agricola’s rules and analyze it using plagiarism detection software. Otherwise, the manuscript is returned to the authors for adjus…

Scientia Agricola journal supports the good practices of Open Science, which results in a more transparent editorial process. This way, manuscripts deposited in the SciELO Preprints server can be submitted to this journal. However, the journal's Editorial Board will decide on the peer-review process for the manuscripts already posted as preprints. Preprints are considered an author’s version of th…