Soldagem & Inspecao

The Revista Soldagem & Inspeção follows the recommendations of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) regarding ethical considerations related to the use of these technologies in scientific manuscripts, which are: Transparency: Authors must clearly declare the use of chatbots in the manuscript preparation process, providing detailed information such as the name, version, model, and source…

Conflicts of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial nature. Conflicts of interest can arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. Upon submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing any financial or other conflicts of interest that may have influenc…

With a commitment to upholding best practices in scholarly publishing and ethical conduct, the editors and editorial team of the Revista Soldagem & Inspeção are dedicated to preventing unethical behavior in all forms. Examples of such misconduct include plagiarism and self-plagiarism, duplicate and/or redundant publication, and data fabrication or falsification. Therefore, upon submission, authors…

Authors of articles published by Revista Soldagem & Inspeção retain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that the original work is properly cited. In return, the authors grant the journal the right of first publication under the CC BY 4.0 License. It i…

This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including free access) to all scientific articles published by the journal. Open access refers to the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC BY). This allows immediate and free access to the work, autho…

All articles submitted for publication undergo an initial evaluation by one of the Editors-in-Chief and one of the Associate Editors, who are researchers specializing in different subfields of welding technology, inspection, and related operations. Upon recognizing the merit of a submission, the Associate Editors forward the manuscript to members of the Editorial Board. For publication, approval f…

In line with SciELO’s Open Science Policy, the Revista Soldagem & Inspeção accepts submissions of preprints from the SciELO Preprints platform, which may be deposited either prior to or simultaneously with journal submission. It is important to note that sharing a preprint on this server does not count as prior publication. In the case of a preprint publication, the Open Science Compliance Form mu…