About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Revista Acadêmica Ciência Animal aims to publish academic and scientific production from national and international research groups in Animal Science, contributing to the scientific and technological advancement, as well as to train and encourage professionals committed in promoting the quality, health and sustainability of Brazilian agricultural production. It has as mission to spread the knowledge developed by the Brazilian and International scientific community related to the field of Animal Science.

The editorial scope of Revista Acadêmica: Ciência Animal has focus on research trends in Animal Science. We are especially interested in issues related to the following lines of study:

1) Animal Feed Science and Technology
2) Animal Production
3) Animal Reproduction
4) Clinical and Veterinary Surgery
5) Buiatrics
6) Basic Sciences

Peer Review Process

This journal uses double-blind review, including for papers submitted for special editions, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. Reviewers are matched to the paper according to their expertise, and our referee database is constantly being updated.

The review process takes around 2-6 months. After acceptance, it currently takes a week to the article be published.

 

Workflow

1. Author submits.

2. Editorial Assistant verifies if the manuscript follows all guidelines. If so, it is sent to the Editor-in-Chief.

3. EIC assigns Co-editor.

4. Co-editor invites and/or assigns at least two reviewers. 

5. Reviewers score. In case of divergence of opinions, the manuscript is sent to a third reviewer.

6. Co-editor recommends decision. 

7. Editor-in-Chief makes final decision.

 

Evaluation Guidelines 

Before you accept or decline an invitation to review, consider the following questions:

  • Does the article match your area of expertise? Only accept if you feel you can provide a quality review.
  • Do you have a potential conflict of interest? Disclose this to the editor when you respond.
  • Reviewing can be a lot of work; before you commit, make sure you can meet the deadline.
  • Respond to the invitation as soon as you can. Delay in your decision slows down the whole process, whether you agree to review or not. If you decline the invitation, provide suggestions for alternative reviewers.
  • If you accept, materials you receive must be treated as confidential documents. You can’t share them with anyone without prior authorization from the editor. Since peer review is confidential, you must not share information about the review with anyone without permission from the editors and authors. Check COPE guidelines for more information. 
  • Your review will help the editor decide whether or not to publish the article. Therefore, your opinion and general observations of the article are essential. Your comments should be constructive, and should not include any personal details.

Publication Frequency

Continuous publication, annual volumes, without numbers.

Revista Acadêmica Ciência Animal follows the continuous publication model; that is, the article approved will be published right after receiving the acceptance, no needing to wait the approval of other papers in order to close specific issues.


From time to time, the journal may publish thematic and special issues within the same annual volume, which will be presented as supplements and whose works will undergo the same evaluation process as the other articles (n. Cont). In these cases, approved works will be published together.

 

Open Access Policy

All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY.

The CC - BY license allows users to access, display, distribute, as well to adapt and create derivative works, if giving credit to the original authors. The authors, when submitting a paper, agree to transfer all copyrights  by the use of the Creative Commons license.

Ethical Guidelines


Ethics Committee

Breeding and use of animals in teaching and scientific research, throughout the Brazilian territory, comply with the criteria in Brazilian Law nº. 11.794 (October 8, 2008). If the research refers to the use of animals, the authors must include the protocol number with the approval granted by the institution´s Ethics Committee.


Responsibilities of the editorial team

The responsibility of the editorial team includes editorial policy implementation, oversight the editorial process, and journal relations with authors, reviewers, readers, indexers, funding agencies, the scientific community, and the general public. Particularly, transparency and quality control are essential aspects of the editorial process under the editor-in-chief’s responsibilities.


Identification of scientific misconduct

  • Regarding best practices for strengthening the ethics in scientific publication, the editorial process, after complying with the formal aspects required, ensures that all authors review and take accountability for the content.

  • In order to promote the predominance of originality of the texts, the journal uses software for duplicity verification with already published texts. When there is doubt or questioning, the editor-in-chief contacts the corresponding author and, if necessary, all authors. 

  • Editors and reviewers should privilege impartiality, integrity and confidentiality in their evaluation. When there is doubt or questioning, the editor-in-chief contacts the corresponding editor and/or peer reviewers. 

  • The fabrication or falsification of data and images are serious cases of misconduct. The evaluation process should be judicious in identifying such misconducts. In case there are any doubts, the authors are requested to provide supporting evidence of the methodology and results. Eventually,  in case the journal's decision is challenged, a committee of members of the editorial board, and external to the journal, should be assembled.



Guidance on decision making on retractions and errata

The already published article in which misconduct is identified remains published. The retraction substantiate the reason for the withdrawal duly referenced, through a communication by the editor or another authorized agent. Retraction may be partial when the misconduct applies to a specific part of the article, without, however, compromising the set of published research. Cases of errors or failures, regardless of nature or origin, that do not constitute misconduct, are corrected by errata. The journal publishes as promptly as possible errata, corrections or retractions. 


Human subjects are entitled to privacy

Images of people  won´t be published without a written consent term granting the permission for using and publishing the images. The use of eyes masks is not considered appropriate means of protection for maintaining anonymity.


Studies should be original and should not have already been published elsewhere in the peer-reviewed literature. We adopt the Blackboard system for identifying plagiarism.

 

Journal History

Academica Journal is a publication of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. During the years of 2003 to 2014, the journal publicized researches in three different fields of Science: Animal, Agricultural and Environmental. In the beginning of 2015, the editorial scope was delimited only to the Animal Science, since the magazine had its administrative management conducted by the Graduate Program in Animal Science. The abbreviated title of the journal is Rev Acad Cien Anim and should be used in bibliographies, references, and footnotes.