The Journal of Art History and Culture (Revista de História da Arte e da Cultura, RHAC) has adopted the COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, and the FAPESP Code of Good Scientific Practice. In particular, RHAC fully adheres to the following ethical and transparency principles:
Website
The journal’s website, including its text, clearly demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain information that might mislead readers or authors. There is a clear statement on what the journal will consider for publication, including authorship criteria (e.g., not considering multiple submissions or redundant publications). The journal’s ISSN is clearly displayed on the website as well as on each individual published article.
Name of Journal
Revista de História da Arte e da Cultura (RHAC) is a unique name and not one that might be easily confused with another journal or that might mislead potential authors and readers about RHAC’s origin or association with other journals.
Peer Review Policy and Process
In the content of RHAC, it is clearly marked that this is a peer-reviewed journal. The peer-review process, as well as all related policies and procedures, are clearly described on the journal’s website, including the method of peer review used. RHAC ensures the confidentiality of its editorial process, preserving the identity of both authors and reviewers throughout the evaluation workflow. Reviewers are encouraged to disclose any potential conflicts of interest prior to evaluating submitted manuscripts. The journal does not guarantee manuscript acceptance or very short peer-review times.
Authorship
The criteria for authorship are clearly stated on the journal’s website. RHAC recognizes as authors only those researchers who have actively and intellectually contributed to the development of the work. Authors of submitted manuscripts are required to ensure the originality of their work and to confirm that it is not under simultaneous consideration by other journals. Proper citation and referencing of sources, images, textual excerpts, and ideas from other works and/or authors must be provided in accordance with the journal’s bibliographic guidelines, prioritizing clarity, accuracy, and accessibility of the information used. In cases where retractions or corrections of published articles are necessary, authors may submit their requests for editorial consideration directly via the journal’s official email.
Ownership and Management
Information about the ownership and management of RHAC is clearly indicated on the journal’s website, ensuring there is no misleading information about the nature of the journal’s owner.
Governing Body
RHAC has an editorial board whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editorial board are provided on the journal’s website.
Editorial Team/Contact Information
RHAC provides the full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors on its website, as well as contact information for the editorial office, including a full address.
Copyright and Licensing
The policy for copyright is clearly stated in the author guidelines, and the copyright holder is named on all published articles. Likewise, licensing information is clearly described in guidelines on the RHAC website. Authors are allowed to publish under a Creative Commons (CC) Licence, and all specific license requirements are clearly noted. Policies on posting of final accepted versions or published articles on third-party repositories are clearly stated.
Author Fees
RHAC does not charge authors fees for submitting, processing, or publishing papers.
Process for Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct
RHAC Editors are committed to taking reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In no case shall RHAC or its editors encourage or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. The use of Turnitin software, as defined in the journal’s evaluation policy, is one of the measures adopted to prevent and address such practices. In the event that RHAC’s publisher or Editors are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct relating to a published article in this journal, the publisher or Editor are committed to handling such matters in accordance with international best practices. Allegations of this nature should be addressed directly to the journal’s official email.
Publication Ethics
RHAC has detailed policies on publishing ethics. These are clearly visible on its website and refer to: i) journal policies on authorship; ii) how the journal will handle complaints and appeals; iii) journal policies on conflicts of interest / competing interests; iv) journal policies on data sharing and reproducibility; v) journal’s policy on ethical oversight; vi) journal’s policy on intellectual property; and vii) journal’s options for post-publication discussions and corrections.
Publishing Schedule
The periodicity at which RHAC publishes is clearly indicated.
Access
The way in which the journal and individual articles are available to readers, as Open Access and free of any fees, is clearly stated.
Advertising
RHAC does not publish any advertising material.
Direct Marketing
Any direct marketing activities, including solicitation of manuscripts, that are conducted on behalf of RHAC are appropriate, well-targeted, and unobtrusive. Information provided about the publisher and the journal is truthful and not misleading for readers or authors. This is normally done via the journal’s public Instagram profile (@rhac.unicamp), for example.