Forum Sociológico is the journal of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, (CICS.NOVA), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, and its Editorial Board invites you to submit original papers to be published. Proposes may focus on various themes within the Social Sciences. The journal further accepts proposals for special issues and book reviews of relevant works.

Presentation

Forum Sociológico is the journal of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, (CICS.NOVA), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, and its Editorial Board invites you to submit original papers to be published. Proposes may focus on various themes within the Social Sciences. The journal further accepts proposals for special issues and book reviews of relevant works. All articles will be submitted to a peer review process and at least to two experts of recognized merit of the thematic scope with bilateral anonymity.

The journal is published in open access and is present in SciELO Portugal, DOAJ, OpenEditionJournals, Latindex, ERIH PLUS, MIAR, DRJI, CLassifICS, CIRC, CAPES/Brazil and SHERPA/RoMEO.

How to apply

This Call for Papers is continuously open and papers should be sent to the following email : forum@fcsh.unl.pt.

Papers can be written in English, Portuguese, Spanish or French. Guidelines for authors and other relevant information are available at Forum Sociológico.

Manuscript Review and Decision Process

The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish/not publish submitted manuscripts, and informs the authors of its decision. The decision is supported by an evaluation process of the manuscripts based on a blind peer-review system, carried out in two consecutive steps :

1. Manuscripts are submitted to an initial assessment by the Editorial Board, which decides on the manuscript’s submission to the following step of the process, i.e. on the submission to peer review. This decision is made taking into consideration criteria of relevance, interest and quality, as well as defined criteria according to the journal’s editorial policy and guidelines for authors.
2. The selected manuscripts in the first step are submitted to detailed evaluation by anonymous reviewers through a double-blind peer review system. The reviews resulting of this process will be the base for the final decision on the manuscript’s publication by the Editorial Board.

The Editorial Board sends the blinded reviews to the authors and may suggest revisions, according to the recommendations made by the reviewers. A new evaluation of the revised paper may also be necessary in order to make the final decision on its publication.

When manuscripts submitted to the second step of evaluation are rejected, Forum Sociológico will inform the authors of the reasons for this decision, generally sending the reviewers’ opinions to the authors.

The Editorial Board is responsible for the final decision, according with the referees’ reviews and the journal’s editorial policy.

Authors are fully responsible for the published manuscripts.

Scientific coordination

• Ana Alexandre Fernandes (Editor in Chief) | CICS.NOVA e Universidade de Lisboa| ORCID
• Beatriz Padilla | University of South Florida, USA | ORCID
• José Carlos Marques | Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal | ORCID
• Maria João Bárrios | ISCSP - Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Politicas da Universidade de Lisboa, ISCSP, Ulisboa | ORCID
• Patrícia Pereira |CICS.NOVA – Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal | ORCID