About the Journal

Mission

Ágora Journal's mission is to disseminate high-quality and relevant research for the advancement of the knowledge area in Applied Social Sciences and Innovation.

Focus and Scope

Ágora Journal aims to publish original and unpublished articles in the field of Applied Social Sciences and Innovation, aiming to contribute to the promotion of national scientific production and dissemination. The journal is linked to the Professional Master's Program in Administration (PMPA) and has been published continuously since 1994. Until 2019, it had biannual publications, and starting from January 2019, it adopted a continuous publication format.

The submitted articles may have a theoretical or empirical focus:

• New theoretical perspectives that advance the understanding of areas related to Applied Social Sciences and Innovation, within the context of critical approaches, prioritizing the development of challenging theories, clarifications of existing theories, and the identification of new theoretical questions.
• Empirical investigations or essays that, based on theories or formulated frameworks, demonstrate practical application in the field of Applied Social Sciences and Innovation, prioritizing original contributions and their significance for studies in the area, using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Ágora Journal is indexed in directories (e.g., DRJI, LivRE, LatinREV), as well as being cataloged in the Capes journals portal. It is currently in the process of being indexed by new national and international indexers.

Qualis Capes (Quadrennium 2017-2020): B2

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Peer Review Process

The evaluation of articles submitted to Ágora Journal is characterized by two sequential stages: the desk review and the evaluation by reviewers.

Desk review: the editors meet and analyze, without any identification of the authors, the articles received to assess their relevance to the journal's scope and their potential to significantly contribute to the knowledge in the field of strategy study. When the submitted work is not suitable for the journal's policies, the authors are informed of the decision, within sixty days from the date of submission. Articles approved in the desk review stage are forwarded to two experts who make up the journal's body of reviewers for evaluation in the Double Blind Review system.

Double Blind Review: the articles are sent to peer reviewers by area of study of the article. The articles are evaluated considering the relevance of the studied theme to the focus of the journal, the writing, the logical sequencing of the theoretical review with the use of appropriate references, the suitability of the methodological procedures, the depth and consistency of the analyses, the design of the conclusions, and the relevance of the contributions, using a predefined form provided to the reviewers. This stage of the evaluation process can last up to three months, at the end of which the authors are informed about the editorial decision. When reviewers request adjustments to the article, the authors are granted, at the editor's discretion, a period of thirty to sixty days to incorporate the suggestions and corrections required. After making the requested adjustments and their verification by the reviewers and editors, the articles are submitted for the final editing of the document.

The conclusion of this process does not imply the immediate publication of the article. It is up to the editors, according to the editorial policies, to prepare the agendas and decide the appropriate time for publication.

FREQUENCY

v. 1, n. 1, 1994 to v. 23, n. 2, 2018, Biannual Publication.

Starting from January 2019, Ágora journal adopted a CONTINUOUS publication frequency.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public supports a greater global democratization of knowledge.

Target Audience

Includes a group of researchers, scholars, academics, professionals, and students interested in various topics related to Applied Social Sciences and Innovation, in their conceptions related to thought, planning, and management.

Licensing Policy

Ágora: a scientific dissemination journal describes its licensing policy, based on the Guidelines on The Creative Commons. This journal adopts the Attribution-NoDerivatives CC BY-ND license. This license allows for the redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as the work is redistributed unchanged, with credit attributed to the authors of the articles. Additional information about the license can be obtained at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode.