About the Journal

 

Focus and Scope

 

The Specialist (ISSN 2318-7115), Qualis-Capes A3, is a annual publication with volumes published in Jan-Dec, open to collaborators from all parts of the country and abroad interested in issues related to different areas of languages in Applied Linguistics. It includes in its areas of interest: theoretical and applied approaches to the teaching-learning of native and foreign languages; training of teachers and language teaching program coordinators; speech analysis; classroom interaction; analysis of linguistic genres; corpus linguistics; distance education; digital technology and language teaching and learning; languages for specific purposes; reports of systematized teaching experience. It also publishes debates and letters from readers, reserving the right to close a debate when it deems appropriate. The languages accepted for publication are: English, Portuguese, French and Spanish. All works must have abstracts in Portuguese and English. It accepts only unpublished contributions, which are not being submitted at the same time for another publication. Reviews will normally be commissioned based on suggestions from the advisory and editorial boards.

 

Peer Review Process

Articles in continuous flow
All works submitted to our journal undergo a pre-evaluation, carried out by the editors-in-chief. Our editorial team will assess the quality and formal adequacy of the articles before peer review and will seek to detect plagiarism or self-plagiarism in the manuscripts. However, reviewers are also asked to check manuscripts for potential (self-)plagiarism.
Approved in this pre-evaluation, the articles will be submitted to DOUBLE-BLIND review by two reviewers, members of the Editorial Board and/or ad hoc reviewers (members external to the board, previously registered as reviewers in the journal). In case of disagreement in the evaluation, a third reviewer will be requested.
After the analysis, copies of the reviews will be sent to the authors, along with instructions for modifications, if applicable. Works that do not comply with the journal's standards will be returned to the authors. Data and concepts expressed in the works, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographic references, are the sole responsibility of the authors.

PEER REVIEW FORM
Considering open science practices and the SciELO methodology, which classifies peer reviews as a new type of literature, in the publication of approved articles, authors and reviewers may, by mutual agreement, choose to:
• interact directly with the corresponding author
• publish the approval reports along with the manuscripts, with or without the identification of reviewers.

The journal publishes the names of the editors responsible for the evaluation in its approved articles.

Once the article is approved by our reviewers, authors will receive the Open Science Compliance Form via the email registered with the journal. In this form, they must state their position regarding open peer review. This means that you need to state (1) whether or not you agree to the publication of the reviews in the article, if it is accepted, (2) the responsibility of each person in the production of the manuscript, (3) whether the analyzed data are published and in which database, and (4) whether there is a conflict of interest in the production and publication of the article.

Dossiers and Special Issues
The publication of thematic dossiers is a practice of our journal. These thematic issues can be organized based on invitations made by the editors or through proposals submitted by professors from other institutions. We may publish one dossier per semester, the proposal of which must be within the scope of the journal.

The evaluation of articles for special issues and special features follows the same practice as articles in continuous flow: (1) pre-evaluation by the editors-in-chief, who approve or disapprove their compliance with the journal's standards and (2) double-blind peer review by members of the Editorial Board and external reviewers (registered as reviewers on our portal). In case of disagreement in the evaluation, a third reviewer will be requested.

After the analysis, copies of the reviews will be sent to the authors, along with instructions for modifications, if necessary. Works that do not conform to the journal's standards will be returned to the authors. Data and concepts expressed in the works, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographic references, are the sole responsibility of the authors.
Considering open science practices and the SciELO methodology, which classifies peer reviews as a new type of literature, in the publication of approved articles, authors and reviewers may, by mutual agreement, choose to:
• interact directly with the corresponding author
• publish the approval reviews along with the manuscripts, with or without the identification of reviewers.

The journal publishes in its approved articles the names of the editors responsible for the evaluation.

 

Integrity and Plagiarism Prevention

As part of actions to enhance academic integrity and prevent plagiarism in publications accredited on the Portal, The Specialist magazine adopts the text similarity identification service using the Plagium platform as a basis.

Frequency

The Specialist is an annual publication that receives and publishes articles in a continuous flow, presenting a single issue: January-December.

Archiving

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed filing system among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent journal archives for preservation and restoration. Know more...

40 years of history

The Especialist, ISSN 2318-7115, (QUALIS A3), with over 40 years of existence, is one of the first Applied Linguistics journals in Brazil. It has changed, renewed its appearance and broadened the focus of research lines. This change is necessary in view of the globalized world and the new forms of interaction that have altered the modus operandi of doing research and sharing knowledge. It is important to renew because it is in the pursuit of (re)learning in the field of research and inclusion that it is possible to reflect on “the world we live in”. Thus, as it is a biannual publication, linked to the Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics and Language Studies at PUC-SP, together with the research group ILCAE - Linguistic Inclusion in School Activities Scenarios, articles are received and reviews from collaborators from all parts of the country and abroad, with works that deal with different areas of languages in Applied Linguistics, such as: theoretical and applied approaches to the teaching-learning of mother tongues and foreign languages; training of teachers and language teaching program coordinators; speech analysis; classroom interaction; analysis of linguistic genres; corpus linguistics; distance education; digital technology and language teaching and learning; languages for specific purposes; reports of systematized teaching experience. The change was necessary, however, the work developed in the magazine continues to be the place of collaboration, agency, action and interaction, sharing between the (super) diverse experiences that occur in society.

Fees

Revista The Especialist does not charge any fee for the submission, evaluation and publication of articles or for any other type of academic content that may be published by the journal. All of its content is published and provided free of charge.

Sponsors

The Especilist is a journal funded by the university and public funding agencies, it is open access and does not charge a fee for evaluating and publishing articles.

This publication receives funding and operational support from:
Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics and Language Studies (LAEL) - Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC-SP.
Graduate Program in Humanities Teaching (PPGEH) - Federal Institute of Espírito Santo - Ifes campus Vitória.
Graduate Program in Humanities and Language Teaching (PPEHL) - Federal University of Acre (UFAC)

Qualis/CAPES (2021-2024) A3 in Linguistics

Free Access Policy

The ESPecialist follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal.

Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties using an open license. In our journal, we use the CC BY 4.0 license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, track them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.