Peer review models in the Journal Portal of the Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil

editorial practices and perspectives for the open review

Abstract

The general objective is to investigate the peer review standards (peer review) adopted by the journals indexed in the Electronic Journals Portal of the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA). This study is configured as descriptive research using bibliographic and documentary research techniques. The analysis corpus incorporates 29 journal titles from the UFMA Electronic Journals Portal, year 2023, with their respective editors. Data collection begins with the analysis of titles and, subsequently, with the application of a questionnaire to editors, through Google Forms, between January and May 2023. Therefore, there is a qualitative-quantitative analysis, since, alongside the collection of quantitative data, the editors' statements are discussed. The analysis of the results allows us to infer that, among the peer review models in the Electronic Journals Portal of the Federal University of Maranhão, double blind review prevails (27 = 93.10%), when the identity of authors and referees is completely unknown, thus contributing to more reliable opinions. Among the nine responding editors, although the majority (89.89%) claim to be familiar with OA, the willingness to adopt it seems distant (2.22%), which requires discussion and effective measures on the part of those involved with the Portal and those who are part of the Higher Administration of the Universities.