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ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Brief History

 

The Brazilian Ceramic Society (Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica - ABCeram) was founded in 1953, and in March 1955 Cerâmica was first released. Its first issue published the papers presented at the first Brazilian Ceramic Congress, held in São Paulo in 1954.

 

 

Open Science Compliance

 

Cerâmica follows the open access model. The journal adopts a series of practices, such as the open access policy, the code of good practice for editors and encourages the use of social networks to disseminate works published by authors. Additionally, it offers authors the option to indicate their roles in articles with multiple authors during the submission process in ScholarOne, observing the taxonomy of CRediT functions. We also encourage the sharing of analysis datasets, instruments, statistical analysis scripts, scripts and additional materials, made available in open online repositories, such as SciELO Data,  Zenodo, Mendeley Data, etc., if they cannot be disclosed in the work itself (this information must be indicated in the manuscript by the author(s). Cerâmica encourages the publication of preprints on public platforms such as: arXiv e SciELO Preprints, so that, if applicable, the manuscript is presented openly, before Also in line with open science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers the option of opening the peer review process, with or without identifying their names.

 

 

Publication Ethics

 

Cerâmica is committed to adhering to good practices and follows the norms and recommendations of ethics and responsibility standards in scientific communication established by national and international institutions. Among these, notable organizations include COPE, FAPESP (in Portuguese), and the “Guide to Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication” (in Portuguese);

Cerâmica is committed to ethics and quality in publishing. We comply with standards of ethical behavior expected of all parties involved: authors, editors and reviewers in the publication. Authors, Editors and Reviewers are encouraged to study and follow all standards of good scientific research practice;

To promote the predominance of originality of texts, the periodical adopts duplication checking programs with texts already published. Cerâmica does not accept plagiarism or any other unethical behavior in any instance. When plagiarism is detected, the author(s) are informed, with the presentation of the report generated by the software used. Cerâmica uses CopySpider plagiarism detection software. When there are doubts or questions, the editor-in-chief contacts the corresponding author;

The corresponding author, when submitting the article, declares that its content is original and guarantees that the work has not been published and is not in press or in the process of review/evaluation in any other journal;

If there are doubts, the corresponding author is requested to provide data supporting the methodology and results. The periodical follows COPE flow diagrams to identify and provide guidance on misconduct;

When suspecting ethical misconduct, the editor-in-chief will assess the situation with a view to clarifying the problem. Corrections or clarifications may be published by the journal if necessary. Cases not mentioned in these rules will be resolved by the editor-in-chief and associate editors.

 

 

Focus and Scopus

 

Cerâmica, the official journal of the Brazilian Ceramic Society (Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica - ABCeram), accepts original (and review) articles in the entire field of ceramic science and technology, including bioceramics, advanced ceramics, structural ceramics, electroelectronic ceramics, magnetic ceramics, optical ceramics, nuclear ceramics, ceramic raw materials, cements, sanitaryware and porcelain, thermal insulators, ceramic tiles, refractories, glazes and ceramic pigments, glasses and glass-ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, basic science, ceramic art, characterization techniques, ceramic equipments, microstructural analysis, manufacturing processes, powder synthesis, etc.

 

 

Digital Preservation

 

This periodical follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy.

 

 

Indexing Sources

 

 

 

Bibliographic Data

 

Journal title: Cerâmica
Title abbreviation: Cerâmica
Published by: Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABCeram)
Periodicity: Annual
Publication type: Continuous publication
Since: 1955

 

 

Websites

 

https://www.abceram.org.br/ceramica.journal/

 

 

 

EDITORIAL POLICY 

Preprints

 

Cerâmica accepts the publication of preprints on public platforms such as: arXiv and SciELO Preprints. Authors must disclose preprint posting details, including DOI and licensing terms, upon submission of the manuscript or at any other point during consideration at Cerâmica. Once the preprint is published, the author(s) are responsible for updating the reference, including the DOI and URL of the published version of the article on the journal's website, following the journal's rules.

 

 

Peer review process

 

Cerâmica defines the following criteria for the evaluation process of submitted manuscripts in its editorial policy: alignment with the journal's scope, adherence to technical, grammatical, and formal standards, relevance, content quality, textual coherence, and theoretical-methodological consistency.

The evaluation process consists of three stages, namely:

1. Preliminary analysis by the editor-in-chief to verify the following: adherence to the general instructions defined by the editorial policy, alignment with the journal's focus and scope, relevance and contribution of the text, and similarity analysis using the CopySpider software. Cerâmica pays strict attention to ethical standards for conducting animal and human research, requiring certificates from relevant ethics committees during the submission process. If there is any doubt about the documentation presented, the journal may reject the article. Articles that do not meet the criteria will be returned to the authors for corrections. If the works are inadequate or do not comply with the journal's standards, they may be rejected at this preliminary stage. Otherwise, they will be forwarded to an associate editor for peer review

2. Forwarding to reviewers: The article that complies with the standards will be subjected to evaluation of merit and scientific method by at least two ad hoc reviewers from institutions other than that of its author(s).

In principle Cerâmica adopts single blind peer review. However, in line with open science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers options to open the peer review process, with or without identifying their names. Authorization to disclose the name may be given by the authors when submitting the article and by the evaluators when filling out the Open Science Compliance Form. The publication of the evaluations that supported the decision to publish the article may be edited by the journal editorial board.

The reviewers, through an opinion written on a ScholarOne form, will recommend one of the options:

  •  Accept
  •  Minor revision
  •  Major revision
  •  Rejected

The editor(s) analyze the reviewers' opinions and forward them to the author(s). If the opinion is "Minor revision" or "Major revision," the article is returned to the author(s) for correction, modification, adaptation, and/or justification based on the reviewers’ feedback. The revised manuscript must be resubmitted to ScholarOne by the same author who submitted the original manuscript. It must be accompanied by a cover letter explaining each change requested by the reviewers. Any suggestions that are not accepted must be justified. Changes should be clearly highlighted in the text. The revised article and cover letter are initially evaluated by the editor-in-chief, who then forwards them to the associate editor, and subsequently to the reviewers.

If the article is rejected by one of the two reviewers, the associate editor will decide whether to send it for evaluation by a third reviewer. The associate editor and the editor-in-chief are responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of papers.

3. Upon acceptance, the article is sent to the contracted digital publisher. The final proof of the paper is sent to the corresponding author via email attachment. The author(s) have 72 hours to correct and return the duly revised original, if necessary. If the proof is not returned within 72 hours, the editor-in-chief considers the version without changes to be final, at this point no further changes to the text are permitted. All articles will be single-blind peer reviewed.

 

 

Open data

 

Cerâmica encourages author(s) to publish analysis datasets, instruments, statistical analysis scripts, and additional materials in open online repositories such as SciELO Data,  Zenodo, Mendeley Data, etc., if they cannot be included in the article itself. This information must be indicated in the manuscript. Consequently, when applicable, articles should indicate and reference the availability of the content underlying the research and the results obtained.

 

 

APC

 

There are no article publishing charges (APC) or publication fees for authors.

 

 

Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Errata, and Retraction

 

Submitting a manuscript implies that it has not been previously published or is currently in print. The article will first be evaluated for compliance with the journal's standards.

A previously published manuscript in which misconduct is identified will remain indexed in the journal's database as retracted. The retraction will document the reason and must be duly referenced through communication from the author, editor, or another authorized agent, and published in the same journal. The retraction may be partial if it applies to a specific part of the article without compromising the published research as a whole.

The procedure for registering the retraction of a paper  published by Cerâmica is initiated upon receipt of formal communication addressed to the journal editor-in-chief via email at ceramica.journal@abceram.org.br. The editor-in-chief will then inform SciELO. The communication must be accompanied by the retraction text, stating the reasons for the article's retraction.

Cases of errors or failures, regardless of their nature or origin, that do not constitute misconduct, are corrected through errata. The journal will publish the errata or retractions as quickly as possible.

Any additions and modifications to the submitted text must be made only before acceptance of the manuscript and only if approved by the editor-in-chief of the journal. The editor will only consider additions and modifications to the text in exceptional circumstances after acceptance of the article. While the editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. 

If the article has already been published in an online volume, any requests approved by the editor-in-chief will result in an errata with a fee of R$ 500.00 (five hundred reais) for Brazilian corresponding authors and US$ 100.00 (one hundred American dollars ) for foreign corresponding authors (correction fee).

This policy follows the SciELO “Guide for registering, marking and publishing Errata” (in Portuguese).

 

 

Conflict of Interest Policy

 

The conflict of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature. Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting the article, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must inform this in a signed document attached to the submission platform. For more information see: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest.

 

 

Adoption of similarity checking software

 

Cerâmica utilizes CopySpider similarity checking software.

All submitted manuscripts undergo similarity checks before being sent to the associate editor. If the similarity detected by the software is ≥ 3%, the manuscript is returned to the corresponding author along with the similarity report generated by CopySpider.adota o software de verificação de similaridade CopySpider.

 

 

 

Sex and Gender Equity

 

Cerâmica editorial team, in addition to the authors who publish in the magazine, must always observe the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER). Furthermore, Cerâmica observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board.

 

 

Ethics Committee

 

Authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research.

 

 

Copyright

 

Authors of papers published by Cerâmica retain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY). This license permits articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that the original work is correctly cited.

 

 

Publishing languages

 

English and Portuguese.

 

 

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

 

Responsibility for the content of journals and manuscripts rests with the authors. Articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal or ABCeram. The SciELO Program does not assume any legal responsibility for the content published by the journals. Any inquiries received will be forwarded to the editor-in-chief of the corresponding journal.

All journal content and manuscripts published by Cerâmica, unless otherwise specified, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY). Authors retain the copyright of their works and license them under the CC-BY, allowing articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is cited correctly. Cerâmica encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media platforms, as well as sharing them on personal social media accounts, as long as full citation is provided.

 

 

Supports and Sponsorship

 

Marca CNPq — Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico          Identidade Visual — CAPES          

 

 

 

EDITORIAL BOARD

 

Editor-in-Chief

   

 

Associate Editors

   

 

Editorial Board

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Types of contributions

 

  • Original research papers
  • State-of-the-art review articles
 

 

Authors Contribution

 

At the submission, the corresponding author will be invited (optionally) to describe the authors contributions using the CRediT taxonomy structure.

 

 

DOI

 

DOI will be assigned to all published articles.

 

 

Manuscript Submission

 

All manuscripts must be submitted at: https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ce-scielo.

 

 

Article Submission Format

 

  • Title
  • Abstract (max. 150 words)
  • Keywords: (min. 1, max. 5), no descriptors are used
  • Author(s) name (when a compound surname creates clear identification (through the use of capital letters, bold, and/or hyphenation), metadata, including the title, abstract, and keywords, must have an English version if the language of the text differs from English.)
  • Full affiliation of (all) author(s)
  • Author(s) ORCID
  • Corresponding author e-mail

All manuscripts should be written with Word text editor (.doc or .docx) in English or Portuguese, in A4 paper format with margins 1.5 cm above and below, 2.5 cm on the left and 1.5 cm on the right. Use one column and single spacing with font Times New Roman 10, no special formatting

Research articles with original results should contain the above itens and text in the following order: Introduction (objectives should be included at the end of this section); Experimental (or Materials and Methods); Results and Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments (if necessary; in this section, you can provide information about research funding); References. Please avoid using subtitle sections and do not use footnotes

State-of-the-art review papers must include all items found in research articles with original results manuscripts, excluding the Experimental section (or Materials and Methods). Subtitles may be used in this case.

 

 

Tables, Figures (Graphs, Plots) and Equations

 

Tables should be numbered sequentially with Roman numerals, with captions in the upper part. The tables must be editable (prepared with Word) and inserted in the text (tables should not have colors and shading) and should preferably have only three horizontal lines, as in the example:

Figures (Graphs, Plots) should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals and have lower captions. They are preferably inserted in the text. Illustrations (graphics, drawings, photos, micrographs) should have good contrast, uniform lettering, and sizing sufficient to allow reading after reduction. Illustrations will be published with a width of up to 8 cm or, occasionally, up to 16 cm. Any scale markers should be included in micrographs. Figures must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. 

Equations should be indicated, and referred to in the text, by capital letters in parentheses (prepared with Word), as shown below:

(A)

 

 

References

 

Citations and references must be numbered and ordered sequentially as they appear in the text. When cited in the text, reference numbers must be in brackets and not superscripted. Do not use linked fields (produced by programs like Word, Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, and similar). All authors of a citation must be included in the references. Please follow the Vancouver standard, for example: [1] Muccillo R, Muccillo ENS. Electric field-assisted flash sintering of tin dioxide. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 2014;34(4):915–23. doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.09.017.

Authors names must be formatted with the surname first, followed by a space and the initials of the first names. Titles of all cited articles are mandatory and must be in plain text, not italics. The first word of the title is capitalized, and the title must be written exactly as it appears in the cited work, ending with a period. Book titles should be written in italics with all main words capitalized. Journal titles are in plain text, not italics, and abbreviated in accordance with the JCR. Volume numbers must be in bold. The publisher and city of publication are mandatory for books.

References to web-only journals must include the authors, article title, and journal name as above, followed by the full URL or DOI, if known, and the year of publication in parentheses. References to websites must provide the authors (if known), the title of the cited page, the full URL, and the year of posting in parentheses.

 

 

Contact

 

Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica – ABCeram
Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532 – IPT – Prédio 36 – 2º Andar – Sala 03 – Cidade Universitária – 05508-901 – São Paulo/SP – Brazil.
Tel./Fax: +55 (11) 3768-7101 / +55 (11) 3768-4284
E-mail: ceramica.journal@abceram.org.br

 

 

Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532 - IPT - Prédio 36 - 2º Andar - Sala 03 , Cidade Universitária - 05508-901 - São Paulo/SP -Brazil, Tel./Fax: +55 (11) 3768-7101 / +55 (11) 3768-4284 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
E-mail: ceramica.journal@abceram.org.br
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