Focus and Scope

Created in 1996 and published without interruption since then, Mediações is currently a rolling publication journal of the Graduate Program in Sociology at the State University of Londrina (PPGSOC-UEL), focused on debates about relevant and/or current topics in the Social and Human Sciences (thematic coverage classification by CAPES: 70000000 and 70200009).

Since its inception, Mediações has maintained the characteristic of being a journal in Social Sciences, ensuring that the three areas of knowledge involved in these fields—Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology—are always adequately represented, both in the published articles and in its Editorial Board. It also strives to adhere as much as possible to principles of social justice (gender, race, etc.) and internationalization. Mediações is also committed to the rule of non-endogeneity: its current Internal Regulation stipulate that one-third of section editors must be composed of in-house researchers, while two-thirds must necessarily belong to other Brazilian and/or foreign institutions of higher education.

Mediações publishes three thematic dossiers per year, selected through a public call for dossier proposals, widely disseminated both within and outside the country. Each published dissier includes a fixed number of articles submitted to dossiers, with defined deadlines for submissions announced at least six months in advance, as well as a free section for articles and another for reviews, both on a rolling submission basis.

Contributions to Mediações must be original and can be submitted in Portuguese, English, or Spanish. Reviews are conducted by at least two ad hoc reviewers who are specialists in the topic. In accordance with the principles of Open Science, Mediações allows authors to submit preprints with no embargo and offers reviewers the option between Double-Blind Review and Open Peer Review.

Thematic coverage coded according to the CAPES classification: Areas of knowledge Human Sciences (70000000) and Sociology (70200009).