About the Journal

 

Objectives and Editorial Policy

 

Quaestum is a journal with rolling publishing linked to the PECEGE, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. Edited since 2015, replacing Revista iPecege, Quaestum publishes scientific articles, scientific notes, and bibliographic reviews (primarily by the invitation of the Editorial Committee) in the area of Applied Social Sciences, resulting from the development of research by national or foreign authors, with a rigorous double anonymous evaluation system.

 The journal publishes articles, scientific notes, and bibliographic reviews in English, Portuguese and Spanish covering topics related to Agribusiness, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Environment, Business, Rural, and Human Resources.

Articles of non-discriminated areas or scopes will have their relevance judged by the Editorial Committee or by the Editorial Board, if applicable. The publication of review articles is conditioned to invite renown experts by the Council or by the Editorial Committee. The publication of literature reviews in the form of spontaneous contribution will be considered, but all peer review procedures will follow. All material submitted for publication by Quaestum will be subject to an evaluation of interest by the Editorial Committee, which has the right to refuse to include the material on the journal’s agenda.

 

Peer Review

 The texts sent to Quaestum are submitted to triple evaluation, consistent in two early stages. In the first, called desk review, publishers gather and analyze the articles received without any identification of the authors, assessing their relevance as to the scope of the journal and its potential to contribute significantly with knowledge in the field of applied social sciences. If these requirements are not met, the article will be rejected. In exceptional cases, publishers may suggest minor adjustments so that the work is in accordance with the editorial line of Quaestum. The result can be communicated within one month of the submission date.

 

The second stage includes the acceptance of the article for evaluation and its submission to two reviewers. In this case, the double-blind peer review is carried out by the specialists, and the names of the reviewers and authors remain confidential.

 

The reviewers will analyze the texts based on the quality of the essay, scientific structuring, adequate description of the theoretical and methodological foundation, contextualization of the research problem, data presentation, analysis of results and quality of conclusions. This stage of the evaluation process can last up to three months. Authors will be informed by the Editor about the opinions and result by e-mail, which may refer to one of the four options below:

 

• Approved;
• Approved with small changes;
• Approved with major changes: if necessary, may be reassessed;
• Rejected.

 

When approved with changes, the publisher will give the authors a period of thirty to sixty days to incorporate the suggestions and corrections required. After the requested adjustments have been made and verified by reviewers and editors, the articles are submitted to the orthographic, grammatical and adaptation revision to the standards adopted by the journal and to the final publication of the document.

 

The completion of this process does not imply immediate publication of the article. It is up to the Editor to choose the texts that will be published considering the following criteria: initial submission date, an institutional plurality of the first authors, a plurality of subjects (except for thematic issues) and international articles.

 

 

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

• Text language: English, Portuguese, and Spanish
• Review process: desk review and double blind review
• Number of pages: up to 30 pages

 

Language

The manuscript can be written in English, Portuguese, and Spanish with attention to objectivity, clarity and conciseness. Authors that submitted manuscripts in English or Spanish are responsible for ensuring that the article has been reviewed or translated by native English or Spanish speakers or professionals with a solid knowledge of the language.

Areas

• Agribusiness
• Economy
• Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Business
• Human Resources