About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad has the mission of promoting the exchange of Latin American academic production and its dissemination among researchers, activists and public policy makers. The Journal publishes contributions that, with a focus on the Latin American social context, explore the cultural and political dimensions of sexualities and bring relevant and original discussions on the subject.
The main topics of interest of Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad - Revista Latinoamericana are:
- Social practices and representations on sexualities/eroticism and their connections with various social markers of difference (gender, social class, color/race, ethnicity/nationality, stages of life/generation, etc.);
- Public policies, legal systems and the actions of different actors in civil society (social movements, religious groups, NGOs, funding agencies, etc.) in the process of establishing sexual and reproductive rights in the areas of health, justice and education, among others.
- Science and knowledge about sexuality, with an emphasis on the role of public or collective health in the development of research and public policies on the subject.
The Journal prioritizes the perspective of the human and social sciences, accepting works in three languages (Portuguese, Spanish and English).
Given the Journal's themes of interest and focus, submitted materials may be published in the following sections: Articles, Thematic Dossiers, Bibliographic Essays, Speeches and Debates, Interviews, Reviews and Document Collection. Specific guidelines for each section can be found in the “Article Submission” tab.
All published articles receive a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number.
Indexed in
- SciELO Brasil - Scientific Electronic Library Online
- LATINDEX - Sistema regional de información en línea para revistas científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal
- DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
- REDALYC - Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y El Caribe, España y Portugal.
Bibliographic Record
Journal Title: Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad (Rio de Janeiro)
Abbreviated Title: Sex., Salud Soc. (Rio J.)
Published by: Latin American Center for Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM/IMS/UERJ)
Frequency: Annual
Publication Type: Continuous
Year of Journal Creation: 2009
Websites and Social Media Websites e Mídias Sociais
Fees
This journal offers free and immediate access to its content, pursuing the goal of making scientific knowledge freely available to the public.
There is no fee for submission, review, and publication of materials.
Preprints
Manuscripts previously deposited in recognized preprint servers such as Scielo Preprints, ScoArXiv, HAL, Zenodo and university repositories (example: University of Brasília/UnB repository) are accepted for publication.
Previous submission to preprint repositories must be reported in the open science compliance form.
Preprint manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and will follow the other steps provided for unpublished manuscripts (see Peer Review Process below).
Peer Review Process
In line with good open science practices, Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad allows authors of materials submitted to the journal to indicate the evaluation system to which they wish to submit their works:
- Double-blind evaluation
- Informed evaluation
In the case of informed evaluation, authors and reviewers will be given the option to communicate directly with each other; it will also be possible to publish the reviews.
The names of the editors responsible for publishing the article will be included in the published articles.
To this end, filling out and submitting the “Open Science Compliance Form” is a mandatory step in the process of submitting materials in the Articles, Dossiers and Bibliographic Essays sections.
Open Data
Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad encourages the publication of additional data and information underlying the analyses and research presented. We advise authors to deposit such information in reliable data repositories – such as DataScielo. Additional materials, if made available, must be duly cited, referenced and declared in the text submitted for evaluation. The availability of the data that support the analysis presented must be reported in the “Open Science Compliance Form”.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Sexuality Health and Society has been seeking to align itself with the open science regime with IDEIA (Impact, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) at different levels: ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, and regional origin. Currently, its Executive Editorial Board (with 14 people) is composed of 57% women; 70% LGBTQIA+ individuals; and 30% non-white individuals (mixed race and Black people). Furthermore, it incorporates mechanisms to monitor and promote this regime with the authors of the various texts it publishes and its ad-hoc reviewers.
Publication rights
By submitting their work for evaluation, authors assume that the texts, as well as illustrations, tables, bibliographical references, etc., are their sole responsibility and express their opinions, and not necessarily those of Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedade - Revista Latinoamericana.
By submitting their work, authors are authorizing the editors to publish their work and granting their rights for this purpose.
Authors of articles published by Sexuality, Health, and Society retain copyright over their work, licensing it under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors grant the journal the right of first publication.
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
All journal content and articles published by Sexualidade, Saúde e Sociedade, except where otherwise specified, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY license.
