Focus and Scope
The mission of BALLOT is to publish articles, interviews, essays, reviews and other works arising from advanced studies of subjects related to electoral law and political rights, in electronic form as well as occasional commemorate printed editions. The magazine will accept works written in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, French and German. BALLOT will also be dedicated to promoting academic events in the areas of political science and electoral law.
The vision behind BALLOT is to attain a standout position among international electronic periodicals, serving as a reference for researchers, politicians and other interested people.
The essential editorial values are:
- High ethical and scientific commitment
- Methodological rigor
- Use of technologies to foster access to information with environmental responsibility
- Efficient editorial analysis of manuscripts submitted
The magazine is open to multiple theoretical and methodological approaches, related to any of the following themes:
- Party law
- Ineligibility for office
- Political rights
- Electoral process
- Ethics in politics
- Democracy
- Electoral mandates
- Political parties
- Electoral systems
- Electoral reform
- Campaign financing and fund raising
- Rendering of accounts
- Electoral commissions
- International electoral law
- Governmental programs
- Party programs
- Electoral crimes
- Anticorruption measures
- Efficient editorial analysis of manuscripts submitted
The magazine is open to multiple theoretical and methodological approaches, related to any of the following themes:
- Party law
- Ineligibility for office
- Political rights
- Electoral process
- Ethics in politics
- Democracy
- Electoral mandates
- Political parties
- Electoral systems
- Electoral reform
- Campaign financing and fund raising
- Rendering of accounts
- Electoral commissions
- International electoral law
- Governmental programs
- Party programs
- Electoral crimes
- Anticorruption measures
The editorial team is composed of the editors (editor-in-chief, assistant editor and associate editors), Editorial Board and ad hoc referees. The magazine accepts unpublished works in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, German and Italian, submitted by the online platform. The manuscripts submitted are subject to double-blind peer review. The magazine is published electronically twice a year.
The magazine esteems the perspective of the applied human and social sciences, receiving unpublished works in six languages (Portuguese, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish), on any aspects of its themes of interest, including through theoretical discussion, analysis of empirical results or literature reviews.
Authors must strictly follow the rules of the Guidelines and send their manuscripts exclusively via the online platform. Submissions sent by e-mail or any other means will not be accepted.
Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review process
1 – Enroll as an author at the periodicals platform of Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ).
2 – Once enrolled, manuscripts must be submitted for evaluation exclusively through the electronic system, not by e-mail or other means.
Because of the commitment to originality, the articles sent to BALLOT must not be under consideration for publication in other periodicals.
3 – The pertinence of the theme and rigor of the text will be judged in advance by the editors.
4 – After passing through these filters, the manuscripts (without information on the authors) will be sent for analysis by two ad hoc referees, chosen from a group of recognized specialists in the particular area of interest, who will present an opinion on the content, originality and quality of the contributions. Also, neither of the two referees knows the identity of the other one.
4.1 – The term for preparation of the opinions is from 30 to 120 days, after which the two opinions will be sent to the corresponding author, for possible inclusion of suggestions or other adjustments to improve the text.
After adjustments of the text according to the suggestions of the referees, the review process will start again with step 2.
4.2 – Acceptance for publication requires the approval of two referees. If there is divergence in the opinions of the two referees, the manuscript will be sent to a third ad hoc referee, whose opinion will be decisive.
5 – After the double-blind peer review, the manuscript will submitted to a final review for correction of spelling errors and syntax problems.
Sources of Support
- ESDEL - Escola Superior de Direito Eleitoral
- ABRADEP - Academia Brasileira de Direito Eleitoral e Político