About the Journal

Focus and Scope

"Cadernos do IME - Série Matemática" is a scientific journal designed to promote the circulation of ideas and stimulate the study and intellectual curiosity of mathematics. It is aimed to all who are interested in teaching and studying mathematics and its applications in other areas of knowledge. It is a channel for the dissemination of exhibition works and preprints of mathematics articles, interdisciplinary articles, focusing on applications of Mathematics; and articles on Mathematics Education and Mathematics Teaching, which report practical experiences, lived in the classroom, on the teaching of mathematics topics.

It is open to the dissemination of works of teachers/researchers and students from all educational and research institutions.

The journal "Cadernos do IME – Série Matemática" does not apply fees for submission, publication or any other nature in its processes.

Peer Review Process

Evaluation of the submitted papers:

The evaluation of the submitted articles is by the double-blind system, in which the authors do not know the evaluators and vice versa.  Thus, the file of the article sent at the time of submission should not include the name of the authors. Authors will only be identified after the article has been accepted for publication.

For each submitted article , which is in the evaluation process, at least one opinion from an Ad Hoc Reviewer, who is expert in the area of the articles, will be issued.

If there is a need for another evaluation, it will be at the discretion of the Managing Editor to express an opinion, after analyzing the submitted article, on the acceptance or rejection of the article or to invite another evaluator to issue another opinion on the text.

Publication Frequency

From the year 2020, the editions will be semiannual, available in June and December of each year.

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge available to the public free of charge provides greater worldwide democratization of knowledge.

Editorial Structure and Policy

The editorial structure of the journal "Cadernos do IME - Série Matemática" is constituted as follows: (i) 3 Editors, one of them being the Editor-Manager (ii) Section Editors, whose names will be chosen from the names of the Editors; (iii) Editorial Board, composed of at least 10 members; (iv) Ad Hoc evaluators.

The communication of this structure occurs through emails sent and received through the journal's website: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/cadmat

All members who participate in the editorial structure are researchers and professors of outstanding mathematics, coming from the academic community and all with the degree of Doctor or PhD.

The exercise of any function provided for in the editorial structure of the journal is a voluntary activity without remuneration.

Editors 

Managing Editor

The Managing Editor is responsible for coordinating the entire editorial process, from the receipt of the submitted articles to the publication phase.  The choice of the Managing Editor should consider factors such as: scientific leadership, community recognition, history of acting as reviewer and author and his work project for the journal.

The Managing Editor is responsible for:

  • Coordinate the team involved with the journal;
  • Maintain communication between Editors and the Editorial Board;
  • Maintain communication with Evaluators;
  • Follow the submission of articles;
  • Together with the Editorial Team, select Ad Hoc Evaluators;
  • Preliminary evaluation of each article submitted, taking into account only its merit and its adequacy to the scope of the journal, continuing the process of submission of the article or rejecting the article;
  • Forward to Ad Hoc Evaluators  the submitted articles that continue in the process;
  • Proceed carefully, based on an opinion of the Ad Hoc Evaluator and advised by members of the Editorial Team, before the decision on rejection of an article;
  • Follow-up of articles throughout the editorial process until their final approval or rejection;
  • Inform the authors about the editorial decision at the end of the evaluation process;
  • Publish journal editions.

Editors

Editors are responsible for:

  • Advise the Managing Editor on his specific duties;
  • Represent the Managing Editor when necessary;
  • Assume the duties of the Managing Editor, in the absence of him/her.

Section Editors

Each Section Editor is responsible for:

  • Receive articles submitted to the section of the journal of which you are responsible;
  • Check the adequacy of the article submitted to the section to which the article was submitted;
  • Communicate the submission of the article to the Managing Editor;
  • Follow the article submission process.

Editors should not use unpublished information to support their own research without the author's consent.

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board will be composed of at least 10 members, appointed among researchers of broad recognition in the academic community and experts in the lines of research related to the scope of the journal, which will be invited by the Managing Editor, according to the editors' advice.

The composition of the Editorial Board will be: approximately 25% of professors/researchers with institutional ties with UERJ and approximately 75% of external professors/researchers, of recognized merit in the scientific community.

Duties of the members of the Editorial Board:

  • Advise the Editors in the definition of editorial policy and in the mission of the journal;
  • To ensure the technical-scientific quality of the journal and its regularity of publication;
  • Mediate conflicts over evaluations of submitted articles;
  • Advise the Editors on the indication of Ad Hoc Evaluators;
  • Advise and, if necessary, assess the relevance of the articles submitted to the objectives of the journal;
  • Evaluate the performance of the journal and propose modifications of its standards, aiming to maintain its quality and attractiveness;
  • Promote the dissemination of the journal.

Ad Hoc Evaluators

Ad Hoc Evaluators will  be chosen by the Editors and, if necessary, with the advice of members of the Editorial Board.

Ad Hoc Evaluators will  have their names registered on the  journal's website by the Managing Editor. Access to the names of the Evaluators will be made available only to the Journal's Editorial Team. The simple registration of the name of the  Ad Hoc Evaluatorwill not be considered a link between the Evaluator and the journal. The link between the  Ad Hoc Evaluator and the journal "Cadernos do IME - Série Matemática" will be characterized by each article evaluated by him and the proof of the evaluation will be made by issuing a letter of thanks, on behalf of the Managing Editor, automatically generated by the journal's website.

Evaluators are responsible for:

  • Decline the invitation to proceed with the evaluation of the submitted article, if they do not feel qualified and/or have any conflict of interest with the manuscript and communicate the fact to the Editor responsible for monitoring the submission process;
  • Register on the website of the journal that accepts the invitation to evaluate the submitted article that deals with matters of its expertise, when applicable;
  • Treat the document received confidentially and do not disclose any details about the evaluated work;
  • They should not use the information of the original evaluated for the benefit of their own research;
  • In the case of a requirement of revisions, issue an opinion containing the arguments necessary for the author to improve the article;
  • Re-evaluate the article submitted, after the revision of the article, by the author;
  • Carry out the evaluation objectively;
  • Carry out the evaluation of the article within the deadline established by the journal.

Journal History

The journal "Cadernos do IME - Série Matemática" is a scientific publication designed to promote the circulation of ideas and stimulate the study and intellectual curiosity. It is addressed to all who are interested in the teaching and study of mathematics. It is a channel for the dissemination of exhibition papers and preprints of articles by teachers/researchers and students open to all educational and research institutions.

The journal"Cadernos do IME - Série Matemática"  is published by the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME) of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Since 2004, it has been published in electronic version and, from 2020, with semiannual editions. The electronic version is based on the Electronic E-Publications Portal of UERJ.

  • Year of creation: 1996, printed version.

  • Printed Version, ISSN: 1413-9030, 1996 to 2003.

  • Electronic version, e-ISSN: 2236-2797, from 2004 to 2019, annual publication.

  • Electronic version, e-ISSN: 2236-2797, from 2020, semiannual publication.