About the Journal

focus and scope

childhood & philosophy is an ongoing publication linked to the uerj periodicals portal, focusing on publishing works dedicated to the intersections between philosophy, childhood and education. it publishes unpublished articles, experience reports, literature, reviews, and interviews related to the philosophies of childhood(s) and philosophical inquiries (theoretical and practical) with children. the journal adopts blind peer review in its editorial process, where the works are sent to reviewers for analysis, meeting the criteria of its editorial policy. since vol. 21, 2025, following the principles of open science, we have given the option of identifying the names of the reviewers and publishing their opinions.

to keep the polyphonic character of childhood alive, childhood & philosophy publishes articles in five languages (portuguese, english, spanish, french and italian), as a commitment not only to the integrity of each work in its native language, but to a multilingualism that is indicative of the polyperspectivism that we want to promote in the relationship between childhood and philosophy. the use of lowercase letters is part of this intention to draw the attention of readers to the minuscule, the smallest, that which seems less important and, who knows, is called to renew the world. it also represents a commitment to equality among all those who practice education and who seek in philosophy other childhoods and, in childhood, other philosophies.

digital preservation

this journal follows the standards defined by the program of scielo program digital preservation policy.

our mission

commitment to the academic community to build a democratic, polyphonic, childhood-sensitive journal of quality and philosophical and political power and, with it, contribute to the consolidation of studies and practices in the fields of philosophical education with childhoods, philosophies of childhoods and philosophy with children.

compliance with open science

the open science movement proposes guidelines for collaborative, shared and public scientific practice. in line with the open science guidelines, childhood & philosophy has adopted a series of practices, including the policy of free and open access to all its content, a code of best practices for editors, and the use of social networks to disseminate published works. in addition, it requires the precise description of the role of each of the authors in articles with multiple authorship, encourages the sharing of analytical data sets, the statistical analysis scripts, as well as additional materials made available in open online repositories, such as zenodo, figshare and osf. if these materials cannot be published in the work itself, they are to be duly indicated in the manuscript. As such, articles that communicate research must indicate and reference the availability of the content underlying the preparation of the research and the results obtained.

childhood & philosophy encourages the publication of articles in preprint format on public platforms, such as scielo preprints and osf preprints, so that, if necessary, they can be discussed openly before being published. also, in conformity with open science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers the option of opening the peer review process with or without identifying their names. authorization for the disclosure of names may be given by authors at the time of submitting articles and, in the case of reviewers, when filling out the evaluation form in compliance with open science.

in the case of publication of evaluations supporting the decision to publish an article, they may be edited by the journal's editorial board. Furthermore, the contribution of section editors is duly credited in the published article. reviewers receive a record of their opinion on the manuscript and can also validate their comments on publons or scielo.

editorial policy

preprints

childhood & philosophy encourages the publication of preprint articles on public platforms, such as scielo preprints, so that they can be discussed openly before being published.

peer review process

in line with open science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers options for opening the peer review process, with or without the identification of their names. authorization for the disclosure of names may be given by the authors at the time of article submission and, in the case of reviewers, when completing the evaluation form on compliance with open science. in the event that the reviews supporting the decision to publish an article are made public, they may be edited by the journal’s editorial board. the contribution of section editors is duly credited in the published article. reviewers receive a statement acknowledging their review of the manuscript and may also publish their review together with the evaluated article on the childhood & philosophy website or in repositories such as publons or reviewer credits. if the authors and/or reviewers do not agree to disclose their identity, childhood & philosophy offers the option of continuing with a blind peer review process, without revealing their identity.

open data

childhood & philosophy encourages the sharing of analysis data sets, instruments, scripts and additional materials, made available in open online repositories, such as scielo data, if they cannot be published in the work itself, and this information must be indicated in the manuscript. consequently, articles that communicate research should indicate and reference the availability of the content underlying the preparation of the research and the results obtained.

guide to promoting the opening, transparency and reproducibility of research published by scielo journals
guidelines for research data citation (portuguese only)

list of repositories for research data deposit (portuguese only)

open access

childhood & philosophy is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available, at no cost to the user or their institution. users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full text articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without seeking prior permission from the publisher or author, as long as they respect the creative commons license used by the journal. this definition of open access is in accordance with the budapest open access initiative (boai).

content licensing

childhood & philosophy adopts the Creative Commons licensing policy for its content under the license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

charging fees

childhood & philosophy does not charge any fees (apc) for published texts nor for those submitted for evaluation, review, publication, distribution or download. the publication is completely free and open access.

its financial sustainability comes from the uerj periodical publications system to maintain doi usage fees, from the rio de janeiro state research support foundation (faperj) for xml markup, and from other resources that the center of studies in philosophies and childhoods (nefi) obtains from agencies such as the national council for scientific and technological development (cpnq) and faperj itself.

declaração scielo sobre sustentabilidade financeira

conflict of interest policy

any conflicts of interest involving the editing, evaluation or publication of articles can, and should, be communicated not only by the authors, but by everyone involved in the editorial process of a manuscript. editors must avoid making decisions about manuscripts that conflict with their own interests, such as those submitted by authors from their department, their advisees, or research collaborators. when editors themselves submit an article to the journal, they are not part of the evaluation process. if associated publishers are involved in a conflict of interest, they delegate decision-making to other publishers. the journal's reviewers take into account any type of conflict of interest before evaluating the manuscript. working relationships with the author constitute a conflict of interest (e.g.: participating or having participated in a research project; maintaining or having maintained scientific collaboration with research groups; having a mentoring relationship; having a financial interest in the project involved in the manuscript).

access to the conflict of interest form: https://forms.gle/jMT6RXEd2etCV5aU8

adoption of similarity checking software

as part of the actions designed to support academic integrity and prevent plagiarism in publications accredited on the portal, childhood & philosophy adopts the service of identifying text similarity using the plagium platform as a basis. after checking the percentage of probability of text similarity, the result is evaluated by the editor responsible for the article who, depending on the case, requests the authors to make the required revisions or rejects the article.

work that contains up to 20% similarity with another text is considered acceptable. above that, following verification of a larger percentage, notification is sent to the author so that he or she can reduce this figure to below 20%.

deia policy

we adopt principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (deia) in all stages of our editorial process, promoting diversity of gender, race, regional and institutional origin among authors, reviewers, and editors, as well as thematic and conceptual plurality in contributions.

the editorial team of childhood & philosophy and the authors who publish in the journal consider in their work the guidelines on sex and gender equity in research (sager) that guide the reporting of gender information in study design, data analysis, and the results and interpretation of findings. in addition, childhood & philosophy observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board, encourages inclusive language and attention to accessibility, and periodically reviews this policy to maintain its alignment with contemporary demands in humanities research.

(gender policy committee and the sager guidelines)

ethics committee

childhood & philosophy is committed to observing good ethical practices in the management of manuscripts, involving editors, reviewers, and authors. authors must adopt as a reference in their manuscripts the “scielo guide of good practices for strengthening ethics in scientific publishing” and the “principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing” recommended by the committee on publication ethics (cope), the directory of open access journals (doaj), and the open access scholarly publishers association (oaspa).

with regard to the verification of plagiarism and self-plagiarism through software, all articles that more than 20% similarity, including self- plagiarism, will be analyzed by the editorial committee, which will request a statement from the authors, if necessary. the editorial team will issue a final opinion regarding the matter.

the publication of an article that presents research results involving human beings and conducted in brazil must be supported by approval from a research ethics committee (cep), in accordance with cns brasilian resolution no. 466, of december 12, 2012 (ethics in research with human beings); and cns brasilian resolution no. 510, of april 7, 2016 (ethics in research in human and social sciences). if the research has not been reviewed and approved by a cep, it must comply with the ethical parameters adopted by childhood & philosophy. manuscripts by foreign authors must follow the ethical standards of their country of origin. this information must be mentioned in the body of the manuscript, in the section related to methodology or at the end of the article, after the references.

the falsification or fabrication of results will be considered serious misconduct. if there are doubts regarding the results of the research presented in the manuscript, supporting data for the research methodology may be requested.

childhood & philosophy receives communications of suspected misconduct in published manuscripts via the email: chiandphi@gmail.com

. for the analysis of misconduct, the flowcharts of the committee on publication ethics (cope) are used. if retraction is necessary, childhood & philosophy follows the scielo retraction guide. the manuscript remains in the database in the condition of retracted.

according to new open science practices, the open science compliance form must be submitted attached to the manuscript, and it will be consulted at all stages of validation and evaluation of the submission. in this form, authors are requested to inform: (a) whether the manuscript is a preprint and, if so, its location; (b) whether data, program codes, and other materials underlying the manuscript text are properly cited and referenced; and (c) whether they accept open options in the peer review process. manuscripts with more than one author must present the specific contribution of each author in the writing process. each author must indicate, in the specific form, their contribution(s) to the writing of the manuscript. the later inclusion of authors after the submission of the manuscript will not be accepted.

copyright

childhood & philosophy uses the creative commons (cc-by 4.0) license, thus preserving the integrity of the articles in an open access environment. the journal allows the author to retain publication rights without restrictions.

intellectual property and terms of use

childhood & philosophy reserves the right to make normative, spelling and grammatical changes to the originals, with a view to maintaining the standard language of the articles, while respecting the authors' style;

authors retain full rights to their works published in childhood & philosophy, with their total or partial reprint/republication, deposit or republication being subject to the indication of first publication in the journal, through the cc-by 4.0 license;

In addition, the opinions expressed by the authors of the articles are their sole responsibility.

privacy policy

the names and addresses provided in childhood & philosophy will be used exclusively for the services provided by this publication, and will not be made available for other purposes or to third parties.

on the use of artificial intelligence

this policy guides the responsible use of artificial intelligence (ai) in our journal, ensuring the integrity, transparency and excellence of the research we endorse.

authorship: artificial intelligence or similar tools do not qualify for authorship of texts and cannot be included as co-authors unless this is explicitly stated and carried out within the conditions set out below.

responsibility: the use of ai must be carefully supervised by the authors, who are responsible for errors, plagiarism and other bad practices that may occur in their research due to the use of these software and mechanisms.

authenticity and originality: authors who employ ai to generate or analyze content must ensure that their work is original and contributes significantly to the field of study.

declaration of use of ai: all manuscripts that use ai, whether in generation, analysis, review, or any other capacity, should clearly indicate this in the materials and methods section. in addition, authors should explicitly mention the extent of ai involvement.

transparency: authors must be transparent about the use of ai in the manuscript writing process, including detailed information (name, version, model, source, parameters used) about how the technology was used and what role ai played in the development of the text.

limitations: in case of using ai as a research tool, authors must discuss in the text the limitations and potential biases that this brings to the text.

learn more in the guide to ai tools and resources – scielo.

guide to the use of artificial intelligence tools and resources in research communication on scielo

signatory of the dora – san francisco declaration on research assessment

childhood & philosophy has been a signatory to dora since its inception.

periodicity

childhood & philosophy, from volume 15 in 2019, adopted the rolling pass system: articles are published immediately once approved, and edited in a single volume that remains open until the end of the year. the full summary is published together with the last set of articles in the volume.

statement on author participation

childhood & philosophy declares openness to the participation of authors outside the publishing institution, avoiding being endogenous and adopting clarity in the institutional diversity of its authors.

quarantine policy

childhood & philosophy does not publish more than one contribution by the same author as lead author in the same volume.

brief history

childhood & philosophy is a continuously published journal resulting from a partnership between nefi (center for the study of philosophy and childhood) at the state university of rio de janeiro (uerj) and the international community for philosophical research with children (icpic). childhood & philosophy has been published in brazil since its creation in 2005. it was published biannually until 2015, and starting in 2016 on a quarterly basis. in 2019, it adopted the rolling pass system: articles are published immediately once approved, and edited in a single volume that remains open until the end of the year. the full summary is published together with the last set of articles in the volume.

indexing sources

databases [db] and directories [dr]

- ANVUR - Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca [dr]

- virtual libraries using the oai system (open archives initiative)

- BNF - les signets de la bibliothèque nationale de france

- DIALNET [dr]

- DOAJ - directory of open access journals [dr]

- Educ@ Periódicos Online de Educação (SciELO methodology) [db]

- IRESIE - index of higher education and educational research journals [db]

- LATINDEX - regional online information system for scientific journals in latin america, the caribbean, spain and portugal [dr]

- Periódicos LivRe [dr]

- Public Knowledge Project (pkp/oai) [dr]

- Redalyc - Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal [db]

- REDIB - red iberoamericana de innovación y conocimiento científico [db]

- ROAD - directory of open access scholarly resources [dr]

- SCOPUS - [db]

- SIS - scientific indexing services [db]

- Sumários.org - summaries of brazilian magazines [db]

impact

google scholar

ethical guidelines

publication ethics statement policy, good conduct, improper practices and procedures in publications (*)

when the article involves procedures with human subjects, or sensitive data covered the lgpd, authors must attach a declaration of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research.

duties of editors:

publication decision: the journal's editors are responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal will be published in accordance with the journal's editorial policies and in compliance with legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. they may consult the editorial board or collaborators in making decisions.
fair rules: editors should evaluate manuscripts for their content and form, without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy.
confidentiality: editors and editorial staff members must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to any other person, with the exception of the author, reviewers, potential contributors, and other editorial advisors, as appropriate.
disclosure and conflicts of interest: editors should not use unpublished information in their own research without the express written consent of the author. editors should refrain from evaluating manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or any other type of relationship or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions that are linked/connected to the articles.
participation and cooperation in investigations: editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been raised regarding a submitted manuscript or published article.

duties of the reviewers:

contribution to editorial decision: peer review helps editors make editorial decisions and can also help the author improve the article.
timeliness: any selected referee who does not feel qualified to evaluate the research reported in a manuscript or knows that prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself/herself from the review process.
confidentiality: all manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. they must not be shown to or discussed with others.
standards of judgment: comments should be conducted in a judicious manner and through careful consideration and supporting arguments.
source acknowledgement: peer reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited. the reviewer should also draw the editor's attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript in question and any other published work of which they have personal knowledge.
disclosure and conflicts of interest: privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from competitive or collaborative relationships or any other type of relationship or connections with any of the authors, companies or (possibly) institutions that are linked/connected to the articles.

duties of authors:

reporting standards: authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work performed and a careful analysis of its significance. underlying data should be presented accurately in the paper. a paper should contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
originality and plagiarism: authors must ensure that their work is original, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, these must have been properly cited or quoted. plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
multiple, redundant, or concurrent publications: authors should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously and/or publishing the same article in different journals constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
acknowledgement of sources: appropriate acknowledgement of the work of others should always be made. publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported should be cited. information obtained in private, such as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, should not be used or reported without the explicit written permission of the source. information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereed manuscripts or grant applications, should not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in such services.
authorship of the article: authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. all those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should also be acknowledged or listed as contributors. the author should ensure that all appropriate and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the article, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication.
disclosure and conflicts of interest: all authors must disclose in their manuscripts any financial or substantive/material conflicts of interest that could influence the results or proposed interpretations. all sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.
fundamental errors in published works: when an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her own published work, it is his or her obligation to immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the article.

duties of the journal:

we are committed to ensuring that receipt of advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue does not have any impact or influence on editorial decisions.
our articles are reviewed to ensure the quality of scientific publications and we are also users of plagium (software for identifying plagiarism and similarity).

(*) this ethics policy is based on recommendations from elsevier and cope - committee on publication ethics - best practice guidelines for journal editors .

additional information

orcid:

as a way of standardizing authorship, it is mandatory to include the orcid id when submitting texts to childhood & philosophy . after the first analysis, before being forwarded for evaluation, manuscripts that do not have the orcid informed in the system will be notified for the inclusion of the identifier record.

the orcid identifier can be obtained free of charge at: https://orcid.org/register.

the full url must be included, accompanied by the expression "https://" (for example: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097), or you can enter the automatic registration to connect via orcid.

all authors must have an orcid registration. on the journal platform, you can enter your orcid connection directly, allowing your connection to be validated by the system. when submitting, the author must click on authorization so that the other authors can validate their registration via the link provided.

about doi registration: every paper published in childhood & philosophy is registered under a doi number.

url pattern

about the shortener: to maintain the standard in the system and in the pdf, we ask authors that if they find the url too long, they shorten the reference url using a url shortening system. we suggest bitly.

about the long url : when we leave the reference with a very long url, it tends to break in the ojs, and this harms standardization and recovery.

about the url on one line: urls that are on one line only do not need to be shortened, but those that take up more than two lines of the reference should be shortened.

about activating the url link: remember to activate all the urls inserted in the references.

about the doi in the references: for references that have a url with the doi, give preference to this doi link, as it will be organized systematically.

editorial flow

after submission using the appropriate form, the editor-in-chief receives the text, checks that it complies with the journal's standards and falls within its scope. an editorial assistant then runs the text through anti-plagiarism software to detect any cases of fraud (plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or undeclared use of ai). the editor-in-chief may take on the editing of the text or designate an associate editor—or a guest editor, in the case of dossiers—for this purpose. next, the editor in charge of the text designates two reviewers to evaluate the manuscript. each reviewer is invited to follow the principles of open science: reveal their identity, put them in contact with the author of the text, and publish their review. the reviewer writes a review (publishable without revisions, minor revisions, major revisions, or not publishable). if there is a discrepancy between the reviews, the editor may request a third review. the editor reads and returns the reviews to the authors of the article, forwarding the reviewers' suggestions (the editor may also filter the reviews and make additions). the authors resubmit a corrected version of the text to the editor. in the case of substantive revisions, the editor may send this new version to the reviewers to validate the changes made. once accepted for publication by the reviewers and editor, the text is sent to the journal's editorial committee, which will handle the formatting, proofreading, and publication of the text (this process includes several steps, graphic issues, translation of titles, abstracts, and keywords, as well as language review and references and citations).