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 it publishes unpublished articles, experience reports, literature, reviews, and interviews related to the philosophies of childhood(s) and philosophical inquiries (theoretical and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 up to 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.

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 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

childhood & philosophy defines, as editorial policy, the following criteria for the evaluation process: suitability to the focus and scope of the journal, relevance, content, coherence, theoretical-methodological consistency of the text, and the technical (apa), grammatical and formal standards of the journal. the evaluation process consists of three stages, namely:

similarity analysis of all documents submitted through an anti-plagiarism system;

preliminary analysis by editors and editorial assistants to verify compliance with the criteria defined by the editorial policy;

analysis by at least two reviewers to assess the rigor, relevance and originality that justify the publication of the text (and, possibly, the indication of aspects to be corrected);

in line with open science communication practices, the journal will adopt in its editorial policy the opening of the peer review process in common agreement with the reviewer. the name of the editor responsible for the preliminary analysis evaluation process will always be published in the final version of the article;

authors may agree to interact directly with reviewers responsible for evaluating the manuscript, when this option is offered to them (in respect of the wishes of the reviewers themselves).

after evaluating a manuscript submitted to the journal, the reviewers, through an opinion written on the journal's own form, will recommend one of four options:

- full acceptance without modifications
- partial acceptance with modifications
- revisions for new assessment
- rejection of the manuscript

once the manuscript has been approved, the opinion will be published together with the article on the journal's platform, when duly consented to by the person responsible for the evaluation.

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.

acesso aberto

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: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

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.

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://bit.ly/3tlr9wb

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%.

gender issues

the editorial team at childhood & philosophy and the authors who publish in the journal consider the guidelines on gender equity in research (sex and gender equity in research – sager) to govern the reporting of information about gender in the design of the study, as well as the analysis of data and the results and interpretation of the findings. in addition, childhood & philosophy observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board.

ethics committee

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

copyright

childhood & philosophy uses the creative commons (cc) 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 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.

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 council 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]

- 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 (*)

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 .