About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Mural Internacional is an academic journal published electronically and with open access annually by the Graduate Program in International Relations at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. The first year of publication was in 2010, obtaining the B2 qualification on CAPES Qualis, as it has consolidated in the academic environment as an instrument for the dissemination of specific knowledge in the area of International Relations, it has been recognized at the national and international levels, reaching in 2022 the B1 qualification on CAPES Qualis. Its purpose is to provide a space for the discussion of relevant topics for reflection and research in the area in global terms. The published articles represent theoretical and/or political debates, new perspectives in the study and in the process of formulating policies, methodological debates and practical issues of the actors of International Relations in a broad sense. Moreover, the articles can identify new trends and particularities in the field of International Relations. Book reviews focus on new publications (last two years) that represent important contributions to international studies in the empirical and theoretical fields. Mural Internacional works in a continuous flow format, that is, the articles are published as soon as they go through the double-blind peer-review process.
Peer Review Process
The submitted articles are evaluated by referees with the anonymity of the text authorship. The referees are researchers and professors recognized in the field of International Relations, from Brazil or abroad, who belong to the editorial board of the journal (which has an advisory character) or to the referee bank. The criteria for all the referees to approval are: the relevance of the theoretical and/or the contribution to the political-conceptual debate promoted by the article, what the article presents in terms of new perspectives in the study of International Relations themes, or a clear basis in some of the traditional debates of the discipline.
The average evaluation period for an article, from submission to publication, is between 7 (seven) and 10 (ten) months.
All articles will be submitted for review by two referee consultants and any suggestions and/or comments, including a new ordering of the text, will be previously discussed and approved by the author.
Recommendation to the Mural Internacional journal referees
Upon receiving the manuscript, we request that you carry out the following actions:
- check and confirm that you can review the work within 30 days from the date of the receipt of the invitation.
Publication Frequency
The publication frequency is annual, the articles are published as soon as they go through the double blind peer-review process.
Open Access Policy
This journal offers free access to its content upon publication, in line with the principle that providing free access to scientific knowledge furthers the global democratization of knowledge.
Copyright Statement
The Copyrights of articles published in Revista Mural Internacional belong to their respective author (s), with the first publication rights assigned to Mural International, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which allows sharing the work with an acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal. Due to the fact that they appear in Mural Internacional, the articles are free to use, with mandatory attribution of authorship, for use in educational and non-commercial applications, according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License adopted by this journal.
Conflict of Interests
If you consider that there is a conflict of interest both to evaluate and to send a publication to Mural; we urge the interested parties to inform us of any potential conflict of interest.
Ethics Criteria
Mural Internacional follows the instructions of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (http://cnpq.br /documentos-da-ciac), in addition to the rules of the ethics committee of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (http://www.sr2.uerj.br/sr2/coep/index.php?mod=regulamenta.htm). These guidelines aim to maintain academic integrity; encourage the identification of plagiarism, bad practices, fraud and possible ethics violations; publish errata when necessary; make sure that articles are reviewed by qualified referees.
Mural Internacional is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), a set of recommendations that aim to improve the ways in which scientific output is assessed by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties.
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Sources of Support
Publisher
This journal is viable thanks to the institutional commitment of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Funding Agency
This journal has the financial support of the Graduate Studies and Research Sub-Rectory and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro in terms of the human resources that work at, Mural Internacional.
Journal History
Mural Internacional was created in 2010 by the faculty of the Graduate Program in International Relations at the Universidade do Rio de Janeiro. Its main purpose is to disseminate and foster the debate on research in the field of International Relations, from a comprehensive perspective of the different sub-areas of the field of studies. In order to include works from different sources, the journal accepts articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Our publication is online and free, through the Open Journal System, which guarantees its complete accessibility. The target audience that Mural Internacional is aimed at is the researchers, professors, and students of International Relations, as well as of some of the related disciplines (Political Science, Sociology and Economics). Until 2018 the journal was published every six months, which led to two volumes being edited per year. Its structure was divided between a part of special contribution directed to articles by foreign policy and international relations operators, and to researchers of international projection; followed by a main body formed by original articles written based on reflections and research; evaluated by the double-blind peer review system; and, lastly, a section of reviews of recent books that had an impact on the study of International Relations. Currently, the journal is published in the continuous flow mode, which guarantees the publication of articles as soon as they are approved by the double-blind peer review system, without the need to wait for the closing of the issues and volumes for publication, thus contributing, with the main purpose of the Journal: the circulation and generation of original knowledge in International Relations. In this way, the journal has started to be published annually, with a continuous flow of publications until the end of the year, when the volume is closed. Mural Internacional is already included in the databases of important indexes, and its Editorial Board is composed of professors and researchers from different institutions and countries.
