About the Journal
Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência (RBHC) is a biannual journal of the Brazilian Society for the History of Science (SBHC). RBHC publishes articles, essays, book reviews; annotated transcripts and translations from inaccessible primary sources; interviews. Papers in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish are accepted.
Focus and Scope
Its primary mission is to disseminate original and unpublished works in History of Science and Technology. We recognize the importance of its relationship with Philosophy, Sociology and Science Teaching, in order to improve knowledge, to stimulate and contribute to the consolidation of research activities and postgraduate teaching in the area.
Frequency
The RBHC is published biannually, with the first issue of each annual volume being published between June and July and the second issue between November and December.
Open Access Policy
This is an open access scientific journal, which means that all its content is available for free, at no cost to the user or their institution.
Self-Archiving Policy
Authors of articles published in RBHC are free to insert them in repositories.
Fees for Submission and Publication
RBHC does not charge fees for the submission and publication of articles.
Peer Review Process
All works submitted to the RBHC are submitted to a preliminary editorial evaluation by the editors, which seeks to determine whether they are within scope of the journal. If approved at this stage, the paper will be evaluated by two reviewers. In case of disagreement, the work will be sent to a third reviewer.
The referees evaluate the submitted works in terms of originality, theoretical and methodological foundations, clarity in arguments and conclusions, relationship with previous studies on the subject of the work etc.
The result of the evaluation might be:
- Submission rejected in preliminary editorial evaluation;
- Accepted without modifications;
- Accepted with modifications. In this case, authors must submit a corrected version, accompanied by a letter indicating the corrections/changes made;
- Rejected;
- The work must be resubmitted for evaluation. In this case, a new evaluation process will take place.
In the case of submissions to the sections Documents and Sources, Interviews, Letters, and Translation might be accepted by editorial act.
In any case, the editors will make the final decision.
The list of reviewers of each volume is always published in the second issue.
Licensing
Works published on RBHC are licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Copyright
The authors of works published in the RBHC retain the copyright and may publish them in other media, as long as they refer to the original version.
Archiving
RBHC articles are deposited on the PKP PN platform (https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-pn/)
History
RBHC began to be published in 1985, under the name Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência, two years after the foundation of the society. In 2003, after a five-year interruption, it was once again published under the name Revista da SBHC.
Since 2008, it has adopted the name Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência.
Initially dedicated exclusively to the publication of articles, RBHC gradually began to publish other types of material, such as reviews, thesis abstracts, transcripts or translations of primary sources and, more recently, of articles that deal with the relationship between History of Science and Education.
Former editors:
Jose Reis & Shozo Motoyama
Isidoro Maria da Silva Alvez & Elena Moraes Garcia
Roberto de Andrade Martins & Maria Rachel Fróes da Fonseca
Ana Maria Ribeiro de Andrade
Olival Freire Júnior & Antônio Augusto Passos Videira
Silvia Figueroa & Heloisa Gesteira
Thomas Haddad
Ermelinda Moutinho Pataca
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