Focus and Scope
Created in 2015, the SET INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING Magazine is an annual serial publication, whose objective is to disseminate the plurality of knowledge in telecommunications engineering in the broadcast market in Radio, TV and Streaming services considering aspects of a scientific, theoretical and experimental — always encouraging the development of new methodological perspectives. As it constitutes the scientific journal of the Brazilian Society of Television Engineering (SET), its main focus is to compose an overview of the most representative results for the transmission/reception of multimedia signals in different media.
Classified in stratum B5 of Qualis Periódicos, by CAPES (quadriennium 2013-2016), the SET INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING Magazine is open to collaborations from Brazil and abroad. It is currently published online and in print.
Section Policies
Articles
The main requirement for the publication of an article in the SET INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING consists of the presentation of a representative text of the subject that is proposed to be developed, with regard to: consistency, relevance and importance of the topic addressed, considering the context, the moment and sub-area(s) of knowledge in which it is inserted; definition and relevance of objectives; scientific foundation; clarity in the presentation, adequacy and application of the methodological process; consistency, clarity and fluency in the text and final considerations; updated bibliography, considering its identity with the topic covered.
Peer Review Process
The process of evaluating the works involves a preliminary check by the Editorial Board, which considers their suitability for the editorial line of the SET INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING. Each article is then evaluated by ad hoc reviewers, through the double blind review process, which preserves the identity of collaborators and consultants. In case of a tie, a new blind evaluation is requested by a third reviewer. In order to ensure greater adequacy of the OPUS journal to an international qualitative standard, when relevant and whenever possible, we request that peer reviews be carried out by a Brazilian or foreign specialist based in a Brazilian university, and by a Brazilian or foreigner based in foreign university.
Frequency
Electronic publication (online and printed), serial and annual.
Open Access Policy
This magazine offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or reference the full text of articles, without requesting prior authorization from the editors or authors. This policy is in accordance with the BOAI “Budapest Open Access Initiative” definition of open access.
SET INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Archiving
This magazine uses the LOCKSS system to create a file system distributed among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent archives of the magazine for preservation and restoration.
Declaration of ethics and good publishing practices
Everyone involved in the publication process of SET INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING must follow the standards listed below, based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics – COPE (available at http://publicationethics. org/).
Research involving human beings must comply with current research ethics standards. It is recommended to include the CAAE number in the article.
The responsibilities of the editorial board are:
– Contribute to the development and good management of the magazine;
– Act as promoters of the magazine;
– Assist the editor in decisions about the magazine.
The editor’s responsibilities are:
– Decide on the publication of submitted manuscripts, based on the journal’s policies;
– Ensure that all evaluation and publication processes respect legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism;
– Inform authors and referees about peer review processes;
– Evaluate manuscripts exclusively based on their academic and intellectual merit, regardless of the nationality of the authors, or their ethnicity, political conviction, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or social class;
– Ensure a fair and impartial evaluation of results by peers;
– Ensure the selection of appropriate referees;
– Ensure that the identities of reviewers are protected;
– Send the authors’ comments to the authors in full, unless they contain offensive or defamatory comments;
– Monitor the performance of reviewers and take measures to ensure that it is of a high standard;
– Identify new potential reviewers and stop inviting reviewers who consistently produce discourteous, poor quality or late reviews;
– Ensure that the reviewer database reflects the community and add new names whenever necessary;
– Publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies whenever necessary;
– Take action if misconduct is suspected regarding a submitted or published manuscript. In these cases, we follow the COPE flowcharts, available at
http://publicationethics.org/files/Full%20set%20of%20flowcharts.pdf;
– Consult editorial board members periodically to ask for their opinions on the functioning of the journal and inform them of any changes to journal policies and identify future challenges.
The authors’ responsibilities are:
– Assume full responsibility for the content of the article;
– Participate in evaluation processes
– Ensure that all listed co-authors have participated in the research in a meaningful way, and that there is consensus among all co-authors in approving the final version and submitting it;
– Ensure that the manuscript has not been submitted to more than one publication at the same time, and that the manuscript has not been published in another journal;
– Ensure that works or excerpts from works by other authors, contributors and sources have been credited and referenced appropriately;
– Notify the editor if any error or inaccuracy is detected in the published work, and in these cases cooperate to provide retraction or correction;
– Authors must be aware that plagiarism in any form constitutes unacceptable unethical behavior.
The responsibilities of evaluators are:
– Assist the editor in making editorial decisions;
– Assist the author in improving the manuscript;
– Notify the editor if they do not feel qualified to review the manuscript, or if they have any information about the author’s identity;
– Maintain the confidentiality of any information or ideas obtained through peer review;
– Inform the editor if you are aware of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism by the author;
– Evaluate manuscripts based on content without considering the nationality of the authors, or their ethnicity, political beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or social class;
– Refuse to carry out the evaluation if they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative or other relationships, or connections with any of the authors or institutions linked to the articles.
Fees
SET INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING does not charge fees for the submission or publication of texts, nor for the evaluation, review or download processes.