Editorial Policy

1. General Principles

Virtualia Journal is an academic journal dedicated to the publication of research in the fields of Philosophy, Art, and Technology. The journal is committed to intellectual quality, conceptual rigor, editorial ethics, and interdisciplinary critical curation.

The journal is guided by the standards of CAPES Philosophy Area 33, by international best practices in scholarly publishing, and by contemporary approaches that articulate philosophical reflection, artistic production, and critical engagement with technology.

Virtualia Journal understands the academic journal not as a mere repository of texts, but as an active instance of critical mediation, academic formation, and qualification of contemporary intellectual debate.

2. Scope and Article Profile

The journal publishes original and unpublished articles that develop theoretical, critical, or conceptual investigations in the field of Philosophy, as well as works that explore the interfaces between philosophy, art, and technology, provided that they demonstrate conceptual consistency and reflective relevance.

Articles that exhibit the following characteristics will be considered particularly appropriate:

  • argumentative and conceptual rigor;

  • methodological clarity;

  • theoretical relevance to contemporary philosophical, aesthetic, or technopolitical debates;

  • critical engagement with philosophical or artistic traditions;

  • explicit adherence to the journal’s editorial scope.

Virtualia Journal adopts a rigorous editorial curation policy and may reject submissions at the desk review stage when they do not conform to the journal’s scope, interdisciplinary profile, or academic standards.

3. Guidelines for Authors

Submitted manuscripts must be original and unpublished and must not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal.

Authorship is always human, and authors bear full responsibility for the intellectual, ethical, and argumentative content of their manuscripts.

The journal grants editorial priority to authors affiliated with Graduate Programs, without prejudice to the acceptance of external contributions of recognized academic quality.

Clear indication of authors’ institutional affiliations is mandatory.

Authors must fully comply with the CRediT-IA Statement — Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence, when applicable.

4. Peer Review

Virtualia Journal adopts a blind peer-review system.

Review reports must be:

  • analytical and argumentative;

  • grounded in explicit philosophical and critical criteria;

  • oriented toward the qualification and improvement of the manuscript.

The journal encourages the production of substantive reviews, supported by guiding evaluation forms, and may, with the explicit consent of authors and reviewers, publish the reviews as part of the editorial process.

Editorial decisions are exclusively human. The use of Artificial Intelligence tools for manuscript evaluation or editorial decision-making is expressly prohibited.

5. Editorial Ethics and Best Practices

Virtualia Journal adopts an Editorial Code of Ethics aligned with the guidelines of CAPES, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and international best practices.

The following practices are prohibited:

  • plagiarism or self-plagiarism;

  • redundant submissions;

  • improper manipulation of authorship;

  • undeclared conflicts of interest.

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest.

6. Responsible and Transparent Use of Artificial Intelligence (CRediT-IA)

Virtualia Journal acknowledges that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used as auxiliary instruments in academic research. However, the journal establishes strict guidelines, in accordance with its CRediT-IA Statement:

  • authorship and intellectual responsibility are exclusively human;

  • AI systems may not be authors or co-authors;

  • AI use may not replace human critical, conceptual, or evaluative judgment;

  • the use of AI for editorial decisions or the preparation of peer-review reports is prohibited;

  • all use of AI must be transparent, declared, and traceable;

  • when AI is used, authors must indicate the tool employed, version or model, purpose, type of use, limits of use, and explicit confirmation of human responsibility;

  • AI use must be identified through the CRediT-IA Statement, complementary to the CRediT taxonomy.

Failure to comply with these guidelines may result in rejection of the manuscript or subsequent editorial measures.

7. Institutional Exogeneity

Virtualia Journal adopts institutional diversity as a guiding principle and establishes:

  • an annual target of institutional endogeneity below 20%;

  • participation of authors affiliated with at least seven distinct institutions per relevant evaluation period.

This policy aims to prevent editorial endogeneity and to promote academic plurality.

8. Internationalization

The journal maintains a substantive internationalization policy, which includes:

  • encouragement of submissions in foreign languages;

  • an internationally composed editorial board;

  • participation of international reviewers and guest editors;

  • internationally circulated calls for thematic dossiers;

  • pursuit of indexing in relevant international databases.

Internationalization is understood as effective intellectual dialogue rather than symbolic formality.

9. Thematic Dossiers

Virtualia Journal encourages the organization of thematic dossiers consistent with its editorial scope, especially in the interfaces between philosophy, art, and technology, preferably coordinated by guest editors external to the host institution.

Dossiers must present:

  • clear conceptual delimitation;

  • critical and theoretical relevance;

  • institutional diversity and, whenever possible, international participation.

10. Dissemination and Impact

The journal adopts an active policy of qualified academic dissemination, seeking to expand the circulation and intellectual impact of published articles through academic networks, Graduate Programs, scholarly associations, and institutional channels.

Impact is understood primarily in intellectual, critical, and formative terms, in accordance with the evaluation paradigm of the field.

11. Digital Preservation, Integrity, and Archiving

Virtualia Journal adopts an active long-term digital preservation policy, committed to the integrity, authenticity, and traceability of its content.

All issues of the journal are archived in a decentralized blockchain-based infrastructure through the Arweave network, ensuring permanent preservation of published files, their immutability, and the possibility of public verification of their integrity over time.

This policy aims to protect the journal’s published intellectual heritage, ensure its future availability, and align Virtualia Journal with contemporary best practices in digital preservation and open science.

12. Final Provisions

This Editorial Policy may be periodically revised by the Editorial Board of Virtualia Journal in order to accompany developments in philosophical, artistic, and technological research, as well as the evolution of ethical practices in scholarly publishing.