Ações para retomada da periodicidade na publicação de revista científica

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to describe the actions used for resuming publication periodicity of a Scientific Journal from Health area created in 1974, under the Open Journal System (OJS) management. Material and Methods: A work group (WG) was created with 07 participants to define the problem’s diagnosis, look for the causes, establish the strategies for resuming editorial flow and better comprehension about the steps involved during the submission procedures. The WG performed meeting weekly for analyzing every manuscript identified as active on the system. In addition, the WG had been training in OJS courses. Results: There were 69 articles as “not designated”, 49 “under evaluation” and 08 for text edition. Many Editors of Section were not acting and most of the reviewers did not do their own revisions in the pre-set time. The WG had observed needs new rules and instructions for authors, reviewers, and editors. Thus, the WG had to develop guidelines for authors and tutorials for reviewers and editors. All “not designated” articles were evaluated by reading every abstract in which any were rejected because did not reach a minimal methodological quality. New reviewers and section editors were designated to solve specific problems by meetings with WG once a week. After 4 months, there were only 03 articles as “not designated”, 48 under revision and 13 for edition at the Journal’s system. The WG members concluded the OJS course (version 3.0). Conclusions: The WG found out a diagnosis about journal situation and established the actions to solve the problems. For an efficient editorial flow, there are needs for adequate communication between all involved in the process, and editors and reviewers must be more commitment, hence most of the publishing workers in scientific journals are carried out on a voluntary basis and involves scientific commitment and knowledge.