About the Journal
fólio - revista de letras (ISSN: 2176-4182) is a semiannual online journal created by the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies (DELL) and affiliated with the Graduate Program in Language, Culture, and Education (PPGCEL) of the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB).
Each volume consists of two issues, published in June and December. The journal accepts open‑theme submissions on a rolling basis, with a variable timeline for review and editing. Contributions responding to Thematic Calls are also welcome, subject to the deadlines announced on our website.
For questions, criticisms, and suggestions, please write to revista.folio@uesb.edu.br and follow fólio on social media: @folio_letras.
1. Scope
The journal seeks to provide a forum for the publication of academic works by national and international researchers in the field of Language Studies, within the broader areas of Linguistics, Literature, and Arts. Its scope encompasses, in particular: Linguistics and Literature; Literary History and Historiography; Theory and Criticism of Literature and other Arts; Language Studies, Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching, and Literacy; as well as interdisciplinary interfaces with related fields in the Humanities.
2. Sections
DOSSIER (articles written based on Thematic Calls) – This section publishes articles by specialists on the themes of the thematic calls, which are organized by established researchers in the field. In this section, articles with a doctorate holder as first author will be accepted. The Executive Editorial Board reserves the right to reallocate any manuscript between sections. Manuscripts for the DOSSIER section may be submitted upon invitation by the call organizers or by members of the Editorial Board, provided they are original and written by authors with recognized expertise in the thematic field under discussion. In all cases, submissions will be evaluated by the Editorial Board and subject to peer review.
Interfaces: Literary and Comparative Studies (open‑theme articles and essays on Literary Studies, including theory, criticism, and comparative approaches involving other arts) – This section publishes articles and essays by PhD and master's degree holders on any topic of Literary Studies within the journal's scope. Submissions by master's students are accepted preferably when co‑authored with a PhD holder. In all cases, authors must provide their institutional affiliation (current institution, or the institution from which they obtained their highest or most recent degree).
Confluences: Linguistic and Applied Studies (open‑theme articles and essays on Linguistic Studies) – This section publishes articles by PhD and master's degree holders on all aspects of Linguistic Studies within the journal's scope. Submissions by master's students are accepted preferably when co‑authored with a PhD holder. In all cases, authors must provide their institutional affiliation (current institution, or the institution from which they obtained their highest or most recent degree).
Headwaters (articles by undergraduate students and recent graduates without a postgraduate degree, in co-authorship) – This section accepts articles written by undergraduate students involved in institutional research programs, always co-authored with a supervisor who holds a doctorate. It may also include first publications by master's degree holders or master's students, at the discretion of the Executive Editorial Board and in consultation with the Editorial Board. The theme is open, within the sub-areas of Linguistics, Literature and related fields.
Reviews – This section publishes reviews of academic and literary books in the field of Letters and related areas, published within the last 10 years.
Translation Repertoire (unpublished translations of historical documents, literary texts, or other texts of scholarly interest) – This section publishes translations of texts in the public domain or with written approval from the original author, accompanied by a bibliographic-philological apparatus, including: a historical-critical presentation of the originals and aspects of the translation work, relevant bibliographic references, and, when necessary, explanatory notes or glossaries. The translated texts may include academic articles or essays of interest to the field, as well as literary or historical texts, all provided as unpublished translations. In all cases, the relevance of the submission will be evaluated by the journal's Executive Editorial Board. Translations no longer in circulation may be proposed for republication, provided they are accompanied by a historical-bibliographic apparatus and directed to the ARCHIVE section.
Practices of Invention (creative arts, verse, prose, printmaking, photography) – This section is currently open by invitation only, as the editorial team has not yet established conditions for open submissions.
ARCHIVE (bibliographic and visual material) – This section publishes documentation relevant to the field, accompanied by scholarly apparatus provided by one or more editors (introduction, captions, references), in facsimile versions of rare editions, manuscripts, archival photographs, etc., with proper indication of provenance and permission for publication.
3. Peer Review and Authorship Identification
In the sections DOSSIER, Interfaces, Confluences, and Headwaters, the selection of articles and academic essays takes place in two stages. First, the Executive Editorial Board conducts an Initial Assessment (Desk Review) to verify any inadequacy to the scope, non-compliance with editorial standards, or serious inconsistencies in form or content. Approved manuscripts are then submitted to at least two reviewers, who may be external consultants or members of the Editorial Board, depending on the availability of ad hoc reviewers and the needs of each submission. In all cases, double-blind peer review is maintained, preserving the identity of authors from reviewers. This hybrid workflow aims to reconcile agility, rigor, and security in the editorial process.
The sections Practices of Invention, Translation Repertoires, Reviews, and ARCHIVE follow their own submission criteria and undergo Editorial Review, as described in their respective editorial policies.
Within the UNESCO Open Science movement, which fólio adheres to, we have been closely following the debates on Open Peer Review carried out within the scope of the Latin American Forum on Scientific Evaluation (FOLEC), promoted by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). However, we still consider the possibilities of an open review policy inconclusive, not yet envisioning the operability of an open review process without extending the time manuscripts remain under evaluation, or without producing distortions in the acceptance-rejection ratio.
To ensure the integrity of blind review and maintain authorship attribution, the following precautions must be taken:
i. Omit any author identification from the manuscript text attached to the submission.
ii. Fully complete the Contributor(s) (Author) form(s) on the submission platform, including the ORCID iD and institutional affiliation, identifying a single "Corresponding Author", and provide a brief academic biography with basic details of education and recent work and research affiliations.
iii. In the author forms, only the surname (family name) should be entered in the "Surname" field, while all other name components should be placed in the "Given Name" field. Example: Given Name: "Charles Alexander" / Surname: "Eastman" (lowercase).
4. FAIR Principles
fólio publishes and makes metadata available according to the FAIR principles, ensuring they are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. These principles support search, indexing, and data harvesting processes related to published articles.
5. Open Access Policy and License
fólio - revista de letras adheres to the open access definition of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Accordingly, articles are published under a Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0), which permits immediate free access, allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, provided that authorship and initial publication in this journal are duly acknowledged.
As an open access journal, fólio does not charge submission or article processing fees.
6. Originality, Humanity, and Unprecedented Nature
Upon initiating the review process of submitted manuscripts, the files undergo a similarity check using CopySpider software to ensure that the manuscripts are original and unpublished.
We use the open‑source platform DeepSeek to certify that submitted texts are human‑produced, seeking to identify irregular or abusive use of generative AI tools in the production of manuscripts. Although this is a recent topic and the ethical limits of such use are still under debate, we are closely following the discussions in order to improve the perception markers that may lead to rejection under this criterion.
Authors guarantee that their contribution is original and unpublished, and has not been published in another journal. Authors also assume that they have the legal capacity to provide this guarantee and that their manuscript does not infringe third‑party copyright.
The authors bear full responsibility for the technical content and for any violation of material or intellectual property rights. Authors indemnify fólio and its editorial team from any liability arising from the use of copyright‑protected materials in their manuscript.
It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain, prior to submission, all necessary permissions for the release of copyright for any protected material they may use in their manuscript.
The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the article has been seen and approved by all other authors, but all authors are responsible for the integrity of the submission.
7. Digital Preservation
fólio is hosted on the UESB Journals Portal, which is integrated with three data preservation networks: LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, and PKP PN.
. LOCKSS / Cariniana Network: All articles are protected by the Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) technology, implemented in Brazil by the Cariniana Network (linked to IBICT/MCTI). This system distributes copies of the collections across multiple servers in the country, forming the basis of local preservation.
. CLOCKSS Network: The UESB Portal also maintains participation in CLOCKSS, an international security network that operates as dark archive. Copies are stored confidentially and become accessible only in emergency situations, such as the discontinuation of a journal. UESB is represented in this network through the institutional partnership of CAPES.
. PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN): This is a complementary, free, networked preservation service maintained by the Public Knowledge Project, serving journals that use the Open Journal Systems (OJS). The fólio journal keeps this network active as an additional layer of protection, common to all journals hosted on the Portal.
8. Interoperability
The UESB Journals Portal adopts the OAI-PMH protocol and the I4OC standard as interoperability guidelines – that is, the ability of different systems to automatically exchange information, acting as data interchange mechanisms used by academic journal indexers.
The OAI-PMH Protocol (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) allows indexers to automatically collect article metadata (title, authors, abstract, DOI, etc.), ensuring visibility for scientific production.
The platform follows the I4OC standard (Initiative for Open Citations), making citation data (bibliographic references) available in an open, machine-readable format, fostering the cross‑linking of citation networks, more transparent metrics, and an open scientific ecosystem.
This infrastructure is guaranteed by the UESB Journals Directorate, which is responsible for managing the Portal.
