Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in PDF file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Peer-review Policy

JIDM operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous Publication of research articles by JIDM is dependent primarily on their scientific validity and coherence as judged by our external expert editors and/or peer reviewers, who will also assess whether the writing is comprehensible and whether the work represents a useful contribution to the field.

Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent and to ensure that the work is original and sufficiently clear for publication. Reviewers will also be asked to indicate how interesting and significant the research is. The Editors will make a decision based on these reports and, when necessary, will consult with the members of the Editorial Board.

Types of Submission

JIDM welcomes research papers that both lay theoretical foundations and provide new insights into the aforementioned areas. JIDM also solicits surveys that should make a contribution to our understanding of related topics from the information and data perspective.

Submission Instructions

Research papers must be written in English and have up to 10 pages, and Survey papers up to 14 pages.

The editors should be contacted if more pages are necessary.

Papers must be submitted in a PDF file according to the journal template.

Three different peers will review each paper.

Accepted papers will be invited for presentation at the next edition of the Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD). For more information regarding the next edition of SBBD, please check the website of the Special Database Commission of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).

LaTeX templates (in Overleaf) for submission are available HERE.

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JIDM is free of charge for both authors and readers, and all papers published by JIDM follow the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.

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