About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, ISSN 2179-3786, currently rated A1 by Qualis/CAPES, is a journal of the Brazilian Section of the Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft (Schopenhauer Society), internationally connected with other Sections of the same Society, especially the German, Italian, and Japanese Sections. The journal is associated with the Graduate Programs in Philosophy at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Its primary objective is to publish works in the form of original articles, reviews, translations, and interviews in the field of Philosophy, particularly focusing on Schopenhauerian philosophy, with the aim of fostering dialogue between Brazilian and foreign researchers. The journal is published in two sections: (i) Schopenhauerian Studies, the journal's original section that publishes works on the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer; (ii) Thematic Dossiers, which publish works on various philosophical topics somehow related to Schopenhauer's philosophy. Additionally, the journal occasionally publishes special issues. The journal adopts the Continuous Publication model, with an annual frequency. In this format, manuscripts are published as soon as the evaluation and review processes are completed.

Peer Review Process

This journal practices double blind peer review as standard review process for articles. Manuscripts will be send to two external referees (and to a third party, if necessary) to ensure that the manuscript meets the journal's editorial policies. All submissions are reviewed through the System for Edition of Electronic Journals (SEER/OJS). The Referees will receive an e-mail with the abstract and a login to access the journal's electronic system (where he/she will be able to access the guidelines for authors and further information on how to submit revisions to the editor). The review is blind. The uploaded file will be in ".docx" or ".doc" format and will not include any information that could identify the author. The editorial board of the journal has the final decision on whether or not to publish a given manuscript, taking into account its originality, significance and scientific merit. Reviews, translations, interviews, and articles – by invited authors – are evaluated by the editorial board.

Publication Frequency

Continuous publication since 2020, on an annual basis.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to all of its content, following the principle that free access to scientific research generates a greater global exchange of knowledge. Such access is associated with increased reading and citation of an author's work. For more information on this approach, visit: Public Knowledge Project.

Article Processing Charge Policy

This journal does not charge authors for processing their articles (APCs - article processing charges).

Qualis/CAPES

This journal is classified as A1 according to the most recent evaluation conducted by Qualis-CAPES.

Mission

Our mission is the publication of research in Philosophy and in Interdisciplinary areas that contribute to the contemporary reflection, as well as to the improvement of the process of scientific research and dissemination, in view of the creation of networks of knowledge between research institutions and academic community, at the service of society.

Our target audience is researchers, professors and students (brazilian and foreign) of Philosophy and alike areas.

International Standard Serial Number - ISSN

ISSN: 2179-3786

Editorial ethics and publishing best practices

Editors

The editorial activities of Voluntas Journal and the relation between their editors, authors and evaluators are under the aegis of the Standard for editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All decisions of editorial affairs are based in criteria of relevance, originality, clearness and legitimacy of the study for effectuation of the journal’s objectives.

Evaluators

The evaluations and technical opinions are exclusively based on the work’s merit, without influences from personal bias or prejudices of intellectual and academic order, ensuring the confidentiality over the editorial process.

The evaluators must notice any potential conflict of interest at the time of the evaluation acceptance of the work submitted. The editors will be communicated in case of suspicion or verification of plagiarism, falsification of data, or redundant publication.    

Authors

The indication of authorship in the scientific works applies only in the cases that the cited:

a) directly and substantially contribute intellectually on the research conception whose result is submitted to the journal (acquisition, analysis or interpretation of study’s data);

b) participate in the construction of preliminar versions or critical review of the content;

c) approve the final edition of the paper to be published;

d) accept the authorship responsibility for the purpose of assure the paper’s exactitude and integrity.  

Author(s) must present the statement of interest conflict when it is required.

Retraction and statement of concern

The editors must act in occurrence of suspicion, allegation or verification of misconduct. This investigation has validity both for submissions and for published works.

Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy has as instrument COPE’s flowcharts (available at: https://publicationethics.org/files/Full%20set%20of%20English%20flowcharts_9Nov2016.pdf) to investigate and verify facts and judge the suited actions to solve the cases.

Charge Policy for Submission or Publication

This journal does not charge authors for their articles submission or publication. 

Journal History

The journal was conceived in 2009 and published its first issue in 2010 under the title Revista Voluntas: Estudos sobre Schopenhauer. It was created by Renato Nunes Bittencourt, Vilmar Debona, and Diana Chao Decock, a group of then-graduate students in Philosophy. Later, in 2013, the journal began publishing as the official journal of the Brazilian Section of the Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft (Schopenhauer Society), in collaboration with the GT-Schopenhauer of ANPOF. From 2010 to 2018, the journal exclusively published works on the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer or related topics. In 2018, the journal underwent a series of changes and improvements, with its editorial policies redefined and its title changed to Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, establishing international ties with other Sections of the same Schopenhauer Society (especially with the German, Italian, and Japanese Sections). In the same year, it severed its affiliation with the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), to which it had been affiliated since 2015, and became affiliated with the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Also in 2018, as a journal of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Voluntas began to be hosted on the UFSM Journal Portal (OJS/SEER system), an institutional portal that has since published and supported the journal through the University's Central Journals Office. In 2019, the journal changed its frequency from biannual to triannual, and each issue was divided into two sections: a section titled Schopenhauerian Studies, which publishes on a continuous basis and continues the original profile of the journal; and another section of thematic dossiers on any authors, approaches, schools of thought, or areas of philosophy, edited by invited editors. Also in 2019, the journal began publishing its editions in HTML format (HyperText Markup Language), in addition to the traditional PDF format. The journal had Prof. Dr. Vilmar Debona as its chief editor from its inception in 2009 until 2020. In 2020, Prof. Dr. Luan Corrêa da Silva took over as chief editor. Also in 2020, as a way to speed up the editorial and publication processes, the journal was a pioneer in the field of Philosophy in Brazil by adopting the editorial policy known as Continuous Publication, which consists of releasing editions as soon as the editing of the first article(s) is completed, without the need to wait for all items in the issue to be finalized. From 2022 onwards, in addition to further strengthening the Schopenhauerian Studies section as its original profile, always published in Continuous Flow, the journal restricted the proposals for thematic dossiers to topics somehow related to Schopenhauerian philosophy. In 2023, still as a journal of the Brazilian Section of the Schopenhauer Society, Voluntas became affiliated with both the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). From then on, in addition to associate editors from UFSM, Germany, Italy, and Japan, its chief editors are Profs. Drs. Felipe Durante (UFAC), Luan Corrêa da Silva (UFSC), and Vilmar Debona (UFSC).