The indication of the main dates of the process, including receipt and acceptance dates of a contribution will be mandatory. The constitution of a journal's editorial board must be public. Its members should be renowned specialists from the country and abroad. Journal will not be admitted if the editorial board members are all from a specific institution, and which most of the articles come from a particular institution or geographical region, will not be admitted. Frequency Frequency is an indicator which depends on the journal subject area.
Frequency indicates the scientific literature flow of a specific area covered by a journal.
It is also an indicator related to the communication opportunity and speed. A journal must be publishing on time according to its stated frequency. 5.2.7 Article titles, abstracts, and keywords in English Journal articles must provide English translations of titles, abstracts, and keywords, in the case English is not the original language of the article. The journal must specify which standards it follows for editorial presentation of periodicals and articles, as well as for document presentation, including bibliographical references, etc. SciELO will note whether or not the journal follows stated standards.