About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Launched in 2021, the Ivy Enber Scientific Journal (IESJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific periodical affiliated with Ivy Enber Christian University and registered under ISSN 2833-227X.
The journal’s mission is to promote and disseminate academic production in the fields of Humanities, Health Sciences, and Applied Social Sciences. The journal welcomes contributions from authors of all nationalities, prioritizing studies that critically engage with the aforementioned thematic fields, in accordance with the principles of interdisciplinarity, scientific innovation, and social commitment.
The journal accepts submissions in Portuguese, English, and Spanish in the following categories:
● Original Research Articles: papers presenting original and relevant research findings. From 15 to 25 pages.
● Literature Reviews: critical and comprehensive analyses of the literature on a specific topic. From 15 to 25 pages.
● Case Studies: detailed descriptions of specific cases with practical and theoretical implications. From 15 to 25 pages.
● Critical Review Articles: in-depth discussions of emerging and controversial topics within the field of study. From 15 to 25 pages.
● Experience Reports: detailed reports of innovative practices and interventions in specific contexts. From 15 to 25 pages.
● Theoretical Essays: contributions that explore and develop new theories and concepts. From 15 to 25 pages.
● Book Reviews: reviews of books published within the last year. From 3 to 5 pages.
● Extended Abstracts: from 8 to 10 pages.
The journal is also responsible for publishing the Proceedings of the International Congresses of Ivy Enber Christian University, gathering and disseminating academic works presented at the scientific events promoted by the institution.
Manuscripts addressing, but not limited to, the following thematic areas will be accepted:
Education Sciences
This area encompasses theoretical and empirical investigations aimed at understanding and improving educational processes at different levels and modalities of education, with a special focus on Basic Education. Studies addressing the following themes are welcome:
● Basic Education Policies, with emphasis on educational public policies, education funding, educational governance, planning and management of school systems, literacy programs, institutional evaluation, and curriculum reforms;
● Educational Inclusion in Basic Education, addressing themes such as special education, inclusive education, equity of access and permanence, ethnic-racial diversity, gender and sexuality, youth and adult education, rural populations, indigenous peoples, and quilombola communities;
● Methodologies and Practices in Basic Education, focusing on active methodologies, hybrid teaching, digital technologies in education, innovative pedagogical practices, teacher training, learning assessment, didactics, classroom management, and teaching-learning processes mediated by different languages and sociocultural contexts.
Administration Sciences
This area invites submissions of studies investigating management practices, theories, and processes in public, private, and third-sector organizations, with a contemporary, sustainable, and innovative approach. Topics include:
● Strategy and Innovation, focusing on business models, organizational innovation, digital transformation, entrepreneurship, competitive intelligence, strategic planning, and scenario analysis;
● Marketing and Consumer Sciences, encompassing consumer behavior, social marketing, digital marketing, branding, organizational communication, and market analysis;
● Finance and Sustainability, covering corporate finance, investments, managerial accounting, socio-environmental responsibility, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), performance indicators, and green economy;
● Organizations and People, including people management, organizational culture, leadership, diversity in organizations, health and well-being at work, organizational learning, conflict mediation, and corporate governance.
Health Sciences
The field of health is approached in its epistemological, practical, and institutional plurality. IESJ welcomes contributions that analyze:
● Management of Health Organizations, Technology and Innovation, focusing on hospital management models, health policies, health governance, technologies applied to healthcare and management, digital health, and artificial intelligence applied to health;
● Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention in Clinical Practice, encompassing interdisciplinary approaches in physiotherapy, psychology, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition, and other clinical sciences, with emphasis on therapeutic effectiveness, intervention protocols, and clinical innovation;
● Spirituality and Health, including studies on spirituality and religiosity as dimensions of comprehensive healthcare, integrative and complementary practices, and the relationships between faith, well-being, and mental health;
● Public Health and Environment, focusing on social determinants of health, sanitary surveillance, environmental health, public sanitation policies, collective health, health promotion, and health inequalities.
Legal Sciences
This area welcomes works discussing the relationship between Law and contemporary social challenges, prioritizing critical, interdisciplinary, and comparative analyses. The following focuses stand out:
● Human Rights, including themes related to social justice, equality, the right to education, health, the environment, diversity, international protection systems, social minorities, and vulnerable populations;
● Business Law and Market, emphasizing contracts, compliance, intellectual property, corporate law, consumer relations, arbitration, and business conflict resolution;
● Law, Technology and Innovation, addressing digital regulation, data protection, artificial intelligence, cybercrime, bioethics, blockchain, and the legal impacts of new technologies;
● Law Applied to Business and Public Management, covering topics such as administrative law, public procurement and contracts, control and transparency, tax law, public governance, and State civil liability.
Theology
Theology is approached as a field of dialogue between faith, knowledge, and society, promoting theoretical, historical, pastoral, and interdisciplinary studies. Contributions are encouraged on:
● Theology, Culture and Society, including systematic theology, practical theology, public theology, hermeneutics, biblical studies, spirituality, theological ethics, interreligious dialogue, popular religiosity, religion and culture, religion and politics, theological education, and the role of religious traditions in building just, supportive, and sustainable societies.
Publication Frequency
The Ivy Enber Scientific Journal (IESJ) is a monthly electronic journal published on a continuous flow basis, with regular editions issued in two volumes per year.
This journal also allows extraordinary calls for the publication of thematic dossiers, with specific submission and publication periods independent from the regular editions, without a previously defined periodicity.
Ethical Commitments
The Ivy Enber Scientific Journal (IES) follows the ethical codes, best practices, and transparency guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics in order to maintain the originality and quality of the published works and to safeguard the community of authors, reviewers, and editors that compose it.
In cases of suspected ethical misconduct, it is possible to contact the journal through the email scientificjournal@enberuniversity.com. Complaints will be properly registered and investigated by the Editorial Board, which will proceed in accordance with the ethical conduct procedures indicated by COPE, including responding to the complainant and, if necessary, retracting content.
Authors, Editors and Reviewers have ethical responsibilities and commitments related to their roles within the journal. For more information, please access our Ethics Policy.
Open Access Policy
The Ivy Enber Scientific Journal fully adopts an immediate open access policy for its content, reaffirming its commitment to the democratization of knowledge, international scientific dissemination, and the strengthening of academic research across different fields of knowledge. All published material is made freely available to the public, without any fees for reading, access, consultation, or downloading articles.
Users are authorized to read, download, copy, print, share, distribute, index, search, and access the full texts of published articles, as well as use them for academic, scientific, educational, and cultural purposes, provided that citation standards, authors’ copyrights, and the licensing conditions adopted by the journal are respected. For more information, please access our Open Access Policy.
Double-Blind Review Evaluation
The evaluation of manuscripts submitted to the Ivy Enber Scientific Journal (IES) is conducted in pairs through the Double-Blind Review method, in which each manuscript is evaluated by two ad hoc reviewers (one internal and one external) selected according to specialty or thematic affinity with the manuscript content.
Internal Reviewers are specialists who are part of the journal’s Editorial Board. External Reviewers are specialists from other institutions, selected through an annual call. The Ivy Enber Scientific Journal annually publishes a roster containing the names and institutions of all external ad hoc reviewers. To access the roster, click here.
After submission, the manuscript is evaluated by ad hoc reviewers, who analyze it and suggest corrections and improvements. Subsequently, the editor conducts the analysis, resolves controversial cases, reviews opinions, and decides on the rejection or acceptance of the manuscript.
After the editor’s analysis, the manuscript is returned to the authors for the implementation of the improvements suggested by the reviewers.
Finally, the author submits the final version of the manuscript together with its similarity detection software report. The final version must be submitted using the journal’s official template.
The evaluation process is blind, without the identification of authors and ad hoc reviewers.
The time between article submission and the first response from reviewers is up to 120 days. The time between submission and publication is also up to 120 days.
Among the main advantages of the double-blind review process adopted by the journal are:
- anonymity of both author and reviewer, ensuring impartiality in the evaluation process;
- greater credibility and prestige of evaluation processes;
- improvement in the communication process of research results.
Archiving
This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.
Licensing
The Ivy Enber Scientific Journal is licensed according to the guidelines: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
For more information, please access our Copyright Policy.
