Trabalho, Educação e Saúde - TES (Work, Education and Health) is an open access scientific journal, edited by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
PREPRINTS
In line with Open Science principles, the journal encourages the depositing of versions of the articles it publishes in repositories.
With regard to preprints, it is recommended to first publish in the SciELO Preprints repository.
However, for articles, preprints, or research data, authors may still choose other institutional repositories, discipline-specific repositories, or multidisciplinary repositories.
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
The first stage of evaluation is carried out by scientific editors, who judge the thematic and scientific-methodological suitability, considering the journal's editorial policy. This stage can take from one to ten days.
Once accepted in this first phase, the text will undergo double-blind peer review, or single-blind peer review in the case of preprints. In this phase, the publishers choose at least two researchers from areas related to the topic to evaluate the manuscript (ad-hoc reviewers external and internal to Fiocruz). The reviewers have up to 20 days to submit their report.
After the response deadline has expired, we send up to three reminders, and if we still have not received a response, we invite another reviewer nominated by the publisher. Reviews may indicate one of four options:
In the event of a disagreement between the opinions, a third opinion is requested for the Editorial Board's decision, also within a period of 20 days.
Manuscripts marked with “significant changes” (c) must be accompanied, in the revised version, by a letter responding to each recommendation in the reviews and the treatment given to it by the authors, paying particular attention to those that were not addressed. Each review must be commented on separately.
Open peer review process – all articles will include information on the names of the editors responsible for the evaluation, the review modality, and the number of reviewers in the information box, published at the end of each article. Reviewers (starting in 2026) are consulted about the option of publishing their names in the articles.
OPEN DATA
Articles approved for publication must have their data deposited in the TES dataverse on SciELO Data. For instructions on how to prepare and deposit your data, please visit: https://www.scielo.org/en/6.0/user. All articles will include information about the availability of research data in the information box at the end of each article.
A list of other repositories for storing research data can be found here.
FEE COLLECTION
TES does not charge authors any article processing fees (APCs) or publication fees. It does not charge readers for access to reading and downloading articles, nor does it require registration to access the content.
ETHICS ANS MISCONDUCT POLICY, ERRATA AND RETRACTION
In addition to adhering to the guidelines of international and national organizations regarding principles and best practices on ethics and negligence in scientific publications, TES has two consultants for research ethics issues.
If authors identify any errors in the article, at any stage of the editorial process, or even after publication, they should contact the editorial team. In such situations, they are expected to cooperate with the editors for a possible publication of an erratum, expression of concern, or retraction of the article.
Editors must follow COPE guidelines in cases of suspected publication misconduct, investigate each suspected situation, and publish corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions, when appropriate.
Forms of misconduct include: fabricating data; falsifying data, materials, equipment, or research processes, which includes altering or omitting data or results; misappropriating data and materials; plagiarism, which consists of appropriating ideas, processes, results, or large portions of text from another person without giving due credit; negligence in certifying the accuracy of data; and text recycling (also called self-plagiarism), which occurs when a significant overlap of the same text is identified between two or more articles or sections appear (usually unreferenced) in more than one of the author's own publications.
In cases of plagiarism, TES follows COPE guidelines for submitted and published articles. Depending on the severity of the fact-checking results and the outcome of contact with the authors, the editor may request corrections from authors who omitted attribution or consider retracting the article if it has already been published.
In cases of self-plagiarism, TES follows the COPE "Text Recycling Guidelines for Editors". Each case is considered individually and depends on factors such as how much text was recycled, where the recycling occurs, and the type of article. If detected in a submitted text, the text will be rejected, with the reason being clearly communicated to the authors. If detected in a published article, a correction or retraction may be required.
The retracted article will not be removed from its original publication. Errors or omissions that do not constitute scientific misconduct may be corrected through an erratum.
POLICY ON CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
Conflicts of interest can be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. Conflicts of interest can arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for acknowledging and disclosing any financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is a conflict of interest, even if only potential, the author(s) must disclose it in a separate signed document attached to the submission platform. For more information, please visit: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest.
All articles will include information about potential conflicts of interest in the information box at the end of each article.
ADOPTION OF SIMILARITY VERIFICATION SOFTWARE
TES uses the iThenticate plagiarism detection system for texts previously selected by scientific publishers and prepared for peer review. The text is registered on this system's anti-plagiarism platform, which automatically performs the process of searching and comparing possible sources. The system's reports are evaluated by the editorial staff and, when necessary, we request additional information from the authors.
ADOPTION OF SOFTWARE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES
The use of tools and resources that assist authors in preparing their manuscripts is recommended as long as attribution guidelines are respected and scientific ethics and integrity are maintained. Thus, authors have the right and freedom to use tools and resources that assist in the preparation, writing, revision, and translation of their articles. Many of these tools and resources are provided by AI applications. We recommend: the Guide to using Artificial Intelligence tools and resources for communicating research on the SciELO Network.
TES uses AI for plagiarism detection through the iThenticate application. We also use Copilot for translating titles, abstracts, and keywords into English and Spanish, as well as alternatively producing versions of Portuguese in other languages, since it is TES policy to publish all articles in Portuguese.
Authors are responsible for using the tool ethically, thus avoiding the use of AI-generated results without human review. The methodological section should specify the ways in which AI is used, and this use must be explicitly stated.
SEX AND GENDER ISSUES
The editorial team of Trabalho, Educação e Saúde, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, and the interpretation of findings. Also, TES observes a policy of gender equity in the formation of its editorial board, having been the first Fiocruz journal to have a scientific editorial board composed exclusively of women.
ETHICS COMMITTEE
Authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research. All articles will include information about ethics committee approval in the information box at the end of each article.
COPYRIGHT
The authors of articles published in TES retain copyright to their articles. The transfer of copyright is non-exclusive. All authors must sign the copyright transfer agreement, according to the model adopted by Fiocruz journals, prior to publication of the article.
Since 2015, TES has adopted the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows sharing (copying and redistributing the material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes) and adaptation (remixing, transforming, and building upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes), with attribution of authorship.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TERMS OF USE
All content on TES, unless otherwise indicated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0 license, which maximizes dissemination and enables informed use of the copyright of licensed materials.
Authors of articles published by TES retain copyright to their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is properly cited.
TES encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts, publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, provided that full citation to the journal's website version is included.