About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The "Nativa" is a scientific journal published by the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (ICAA) of the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT). She has focused on disseminating scientific research in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The journal aims to publish original research and technical notes, as well as review articles drawn up in Portuguese, English, or Spanish in the areas of agriculture, agricultural engineering, forestry, animal husbandry, natural resources, and the environment.
Considering the classifications of areas and sub-areas of knowledge employed in Brazil by the two main national scientific agencies (CNPQ and CAPES), Revista NATIVA publishes research related to the following areas:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: Climatology, Meteorology and Micrometeorology; Applied Chemistry; applied remote sensing; hydraulics and Hydrology; sanitary engineering; Environmental Biotechnology and Natural Resources; bioprospecting of Natural Products; Applied Ecology; Ecosystem Ecology; Nature Conservation.
- AGRONOMY: Agrometeorology; Soil science; Rural extension; Plant health; Phytotechnics; Floriculture and landscaping.
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING: Rural buildings and ambiance; energy in rural areas; processing of agricultural products; water and soil engineering; agricultural machines and implements.
- FORESTRY ENGINEERING: Energy from forest biomass; Forest management; Forestry; Technology and Use of Forest Products; Forestry Techniques and Operations
- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (ZOOTECHNIA): Ecology of domestic animals and Ethology; Pasture and Forage; Animal production.
- BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROSPECTING
Peer Review Process
The articles published in the "Nativa" Journal are submitted through a consulting process through technicians, masters, and Ph.D. ad hoc.
Evaluation Process
1) Submission and receipt of the manuscript together with the declaration of agreement of the submission and the indication of 3 possible reviewers;
2) Initial analysis of the merit and scientific relevance of the manuscript;
3) Peer and blind review of the manuscript (1 or 2 rounds per evaluation);
4) Send the corrected manuscript to the journal;
5) Manuscript evaluation by Editorial Board;
6) Send the corrected manuscript to the journal;
7) Spelling and grammatical evaluation by Text Editor;
8) Send the corrected manuscript to the journal;
9) Layout editing;
10) Publication.
Frequency
The Nativa Journal started its activities with quarterly published (4 issues a year). Between 2016 and 2021, publications became bimonthly, totaling 6 (six) issues per year, with numbers being published in the periods of January/February (N.1), March/April (N.2), May/June (N. .3), July/August (N.4), September/October (N.5), November/December (N.6). From 2022, with the publication in a continuous flow, the journal will return to quarterly periodicity (4 issues per year), seeking to maintain the same number of articles published per year (up to 120).
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate Open-Access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge. The journal is linked to the Brazilian Portal of Publications and Scientific Data in Open Access (Oasisbr), and it is indexed on several platforms that allow open access to published articles.
The publication fee payment only subsidizes the journal's operating costs.
Privacy Statement
Os nomes e endereços informados nesta revista serão usados exclusivamente para os serviços prestados por esta publicação, não sendo disponibilizados para outras finalidades ou a terceiros.
Copyright Statement
Authors of articles published by NATIVA Journal retain the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY NC (Non-Commercial Attribution) 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/). This license allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction if the original article is correctly cited. Authors grant NATIVA Journal the right of first publication.
In addition, the content of the articles is the sole responsibility of the author(s), who declare that they are responsible for any third-party claims regarding conflicts involving copyright, assuming and exempting Revista NATIVA from any pending issues involving their publications.
OTHER JOURNAL INFORMATION
Nativa is a scientific periodic wiyh open acess, linked to Federal University of Mato Grosso.
The periodic comprises technicians, masters, and Ph. D.s from related areas, who are fully credible as editors and reviewers of manuscripts.
Revista Nativa presents digital preservation with the CARINIANA Network (https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2318-7670).
NATIVA Journal encourages Authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as posting them on their social media, as long as the full citation to the journal's website version is included.
