FAIR Principles

Last update: 02/05/2026

Pensar – Journal of Legal Sciences adopts, in its editorial policy, practices guided by the FAIR principles — Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Formulated by Wilkinson et al. (2016) and maintained by the international initiative GO FAIR, these principles constitute an international reference for the qualification of scientific communication and guide the organization, description, circulation, and use of articles, metadata, supplementary materials, and, where applicable, research data, in line with Open Science guidelines.

This is a directive that goes beyond the simple digital availability of content: it requires the adoption of standards and practices that broaden the visibility, traceability, interoperability, and reuse potential of scientific output.

F — Findable

Pensar publishes its content with persistent identifiers and consistent metadata, sufficient for the proper identification and retrieval of records by readers, search engines, indexers, directories, and automated scientific communication systems.

Concrete practices:

  • Assignment of Crossref DOI to all published articles;
  • Mandatory identification of authors via ORCID iD;
  • Rich and structured metadata (title, authorship, affiliation, ORCID, abstract, keywords, references, editorial dates, and other relevant information);
  • Indexing in national and international databases — DOAJ, Latindex Catálogo 2.0, REDIB, ERIH PLUS, Diadorim, Oasisbr, Miguilim, EBSCO, Periódicos CAPES, Google Scholar, among others (full list at Indexers).

A — Accessible

Pensar adopts the open access regime, ensuring the full availability of published content in a digital environment, subject to the conditions defined in its editorial policy and applicable licensing.

Concrete practices:

  • Full, free, and immediate access to published articles, without technical, financial, or registration barriers;
  • Content retrieval through open and standardized protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, OAI-PMH);
  • Long-term digital preservation through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN/LOCKSS), activated via plugin in the OJS, ensuring perpetual archiving of content;
  • Complementary integration with Rede Cariniana (IBICT), with historical archive coverage;
  • Maintenance of accessible metadata even when primary data cannot be shared, with justification recorded in the Submission Form.

I — Interoperable

Pensar uses technical and editorial standards that allow the integration of its content and metadata with different platforms, indexing services, directories, repositories, and digital preservation systems.

Concrete practices:

  • Markup of articles in XML JATS according to the SciELO Publishing Schema, contracted with a SciELO-certified company;
  • Adoption of controlled vocabularies and internationally recognized metadata standards (Crossref, DOAJ, OpenAIRE);
  • Structured cross-references, with persistent identifiers (DOI) whenever available;
  • Compatibility with automated harvesting protocols (OAI-PMH) for indexers and aggregators.

R — Reusable

Pensar encourages practices that broaden the conditions for academic, scientific, and institutional reuse of published content, respecting the parameters of attribution, integrity, authorial responsibility, and licensing.

Concrete practices:

Institutional commitment

Pensar acknowledges that the application of FAIR principles may vary according to the nature of the manuscript, the methodology adopted, and the existence of data or materials suitable for sharing. In particular, the dimension of reuse may take different forms in empirical, theoretical, bibliographic, documentary, or essayistic research. Even so, the journal adopts as institutional guideline the progressive and consistent promotion of FAIR principles in its editorial processes and publications, in alignment with its Open Science Editorial Policy.

With this orientation, Pensar reaffirms its commitment to strengthening Open Science, qualifying its editorial activities, ensuring the tr