About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Heródoto – Journal of the Research Group on Classical Antiquity and its Afro-Asian Connections is a scholarly journal dedicated to publishing original research in the field of History, with emphasis on expanded and connected perspectives on Antiquity.
The journal welcomes contributions that explore:
- cultural contacts and exchanges;
- relationships between local and global dynamics;
- cultural circulations;
- connections between the classical world and Afro-Asian contexts.
It publishes original articles, thematic dossiers, book reviews, and translations from both national and international scholars.
Peer Review Process
All submitted manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review process, ensuring anonymity between authors and reviewers.
Evaluation criteria include:
- academic relevance;
- originality;
- methodological rigor;
- contribution to the field.
Open Access Policy
The journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that free access to scientific knowledge fosters global democratization of scholarship.
All content is freely available without charge to users or institutions immediately upon publication. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without prior permission, provided proper attribution is given.
All articles are licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, including for commercial purposes, provided the original work is properly cited.
Full license available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Authors retain copyright while granting the journal the right of first publication.
The journal does not charge subscription or access fees.
This journal fully adheres to the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) definition of open access.
Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright and agree to license their work under the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
This license permits redistribution, adaptation, and commercial use, provided proper attribution is given to the original authors and the journal.
Ethics and Best Practices
The journal adheres to recognized international standards of publication ethics, including:
- prevention of plagiarism;
- editorial transparency;
- disclosure of conflicts of interest;
- research integrity.
Misconduct cases will be handled according to established scholarly publishing guidelines.
Periodicity
The journal follows its defined editorial periodicity and may publish regular and thematic issues.
Languages
Submissions are accepted in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Journal History
Heródoto – Journal of the Research Group on Classical Antiquity and its Afro-Asian Connections originated from the research interests of scholars of the classical world who examine it through its connections with African and Asian worlds known in Antiquity.
With the aim of contributing to existing scholarship in this field, the research developed by the group pursues two main objectives:
- To highlight the mutual and non-hierarchical influences between Greco-Roman and Afro-Asian cultures—considering, beyond relations of acceptance and domination, dynamics such as assimilation, adaptation, conflict, negotiation, and resistance in the context of cultural contact.
- To point out the influence of theoretical frameworks such as Eurocentrism, Afrocentrism, and Asianism on historiographical production concerning the ancient world.
