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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS


 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The work is unpublished and will not be sent to other journals while awaiting the decision of the editors of the journal Páginas de Educación.
  • In-text citations and the list of bibliographic references are presented according to the guidelines of the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) in its 7th edition (see synthesis in the Author Guidelines).
  • In the case of research involving human beings, please attach proof of approval by the Ethics Committee of the corresponding institution in case the latter has requested it.
  • The data of the investigation will be available to the referees, if they require it.
  • In case of original research, the article includes the section "Data availability" in which the authors report whether and where the data set used is available (see indications in the Author Guidelines).
  • If photographs are included, they must respect the anonymity of the persons involved, and informed consent must be given.
  • Authors should send a brief CV of the main author, the Declaration of Authorship Responsibility (signed by all authors) and an anonymous version of the paper, following the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Submissions

Páginas de Educación accepts submissions year-round. All submissions must be made through the online platform OJS. Since 2024, preprints are accepted.

Preparation of the manuscript

1. Title. Brief and informative. The title should be in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Avoid abbreviations and formulas whenever possible.

2. Names of authors and affiliations. The first and last names of each author should be clearly indicated along with their ORCID number. In addition, each author's institutional affiliation should be indicated along with his/her e-mail address.

3. Abstract. It consists of a paragraph (no more than 250 words) that synthesizes the manuscript, emphasizing the methodology, results and conclusions. It should be presented in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

4. Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, a maximum of 5 keywords should be provided. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes, it is recommended that they follow the guidelines of the Thesaurus of the area. Keywords should be in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

5. Traditional sections. This varies according to the case, but in general the papers will have introduction, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion (see Article structure).

6. Citation of sources. It should follow the guidelines of the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). See basic guidelines and examples.

7. Tables and figures. Tables should be submitted as editable text and not as images. Tables and figures should be integrated into the text and not at the end. They should be numbered according to the order in which they are presented.

8. List of references. References should be in APA 7th edition format, alphabetically ordered and with hanging indentation.

9. Data availability. In articles resulting from original research, authors should include, below the bibliographic references, a section called " Data availability" in which they report whether the dataset used in their research is available and, if so, where to access it.  In case the authors have their data on any server, they should state this within the article as follows: "The dataset supporting the results of this study are available at [name and link to repository]".  Otherwise, they should include a sentence within the article stating the following: "The dataset supporting the results of this study is not available". More information here

Article structure

Articles. All research articles or systematic reviews must contain the following sections:

  • Introduction: well-documented and updated theoretical framework, which supports the theme and presents the controversies that justify the investigation. Present the research problem and objective/questions it seeks to answer.
  • Methodology: description that addresses the design in sufficient detail to replicate the study. In the case of empirical articles, describe the sample, the instruments and/or techniques used, the procedures and the analysis of the data used. In the case of systematic review or rapid review articles, you must follow the PRISMA protocol.
  • Results: present the results clearly and responding to the objective or research questions. Avoid value judgments.
  • Discussion: substantiated interpretation of the results in articulation with the theoretical framework and the background presented in the introduction.
  • Conclusions: they are extracted from the study, without presenting new information. Future projections or lines of research should be included.
  • Practical Implications: In 150-200 words in direct and accessible language, summarize what the implications of your findings are for educational practice. This section is aimed at decision makers in educational policies, leaders of educational institutions, teachers and other stakeholders interested in education. If you find your research particularly useful to one of these particular stakeholders, personalize your message by targeting a specific section of your educational audience.

Brief communication. Manuscripts submitted to this section must contain the following sections:

  • Introduction: present brief but relevant background information, including a justification for the program or intervention described.
  • Methodology: description of specific details about the methods used: action research, design-based research, case study, are appropriate and frequent designs in this section.
  • Results: the main findings (i.e., data and analysis) relevant to the applied research questions.
  • Discussion: articulate how the research findings contribute to the applied knowledge base in relation to the program or intervention used.
  • Conclusion: it is extracted from the study, without presenting new information. Future projections or lines of research should be included.
  • Practical Implications: In 150-200 words in direct and accessible language, summarize what the implications of your research are for educational practice.

Declaration of Authorship Responsibility

When submitting the manuscript, authors should complete and attach the Declaration of Authorship Responsibility, which includes the following elements:

Authorship of the article. Authorship is understood only for persons who have made a significant contribution to the final product (see Authors' Contribution).

Authorship responsibility. Authors should carefully select the order of appearance of their names in the submitted paper. The first author will be considered the senior author and, unless otherwise specified, will be responsible for correspondence with the journal. After the article has been submitted, changes can only be made to this list, both in the order and in adding or deleting authors, with a letter addressed to the Editorial Board and explaining the reasons for the changes.

Authors' contributions. For reasons of transparency, the different contribution roles are arranged according to the CRediT Taxonomy.

Declaration of conflict of interest. All authors should report any financial and personal ties with third parties or organizations that could condition or bias the work. If there are any links of any kind, they should be declared. It should be made clear what the source of funding was, at what point in the creation of the work it was requested, and how it impacted the work. This statement will go with the article in case it is published.

How to prepare the anonymous file for review

To ensure double-blind review, authors should prepare a file that does not contain any information that could reveal their identity to potential reviewers.

Authors must take into account the following aspects:

  • The document must be classified as an "anonymous version" when uploaded to the platform, and must not contain information about the authors in the file name.
  • The anonymous file will not contain the names of the authors or their institutional affiliations, or acknowledgments or financing information revealed by the institution to which they belong.
  • In those passages where institutions or specific geographic coordinates –that allow the identification of the authors– are mentioned, the text will be replaced by crosses or, if necessary for understanding, by a description of the deleted element, between brackets.
    • Examples: "The study was conducted among XXX students"; "The study was carried out among the students of the [study center]".
  • Citations to previous works by any of the authors of the manuscript should be replaced by the word “Author”. In the list of references, entries only identified with the word "Author" and the year in parentheses will be placed at the beginning.
    • Example in the text: "As already studied (Author, 2019)".
    • Example in the reference list: Author. (2019).
  • Authors should check in the word processor that there is no metadata in the file that identifies any user by name or surname. In Word for Windows, you can check and delete this information in the menu “Information> Inspect Document”. In Word for MacOS, it can be done in "Protect document> Delete personal information when saving".

Articles

Research articles and systematic literature review articles. They have a maximum of 8000 words (excluding references, tables and figures). Double-blind peer-reviewed section.

Brief communication

This section has a practice-focused approach. Professionals from the educational field or academics who work with professionals are invited to present an area of research with an emphasis on its application and evaluation in practice. Manuscripts should present theoretically sound principles, and illustrate how they have been synthesized into practical procedures with data evaluating their effectiveness. A detailed description of the procedures should be included to facilitate implementation in practice. Priority will be given to manuscripts that illustrate the links between research and practice. Implications for practice should also be included. It has a maximum length of 4000 words (excluding references, tables and figures). Double-blind peer-reviewed section.

Copyright Notice

If the manuscript is accepted, the authors agree to assign the copyright to the journal Páginas de Educación, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), open access system, which allows third parties to share the work as long as its author and first publication in this journal are indicated.

Authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements for distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., deposit it in an institutional telematic archive or publish it in a monographic volume), as long as the initial publication in this journal is indicated. Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work through the Internet (e.g., in institutional telematic archives or on their web page) after publication, which may lead to interesting exchanges and increase citations of the published work.
Authors are solely responsible for the contents and opinions expressed in the manuscript, which do not compromise the scientific opinion and policy of the journal.

If tables or figures taken from other publications are reproduced, written authorization from their authors or from the owners of publication rights, as appropriate, must be provided.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes set forth therein and will not be provided to third parties or for use for other purposes.


 



 

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