Guidelines for authors

These guidelines are intended to standardize the presentation of articles to be submitted to the evaluation process of the editorial committee. This guarantees the adoption of a style, a consistent and uniform presentation, favoring the agility in the evaluation process of the articles.

Article Modality

The editorial policies of the Journal contemplate the publication of topics in the fields of education, human sciences and pedagogy in the following types of articles:

Research article. Manuscript that exposes, in a timely manner, the results of completed research projects. The formal structure used contains four characteristic sections: introduction, methodology, results and conclusions. Maximum 25 pages including references.

Review article. Manuscript which is consequence of a finished investigation where the results of (un)disclosed researches are studied, analyzed and reviewed, in order to give an account of the tendencies and advances in the pedagogical and educational fields. It is identified by presenting a methodical bibliographic review of at least 30 references.

Short article. Short document that shows preliminary or partial results of an educational research, which usually aims to expedite dissemination. Maximum 10 pages including references.

Language. Articles will be received in Spanish, Portuguese and French. Articles in a language other than Spanish must include a summary in Spanish.

Information about authors

On the first page the following information must be included: title of the article (in Spanish), author(s) data with full name(s) and surname(s), a short review with a maximum length of 800 characters, email, landline, cell phone and institutional affiliation. The authors must provider a ORCID identifier.

Structure of the Articles

All articles must be structured as follows: title, abstract, key words, introduction, theorical framework, methodology, results and discussion, and conclusions.

The requirements for writing the articles correspond to the following structure.

Title: must be capitalized, centered, without exceeding 16 words and enunciate the concrete content of the work. The title should be expressed briefly and concisely

Summary. It consists of a single paragraph, minimum 180 words with a maximum length of 300 words, which summarizes the description of the research problem, the objectives, methodology, most relevant results and the main conclusions. It must be written impersonally.

Keywords: Descriptores (Spanish) and Keywords (English): Maximum 6, separated by comma. They should go consecutively at the end of the abstract. Simple-standardized words will be used.

Abstract: Summary in English: Faithful (technical) translation of the abstract into English. In case the article is not written in the original language of the Journal, this item must be in Spanish

Introduction: the introduction must contain, in a summarized way, the following aspects: research objectives; key concepts; research problem, theoretical and methodological approach, expected results and summary of the structure of the article.

Theoretical references: It must contain those conceptual elements, theoretical framework and antecedents that have been taken into account in the development of the research.

Methodology: The methodology must contain the following aspects: Type of research (qualitative, quantitative, mixed, among others), research design. Units of analysis, variables and/or categories. The analytical and statistical procedures should be clearly described, and indicate the data analysis programs and versions used.

Results: These should be limited to the data obtained and presented in a logical, objective, strict and practical way. If the results are presented in the form of tables and figures, they should be cited in the order in which they appear for the first time in the text, they should also be strictly necessary and sufficient data to allow the reader to understand the results.

Discussion: It is the rigorous analysis of the results of the research, integrating or contrasting references of literature related to the research findings to provide the reader with a developed basis with which to admit or object to the hypotheses. It also explains the arguments of these references along with theories and principles directly related

It is necessary here an analysis of the scope of the investigations, their limitations and their projections in future investigations, indicating the practical or theoretical implications of the investigation.

Conclusions: It constitutes the end of the article; it must present the author's contribution in a clear, concise and logical manner by emphasizing the new facts revealed and their contribution to the field of social scientific knowledge

Matrix. The matrices will be presented in a separate file attached, they must be labeled on the top of each one, numbered with their title, which must be concise and with an explanatory note so that they can be understood without needing to read the text. Its numbering will coincide with the place that corresponds to them in the full text. The explanatory note should not be a duplication of the work methodology. The matrices must be done in Excel for Windows. The original source must be specified within its data. In the case of self-made matrices, you must present them in an editable format

Figures. They are images, photos, graphics, maps, diagrams, drawings. The note of the figure goes on the bottom. The figures must be sent in the original graphic format, do not paste them as an image in Word or Excel; if they are scanned, send them in JPG or TIFF in high resolution. In the case of graphs or self-made figures, you must submit them in editable format.

References and bibliography

The article must have clearly detailed the content that is not specific to the author or authors, through the correct citation of the same.

Bibliographic references will be cited according to annually updated standards by the American Psychological Association (APA). Only the references included in the text should be listed; Likewise, the names of all the authors of the cited bibliographic reference must be included, and chronologically for each author or each combination of authors. In all cases in which the author is an Institution, cite it as anonymous. The names of serial publications must be written in full, not abbreviated.

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The estimated time for an article to be evaluated and published in Assensus, is an average of four (4) months.