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Author Guidelines

  1. Editorial norms

I. With respect to the autor:

Articles will be received in Spanish and English, and the latter will be translated into Spanish.

All articles proposed for publication in "Calidad en la Educación" must be original and unpublished.

When delivering an article to the editor of "Calidad en la Educación”, the author makes a commitment to not present it simultaneously to another publication as long as he/she has not been notified by the editing team, with a definite rejection or acceptance to be included in the publication. In the latter case, it is additionally required that the presentation of the article in any other journal or other media outlet, must be made after its publication in "Calidad en la Educación" where the original text is included.

It is the author's responsibility to attach all the data in the identification file.

ii.  With respect to the article:

In relation to the approximate length of the article:

  • Research: must not exceed 10,000 words, including tables, graphs, notes, and bibliography.
  • Essays: must not exceed 5,000 words, including tables, graphs, notes, and bibliography.
  • Innovating experiences: must not exceed 4,000 words, including notes, tables, and graphs.

Articles must be presented in MS Word digital format, in letter size, with 2.5 cm. margins, double spaced, except for the titles which must be single spaced, font size 12, in Times New Roman type. Pages must be numbered consecutively, starting on the title page. Tables and figures will be presented in separate digital files in the format indicated below.

2.  Style Manual

i. Title Page

The first page of the manuscript must contain the title of the work (concise and descriptive).

Do not indicate the name of the author.

 

ii. Abstract and keywords

A concise and factual summary of 150 to 200 words is required. This abstract will briefly indicate the purpose of the article, the main results, and main conclusions.

Following the summary, the authors must provide a maximum of five key words. These key words will be used for indexation purposes, and will be selected from the controlled list of key words of the Educational Resources International Center (ERIC) thesaurus descriptors.

Should the submission be in Spanish, the author must include an English translation of the abstract and keywords into.

References

Deliver the manuscripts according to the latest Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA 7). A synopsis of this manual is available at the American Psychological Association web site (http://apa.org). Make sure all references cited in the text are also present in the list of references (and vice versa).

Citations of other works must be limited to what is strictly necessary for the article. Any mention must be brief, and accompanied by precise references following the citation style of the APA.

Always provide the DOI of each reference if one has been assigned to it, according to the recommendations of the latest guidelines of APA style.

Tables and figures 

It is requested to limit the number of tables and graphs to those strictly essential for the understanding of the presented text. Tables, graphs and figures should be included in the text, in editable format (not images) numbered correlatively in Arabic numbers: Table 1, Graph 1, Figure 1.

 Notes

Explanatory notes or notes with complementary information must be presented as footnotes, numbered consecutively in Arabic numbers, identified as superscripts in the text. They must include the name and property of the author.

Formal aspects

  • The use of precise and pertinent language is recommended, in addition to writing that is understandable, and correct spelling. Preferably, write in third person except when the characteristics of the text justify not doing so.
  • Subtitles: for the text to be more easily read, subdividing the article by incorporating subtitles, numbers, or letters is recommended.

Use of capital letters, bold, italics, and quotations marks:

  • CAPITAL letters must be reserved for acronyms and titles.
    • Only the first letter of the first word in the title is capitalized (whether it is the title of a book or an article).
    • Bold letters are only used in titles and subtitles of tables and graphs.
    • Italics must be used in terms or expressions that do not belong to the language in which the text is written. The same is true for the titles of books and names of periodical publications that appear in the text.
    • Quotation marks: double (" ") and simple (' ') must be used to frame the reproduction of textual paragraphs (when they do not have a different indentation and smaller size than the rest of the text), direct quotes, titles of articles (for example: "Bases for the design of public policies in higher education"), and expressions that need to be highlighted.

Other Aspects

  1. The magazine reserves the right to propose corrections.
  2. The journal adheres to APA (American Psychological Association) guidelines for format and editing purposes and to the RAE for aspects of the Spanish language. Regarding gender, the journal assumes that in Spanish, the masculine form is considered gender neutral, to favor lingÁ¼istic efficiency and grammatical agreement.
  3. The contributions received are of the exclusive responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the National Council of Education. Under these circumstances and so far as the contents of "Calidad en la Educación” operate under the principle of good faith, the editorial team presumes that contributors have adequately managed the sources from which they extract information (bibliographic, data, etc.), in terms of ethics, methodology, and discipline.
  4.   Acceptance of a work for publication assumes that copyrights, in any means, are transferred to the editor of the magazine.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain their Copyright and only transfer a part of these to the journal, accepting the following conditions:

Authors keep their rights as authors and guarantee the right to the journal for the first publication of their work, which is simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution license allowing third parties to share the study accrediting the author and first publication in this journal.

Authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements for distribution of the version of the published work (e.g. inclusion in an institutional thematic file or publication in a monographic volume) accrediting initial publication in this journal.

Authors are allowed and recommended to share their work over the Internet (e.g. in institutional telematic files or their website) before and during the submission process, which may lead to interesting exchanges and increased citation of the published work. (See The effect of open access).

Privacy Statement

Reviewers should inform the journal editorial team if despite anonymity they have identified the author of the article, or if they recognize any conflict of interest in the review.

They should in turn commit to keeping confidential the text given to them for review, not disclosing it to third parties.