Peer review process

Peer review process (double blind)

Our journal complies with a series of scientific and academic criteria with the purpose of maintaining a rigorous accuracy. Our Editorial Team is grateful for the works you submit for revision. Works can be written by one or more authors and must not be submitted for revision before other printed or digital media.

Phases for the evaluation of contributions, controversial cases, document evaluation formats and results

1) The Editorial Team receives the articles, and they decide whether to continue in the peer review process or if their topic is outside the scope of the journal.

2) The articles received will be submitted to a double-blind opinion. The name of the author or authors is omitted and both their anonymity and that of the reviewers are reserved.

3) For the above, two external reviewers (peer reviewers) will be assigned; in all cases they are academic researchers and authors with experience and trajectory related to the subject matter of the documents submitted for review.

4) When the reviews of peer reviewers reveal cases of controversy, the editorial team will submit the document to a third reviewer external to the publishing institution. With these criteria, the editorial team will make the final decision of the document.

5) The reviewers will take into account in their evaluation of articles, essays, systematization of experience and bibliographic reviews, in addition to the described standards, that the works comply with the following Criteria:
-High academic content.
- Provide new knowledge on the subject.
- Demonstrate good argumentation and be supported theoretically or by factual research.
- Relevance in the field of Educational Sciences.
- Good use of language.
- Logical organization in the presentation of ideas and arguments.

6) As an input for the authors, the document evaluation forms used by the evaluator peers are made available to them. You can find the review templates in the documentation section of the journal: click here.

7) The approximate time for reviewing articles is 12 weeks, from the confirmation of receipt of the manuscript by the editorial team through OJS; this time includes the submission and review by internal and external evaluators and the internal process of elaboration of the resolution once the evaluation criteria are in place, after that, the condition of the manuscript will be communicated to you. In case of needing to extend the evaluation criteria, the extension of the term will be communicated.

8) The content of each evaluation is exclusively for internal use of the journal. The authors will know what is recommended through the resolution issued by the Editorial Team.

9) When the evaluation results of the peer evaluators are not available within the established period of time, new specialists in the subject will be identified to carry out the evaluation. and the authors will be notified of the extension of the review period.

10) The Editorial Team will notify the authors by means of a resolution of the results that are adopted as a result of the assessments of peer reviewers and the editorial team, among some of the following options:
- Accepted for publication: the article is accepted without modifications after peer review.
- Rejected for publication: the article is rejected for publication as a result of negative review by academic peers.
- Accepted with modifications: the article It is publishable as long as the authors make changes to the content and/or form. Making the changes does not guarantee the acceptance of the article.

The authors will have 2 weeks to make the modifications in the article, essay or bibliographic review, from the sending of the resolution given by the Editorial Team.

11) In the case of manuscripts accepted with modifications, final decision for publication its acceptance and publication corresponds to the Editorial Team of the journal.

12) All articles received that are ascribed to the thematic profile of Educational Sciences in general, and educational innovation in particular they will be considered without this meaning that their publication is compulsory or the material sent is returned.

13) In order to have a wide and varied geographical and institutional origin, editorial openness is guaranteed and editorial inbreeding is avoided, which is why Every manuscript that is presented will be subject to review, however, if it is accepted, it cannot be published if the person The author or co-author has another publication in the current number, so you will have to wait until the next number.

14) The management of the Journal and the Editorial Team reserve the right to make editorial changes in the collaborations if deemed necessary.