Scientific Journals as Platforms to Publish Research of Excellence in Education - Strategies to Attract Researchers

Authors

  • M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora University of Huelva
  • Ignacio Aguaded University of Huelva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.20.2.4274

Keywords:

Education research journals, research, scientific publication, quality indicators, international visibility.

Abstract

This article helps to reflect on the most relevant characteristics of research journals of excellence, on those quality editorial management traits that facilitate the work of disseminating the findings of researchers in education so that they can contribute, along with all international researchers, to the central knowledge of science

Author Biographies

M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora, University of Huelva

Professor in the Department of English Philology at the University of Huelva, Spain. Her main research interests are applied linguistics, language teacher training and scientific publications. She has lectured in Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Great Britain, Sweden, Peru, United States and Spain. She is currently co-editor of the English Edition of Comunicar journal, a media education research journal

Ignacio Aguaded, University of Huelva

Chair Professor of the Department of Education of the University of Huelva (Spain). He leads the fields of Technology and Innovation and is a Chairman of Group Comunicar , in Andalusia, a veteran in Spain in Education through Mass Media. He is the Editor of «Comunicar», Media Education Research Journal (ISSN: 1134-3478; 1988-3293), which is distributed in Europe and America. He is also scientific advisor to several national and international scientific journals, as well as manager of «Agora» Investigation Group in the Andalusian Plan of Investigation, developing various international investigation projects. He has participated in many educational/investigation activities in the didactic use of mass media and has been the organizer and chairman of several scientific committees of international academic events.

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Published

2014-11-22

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2014)

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