Submissions

Author Guidelines

The journal Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales does not charge any type of fee for the submission of works for evaluation or publication. 

IMPORTANT: The specific recommendations for the use of inclusive language in scientific articles, which can be found here, should be taken into account when writing the paper. In addition, authors are requested, where possible, to take gender into account in the source data of the research in order to allow for the identification of possible biases or differences.

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Guidelines for authors:

To publish in this journal the rules indicated bellow should be followed. Failure to comply may result in the rejection of the article:

1)    Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales journal publishes research articles related to Teaching of Experimental Sciences (Biology, Physics, Chemistry, etc.) and Social Sciences (History, Geography, etc.). Original papers in Spanish and English are accepted.

2)    Authors are committed to submit original articles that have not been published previously or are being considered in other publications.

3)  The authors will submit their article fully adapted to the provided template. Two files must be submitted simultaneously: 1) Manuscript, in accordance with the detailed guidelines, that does not contain the authors' names or any reference that allows their identification; 2) Authorship letter with the requested data in the corresponding TEMPLATE. This second document will be attached as a supplementary file before completing the submission process.

4)    Articles sent for publication should not exceed 8,000 words and the format will be the same as that provided by the editing template.

5)    Articles may contain tables, graphs, maps or images. In the case of tables or graphics, they cannot be images, but will be included in the file as an editable element. They will be listed correlatively and inserted in  appropriate place within the article. Authors will always refer to them explicitly in the text. In the case of images, they will never have a decorative function and should always support the argumentation of the text.

6)    For the writing of the final version the Style Manual will be: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). 7th ed. (http://www.apastyle.org/)

Single author works should be quoted by giving the author last name and the year of publication. For example, "the early works on this subject (Ferrell, 1999)". When an article has two authors, they will always be quoted using the surname of the two authors linked by "and". For example, "as shown in other studies (Hyndman and Koehler, 1982)".

Works by three or more authors should be cited using only the surname of the first author plus “et al.” in every citation (even the first one). For example, "as shown in similar works (Vachtsevanos et al., 2006)".

The bibliography should appear complete at the end of the article, ordered alphabetically and, for each author, in chronological order, from oldest to most recent.

Journal articles:

Cappello , M. (2017). Considering Visual Text Complexity: A Guide for Teachers. The Reading Teacher, 70(6), 733-739. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1580

Harrison, A., & Treagust, D. (2000). A Typology of School Science Models. International Journal of Science Education, 22(9), 1011-1026. https://doi.org/10.1080/095006900416884

Fontal, O., Ibáñez-Etxeberría, A., Martínez, M., & Rivero, P. (2017). El patrimonio como contenido en la etapa de Primaria: del currículum a la formación de maestros. Revista Electrónica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado, 20(2), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.6018/reifop/20.2.286321

The DOI should always be included, linked to its corresponding web page and cited as in the example.

Books:

Stenhouse, L. (1975). An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development. Heinemann.

Collet, J. y Tort, A. (Coords.) (2011). Famílies, escola i èxit: millorar els vincles per millorar els resultats. Fundació Jaume Bofill.

Chapters in edited books:

López, R. (2003). La enseñanza de la historia, más allá del nacionalismo. In J.J. Carreras & C. Forcadell (Eds.), Usos públicos de la historia (pp. 223-256). Marcial Pons-Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza.

Doctoral thesis:

Sáez-Rosenkranz, I. (2016). Análisis de las actividades de los libros de texto de Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales de educación básica en Chile [Doctoral Thesis, Universitat de Barcelona]. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona. http://hdl.handle.net/2445/102102

López-Castelló, R. (2024). La representación de la Historia del Arte como disciplina escolar (siglos XVIII-XXI): sociogénesis e incidencia en la práctica educativa. [Unpublished Doctoral Thesis]. Universitat de València.

Press or digital media articles

Adalian, J. (2013, August 12). Breaking Bad Returns to Its Biggest Ratings Ever. Vulture. http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/breaking-bad-returns-to-its-biggest-ratings-ever.html 

For the rest of the elements, we recommend consulting the APA 7th Edition standards: (http://www.apastyle.org/)

IMPORTANT: For the writing of the paper, the specific recommendations in favor of the use of inclusive language in scientific articles that can be found here will be taken into account.

7)    Research articles will be informed by two external evaluators through a double blind system (anonymous both for the evaluator and the author of the text). In case of disparate assessment, a third evaluator will be used. In order to be published, all texts must receive the approval of the Editorial Board.

For any questions or queries regarding the editing rules, do not hesitate to contact us at: dces@uv.es

Proposal guidelines for monographs

General guidelines for the coordination of the monograph

The proposed topic must be in line with the focus and scope of the journal: https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/dces/about/editorialPolicies#focusAndScope

The proposal may include up to a maximum of three coordinators who must have proven national and international prestige in the proposed topic. The interaction of different geographical and/or university contexts as well as gender parity will be valued. No more than two coordinators should be from the same university.

General guidelines for the proposal

The proposal must be sent, via the journal's platform, in a word file [TEMPLATE] to the MONOGRAPHICS section. It must include the following information:

• Name and surname(s) of the coordinator(s) of the proposal, their academic category and university affiliation.
• List of the 5 most relevant publications from the last 5 years by each coordinator of the proposal.
• Justification of the monograph’s topic, with a maximum length of 2,000 words. The topic must be original and novel, with international outreach, high visibility and mean a significant advance in the state of the art.
• Proposal of articles (title, author/s and affiliation) to be included in the monograph. These must guarantee heterogeneity of affiliation (maximum of two articles from the same institution), diversity of geographical origin (both national and international), as well as gender parity. Each author (including the coordinators) can only appear in one article of the monograph.
• Each proposal must include between a minimum of five original articles and a maximum of eight. A minimum of four articles must be accepted by the external referees and the journal's editorial board for the final publication of the monograph.

The editorial board of the journal Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales will evaluate the proposal and send an acceptance or rejection email as soon as possible. In the case of the proposal being accepted, the deadline for receipt of originals for the monograph will be indicated in the acceptance email.

The monograph proposal by the coordinators does not imply, in any case, a commitment to publish previously agreed articles since the journal Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales follows a strict policy of external peer-review.

In case of acceptance of the monograph proposal, the coordinators will sign a Collaboration Agreement that includes the dissemination and promotion of the monograph in academic social networks once published, by email and/or by other means deemed appropriate.

Being a monograph coordinator for the journal Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales will not entail, under no circumstances, any financial cost or remuneration for the monograph coordinators nor the authors who publish in it.

General guidelines for authors willing to participate in the monograph

1. All manuscripts must be submitted through the OJS platform of the journal Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales. New users must first register here: https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/dces/user/register
2. Authors should submit their article completely adapted to the journal's publishing guidelines and to the template provided by the journal  (https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/dces/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions).
3. Two files must be submitted: 1) Manuscript, in accordance with the detailed guidelines, which does not contain the name of the authors nor any reference that would allow their identification; 2) Letter of authorship with all the information required in the following TEMPLATE. The latter document must be attached as a complementary file at the end of the submission process.
4. During the submission process, it must be CLEARLY indicated that the manuscript corresponds to the monograph, specifying "Monograph coordinated by XXX" in the "Comments for the editor" section of the platform.