Education in The Knowledge Society

Author Guidelines

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

 1. Contents

 The submitted papers must be original contributions that have not been previously published or are not under submission at another journal or under consideration for publication in another form. Authors of submitted papers are obligated not to submit their paper for publication elsewhere until an editorial decision is rendered on their submission. A typical article will normally be around 7,500 words in length, including the title, the abstract, the keywords and the references.

 All papers will be rigorously peer-reviewed before their acceptance by two member of the Scientific Committee at least. The referees will be able to make suggestions for the paper improvement, which should be taken into account in the new paper review, if this is the Editor-in-Chief’s decision.

 The Journal sections are: a) Papers; b) Book reviews; and c) PhD Thesis reviews.

 Papers may be written in Spanish or English (other languages may be allowed if Editor-in-Chief gives the authorization), recommending the use of inclusive language. The title, the abstract and the keywords must be in both Spanish and English. The main title will be match the language in which is written the paper body.

 2. Format

 The following files compose a paper submission:

1. A file with the authors’ information that will contain the following data:
   1. Title in Spanish and English
   2. For each author: name, surname, ORCID code, full affiliation (full name of the current author’s centre, department and/or institution, and full postal affiliation address including the country name), telephone and email. One author should be identified as the corresponding author.
   3. A file with the body of the paper:
      1. Any reference to the name of the author or authors and their credentials will be omitted
      2. It must include the title in Spanish and English
      3. An abstract, in Spanish and English, of no more than 300 words, must be included. It is suggested that authors use the OMRC (Objective, Method, Results and Conclusions) structure.
      4. Between 4 and 6 keywords are required, both in Spanish and English. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes. It is highly recommendable that these keywords will be included in UNESCO or ERIC thesaurus.
      5. The body of the paper, with a maximum, recommended length of 7,500 words, will be written using a generic 12-point font (Times New Roman or Arial) and double line spacing. The different sections of the paper will be numbered (with Arabic numerals) and bold. Bold or underlined text is not allowed.
      6. The reference style follows the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition, both in the text and in the final Reference section. All the cited references and only the cited references will be included in the Reference section. Some examples:

i.      Books:

1. Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1988). Teoría crítica de la enseñanza: La investigación-acción en la formación del profesorado. Martínez Roca.
2. Coulon, A. (1988). La etnometodología. Cátedra.

ii.      Journal papers:

1. García-Peñalvo, F. J., García de Figuerola, C., & Merlo, J. A. (2010). Open knowledge: Challenges and facts. Online Information Review, 34(4), 520-539. https://doi.org/10.1108/14684521011072963
2. García-Peñalvo, F. J., Conde, M. Á., Johnson, M., & Alier, M. (2013). Knowledge Co-Creation Process Based on Informal Learning Competences Tagging and Recognition. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP), 4(4), 18-30. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijhcitp.2013100102

iii.      Book chapters:

1. Garrison, C., Schoenbach, V., & Kaplan, B. (1985). Depressive symptoms in early adolescence. In A. Dean (Ed.), Depression in multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 60-82). Brunner/Mazel.
2. García-Peñalvo, F. J. (2011). La Universidad de la próxima década: La Universidad Digital. In C. Suárez-Guerrero & F. J. García-Peñalvo (Eds.), Universidad y Desarrollo Social de la Web (pp. 181-197). Editandum.

iv.      Electronic media:

1. Hill, P. (2012). Four Barriers That MOOCs Must Overcome To Build a Sustainable Model. http://mfeldstein.com/four-barriers-that-moocs-must-overcome-to-become-sustainable-model/
2. Jordan, K. (2013). MOOC Completion Rates: The Data. http://www.katyjordan.com/MOOCproject.html

Tables, images or figures must be numbered (using Arabic numerals) in the order in which they appear in the manuscript (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2) and must include captions. All these elements must be mandatory referenced in the text using the label and the number (for example, Figure 3) and not using a relative mention (for example, in the next figure).

Figures must be saved separate to text. The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic (for example Figure1, Figure2). Please provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour. Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), JPG, PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript). The graphics, symbols, letters, etc., must be of sufficient size to be legible.

3. Submission

 Once the author/authors have completed all the required files, the corresponding author is requested to submit the files electronically by using the Education in the Knowledge Society online submission and review platform. If the corresponding author is not registered in the system, first he/she must signup as author http://revistas.usal.es/tres/index.php/eks/user/register. If the corresponding author is already registered, he/she may login directly http://revistas.usal.es/tres/index.php/eks/login.

The submission may be done, in the author’s area, using the option ‘START A NEW SUBMISSION’ and following the indications.

The review process, from the reception of the article until the decision, will not be longer than 3 months. On the other hand, a deadline of no more than 6 months is estimated from the formal acceptance of an article for publication in EKS, until its publication in an issue of the journal.

Note: Only submissions throughout the online platform are accepted. Under no circumstances manuscripts submitted through the journal email or by any other means will be allowed.