Author Guidelines for Cultura y Educación

Fundación Infancia y Aprendizaje encourages authors to read carefully the journal’s guidelines before submitting their manuscripts: publication is speeded by care in preparation!

Contributions in English should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. Contributions in Spanish should follow the Manual de publicaciones de la American Psychological Association, 3a edición.

The FIA production department and/or the journal’s Editorial Assistant shall adapt the text and section headings to fit current FIA style.

More information on scholarly authorship, rights and liabilities of authors, discounts, certificates, and other related matters in the Authors section.

Aims and Scope Cultura y Educación is an international journal admitting reflection articles on educational research and teaching experiences –duly evaluated– that deal with school, family, and social educational phenomena culturally situated throughout all life stages. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed by external referees.

ReadershipResearchers and professionals from education and cultural related disciplines, psychologists and educators working in diverse contexts (school, community, university), social and community workers.

Manuscripts admittedResearch reports, theoretical reflections and state of the art articles, duly assessed intervention designs and programmes.

The journal is published in Spanish and English. Manuscripts may also be submitted in French and Portuguese, but if accepted, they are published in the journal paper version translated into Spanish.

A native speaker level of written expression is expected for all manuscripts in any of both languages.

Authors who wish to improve the use of English or Spanish in their manuscripts should consider using professional editing services. Visit the Authors section for links and information on these services.

Manuscripts must be original and not currently under review elsewhere. Authors are asked to certify this in their covering letter (if not they will be asked to do so on acknowledgement of receipt).

Manuscripts are screened using the plagiarism detection system provided by CrossCheck.

Manuscript submissionInitial submission

The electronic management of the journal allows authors to register at the RECYT online platform. Once the user has been registered as author, instructions will appear guiding the procedure so that the manuscript is sent correctly. Should any problem or question arise, the author may contact us via e-mail:

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Or regular mail:Montserrat Castelló, Editor
Revista Cultura y Educación
Universitat Ramon Llull
Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport Blanquerna
Passeig de Sant Gervasi, 47
08022 Barcelona, España

The evaluation procedure starts once the manuscript has been sent to the journal through the platform.

Length

Original articles should not exceed 40,000 characters, including spaces, or 7500 words, including title, endnotes, references and any other element.

Format

Manuscript presentation should be in A4, double-spaced pages, preferably in Times 12 pt font. The first page should contain: Title (reflecting exactly, but as brief as possible, the subject of the paper); author’s name and surname (only one surname, but if the author prefers to use two they should be linked by a short dash, e.g., López-Amor, rule that also applies in case of two first names, e.g., María-José), and institutional affiliation (University of…); abstract (up to 175 words); keywords (up to 10), all of which must be both in Spanish and English; full address of all the authors (including e-mail and phone number), and acknowledgements, if any.

Notes, if possible, should be avoided; if included they will be placed at the end of the text. Tables and/or figures must be sent as a separate file, placing in the text the corresponding reference for insertion.

ReviewingThe author will receive a user name and a password to access the electronic management platform. Once the manuscript has been uploaded, it is first examined by the Editor, who verifies a series of formal aspects and scope of the paper. Manucripts are then screened for plagiarism using the CrossCheck system.

After this phase, the manuscript is sent electronically to an Associate Editor, who in turn forwards it to two (at times three) qualified experts on the subject. The authors will receive the referees’ comments and the Associate Editor’s report informing of the decision adopted about the work. Authors may check at any time the evaluation process' status through the RECYT management platform.

Final versionUpon acceptance, the author is asked to send the final version of the article (in both word and pdf format) and the paper copies requested by the Editor.

ProofsProofs are sent to the designated author for revision, under no circumstance is it possible to include new text or material or make corrections of style at proof stage. These should be returned to the journal within seven days of receipt.

Copyright

Authors receive a copyright agreement that they must return to FIA signed, establishing the terms under which they surrender the copyright to FIA for their defence and protection.

Visit this page to know more about your rights and liabilities as a FIA author.

The author receives two copies of the journal and a pdf file of the article. They are entitled to a 50% discount on printed copies of the issue in which the paper is published (subject to availability).

Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permission for reproducing illustrations, tables, figures taken from other authors and/or source. Permission must be placed at the foot of each figure.