Submission Requirements

• All manuscripts must be submitted through our OJS platform: https://ojs.docentes20.com/. By submitting, authors confirm that the manuscript is original, unpublished, not under simultaneous consideration in another journal, and complies with the bibliographic and style requirements outlined in these guidelines.

• Submissions must address topics related to the journal’s areas of specialization: Education, Technology, Informatics, and related Social Sciences.

• Each manuscript must include the full name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation, country of origin, email address, and ORCID number. Authors must be listed in order of contribution.

• Manuscripts are accepted in Spanish and English. Abstracts must be provided in both languages, with a maximum length of 250 words, and must include 3 to 5 keywords, also translated into English.

• Length limits according to the type of contribution:

  • Research articles: up to 20 pages.

  • Experiences and projects: up to 10 pages.

  • Essays: up to 8 pages.

  • Book reviews: up to 8 pages (for works published within the last three years).

• Format requirements: Times New Roman, 12-point font, single spacing throughout the document.

• Tables and figures must be numbered in order of appearance (maximum eight tables and eight figures per article), submitted in editable format, with a brief title and source.

• Citations and references must follow the APA 7th edition guidelines: http://normasapa.com/.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

In the context of the increasing use of AI in academic content creation, TEJD establishes the following policy to guarantee integrity, transparency, and rigor in the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge:

• Authors must explicitly declare any use of AI tools in writing, data analysis, or content generation.

• The use of AI does not exempt the author from full responsibility for originality, integrity, and accuracy of the manuscript.

• Texts entirely generated by AI without human intellectual contribution will not be accepted.

• All AI usage must adhere to the Heredia Declaration on Ethics and Principles in Artificial Intelligence (2023), ensuring that AI-assisted research respects human dignity, transparency, fairness, accountability, and academic integrity.

Structure of Submissions

Articles and essays must be submitted to the DOCENTES 2.0 Journal under the following structure:

 

Download Templates for Articles (English): Templates for Articles (English)

Download Essay Worksheet (English): Essay Templates (English)

 

Conditions

• Only original and updated works representing significant theoretical or practical contributions will be accepted.

• Submission does not imply a commitment to publication.

• All manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review, assessed for originality, relevance, methodological rigor, scientific quality, and ethical compliance. See Peer Review Process.

• TEJD publishes on a semiannual basis, provides immediate open access without embargo, and applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

TEJD applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover editorial and production costs for open access publication.

• Fees vary according to the number of authors, with a maximum of 7 authors per manuscript. The updated fee schedule is available here: APC Fees.

• Payment is required after manuscript acceptance.

• Once the review process has started, the APC is non-refundable if the author withdraws the manuscript or fails to meet revision deadlines.

• Authors have a maximum of 5 months to respond to the first-round reviewer comments and up to 12 months to complete the editorial process.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors must complete the Ethics Declaration Form indicating the existence or absence of any conflicts of interest. See ethics policies.

Copyright

Upon acceptance for publication, the author retains the rights to reproduce and distribute their work, in any country and format, while granting the journal the right of first publication under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Funding

The author must declare the institutions or sponsors that funded the research and their role in the design, data collection, analysis, writing, or decision to publish. If no funding exists, this must be expressly stated.

Indexing and Repositories

RTED's indexing in databases, repositories, libraries, and indexes is managed and updated by third parties; therefore, they do not directly report to RTED. This means that any changes or updates to these indexes are made following the criteria and processes established by these independent entities.

Ethics Statement

Every manuscript submitted to the journal must include an ethics statement in which the author(s) declare that the submitted research complies with the corresponding ethical and legal principles. This section must indicate, as appropriate, approval by an institutional ethics committee, informed consent of participants, respect for data confidentiality, and the absence of conflicts of interest, plagiarism, or manipulation of results. This statement is an essential requirement for the evaluation and eventual publication of the article.