About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The journal Enseñanza de las Ciencias only accept items that will be issues relevants to science and mathematics education and have not been previously published in other media.

There are various objectives that want to remak the influence which can be specified in the following:

First, in relation to the area of science and mathematics education, deepen the theoretical basis of published studies and research, encourage reasoned reflections regarding the status and perspectives of different research priorities currently and encourage interpretive works that advance the understanding of significant issues relating to science and mathematics learning.

Second, to promote studies that correspond to the needs of teachers of science and mathematics and to deepen the impact of different educational practices either in the classroom or in informal contexts, promoting the publication of studies related to the teaching and learning scientific and mathematical content, to analyze classroom management (work in small or large group, cooperation and individual work, etc..), the degree of student involvement in learning, autonomy or dependence, attention to diversity interests and levels of students of a class group, design and application of different types of activities, regulation of the errors in the learning process, etc..

Finally, encourage critical analysis in the work being done today.

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts will pass a double-blind peer-review process. All manuscripts sent to Enseñanza de las Cienciaswill be refereed according to standards of strict scientific quality.

In a first stage, the Editorial Team will check the general quality of the manuscript; manuscripts whose quality is notoriously low or which do not fit the journal’s scientific fields of interest may be directly rejected without external refereeing. For this first review, the Editorial Team may require assessment by the members of the Editorial Board or the Advisory Board.

Manuscripts which pass the first checking will be sent to two external referees, and usually external to the publishing institutions of the journal, who will be experts in the pertinent field or research area. In case of discrepancy between the referees, or if considered necessary by any other reason, the Editorial Team may send the manuscript to a third referee.

In the light of the referees’ reports, the Editorial Team may adopt one of the following decisions about the manuscript, which will be communicated to its author/s:

• Accept (as it is or with very minor changes).

• Publishable with modifications.

• Rejected.

Publication Frequency

Enseñanza de las Ciencias publish three numbers per year (march, june and november).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate free access to its contents under the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

From Vol. 33, No. 1 (2015) this journal is an open access journal licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License.

Credits

Design layout: Celso Hernandez de la Figuera y Gómez
Editorial coordination: Felipe Corredor

Ownership

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, through the Vice-rectorate responsible for Publications and the Department of Didactics of Mathematics and Experimental Sciences; and the Universitat de València, through the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Scientific Policy and the Departments of Didactics of the Experimental and Social Sciences and Mathematics Didactics, are responsible for edition, publishing and diffusion of the the journal Enseñanza de las Ciencias.

Statement on publication ethics and misconduct

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is fully committed to promoting ethical conduct in the publication of its science journals, based on the principles laid down by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org).

To achieve this, the UAB considers it essential for all parties involved in the publishing process for its science journals – editors, reviewers, and authors – to know and accept the terms of the above code, as summarised below.

Publishers
Publishers should undertake to do the following:
• clearly establish the relationship between publishers, editors and other parties through a contract;
• promote editorial independence;
• respect privacy;
• protect intellectual property;
• maintain the integrity of published content;
• publish content punctually.

Editors

• Decisions on publishing papers. After consulting the editorial board, journal editors decide whether or not to publish the papers submitted to their department, basing their decision on the reports made by two external reviewers and, in the case of significant disagreement between these, a third reviewer. They should apply the same criteria for accepting or rejecting all papers in accordance with their originality, importance and clarity. Editors must have systems in place for editorial decisions to be appealed against before the editorial board. They must also give full, up-to-date guidelines on authors' responsibilities and on the characteristics of papers sent to the journal.
• Non-discrimination. When examining submitted papers, editors should not take into account the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, country of origin, citizenship or political views.
• Confidentiality. Editors and other journal employees should not reveal information about the papers received to anyone other than the authors themselves and the reviewers. They should ensure that throughout the process the anonymity of reviewers and authors is maintained at all times.
• Conflicts of interest and disclosure. Editors should not use results from papers submitted to them for their own research work without express permission from the author.
• Recognition of error. Editors should publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.
• Quality. Editors should elicit the opinions of authors, reviewers and the editorial board in order to improve the editorial process.

Authors
• Authorship of the text. Papers submitted should be signed by the author and by anyone else who has played a significant role in planning, organising, conducting or processing the research that the paper is reporting on. In cases of co-authorship, the author submitting the text should state explicitly that it contains the names of all the authors, and that these have given their approval to the final version of the paper, for publication in a UAB journal.
• Responsibility. Authors take full responsibility for the content of their manuscript.
• Plagiarism and originality. Authors should be prepared to declare that the paper submitted to the journal is original in each and all of its parts and that all sources used are correctly cited in it.
• Access and conservation of data. At the editors' request, authors should clarify the sources or the data on which the research is based. These data should be kept for a reasonable time after publication, and may be disclosed if necessary.
• Multiple or repeated publication and conflicts of interest. Authors should not publish papers that present the same content in more than one journal at the same time.
• Conflicts of interest and disclosure. Authors should be prepared to declare that there is no conflict of interest that could affect the results of the research or the interpretations offered. They should also state sources of funding for the research, where applicable, and the name of the project their paper reports on.
• Errors in published papers. Authors who discover an important error or inaccuracy in a published paper should inform the journal editors and provide any information needed to make the necessary corrections.

Reviewers
• Peer review. A system of double-blind review is to be adopted, which helps editors and the editorial board to make decisions on manuscripts submitted and at the same time gives authors an opportunity to improve their work.
• Meeting lead times. Having agreed to review a paper, reviewers should respect the lead times established. If unable to do so, they should give sufficient notice of this to the editors.
• Confidentiality. Papers under review are considered to be confidential documents, so the reviewers should not discuss them with third parties without the permission of the editors.
• Objectivity. Reviews should be carried out objectively. Reviewers should express their opinions on manuscripts appropriately and justify their conclusions.
• Bibliographic references. Reviewers should provide exact bibliographic data on works of importance in the paper's subject area that the author may have omitted. Reviewers should also inform editors about any similarities detected between the text under review and other works.
• Conflicts of interest and disclosure. Any restricted information obtained in the review process is considered confidential and may not be used for personal ends. If carrying out a review entails a conflict of interest for reviewers because they have collaborated or competed with the authors or the authors' institutions, these reviewers should decline the review proposal.

Publication Fees

Since the publication costs for Enseñanza de las Ciencias are covered by the editing university internal budgets (UAB and UV), authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge (APC) and no waivers are offered.

Interoperability and digital preservation protocols

Interoperability protocols

Interoperability protocols are used at https://ensciencias.uab.cat/oai. The available formats can be found at the following link.

Digital preservation

In case of loss of material on the main server, Enseñanza de las Ciencias makes recurrent copies on local disks. It is also archived in LOCKSS and in the UAB institutional repository and RACO (Revistas catalanas con Acceso Abierto).