About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas is aimed at researchers, educators, students, and other professionals working in the field of education sciences. Often published as a single annual volume, it is an open-access publication free of charge, sponsored by the Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences and the Ministry of Education. The full texts of the contents are available for public consultation immediately after publication.

It publishes research articles of both a theoretical and empirical nature, regardless of the methodology employed, whose object of analysis is the sciences of education from their various aspects, provided they align with the thematic profile that characterises the journal.

Its aim is to contribute to the development of education professionals worldwide by publishing scientific articles.

Its mission is to achieve the greatest socialisation and dissemination of the scientific results of educational research carried out in the areas listed below:

  • Didactics
  • Educational informatics
  • Didactics and specific methodologies of the Humanities and the Exact and Natural Sciences
  • Improvement of the National Education System
  • Theoretical problems of pedagogy
  • Educational management
  • Evaluation of the quality of education

It also includes several sections dedicated to:

  • dissemination of experiences gained from scientific exchanges;
  • promotion of national and international events related to the educational theme;
  • socialisation of prominent Cuban pedagogues from different historical periods, with references to their most significant works.

The editorial, book reviews, and event promotion and dissemination sections are managed by the editorial board.

It is an open-access publication, with article processing free of charge.

 

The operation of the journal is conditioned by the following principles:

  1. Institutional Responsibility

Ciencias Pedagógicas publishes content of interest to the educational community and other related areas, committed to respecting the ethics and principles of Cuban society.

  1. Accessibility

Scientific research is a common good. All content published in the journal is Open Access.

  1. Responsibility

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas is sponsored by the Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences and the Ministry of Education, public institutions.

  1. Declaration

It is important that the information published by users in Ciencias Pedagógicas is properly supported, maintained, and validated by the organisation the author represents.

  1. Sustainability

The editorial management of the publication is a process supported by a team that is periodically renewed, ensuring its operation under any circumstances.

  1. Quality

Scientific journals, as channels and primary sources for the dissemination of scientific research, are committed to the quality of the evaluation, editing, and publication processes of scientific documents.

  1. Universality

Scientific journals publish research results of any kind related to the topics they cover. There is no discrimination based on country of origin, ethnicity, or social group.

  1. Professionalism

Editorial management and processing are scientific activities that require the highest level of professional responsibility to ensure compliance and guarantee quality.

 

POLICIES OF THE JOURNAL CIENCIAS PEDAGÓGICAS

  • About the types of articles

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas primarily publishes original research articles, review articles, letters to the editor, and other scientific articles distributed across various sections according to the journal’s thematic coverage. Occasionally, it will publish special articles with characteristics defined by the Editorial Committee.

  • About the languages of publication

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas predominantly publishes articles in Spanish but favours publication in English whenever the author(s) are native English speakers. The English versions of articles in Spanish, authored by Spanish speakers, must include a professional translation certification. Articles in Portuguese are also accepted.

  • Open access policy

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas provides immediate access to published materials, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research fosters a deeper understanding of knowledge. It operates under the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI, 2002). Users have free and unrestricted access to all content: they can read, download, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose.

  • Copyright policy

This journal protects copyright from the moment of submission. However, it grants part of the author’s economic rights by displaying a Creative Commons 4.0 licence (cc-by-nc), which allows the work to be shared (copied and redistributed in any medium or format) and adapted (remixed, transformed, and built upon), provided that the journal is exclusively cited as the primary source. Commercial use of the work is not permitted. The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used solely for the purposes specified and will not be shared with third parties or for other purposes.

  • Digital preservation policies

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas adheres to the digital preservation and security policies established by the Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences, as outlined in the IT Security Plan.

The journal employs its own file preservation system, supported by the Sponsoring Organisation. Additionally, it uses the CLOOKS system provided by the Open Journal Systems platform.

Furthermore, the journal has an internal self-archiving policy that allows for the preservation and restoration of all published information. Backups are stored in an institutional repository, where final corrected versions of documents are self-archived as PDF and HTML files. The journal’s editorial databases are also preserved and archived.

  • Policy on publication charges

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas does not apply processing or publication charges (NO APC).

  • Anti-plagiarism policy

The editorial committee will review each case regarding ethical violations and take appropriate measures. All received articles are checked by editors before and during the publication process using specific tools, such as Turnitin, to detect textual similarities.

The journal employs an electronic similarity-detection system as part of its editorial management to ensure publication quality and help prevent potential plagiarism. Articles with a similarity level exceeding 35% will be subjected to further analysis.

In cases of ethical conflicts, a committee exists to resolve and process such issues.

-  Policy on the Editorial Process and Manuscript Evaluation

This journal uses an electronic editorial management system (Open Journal Systems – OJS). All processes related to the activity will be carried out through the platform. Submissions and personal communications via other media are not permitted. In all cases, manuscripts will undergo a preliminary methodological assessment to determine whether they proceed to the peer review system. Documents that do not meet the initial assessment stage will be returned.

Manuscripts entering the peer review process will receive a final verdict within 90 calendar days. Only three outcomes are issued: Accepted, Accepted with Conditions, and Not Accepted.

For manuscripts accepted with conditions, authors will have up to 15 days to resolve them. After this period, the document will be archived, and authors will submit a new version via a new submission. The editorial board reserves the right to provide additional explanations regarding manuscripts that are not accepted.

Accepted manuscripts will proceed to the correction and formatting stages. The final versions prior to publication must be approved by the authors, who will have up to 72 hours to provide their feedback. After this period, the document will be considered ready for publication.

Queries or concerns should be addressed directly with the corresponding author.

The editorial process for a manuscript, from submission to publication, will not exceed 365 calendar days.

- About authorship

The Pedagogical Sciences Journal recognises all individuals responsible for the scientific content of the manuscript as authors. To this end, each contribution will be accompanied by a cover letter listing the authors' names and signatures.

For research articles, authorship will be explicitly indicated using the CRediT taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), which makes 14 authorship roles transparent.

Changes to authorship are not permitted once a document has been published. Any changes during the editorial process and before publication must be properly justified and approved by all remaining authors through an explicit letter.

CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy)

Includes 14 roles that can be used to represent the typical contributions of individuals in academic scientific production.

  • Conceptualisation: ideas; formulation or evolution of the overall goals and aims of the research.
  • Data curation: activities related to managing data, including annotating (producing metadata), cleaning data, and maintaining research data (including software code, when necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and future reuse.
  • Formal analysis: application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyse or synthesise study data.
  • Funding acquisition: obtaining financial support for the project that results in this publication.
  • Investigation: conducting a research process, specifically through experiments or data and/or evidence collection.
  • Methodology: development or design of methodology; creation of models.
  • Project administration: responsibility for managing and coordinating the planning and execution of the research activity.
  • Resources: provision of study materials, reagents, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
  • Software: programming, software development, design of computer programs, implementation of code and supporting algorithms, testing existing code components.
  • Supervision: leadership responsibility for planning and executing the research activity, including external mentoring of the core team.
  • Validation: verification, either as part of the activity or separately, of the overall replicability/reproducibility of results, experiments, and other research outcomes.
  • Visualisation: preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, particularly data visualisation and presentation.
  • Writing – original draft: creation, development, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically the drafting of the initial manuscript (including substantive translation).
  • Writing – review and editing: preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work by the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary, or revision, including stages before or after publication.

The Editorial Board decides on the experts or reviewers who will evaluate each article, considering the requirements of the Pedagogical Sciences Journal. Reviewers will have up to 20 working days to evaluate the articles.

The results of this review process are communicated to the authors immediately after the editorial board receives the reviewers’ assessments. Following this notification, if necessary, authors will have up to 15 days to make the required modifications and resubmit their revised article. Once again, the editorial board requests an additional review from the reviewers within 10 days.

 Policy on the Referencing System for Documents

The journal uses the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition bibliographic style for the publication of articles.

  • Policy on prior submissions

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas accepts manuscripts deposited in recognised scientific preprint servers. It is the authors' duty to declare the permanence of their manuscripts in these repositories.

On the manuscript review process

Accepted manuscripts after the initial assessment will undergo peer review. This journal supports the principles of Open Science, promoting transparency in the manuscript review process, and may employ open review methods. If the document is accepted with modifications, authors will have up to 15 days to return it with corrections; otherwise, they must resubmit and restart the process. The editorial team commits to issuing a verdict within 90 days.

All review processes are conducted through the journal’s online management system (OJS).

During the review process, authors and reviewers will know each other's identities and contact details to ensure transparency and foster a constructive, cooperative working relationship.

If a review is unsatisfactory, the Editorial Board may select a new reviewer. If the outcome is favourable, the process continues; otherwise, the manuscript will be rejected. The author(s) will be notified of the decision, including the results and reasons for rejection.

The journal will recognise, through written certification, the participation of reviewers in the review process. The final approval of the manuscript for publication rests with the journal’s management, after consultation with the editor responsible for the process and based on the criteria provided by external reviewers.

  • About the publication of special issues or supplements

The publication of special issues or supplements responds to the need to communicate specifically on a topic related to the journal’s scope. Full texts of manuscripts, of variable length as decided by the Editorial Committee, will be published.

The Editorial Committee of Ciencias Pedagógicas may appoint an ad hoc editorial team to manage special issues or supplements.

A maximum of two special issues or supplements may be published annually.

  • About correcting errors after publication

Ciencias Pedagógicas does not correct errors after articles are published, except when they affect the correct interpretation of research results or the message of the text. In such cases, a retraction is used. For minor errors, a traditional erratum will be published in the next issue.

  • Unpublished articles and conflicts of interest

As part of its editorial policy, Ciencias Pedagógicas requires authors to submit a letter declaring that no conflicts of interest exist.

  • Policy on prior publications and conference presentations

Ciencias Pedagógicas will not consider any original research work or components thereof that have been published or are under consideration elsewhere. Theses or dissertations are not considered prior publications. The publication of research articles on non-profit preprint servers such as SciELO Preprints, arXiv.org, bioRxiv.org, ChemRxiv.org, medRxiv.org, and similar platforms is recognised. Distribution on the internet, or in other forms, may be considered prior publication and could compromise the originality of the article when submitted to a scientific journal. Manuscripts under peer review must not be published elsewhere. If media coverage related to the manuscript’s content occurs, it is recommended to do so after the article’s publication.

  • Ethics and Good Practice Policy. Publication Ethics

This journal adheres to good practices in international scientific publishing and follows the algorithms of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to resolve all cases of scientific misconduct.

The journal’s Editorial Council will be strict regarding misconduct, including plagiarism, research misconduct, duplicate publication, and research fraud. It will base its actions on the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers (https://publicationethics.org/files/Spanish%20%281%29.pdf)  from COPE.

  • About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)

Ciencias Pedagógicas publishes selected scientific articles without discrimination. It promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in research and the dissemination of scientific results.

  • Policy on complaints and appeals

All users of the journal may submit complaints and appeals to the journal’s management via email at the following addresses:

Chief Editor

adysyadiraremonamarelle@gmail.com

adys@iccp.rimed.cu

Once received, the request will be included in the editorial team's weekly work topics and analysed in accordance with the journal’s principles and international good practices in scientific publishing, such as those set out by COPE. The journal commits to responding within 10 days, maintaining communication with the applicants to keep them informed.

 Policy on the Publication of Advertisements or Commercial Promotions

Advertisements for commercial products acting as sponsors are not promoted. However, it serves as a vehicle for disseminating the institution's scientific activity. Courses, workshops, and events related to the journal's profile and with prior organisation with the editor have a dedicated space.

  • Research Data Policy

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas promotes the openness of research data, provided that confidentiality permits. As part of complying with the principles of Open Science, the author may submit their research data to any of the servers available internationally for such purposes, which ensures compliance with the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability), including: DataCite, The Dataverse Network, Zenodo, and SciELO Data.

  • Interoperability Policy between Information Systems

The journal Ciencias Pedagógicas uses the Dublin Core metadata scheme and the OAI-PMH protocol, which enable the access and transmission of metadata between data providers and harvesters, facilitating retrieval, filtering, information on usage conditions, authentication, evaluation, preservation, and interoperability.

  • Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Recent significant advances in large language models (sophisticated generative artificial intelligence algorithms trained on massive amounts of linguistic data) have led to widely available writing tools, such as OpenAI’s chatbots, ChatGPT and DeepSeek, that can analyse text and produce new content in response to user prompts. This technology has important and immediate implications for both academics writing articles and the journals publishing them.

Large language models have a powerful capacity to search and repackage information from their training datasets into a wide variety of formats and styles specified by users. They can be used to generate ideas, develop outlines for academic manuscripts, or even parts of the manuscript, provided this is declared by the authors (see requirements for reporting use). Because contemporary AI tools can be remarkably well trained to imitate human speech and writing styles, their outputs can closely resemble those of a human author and convey an impression of accuracy and authority, as well as an emotional connection.

In this regard, the journal Ciencias Pedagógicas promotes the following requirements for reporting the use of AI-assisted technologies in manuscripts submitted to the journal (based on the OECD’s Recommendations on Artificial Intelligence):

- Authors must declare any use of AI-assisted technologies in any aspect of the creation of the submitted work.

- Artificial intelligence and AI-assisted technologies should not be listed as authors or co-authors of a manuscript.

- Artificial intelligence and AI-assisted technologies should not be cited as a primary reference or source, nor as authors of a reference.

- Authors must be able to affirm that there is no plagiarism in the article, including text and images generated by AI-assisted technologies, and must ensure proper attribution of all material, including full citations where appropriate.

- Human authors are responsible for any material submitted that includes the use of AI-assisted technologies, as well as for its correctness, integrity, and accuracy.

- Reviewers should not upload manuscripts to AI software or other technologies where confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.

- Even if AI-assisted technologies are used in a way that guarantees the confidentiality of the manuscript, reviewers who choose to use such technologies to facilitate their review must declare their use and its nature, and are responsible for ensuring that any AI-generated information or content incorporated into the reviews is correct, complete, and impartial.

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