Author Guidelines
Researchers are invited to submit a preprint to be posted on this server. All preprints will be moderated to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this server. Those considered to be a good fit will be posted and the author will be notified.
Before submitting a preprint, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to share any material included with the preprint, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the preprint must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.
When you're satisfied that your preprint meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.
The guidelines for writing and presenting the proposals are described below:
1. Title: in English and in Spanish.
2. Summary (in English and Spanish, 150 words), containing the following aspects:
a) Introduction: This section describes the context where the research was carried out, the reason why the research was carried out, and the importance of the study.
b) Purpose: Here the writer states and explains the research objectives, intentions, questions, or hypothesis.
c) Research method: In this part, the author mentions and justifies the research approach and method that were selected, briefly describes the subjects, the context, and the research procedures, as well as the instruments that were used for the data collection.
d) Results: Here, the writer presents the main findings, the degree to which the research objectives were reached, and the answers to the research questions.
e) Conclusion: This section presents the main conclusions, the importance of the findings, considering the contribution to the theory, the research area, or professional practice, and suggesting practical uses of the results, as well as possible applications for further research.
3. Body of the article:
a) Keywords. Five, in English and Spanish.
b) Introduction: It presents the research topic area, and the research topic, mentioning if it is descriptive, explanatory, evaluative, correlational, interpretative, etc. Also, it emphasizes the research problem.
c) Literature review: It presents the main terms, concepts, theoretical claims or principles, models, etc. analyzing and discussing the ideas presented by the main authors who have studied the topics related to the research or study presented. The references should not be more than 10 years after their publication, except from those classical research works.
d) Research methodology: It describes the research approach: qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods.
e) Describe the research method: Case study, phenomenology, action-research, classroom research, longitudinal research, transversal research, experimental research, cause-experimental research, etc.
- Describe the data type (describe and justify the database, universe, or sample, etc.)
- Characterize the subjects (describe the participants in the research).
- Context (describe the geographic and institutional context where the research was carried out).
- Instruments (describe the research instruments used to collect information and data).
- Data analysis (explain the way the data was systematized and analyzed).
f) Main findings. Synthesize, present, interpret, and argue the most significant results found and the proposal, if the case of developing one.
g) Conclusions. Describe the main conclusions generated from the answers to the research questions.
h) Main limitations of the study (related to the geographical or institutional context, or knowledge area and the research process).
i) Main implications and impact of the research. Describe the main benefits of the research and the possible applications of the proposal.
