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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Originality: Submissions must be original and must not be under consideration by, or published in, any other journal.
  • Formatting: The use of the Journal Template (available for download) is mandatory. Files must be submitted in .docx format and must not exceed 2 MB.
  • Length: Articles must not exceed 9,500 words.
  • Citations and References: Strict compliance with the APA Style, 7th Edition is required.
  • URLs: Where available, URLs for references must be included in the article.
  • Languages: Submissions may be written in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English.

Author Guidelines

Conditions of Collaboration

Proposals for collaboration must be submitted in digital format (Word) through the journal’s platform, via the Submissions section.

 

Review Process

All manuscripts submitted for publication will be evaluated under a double-blind peer-review system by at least two external specialists in the relevant field. Authors will receive feedback, and revisions may be requested whenever deemed necessary by the reviewers.

 

Manuscript Anonymisation

In order to safeguard the double-blind peer-review process, authors must remove any references to their name, funded projects or institutional affiliation from the body of the text and from the file properties. References to the author’s own previous work must be made in the third person (e.g. “Silva (2020) demonstrated…” instead of “As we previously demonstrated (Silva, 2020)…”).

The first page must contain exclusively the following information: the article title, the name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation(s), as well as postal addresses and contact details. Authors must also indicate their ORCID and specify their contributorship roles using the CRediT taxonomy.

 

Article Configuration

Text formatting:

Template

 

Length and Structure

  • Article: maximum of 9,500 words;
  • Abstract: up to 300 words;
  • Keywords: 3 to 5 keywords.

 

Footnotes

Footnotes must be numbered sequentially and inserted on the page to which they refer.

 

References

References must follow the APA Style, 7th Edition.

 

Notes

Published texts are the sole responsibility of their respective authors. Unpublished originals will not be returned unless expressly requested. Accepted manuscripts may not be published in the issue immediately following their submission, as publication is subject to the review process.

 

Use of Artificial Intelligence (LLMs)

The journal recognises the use of Artificial Intelligence as a support tool for scientific writing, provided that it is governed by transparency:

  • Declaration: The use of tools such as ChatGPT must be explicitly stated in the Acknowledgements or Methodology section.
  • Responsibility: Artificial Intelligence cannot be listed as an author. Responsibility for the accuracy of facts, citations and the ethical integrity of the text lies exclusively with the human authors.

 

Plagiarism Prevention

The prevention of plagiarism in submitted articles is essential to ensuring academic integrity and scientific credibility. Authors must therefore strictly adhere to citation and referencing standards, appropriately acknowledging all sources used.

The journal From Research to Practice: Studies in Education, in accordance with its Statement of Ethics and Good Practices, will remain attentive to indications of plagiarism and will comply with all legal requirements concerning defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

The adoption of ethically guided practices strengthens responsible and transparent scientific production.

Copyright Notice

Copyright and Licensing Statement

Articles published in the journal From Research to Practice: Studies in Education are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Retention of rights: Authors retain full copyright over their work without restriction.
  • Licensing: Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This licence permits sharing and adaptation of the work for any purpose, provided that the original authorship and source are credited. Authors may make the published version of their article available free of charge in institutional repositories or on other academic dissemination platforms (e.g. ResearchGate), with proper citation of the original publication.
  • Self-archiving: Authors are encouraged to deposit the final publisher’s version (PDF) in institutional repositories immediately after publication.

Privacy Statement

The names and addresses provided in this journal will be used exclusively for the services offered by this publication and will not be made available for any other purposes or to third parties.