About the Journal

Revista Electrónica REDINE: is an electronic scientific journal, created at the end of 2009. It is open access, published biannually, indexed and peer-reviewed, using a double-blind peer review system, published by Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (ROR:03qgg3111), Lara State - Venezuela. It´s audience consists of teachers, researchers, independent producers, students and professionals in the educational and related fields, both nationally and internationally.
It´s purpose is to create a space for analysis and reflection within the educational field. It also promotes the development of academic work by experts in education and contributions from other disciplines. Publications are welcome including essays, scientific articles, reflective articles, conference papers or publications derived from events, book reviews, biographies, and research reports on various methodological approaches, educational proposals and experiences, literature reviews, reviews containing analysis or commentary on recent scientific literature, and works focused on the treatment and in-depth study of information in the fields of educational sciences.

ISSN 2244–7997.

Contacto: redine@ucla.edu.ve - uclaredine@gmail.com

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Journal Data

ISSN: 2244 – 7997

Depósito Legal: ppi200902LA3304

Country: Venezuela

Start year: 2009

Periodicity: Semiannual (January - June) and (July - December)

Arbitration system: double-blind system

License:
Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Email: redine@ucla.edu.ve - uclaredine@gmail.com

Address: Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA) - Vicerrectorado Académico - Carrera 19 con calle 8. Edificio Rectorado. Barquisimeto. Edo. Lara. Venezuela Teléfono: +58 251 2591022- +58 251 2592148 - Fax: + 58 251 2591024. Barquisimeto. Edo. Lara - Venezuela

Focus and Scope

Works submitted to the journal must be sent to the email address redine@ucla.edu.ve and a copy to the email address uclaredine@gmail.com, together with the PUBLICATION REQUEST and COPYRIGHT RELEASE.

Publish without modifications
Publish with minor modifications
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Periodicity

Revista electrónica REDINE is a scientific electronic journal specializing in educational research, published semi-annually by the Lisandro Alvarado Central-Western University, Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela.

The journal began publication in October 2009, with its first issue, and continued to be published annually until 2015, corresponding to Volume 7. From that year onward, it began publishing twice a year.

The first issue covers the months of January through June, designated as Issue 1, and is published the first week of January.

The second issue covers the months of July through December, designated as Issue 2, and is published the first week of July.

The two issues together constitute a Volume for a given year.

Article submissions are accepted year-round.

Open Access Policy

Revista Electrónica REDINE is peer-reviewed and indexed, providing open access to its content. This allows the intended audience to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, thus facilitating a greater exchange of knowledge.

In their submission to the Journal, authors agree to grant the Journal the right to distribute and disseminate their work, making it freely accessible without any restrictions.

For partial or complete reproduction of the work, the author(s) must retain control over the integrity of their work by citing the author(s) and the source.

It is important to note that the Journal does not charge authors any fees for processing articles.

Section Polices

The journal will accept six (6) types of unpublished contributions:

Scientific Articles:

These are all research papers conducted using diverse approaches and methodologies that demonstrate scientific rigor and contribute to advancements in the journal's area of knowledge.

Reflective Articles:
A document that presents the results of completed research from the author's analytical, interpretive, or critical perspective on a specific topic. That is, it takes a real-world phenomenon as its object of analysis, interprets it subjectively, supports its subjective viewpoints, and makes valid proposals and conclusions. It uses original sources.

Essays:
A written discourse in which the author presents their own points of view on a particular topic. An essay presents a personal interpretation of the topic and maintains a critical stance toward the subject of study.

Papers or publications derived from events: These are defined as contributions published in full or in part from conferences, conventions, seminars, workshops, seminars, and similar events in areas related to educational research.

Reviews: These are two- to three-page summaries containing a summary and a descriptive and/or analytical commentary on a book, article, or other published text.

Biographies: Biographies present information related to a person's history and their contributions to the institution to which they belong, providing data and events that occurred at the institution to which they belong or belonged. They must include the teacher's full name, date of birth, place of birth, and educational background, among other details.

Antiplagiarism Policies

Submissions are sent to the electronic journal REDINE for evaluation via email to redine@ucla.edu.ve and uclaredine@gmail.com. T
he author(s) must include a letter of authorship stating that the work is original and, if accepted for publication, that all copyrights are transferred to the editor, without whose express permission no reproduction of the published material may be made.
The evaluation of the work is conducted in accordance with the journal's publication guidelines.

The Editorial Committee sends the work to three (3) reviewers for their review.
If any reviewer does not consider themselves competent to review the work, they will notify the Editorial Committee, which will then select a new reviewer.
If, after reviewing the work, the reviewers deem it worthy of approval, they will send a communication to the Editorial Committee, along with the form containing the items reviewed in their evaluation.
If there is a discrepancy in the reviewers' opinions, a new reviewer will be appointed to evaluate the work, and their decision will then be sent to the Editorial Committee, which will communicate its findings to the author(s).

If the reviewers find that the work has formal flaws, the Editorial Committee will be notified, indicating that certain aspects of the work must be revised. The Editorial Committee will then notify the author(s) so that they can correct the aspects suggested by the referees within a maximum of 20 business days, starting from the date the notification is sent by email to the author(s). Once corrected, the work will be submitted for a new review. If the revisions are not submitted within the established timeframe, the work will not be published.

If the reviewers determine that the work has fundamental flaws, they will send correspondence to the Editorial Committee, explaining the reasoning behind their decision, along with the evaluation form. In this case, the work cannot be published. The reviewers will then notify the Editorial Committee so that it can inform the author(s) of the decision not to publish via email. If the author(s) disagree with the decision, they may contact the Editorial Committee requesting that the work be reconsidered. The Editorial Committee will then send a detailed correspondence outlining the flaws in the evaluated work and stating that the reviewers' evaluation is final.

If a work has already been published and we are informed via email or other means that it appears in another journal, the Editorial Committee will immediately verify the information. If it is confirmed, the Editorial Committee will notify the author(s) that the work will be withdrawn from the journal.
The reviewers have access to plagiarism detection software to check submitted work.

Peer Review Process

The review of articles submitted to the journal is conducted by a panel of referees using a double-blind peer review system. This system conceals the authors' identifying information from the reviewers, and vice versa, to maintain anonymity and confidentiality. The reviewers will assess the article based on the following criteria:

Originality, currency, and timeliness of the information.
Relevance to the selected topic.
Compliance with APA style guidelines.
Coherence of the methodology.

SELECTION OF REVIUEWER

The reviuwer are selected based on their academic background, humanistic, scientific and technological training, as well as their expertise in relation to the subject matter of the submitted works.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ARBITRATION SYSTEM

A double-blind peer review system is used, which ensures the confidentiality of the process by keeping the identity of the author(s) and the reviewers secret.
The reviewers may be internal or external to the institution, and evaluations by reviewers from national and international universities are also permitted.
The Editorial Board reserves the right to verify compliance with the guidelines before initiating the peer review process.
Any selected reviewer who does not feel qualified to review the work must promptly inform the editor of their decision.
Two or three reviewers are selected, who then submit their evaluation results and recommendations to the editor regarding whether to accept, accept with modifications, or reject the work.

If any of the referees disagrees with the decision of the other two, the work will be sent to a fourth referee for their evaluation. Once this process is complete, the editor will be notified of the evaluation results.

The editor receives the referees' comments, if any, and sends them to the author(s) so that they can make the modifications according to the referees' suggestions.

The author(s) are obligated to make the corrections indicated by the editor within 20 business days of receiving the feedback. If the work is not submitted by the deadline, it will be returned to the author(s) for revision. If the work is not submitted within the established timeframe, the evaluation committee will inform the author(s) that their work will not be published in the journal due to failure to meet the deadlines. It should be noted that the author(s) will have two opportunities to make the necessary corrections.
Once the suggested revisions have been made, the work should be sent to the editor.

Once the revisions have been made and submitted to the editor, the submission is reviewed again to determine whether it is approved, approved with revisions, or rejected.
After the review by the referees (evaluators) is completed, they send the evaluation results to the Editorial Committee, which will inform the participant of the results. These results may be:

EVALUATION RESULTS:

Publish without modifications
Publish with minor modifications
Publish with substantive modifications: it is suggested not to publish it

If accepted: The Editorial Committee will issue a signed and stamped acceptance certificate once the reviewers have issued a favorable verdict. This certificate must be collected in person by the author(s) at the University or, if necessary, via the internet.
If rejected: The Editorial Committee will send a detailed report to the author(s) explaining the reasons for the rejection. The author(s) will have the opportunity to appeal the decision by sending a letter to the Editorial Committee outlining their arguments for reconsideration. The Editorial Committee will then review the arguments presented by the author(s) and make a final decision.

The referees (evaluators) have a form that considers the aspects to be evaluated (Form)

Code of ethics

The REDINE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL takes into consideration for the publication of its articles the Code of conduct and good practices defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for editors of scientific journals (http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors.pdf ).

Editor's Duties:

The Editorial Committee must provide a space where a guide outlining the guidelines for submitting work to the journal is displayed.
The journal provides a description of the peer review process.
The Editor and Editorial Committee are responsible for deciding which submissions should be published.
Any selected reviewer who does not feel qualified to review an article must promptly inform the editor of their inability to complete the review.
Confidentiality: The editor or Editorial Committee must guarantee at all times the confidentiality of the evaluation process, the anonymity of the reviewers and authors, the evaluated content, the reasoned report issued by the reviewers, and any other communication issued by the editorial board. Likewise, confidentiality will be maintained regarding any clarifications, claims, or complaints that an author may wish to submit to the journal's committees or to the article's reviewers.
The editor evaluates submissions based solely on the scientific merit of the content, without discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, or the authors' political opinions.
Respect for deadlines: The editors are responsible for adhering to the deadlines for reviews and publication of accepted works, ensuring the rapid dissemination of their results.
Conflict of interest and disclosure: The editors agree not to use content from submitted works in their own research without the written consent of the author(s).

Duties of the Reviewers:

Contribution to the editorial decision: Peer review is a procedure that helps editors make decisions about submitted works and also allows the author(s) to improve their submission. Reviewers commit to conducting a critical, honest, constructive, and unbiased review of both the scientific and literary quality of the manuscript within their area of expertise.
Respect for deadlines: The referee who does not feel competent in the subject matter to be reviewed or who cannot finish the evaluation within the scheduled time must immediately notify the editor or Editorial Committee, so that another referee can be considered for the evaluation.
Confidentiality: The editors and members of the working group agree not to disclose information relating to the works submitted for publication to other people than authors, referees and editors, so that anonymity preserves the intellectual integrity of the entire process.
Objectivity: Peer review will be conducted objectively. No personal judgments about the authors are considered appropriate. Reviewers will submit a complete report with appropriate references to the journal's Editorial Committee.
Review of work: Referees agree to accurately indicate bibliographic references for fundamental works that may not have been cited by the author.
Similarity of works: Referees must inform the editor or Editorial Committee of any similarities found in the work compared to other published works.
Conflict of interest: Referees will only review work if there are no conflicts of interest between the author(s) and the reviewers.

Duties of Authors:

Originality: Authors must guarantee the originality of their work. To this end, they must submit an Authorship Letter to the REDINE Journal, in which they state the originality of their work. If the work is evaluated and accepted, the author(s) transfer all copyright to the editor, without whose express permission they may not reproduce any of the materials published in the journal. In the case of shared authorship, the authors must justify that there was full consensus among all authors and that the work has not been previously submitted or published in any other medium. Furthermore, an author may not publish manuscripts that essentially describe the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.
Multiple and/or repetitive publications: authors should not publish work that repeats the same results in more than one scientific journal. Submitting the same contribution to multiple scientific journals simultaneously is considered ethically incorrect and unacceptable.
List of sources: The author must always provide accurate citations for the sources and contributions mentioned in the work.
Authorship: Regarding authorship, the author(s) must ensure the inclusion of those individuals who have made a significant scientific and intellectual contribution to the conceptualization and planning of the work, as well as to the interpretation of the results and the writing of the manuscript. Authors have been ranked according to their level of responsibility and involvement.
Conflict of interest and disclosure: All authors are required to explicitly declare that there are no conflicts of interest that may have influenced the results obtained or the interpretations proposed.
Responsibility: The author(s) are responsible for the content of the work submitted for consideration by the journal.
List of sources: The author(s) must always provide proper attribution of the sources and contributions mentioned in the work.
Plagiarism and fraud: Plagiarism is strictly prohibited, and texts identified as plagiarized or containing fraudulent content will not be published. If such texts have already been published, the editor or editorial committee will remove them from the journal.
Editing errors: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is their obligation to immediately notify the Journal Editor or Editorial Committee and cooperate with the Editor to withdraw or correct the document.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated in this journal and will not be provided to third parties or used for other purposes.

Interoperability Protocol

This journal provides an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that allows other portals and information services to access the metadata of the published content.

Especifications:
OAI-PMH Protocol Version 2.0
Dublin Core Metadata
Route: https://revistas.uclave.org/index.php/redine/oai

Digital Preservation and Archiving

Revista Electrónica REDINE uses Open Journal Systems (OJS), which provides the PKP-PN (PKP-Preservation Network) tool. The corresponding plugin is active for this journal. Therefore, for digital preservation purposes, the journal's articles are automatically archived on LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), ensuring a permanent and secure archive over time.

Archived issues can be viewed in the LOCKSS Editorial Manifesto: https://revistas.uclave.org/index.php/redine/gateway/lockss. In this way, articles are progressively archived, guaranteeing that the stored digital information can be preserved and used in the future.

License and Copyright

This work is licensed under:
Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Copyright. Authors retain full copyright to their work. Authors grant the journal the right of first publication. To this end, they assign to the journal, on a non-exclusive basis, the rights of exploitation (reproduction, distribution, public communication, and adaptation).

The opinions expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publication's editor or UCLA. Full or partial reproduction of the texts published here is authorized, provided that the complete source and the electronic address of this journal are cited. Authors have the right to use their articles for any purpose, provided it is done on a non-profit basis. Authors may publish the final, approved version of their work online or in any other medium after it has been published in this journal.