Submissions

Author Guidelines

Scientific Articles:

Prior to the submission of any proposal, authors should read and acknowledge the Publication Guidelines of Journal of Learning Styles.

1. Papers will be accepted in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

2. Journal of Learning Styles publishes every six months original research works or educational experiences on: Innovation in Learning Styles; Active Methodologies; Teaching and Learning Processes with Technologies; Teacher Training and Educational Innovation; Inclusion and Attention to Diversity; and Learning Spaces.

3. Submissions are assessed by the Editorial Board. Only original manuscripts, unpublished or those which are not in the process of evaluation by other publications are accepted. As part of the submission process, it is required that the authors complete the Declaration and Guarantee of Authorship.

4. There may be no more than 3 authors.

5. The opinions issued by the authors of the manuscripts are their sole responsibility, along with spell check, typing errors and syntax.

6. The format of the document must be compatible with Microsoft Word in any of its versions. The articles published will be posted in PDF format (Portable Document Format - Acrobat/Adobe) by our technical coordinators.

7. The identification data of the authorship of the article will be required by the management system at the time of submission. To ensure objectivity in the review, the document will not contain any information about the authorship neither in the body of the text nor in the file details. In order to delete that information, follow the steps: right mouse click on the name of the document to see the drop-down menu, click on Properties and then on the Details section. Finally, delete the information on authorship.

8. Once the journal receives the file, the work will be sent to the Editorial Board for the first evaluation in which the compliance with the set assessment criteria will be checked. The second evaluation will be carried out by external evaluators in a double-blind process only if the first evaluation is passed.

9. Works must have a maximum of 6,500 words, including references and annexes, and must comply with the style guidelines for the writing of documents.

10. The basic format is DIN A4-size paper, 1 line spacing. The font type is Times New Roman 11. The numbering of headings, tables, graphs, and figures should follow the model laid out in the article template for authors that has been designed according to guidelines established in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA Style) (www.apastyle.org).

11. The Title of the article, the Abstract and the Keywords should be written both in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and in English.

12. Articles must include an Abstract of 150 to 200 words and 3 to 5 Keywords with the most representative scientific terms of the manuscript. If possible, those terms should appear in the Thesaurus of ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). In order to facilitate the search in databases, the terms will be separated by a semicolon and written in lowercase (including the first letter of each keyword).

13. It is recommended that research articles have the following structure: title, abstract, keywords, introduction, theoretical framework of the research, purpose, objectives, hypothesis, research methodology, results or findings, conclusions and sources consulted. References should follow the guidelines established in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA Style).

14. Researchers should include in their manuscripts, at least, two references to other works related to the research topic submitted and that had already been published in Journal of Learning Styles in recent years.

15. Financing: Include funding details for the publication, study or article. If no funding is available, the following text should be included: This article does not have specific funding for its development and/or publication.

16. Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements may be included at the academic or scientific institutional level from collaborating entities or bodies. 

17. Conflict of interest: A text shall be included referring to the absence of a conflict of interest.

TEMPLATE FOR SCIENTIFICS ARTICLES: PDF / Word

Book Reviews:

Prior to the submission of any proposal, authors should follow some minimum standards on structure and style for the publication in Journal of Learning Styles.

1. Papers will be accepted in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

2. The review is unpublished and is not in the process of evaluation by any other publication (or an explanation has been given to the editor in the Comments section).

3. The basic format is:  DIN A4-size paper, 1 line spacing. The font type is Times New Roman 11. The numbering of headings, tables, graphs, and figures should follow the model laid out in the article template for authors that has been designed according to guidelines established in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA Style).

4. It is recommended that book reviews have the following structure: title (title and edition data of the book or work reviewed), subtitle (optional), authorship of the book or work reviewed, author's affiliation, abstract, keywords (with their corresponding translation into English, Spanish or Portuguese, as appropriate), introduction, main sections of the content (subsections may also be included), and sources consulted.

TEMPLATE FOR BOOK REVIEWS: PDF / Word

TEMPLATE FOR EDITORIAL: PDF / Word