Journal Overview

Revista Plumilla Educativa de la Universidad de Manizales

Focus and Scope

The Plumilla Educativa Journal is a publication of the University of Manizales.
It is a biannual publication -June and December-, however it is of continuous flow, permanent, the accepted articles are being published on the journal's web portal; this, as long as they approve all the steps arranged by the journal.
It focuses on addressing the problems of contemporary education. Research and reflection texts on contemporary education in basic primary, secondary and higher are accepted, privileging texts that have to do with teaching - learning with emerging didactics and training.
The scope is the educational community in general focused on the teachers who are finally the ones who manage to implement innovative processes in their social academic exercises.

Submission of articles by web platform

Authors must register and follow the steps that the OJS platform has to do so.
The text must be original and unpublished no more than eight thousand words with space, includes bibliography and information on the author (s).
The citation standards are APA, always the latest version.
The text will be evaluated by the members of the Scientific-Editorial Committee, to send to readers.
The different processes and stages of the article are informed to the authors by email either until its publication or final rejection as a result of peer evaluations or for not meeting the stipulated scientific requirements.

In general terms, the journal accepts accepted texts that address the following topics in relation to Education: Educational Theories; Education-Technology; Didactic; Education-Subject; Education-Ethics; Esthetic Education; Education-environment; Pedagogy; Curriculum Educational policies; Literature-training; Philosophy-formation; Life-training stories; Adult education; or others of scientific interest that revolve around the educable subject. The texts are classified as:

Scientific or technological research article. Text that presents, in a detailed manner, the original results of completed research projects. The structure generally used contains four important sections: Introduction, Methodology, Results and Conclusions.
Reflection article. Document that presents results derived from a finished investigation, from an analytical, interpretative or critical perspective of the author, on a specific topic, using original sources.
Review article. Text resulting from a process research where the results of other research, published or not, are analyzed, systematized and integrated on a field of science or technology, in order to account for the advances and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 30 references.
Short article. Concise text that presents preliminary or partial original results of a scientific or technological research, which usually require an early dissemination.
Case report. Document that accounts for the results of a study on a particular situation in order to publicize the technical and methodological experiences considered in a specific case. It includes a systematic review of the literature on analogous cases.
Review of the topic. Text that shows the result of the critical review of the literature on a particular issue.

Conditions of the Articles

The text must be original and unpublished no more than six thousand words with space, includes bibliography and information of the author (s). Before its publication, it will be evaluated by three members of the Scientific-editorial Committee, who will be able to make suggestions for the revision and improvement, in the elaboration of a new version. For the definitive publication of an article, the approval of at least two of them is required.

The document will conform to the following format:

Arial letter 12, simple line spacing
Title of the article in bold and lowercase, in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Keywords in Spanish and translated into English and Portuguese, 5 maximums.
First and last names of the author (s) with alienation on the left. In Foot of note the following data. Last academic training and where, place of work. Name of the counselor of the thesis, place and date of the investigation, and email.
Abstract or abstract of the article in Spanish, English and Portuguese, with a maximum length of 150 words.
Except, the information of the authors, should not have footers, all content must go within the body of the article.
The length of the text cannot exceed 8,000 words.
Titles and subtitles are in bold and lowercase.
Minimum 25. (References are the authors cited within the article)
Citation rules: APA. In any case, the latest edition of these rules.

Commitments of the authors:

The authors send their articles to the Plumilla Educativa Journal in the Open Journal System (OJS) at the following link: https://revistasum.umanizales.edu.co/ojs/index.php/plumillaeducativa/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions
After receiving the manuscript, the Journal will send a letter of authorization for publication to the author in which he states that the work is original and that it has not been edited by any other journal. Where I express that:

That the article is an original work in the sense in which it is derived from investigative work or from an intellectual activity of its own.
That it has not been published in another Journal.
That it is not being simultaneously submitted to another publication.
The texts are their own authorship, no undue copies have been made and each one of the interventions that are not their own have been duly quoted in the document and taken to the bibliography. There is no misappropriation of knowledge developed by other people or institutions.
The scientific and contrasting rigors that correspond to the different statements presented in the article has been followed.
The author or authors accept its publication and that therefore, any possibility of financial compensation, in species, or any other type, is excluded for the publication and distribution of this document in the academic portals of the Plumilla Educativa Journal.
The letter is signed, with full names and surnames, identity document, date of birth, country and databases, if any, where your publications such as Google Scholar citation, ORCID or scientific programs.

Plagiarism Policy

The anti-plagiarism policies correspond to a permanent look at the Revista Plumilla Educativa
Using the Turnitin software or other software available for these searches, it will be verified that the article does not correspond to plagiarism in other documents already published.
We also rely on other anti-plagiarism programs such as CopySpider, Plagium and others that are emerging
Any irregularity in this regard implies the return of the article and the refusal to continue processes for evaluation and subsequent publication

Peer Review Process

The editorial coordination of Plumilla Educativa Journal makes a plural and extensive call for the presentation of articles, from which those who participate can send it at any time.
Received an article, the editorial coordination of Plumilla Educativa informs the author or authors of the reception.
A review is made by the editor if it applies to the conditions, approaches, scope set forth by the journal and if it meets the minimum conditions to continue the process.
The article is reviewed if it has not been previously published supported by the software Turnitin, CopySpider, Plagium or other software available for these searches.Once this is done, it is adjusted to be sent to two reading pairs, the title of the article is left without information from the authors.
The evaluators are chosen carefully according to their discipline and specific knowledge required by the document presented.
The peer reviewers of the journal are external to the university of Manizales.
The evaluation process is double blind. Each article has at least two peer evaluations, as already stated, in the double-blind condition.
The evaluators are chosen with care according to their discipline and specific knowledge that the presented document demands. The evaluating peers have 6 weeks to submit their assessment; The writers have 6 weeks to make the adjustments, from that moment the Plumilla Educativa Journal has about 6 weeks to publish it. If the process is not altered, the article is published in 18 weeks.
Once the evaluation is reviewed, the acceptance or rejection is defined.
Depending on the determination, editorial coordination proceeds to:
1. Communicate to the author or authors the acceptance of the article and initiate the processing of the text for its publication.
2. In case of rejection, the author or authors are informed of the criteria set forth by the peer evaluators -double blind- who do not allow the publication of the article.
3. When the peer evaluators -double blind- give the concept that an article can be published, however, it is necessary to adapt it, the coordination sends the format to the author without the data of the evaluator so that the appropriate adjustments are made.
4. If the article is accepted after the adjustments, the author or authors sign a letter of assignment of rights to the journal to allow its publication, where also, That the article is an original work in the sense in which it is derived from work investigative or of an own intellectual activity; that the bibliographic sources have been contrasted so as not to fall into false information that usually circulates in social networks and internet pages, among others.
5. Whatever the decision, the final results of the evaluation process will be unappealable.
6. Between the presentation of the article, evaluation, corrections and publication, the journal has at least 16 weeks.

Privacy Statement

Los nombres y direcciones de correo-e introducidos en esta revista se usarán exclusivamente para los fines declarados por esta revista y no estarán disponibles para ningún otro propósito u otra persona.

Duties Editorial team

The following are the functions of the committee members of the Revista Plumilla Educativa.

Functions of the director-editor of the Journal

Ensure the academic quality of the journal.
Chair and guide the Scientific / Editorial Committee.
Cite ordinary and extraordinary Scientific / Editorial meetings.
Propose possible members of the Scientific / Editorial Committee.
Propose and assign national and international peer reviewers for the articles received and accepted.
Take a preliminary look at the received articles, verify the conditions and process for their evaluation or return to the authors.

Functions of the scientific / editorial committee

Arrange the logistics of the publication and contact with the Publications Center of the University of Manizales.
Send the author or authors a statement, via email, about the reception.
Make a previous review of the article and verify if it meets the minimum conditions to be accepted.
Send the article received to peer readers with a format that diligently where you must put your verdict at the end.
Refer to the columnists, acceptance or rejection, according to the concept of the evaluator.
If accepted, send the author or authors a statement, via email, requesting the adjustments and signing the letter of assignment of rights and permission to publish it in the Plumilla Educativa Journal.
Make the journal visible worldwide databases for the circulation of knowledge to readers in academic networks.
Contact recognized academics of the national and international order to publish their texts inPlumilla Educativa.

Information to obtain and reproduce documents published in Plumilla Educativa

Plumilla Educativa authorizes the photocopying of articles and texts for purposes of academic or internal use of the institutions. Access is free, it does not generate costs for readers, authors or institutions that wish to have the journal in their databases.

Open Access Policy

The Plumilla Educativa journal, Manizales University, is freely accessible and can be downloaded through the Open Journal System (OJS) platform in PDF, HTML or e-pub formats.
It does not have any economic cost for authors to publish in the Journal, nor does it have an economic cost for readers, from anywhere in the world, they can access the archives of the journal via web.
Without any economic cost, in the following link you will find all the numbers and archives of the journal: https://revistasum.umanizales.edu.co/ojs/index.php/plumillaeducativa/issue/archive

Publication fee waivers

The submission, review and publication of articles is free, does not generate any economic cost for the authors, peer reviews and the entire publication process is assumed by the journal without implying any monetary expense for the authors.
Plumilla Educativa authorizes the photocopy of articles and texts for purposes of academic or internal use of the institutions. Access is free, it does not generate costs for readers or institutions that wish to have the journal in their databases.

Archiving and autoarchiving policy

The Journal has the OJS portal to facilitate access to readers, publishers and institutions, has articles in PDF, HTML and e-pub formats
The articles published in Plumilla Educativa Journal are protected by Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
You are free to:
- Share— copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt— remix, transform, and build upon the material
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution— You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial— You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike— If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
- No additional restrictions— You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Publication rights in other repositories, web pages or social networks on the results of the manuscript are granted. When this happens, the publication that took place in the Journal under the same license will be referenced.
Each article has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

Repository Policy

The articles published in Plumilla educativa can be used in the different university repositories.
There is the Institutional Repository RiDUM is a digital content platform, through which a set of scientific and academic information services created, maintained and accredited by the University of Manizales is offered.
The journal is included in other repositories such as DIALNET, REDIB, CIRC, LATINDEX, EC3metrics, MIAR, WorldCat, BASE, Latindex, LatinREV, Publindex and other databases and indexing that make the journal visible.

Ethical policies for authors, peer reviewers and editor

The following are the ethical policies for authors, reviewers and editor

Ethical-legal responsibilities

The editorial team of Plumilla Educativa is responsible for the editorial policies. It is also responsible for editorial standards and compliance with these in each publication. It will publish corrections on errata, clarifications, and rectifications, if necessary, in the digital version of the Journal.
The editorial team is responsible for the entire process of the submitted manuscripts, as well as for maintaining the confidentiality of the manuscripts in the peer review process until publication and when the manuscripts are withdrawn or rejected.
When an issue is published, the editor must be in charge of disseminating and distributing the issue among the people and institutions with which it has acquired an exchange commitment and with the authors of the articles.
Guarantee the transparency of the contributions and the evaluation and publication processes. Five is the maximum number of authors allowed.
Guarantee objective dialogue and confidentiality of the parties involved in the editorial process.
Respond quickly and respectfully to questions and notices.
Guarantee compliance with international standards of ethics, research and publication in all scientific and editorial processes related to the journal.
The Code of Ethics accepted by the journal is COPE. https://publicationethics.org
Guarantee that 60% of the articles are external to the university and that 40%, if submitted to the call, is allowed for authors from the University of Manizales.
Guarantee that at least 60% of the articles are derived from research processes.

Copyright

The texts that will be presented in the Plumilla Educativa Journal must be original and unpublished, they cannot be in another publication process, in compilations or in any other type of publication.
Once the article is approved, the authors will sign a letter, format established by the Plumilla Journal where they authorize its publication.
The authors retain the rights to their publication, but the journal has the authorization to place them on any academic platform.
Under no circumstances may authors request remuneration for their texts, since the publication and submission process is free and the articles are used only for academic interests.
Articles published in Plumilla Educativa from Universidad de Manizales are protected by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
You are free to:
- Share— copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt— remix, transform, and build upon the material
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution— You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial— You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike— If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
- No additional restrictions— You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.