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.- References follow APA 7 and include, where available, active links to the DOI or persistent identifier.
- The manuscript follows the Author Guidelines and the structure of its target section (IMRaD for Articles; PRISMA or equivalent for Systematic Reviews), and includes the authors' ORCID identifiers.
- The manuscript uses the journal's official template (Word or LaTeX) or follows its format.
Articles
<p>This section publishes original, unpublished articles that examine and advance Open Science, with particular attention to its development in Higher Education, from a multidisciplinary and global perspective.</p>
<p><strong>Expected topics:</strong> open access and new publishing models; responsible research assessment; data management and reuse; artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and research infrastructure; reproducible science, governance and academic collaboration.</p>
<p><strong>Formal requirements</strong></p>
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<li>Length: 4,000 to 8,000 words (excluding abstract and references).</li>
<li>Abstract: up to 250 words.</li>
<li>Keywords: at least 4.</li>
<li>IMRaD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion).</li>
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Revisiones Sistemáticas
This section publishes reviews that critically synthesize the state of knowledge on topics related to Open Science and Higher Education.
Types of review: systematic (with or without meta-analysis), scoping reviews, and integrative reviews that justify their methodological approach.
Formal requirements
- Length: 5,000 to 9,000 words (excluding abstract and references).
- Structured abstract: up to 250 words.
- Keywords: at least 4.
- Standard: PRISMA or an equivalent methodology.
Authors are encouraged to deposit extraction matrices and analysis data in a trustworthy repository, with a DOI or persistent link.
Well-Grounded Essays
This section publishes essays of critical reflection and rigorous argumentation on problems, debates and perspectives in Open Science and its relationship with Higher Education, scholarly communication and information science. Unlike research articles, they do not require original empirical data, but they must offer a clear thesis, a solid theoretical foundation and a rigorous use of sources.
Formal requirements
- Length: 3,000 to 6,000 words (excluding abstract and references).
- Abstract: up to 200 words.
- Keywords: at least 4.
- Free but coherent structure: thesis, argumentative development and conclusions, with references.
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