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The Center for Science and Mathematics Education - CECIMIG (www.fae.ufmg/cecimig), a center for science education research and outreach at the College of Education at UFMG, is responsible for the publication of Ensaio Research in Science Education (e-ISSN 1983-2117). The journal relies on the support of the Post-Graduate Education Program at UFMG and inter-institutional partnerships in the composition of our editorial board: Brazilian (UFOP, UFJF, UFES, CEFET-RJ, UNESP, UFSC, UFABC, USP, UFRB) and international institutions (King's College of London, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, University of Groningen). The Journal publishes original research articles (empirical research reports, theoretical papers or reviews), and articles of literature review or of state of the art addressing themes of interest for the field of science education research. The journal aims to attend to criteria of academic excelence and social and educational relevance. Policy & Standards Manuscripts submitted to publication should be original and cannot be under consideration by another publication vehicle (book or journal). Papers presented in conferences can be submitted if rewritten and expanded, thus avoiding publication of papers already published in conference proceedings or of papers with great similarity. The same is valid for papers available on pre-print servers, and whose DOI must be informed at the time of submission to the journal. Ensaio publishes articles in Portuguese; Spanish or English, and manuscripts can be published in two or three of these languages too. Authors are responsible for the originality and veracity of the content presented in their manuscript. Linguistic review must be completed prior to submission of the manuscript. The journal provides open access to the content of publications. All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY. Peer review Theoretical articles should introduce new concepts to their particular field of knowledge, while bringing conclusions and implications for research and educational practice in the area of science education. Empirical articles should present data that, from a theoretical perspective, result in new knowledge or new applications in different contexts. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of science education research, which is fostered by theories from other fields of research - epistemology, psychology, linguistics, sociology of knowledge, sociology of education, philosophy and history of science, among others - and from the interface with education research as a whole, Ensaio Research in Science Education publishes works from these fields only if there a connection with what is being produced in the field of science education, as well as, if the paper has a relevant contributions to the field. Authors should indicate if the research is financed and if there are any conflicts of interest. Prior to publication, in the case of ethical considerations, the Editorial Board may request a copy of the research acceptance. If the submission is accepted, the authors should forward the signed authorization, providing copyrights to Ensaio Research in Science Education, agreeing to the publication of the article in both print and electronic formats. The first author will be notified that the manuscript was received immediately after submission, with an authomatic message from the submission system. Currently, the journal adopts the double-blind peer review policy. Reviewers are unaware of the authors 'identity and authors are unaware of the reviewers' identity. The referees are researchers with a doctorate and experience in publishing in indexed journals. From 2020, in line with open science communication practices, when submitting an article, authors must inform: (i) if the manuscript is a preprint and, if so, its location; (ii) whether data, software codes and other materials underlying the manuscript text are properly cited and referenced; and, (iii) whether opening options are accepted in the peer review process. These new practices will be implemented gradually between 2020 and 2023. In this way, the journal maximizes the transparency of knowledge production processes, as well as to provide the sharing and reuse of data and other research content underlying the articles. * Preprinted articles will undergo blind peer review or open peer review (and not double blind). The evaluation of a manuscript goes through a pre-analysis process that involves: i) analysis in software that identifies plagiarism; ii) analysis of the adequacy of the text as to the journal's form and content norms. If the corresponding editor identifies problems in the pre-analysis process, the manuscript is sent to the editor-in-chief who makes a decision on the rejection or processing of the work. In cases where an article is rejected, but the editors notice potential for future publication, authors are encouraged to resubmit the manuscript. The editor-in-chief explains the elements necessary for the manuscript to become eligible for a new evaluation process. If problems are identified in the pre-analysis, the manuscript is rejected. If there are no problems found in the pre-analysis, the manuscript is sent to an assistant editor who selects two referees for the evaluation. After the evaluation, the editorial board sends the authors a final opinion with the decision. * If the opinions are inconsistent, a third reviewer may be invited to evaluate the manuscript. Target audience Ensaio Research in Science Education publishes original research articles (empirical research reports or theoretical trials) of interest to the field of science education, serving the needs of researchers and post-graduate students in the areas of Science Education, Natural Sciences Education (Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geosciences and Astronomy), and Health and Environmental Education. Its audience also includes undergraduate students and graduate students in the area of Natural Sciences, and related fields, as well as prospective teachers and teachers, and other education professionals who are involved with science education. Policy of obedience and promotion of ethics in the journal's scientific communication Ensaio Research in Science Education follows recommendations for standards of ethics, transparency and responsibility in scientific communication shared by Brazilian and international institutions (e.g. Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors, Center for Open Science, Committee on Publication Ethics, Council of Science Editors, Equator Network, Scientific Electronic Library Online).
* “Conflicts of interest comprise those which may not be fully apparent and which may influence the judgment of author, reviewers, and editors. They have been described as those which, when revealed later, would make a reasonable reader feel misled or deceived. They may be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial” (The COPE Report, 1999, p. 44).
(i) Participation in the design or analysis/interpretation of data, or both; (ii) Writing of the manuscript or its revision, when it includes important intellectual criticism of its content; (iii) Final approval of the version to be published. (iv) Elements (i, ii and iii) must be attributable to at least one author. (v) Participation in data collection does not justify authorship. (vi) Each author must have participated sufficiently in the research so that he can publicly assume responsibility for the content of the article. (vii) In a group work, the authorship must specify: key persons responsible for the article; contributors must be recognized separately. (viii) Anyone can contact the journal claiming authorship of a submitted manuscript. In this case, the editor-in-chief consults the corresponding author regarding the claim. The journal can forward the claim to the institution (s) where the work was carried out in order to obtain information to make a judgment on the allegation. (ix) CRediT (The Contributor Roles Taxonomy) considers 14 different roles of authorship or contribution: Project administration, Formal Analysis, Conceptualization, Data Curation, Writing – original draft, Writing - review and editing, Investigation, Methodology, Funding acquisition, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation and Visualization. The corresponding author may use these roles in the statement to define the contributions of each author. Details on each of these roles can be found at: https://casrai.org/credit/ c) Regarding conflicts of interest: d) Regarding the journal's open science policies, authors must provide data on: e) The journal adopts a pre-analysis process, which, among other aspects, verifies: i) evidence of plagiarism and ii) evidence inappropriate manipulation of references. 5. Para as diligências relacionadas à identificação de má conduta em pesquisa ou denúncias, o periódico se orienta a partir das seguintes práticas: a) Editors report possible legal or ethical issues identified throughout the processing of a manuscript. Peer review process 1. Receipt of submission
c) The manuscripts go through a preliminary analyses of content and texts with the following characteristics are rejected: d) Moreover, the article is submitted to a plagiarism analysis. Plagiarism analysis is developed in two stages. In the first stage, editors used a software verify the level of similarity with other publications. In the second stage, a qualitative analysis is developed. The software report is interpreted by the corresponding editor. The editor looks for possible textual elements or data from previous publications by the author (s) or other authors. In cases of suspicion, a new search is carried out to identify previous publications by the author (s) or authors of other articles that may have been used inappropriately in the manuscript. The editors also observe evidence of inappropriate manipulation of references. This process aims to identify excessive self-citation by authors and/or the journal, or excessive citations by the same research group. In cases of suspected plagiarism and/or manipulation of references, corresponding editor forwards the manuscript to the editor-in-chief. The editors-in-chief analyze the case and make a decision, notifying those involved. e) After these preliminary analyses, one of the chief editors will designate one of the adjunct editors that will be responsible for the double-blinded process of evaluation of the manuscript. Two researchers that have expertise in the field will evaluate the manuscript, without knowing the identity of the authors. In case the editorial team cannot reach a decision based on these two reviews, a third reviewer might be consulted. The authors will receive a message informing the editorial decision, including a copy of the two reviewers’ comments. The editors are committed to monitoring the process to guarantee that editorial decisions are supported by high quality review reports, provided in a timely manner. If a manuscript publication is conditioned to modifications on the text, the author(s) will have 21 days make revisions; otherwise the manuscript will be archived. The average time between submission and approval has been six months.The final version of the text goes through a process of lay out and revision (language, spelling and technical standards). Finally, the document is submitted to the author(s) for final verification prior to eletronic publication on the journal´s site. 2. Selection of reviewers 3. Evaluation Monitoring 4. Editorial decision 5. Editing and publication 6. Adopted Evaluation Criteria 6.1. Items to be considered for analysis of Empirical Works 6.2 Items to be considered for analysis of Theoretical Works 6.3 Items to be considered for analysis of Works of Literature Review (State of the Art) 6.4. Items to be considered for analysis of Reviews The journal uses Plagius Professional software to identify plagiarism or self-plagiarism in all articles approved in pre-analysis, before submission to the evaluators. 7. Open peer review guidelines
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Form and preparation of manuscripts
Information for the Authors The works submitted for publication should be original and should not be under consideration by another publication vehicle (book or journal). Materials created for conferences can only be submitted if rewritten and expanded, thus avoiding repeat publication of identical works from event proceedings. The manuscript text must not include outright or indirect suggestions from the authors, allowing for a double-blind peer review. In the case of open peer review, the authors identityis revealed to the referees at the end of the arbitration process, when the work is approved. Preprint papers will undergo blind (and not double-blind) peer review. Ensaio primarily publishes articles in Portuguese; however, manuscripts written in Spanish or English may be published without translation if submitted by foreign authors. In addition, after approval, articles can be published in two or three of these languages (fees by authors). Multilingual versions of the same article will each receive their own DOI identifier. Even when dealing with the same intellectual production, the DOI is a citation identifier. Because an article in one language is cited differently from the same article in a different language, each has its own DOI. Theoretical articles should introduce new concepts to their particular field of knowledge, while bringing conclusions and implications for research and educational practice in the area of science education. Empirical articles should present data that, from a theoretical perspective, result in new knowledge or new applications in different contexts. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of science education research, which is fed by theories from other fields of research - epistemology, psychology, linguistics, sociology of knowledge, sociology of education, philosophy and history of science, among others – and from the interface with education research as a whole, the Ensaio Journal publishes works from these fields, provided they have a connection with what is being produced in the field of science education, as well as bringing relevant results to the field. Authors are responsible for the originality and veracity of the content presented in each work. Linguistic and bibliographical reviews must be completed prior to submission of a manuscript. Authors should indicate if the research is financed and if there are any conflicts of interest. Prior to publication, in the case of ethical considerations, the editorial team may request a copy of the research acceptance. If the submission is accepted, the authors should forward the signed authorization, providing copyrights to Ensaio Research in Science Education, and agreeing with the publication of the article in both print and electronic formats. Manuscript Format The manuscript should include: (1) a clear and objective title without abbreviations, parentheses and formulas that complicate comprehension of the content of the article without the name of the author, (2) an abstract in the language of the respective article (100-150 words), (3) an abstract and summary (including title and summary in Portuguese and Spanish), (4) three keywords in the original language, as well as in Portuguese and in Spanish, (5) the text, and (6) bibliographical references. If there is more than one author, the contributions of each should be outlined in body of the manuscript. The manuscript should be submitted in Microsoft Word or a compatible format such as doc or rtf. The maximum size of the manuscript is 25 pages, references list included, printed on A4 paper. Use text font type Times New Roman 12, 1.5 line spacing and margins. Margins: Top, Bottom and Right side: 2.5 cm; Left side: 3.8 cm). Margins: Top and Right side: 2.5 cm; Bottom and Left side: 3 cm). All manuscript pages should be numbered and include a header in Times New Roman 8 with identification that resembles the title. Images should be named according to their reference within the text, insert figure 1, insert photo 1, insert table 1, and sent in the principal document in tif or jpg format, with a resolution of 300dpi. The use of images is the sole responsibility of the author(s). We also ask that all presentation standards be observed as the ABNT. American Psychology Association, APA, 7th Ed. norms for bibliographical references, quotes, tables, notes, summaries, graphs, etc. |
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