About the Journal

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Focus and scope

Emerging Trends in Education is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Edited by the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Its objective is to create a space for the dissemination of research results in the field of education.

In addition to scientific articles and reviews, the journal publishes interviews with leading academics in the field of education and on topics related to the thematic issues. The journal is aimed at the scientific community and the public interested in educational phenomena that, due to their novelty, could be considered emerging. Only original unpublished papers (scientific research) and reviews, which are not being considered by other journals, are accepted. All published issues are available through the website of the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco in its institutional repository https://revistaemerging.ujat.mx/index.php/emerging/issue/archive. The journal accepts submissions in both Spanish and English.

Frequency of submission and publication

Emerging Trends in Education is published semiannually in two issues per year: January–June and July–December. Each issue is released during the first month of the corresponding publication period. For every issue, the journal publishes a specific call for papers outlining relevant deadlines, thematic focus (when applicable), and any submission requirements.

Guidelines for the preparation, submission, and formatting of manuscripts can be found in the "Guidelines for Authors" section under "Submissions". Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year; however, authors are encouraged to consider the deadlines established for each call for papers.

Emerging Trends in Education uses the Open Journal Systems editorial management platform to receive and process manuscripts; therefore, submissions sent via email are not considered part of the process.

Publication charges and costs

Emerging Trends in Education is published exclusively in electronic format and operates under a full open-access policy, reaffirming its commitment to the free dissemination and circulation of scientific knowledge. In accordance with this principle, the journal does not charge any Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, editorial processing fees, or publication fees.

The journal welcomes original scholarly contributions in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, thereby promoting the international dissemination, accessibility, and impact of educational research among the global academic community.

Open Access Policies

Emerging Trends in Education adheres to the Open Access policy with the idea of expanding and promoting the circulation and exchange of knowledge, with the conviction of bringing scientific advances to the scientific community immediately, which benefits and enriches the scientific debate. All its articles are under a Creative Commons license and they have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Anti-plagiarism policy

To ensure the academic integrity and originality of published works, all manuscripts received will be subjected to similarity detection processes using specialized software (iThenticate), which also performs an analysis of the use of AI in the writing process..

The journal rejects all forms of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate or redundant publication, citation manipulation, data fabrication or falsification, and the misappropriation of research findings. Any manuscript found to contain unethical publication practices may be rejected immediately or removed from the editorial process.

When evidence of misconduct is identified, the Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the manuscript, suspend the review process, request clarifications from the authors, or proceed in accordance with the journal’s policies on corrections, expressions of concern, and article retractions.

Code of Ethics

Emerging Trends in Education adheres to the ethical principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) available at https://publicationethics.org.

Digital preservation policies

Emerging Trends in Education implements digital preservation mechanisms designed to ensure the conservation, accessibility, authenticity, integrity, and permanent availability of published content.

To this end, the journal uses the PKP Preservation Network service to safeguard its content in the event of a triggering event that results in the cessation of publication. PKP PN offers open-source digital preservation services.

Additionally, the Institutional Repository of the Juárez Autónoma University of Tabasco (http://ri.ujat.mx/handle/20.500.12107/3268) is used, which provides long-term storage, preservation, and access services for academic and scientific documents in digital format. This system helps ensure the permanent availability of content and facilitates its dissemination among participating academic institutions and libraries.

Furthermore, it allows for the secure sharing of digital content among participating libraries.

Use of interoperability protocols

In order to enhance the visibility, discoverability, and dissemination of its contents across scientific information systems, Emerging Trends in Education implements the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) protocol. This protocol enables the automated harvesting of metadata by repositories, indexing services, directories, library systems, and academic search engines.

OAI-PMH Endpoint: https://revistaemerging.ujat.mx/emerging/es/oai

The journal uses the Dublin Core metadata standard, a widely recognized framework for the description, exchange, and interoperability of digital scholarly resources.

Access and reuse policies

Emerging Trends in Education promotes the responsible dissemination of scientific knowledge through open licenses that facilitate access to and reuse of published content.

Articles published up to Volume 4, Issue 7 were distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Beginning with Volume 4, Issue 8, all published content is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license permits users to copy, distribute, and share articles for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to both the authors and the journal. Modification, adaptation, or the creation of derivative works based on the published content is not permitted.

Authors retain recognition of the authorship of their work and grant the journal the right to disseminate, preserve, archive, and index their publications in national and international scientific information systems.