Submissions

Author Guidelines

(Updated August 2024)

#Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology encourages scientific-academic production on education and its relations with science and technology through the dialogue between different fields of knowledge. The journal accepts original unpublished manuscripts in compliance with its purpose.

The journal has a semestral workflow. Manuscripts submitted from April to August will be reviewed from September and, if accepted, published in the December edition. Manuscripts submitted from September to March will be reviewed from April and, if accepted, published in the July edition. #Tear does not work with pre-selected papers as all the manuscripts are submitted to double blind peer-reviewing.

The editorial process is biannual and consists of the following steps: a) pre-evaluation by the Editorial Board; b) blind peer review (with at least two ad hoc referees); c) communication with the authors about the editorial decision (Accepted, mandatory corrections, rejection); d) period of suitability of the papers and resubmission of the text corrected/ adjusted by the authors; e) re-evaluation of the papers by the section editors; f) editing/editing process of the papers  approved for publication; g) publication.

Texts must be written either in Portuguese, English and/or Spanish. Manuscripts should be submitted for double-blind review in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF format, WITHOUT any identification of the authors. Only accepted manuscripts will have their author's details asked to be included.

For manuscripts involving research with human beings, it is a requirement that authors mention in the file, as a footnote, that the work has previously been submitted to a Research Ethics Committee. For texts with imagens and/or real names stated in there should be in the file, as a footnote, some information mentioning that the participants authorised their pictures/images to names to be revealed. The publication of research involving human subjects, human material, or human data (e.g. personal details/images), as well as the opinions and statements contained in the papers are entirely the responsibility of the authors.

The Journal is comprised of the following sections:

Dossier [Dossiê] (publishes papers related to each special issue theme).

Free Section [Seção Livre] (publishes papers related to the Journal purpose but not to the theme suggested for Dossier).

Reviews [Resenhas] (publishes reviews of books on education, science and technology that have been published for the last 2 years).

Plural Area [Espaço Plural] (publishes texts from different genres, such as educational experience reports and interviews, as well as students' academic papers)

Master and Doctor degree holders can submit texts to the Dossier, Reviews, and the Free Section.  Undergraduate and graduate students as well as specialists, Master and Doctor degree holders can submit texts to the Plural Area. 

In the case of student work submitted to Espaço Plural, it will be mandatory to present, as a supplementary document to the submission, a signed declaration from the supervisor stating that the manuscript has been reviewed and approved by him/her for submission to the journal. Works by students without this declaration may be rejected at the pre-evaluation stage.

Texts submitted by vocational course and undergraduate students must be co-authored by a supervisor holding a Master or a Doctor Degree.

Important: ALL authors/co-authors are required to register their personal details in the metadata at the time of submission on the system, according to the guidelines in the Submission Tutorial (available here), under penalty of rejection at the pre-evaluation stage.

Author details should be informed in the Contributor Registration by adding in the List of Contributors the following: e-mail (Contact Details), link for Lattes or CV (URL), Orcid (ORCID iD), Institutional affiliation (Affiliation) and academic degree (Bio Statement). It will not be possible to include or change the list of authors/co-authors. Authors who have no details added properly may have their submission rejected.

Original manuscripts must be submitted through the journal’s webpage according to the journal requirements and regulations. Submissions will be evaluated by members of the Editorial Committee, the  Editorial Advisory Board and ad hoc reviewers , who will select the texts for publishing.

Selection criteria for all sections include journal publishing policy, originality, content and writing quality. Argumentative consistency, theoretical/practical relevance and observance to ABNT (NBR 6024/2012, NBR 6022/2018, NBR 6023/2018, NBR 6028/2021, NBR 10520/2023) will be taken into account for the reviewing process. It is highly encouraged a previous proofreading of the text. 
In case the reviewers recommend proofreading, the author should certify that the manuscript has been proofread by a professional in the required languages. (template here)

For each editorial flow, only the submission of one (1) manuscript per author and up to three as a co-author may be allowed. For each manuscript, a total maximunm of five (5) authors/co-authors may be allowed.

Submissions which do not fit the instructions for authors will not be accepted.  The authors are responsible for the revision of their own manuscripts. However, the editorial team reserves the right to submit the article for proofreading when necessary. By submitting a manuscript, the authors understand and accept the journal rules and instructions for authors.

All statements declared in the texts are of the authors' responsibility and do not represent the opinion of #Tear.

Publishing Rules:

Template: Microsoft Word. (Click > Top Right Menu > Download)

Manuscripts must be typed in Word for Windows text processor or compatible, in A4 paper size.

The texts written in Portuguese should be according to the Portuguese Language New Orthographic Agreement.

Emphasis:  They should be avoided in the manuscript, specially bold and underline.  The use of italics should be RESTRICTED  to titles of works cited in the text,  as well as foreign terms.

Length: Papers must be from 10 to 20 pages long, including images, tables and references. Reviews must be from 2 to 5 pages long.

Margins: Margins must be 3cm (left side and top) and 2cm (right side and bottom).

Font: Times New Roman.

Paragraph indentation: 1.25cm.

Font and alignment: Times New Roman, body text size 12, justified alignment throughout the text except in the References, where it should be left-aligned.

Line spacing: single, with 6-point spacing after paragraph.

Quotations: when not exceeding three lines, quotations must have the same format as the body text and be in double quotation marks. When over three lines, quotations must be separated from body text by a space, body text size 10, single lining and 4cm from the left margin. Reference system should be author-date, with the following data in brackets: author’s surname, edition year and page number – e.g.  (Moretti, 2003, p. 81). For more information, NBR 10520/2023 should be observed.

Explanatory notes: used only if necessary, they should be written in footnotes, using Times New Roman, body text size 10, single lining, justified alignment.

Section titles: no indentation in the beginning of the text, numbered according to NBR 6024/2021 (exception for abstracts and keywords, references, attachments, which are not numbered), in bold for primary sections, no emphasis for second sections and italics for third sections, with first letter of the first word only in uppercase.

Points: according to NBR 6024/2012, listed in the alphabetical order, in lower case letters followed by single brackets, indented from the left margin. The previous text finishes with a colon; the text under points starts with lower case letters and ends with a semicolon, except for the last point, which ends with a period.

References: according to NBR 6023/2018, in the alphabetical order, left-aligned, single line spacing, separated by double line spacing. Reference titles should be in bold, with no hiperlinks in which colours or underlining.

Papers must observe NBR 6022/2018 and have the following elements: title and subtitle (if it applies); title and subtitle in a second language (Português, Spanish or French); author(s) name(s); abstract and keywords in the original language of the text and in a second language; introduction, development, conclusion/final words; references; attachments (if it applies).

Title and subtitle (if it applies): in the first line, centered, in bold, with capital letters, body text size 12. When there is a subheading, it should be separated from the title by a colon.

Title and subtitle (if it applies) in a second language: separated from the title by a double line, centered, in bold, with the initial letters of the main words in uppercase.

Authors’ names – to be included in case of accepted papers only: separated from the title/subtitle in a second language by double space, right-aligned, written in the direct order (name and surname), only the initial letters in upper case. For each author, there should be a footnote to indicate institutional affiliation, academic title, Orcid and electronic address. The footnote should be introduced by a number, inserted on References> Footnotes.  For more than one author, add a number for each footnote sequentially.

Abstract: separated from name(s) by a space, justified alignment, single line spacing, body text size 12, one  paragraph only having no more than 250 words. It must present clearly and concisely the paper objectives, methodology and conclusions, and it should be according to NBR 6028/2021.

Keywords: below the abstract, from 3 to 5 words separated and ended by a period.

Foreign language title: separated from conclusion by a space, in bold.

Abstract and keywords in a second language: after the abstract and keywords in the original language of the text, separated from them by a single space and using the same format.

Submissions that do not comply with publishing rules will be rejected. Authors are responsible for the text proofreading prior to submission.

The publication of a work will imply that the copyrights are fully transferred to #Tear Journal, and that the publication has been authorised by the author(s).

Tutorial for submission: here

Template the linguistic revision certificate: here.

Tutorial for submitting revised papers: here.