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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.
  • The shipping file has been edited with the specific template of RiiTE in Microsoft Word.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the Author Guidelines, which appear in about the journal. All the illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the appropriate places of the text, instead of at the end. The APA standards are respected in the references.
  • If submitted to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in the section on "Ensuring an anonymous evaluation" should be followed.
  • The submission is original, has not been previously published nor has it been submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Editor's Comments). RiiTE uses anti-plagiarism tools to guarantee the originality of the submission.
  • Links to the information collection instruments in their full version are included to facilitate the possible replication of the investigation.
  • The journal's guidelines on the use of AI for the preparation and writing of the work are followed.

Author Guidelines

RiiTE Journal Submission Guidelines

RiiTE is an open-access electronic journal established with the aim of promoting and sharing research advances in the field of Educational Technology. Our objective is the dissemination of research across the various stages of the process, providing visibility to projects (both funded and non-funded), studies, interviews, and book reviews related to the field.

1) STRUCTURE AND PRESENTATION OF ARTICLES

Accepted file formats are ".doc" or ".docx". The length of the manuscripts must be between 5,000 and 6,000 words, including all sections except for the references. Systematic reviews may extend up to 8,000 words, excluding references.

Articles must comply with the guidelines presented in this template. The text must be written in Arial 11 pt font; first-level headings in Arial 12 pt; and second and third-level headings in Arial 11 pt. Manuscripts must be submitted in DIN A4 size (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)*. Figures and tables must be centered, included within the body of the article, and follow APA standards. Graphs, diagrams, and tables must be presented in a non-image format (editable) to facilitate subsequent modifications during the layout process if necessary. Notes must be numbered consecutively, placed as footnotes in 9 pt font, justified, with a 6 pt spacing between paragraphs. Bibliographic references are not accepted as footnotes.

Manuscripts may be written in Spanish or English (or both), at the authors' discretion. The title, abstract, and keywords must be provided in both languages.

Author Information (Separate File) The following information must be provided in a separate file:

  • Full name, email address, and affiliation (institution of regular employment) of all authors.

  • Unique ORCID identifier for each author.

  • A brief curriculum vitae (maximum 200 words) indicating the academic and professional profile, main lines of research, and links to personal websites, blogs, or other social media.

This file must be uploaded to the platform during the submission process by selecting the "Author Data" option (upload submission/article component).

Author Contributions For every new submission, the author contribution declaration form must be completed (download form). This file must be uploaded to the platform during the submission process by selecting the "Contribution Declaration" option (upload submission/article component).

Manuscript Structure Each contribution must include:

a) Title: Must be concise and precise, indicating the content of the work with a maximum of 20 words.

b) Abstract: Must be written directly, specifying key methodological aspects and emphasizing the most relevant results and conclusions. It must follow the IMRaD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). Length: 200–300 words. (The English Abstract must be a faithful translation of the Spanish Resumen).

c) Keywords: Following the abstract, authors must present and identify 5 keywords to facilitate article analysis by documentalists. Whenever possible, keywords should be selected from the ERIC Thesaurus.

d) Introduction: Must be confined to a literature review that is focused on the topic, up-to-date, and directly related to the research, facilitating the final discussion. The number of references used should range between 30 and 40. It is recommended that the majority of references be articles published in indexed journals.

e) Method: This section may be organized into different subsections (objectives, participants, research approach, procedure, etc.) as justified by the research approach and study design.

f) Results: Must contain precise information regarding the data and the main results of the study or analysis. Charts, diagrams, and graphs must be self-explanatory, referenced in the text, placed as close as possible to the related text, and numbered with Arabic numerals in consecutive order.

g) Conclusions and Discussion: Analysis of the main results in relation to the problem and the objectives or hypotheses. Interpretation of the findings in relation to previous research. This section should explain the significance of the results considering available evidence. Additionally, potential limitations of the study and future lines of research must be included.

h) Links: Various resources (video; visual resources such as infographics, presentations, etc.; the full document if published in a repository; a URL for the project, if applicable). A LINK to the full version of the data collection INSTRUMENTS is mandatory to facilitate research replication, as well as persistent links to the repositories where the data used for the research is housed, thus contributing to Open Science.

i) Acknowledgments or Funding: If acknowledgments are necessary, they should be placed here at the end, immediately before the references. This is not mandatory, except in the case of funded projects, where the corresponding information (PI, name, funding entity, etc.) of the project from which the article is derived must be indicated.

j) References: APA style, based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (http://www.apastyle.org/). Please ensure that DOIs are included, especially for articles. To verify if a reference has a DOI, we suggest searching at http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/.

2. HOW TO CITE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY

APA standards, 7th edition (http://www.apastyle.org/) must be used. The DOI or a shortened URL must be included whenever possible.

  • Journal Article: Surname, A., Surname, A., & Surname, A. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the Journal, vol(no.), x-x. https://doi.org/xxxx Surname, A., Surname, A., & Surname, A. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the Journal, vol(no.), x-x. http://xxxx

  • Book (Print Edition): Surname, A. (Year). Title. Publisher.

  • Book Chapter: Surname, A., Surname, A., & Surname, A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Surname, A. (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. xx-xx). Publisher.

  • Conference Paper: Surname, A., Surname, A., Surname, A., & Surname, A. (Year, Month). Title of the paper. Paper presented at Name of the Conference, Location. http://xxxx

  • Legal Text: Title of the law (Additional information, date including year, month, and day). Name of the publication, Number of the publication, Date of publication (in the following order: year, day, and month).

In an article written in Spanish, references with more than one author cited in the text and in the bibliographic reference list must use "y", even if the authors are foreign. If the article is written in English, the connector to be used is "and" (or "&" depending on standard APA usage).

For further assistance with APA 7th Edition standards, you may use this guide. In the following videos, you can find information corresponding to APA 7th edition standards:

  • Introduction to APA 7th Edition standards

  • How to cite using APA 7th Edition standards

  • How to reference using APA 7th Edition standards

3. ARTICLE SUBMISSION

Articles must be submitted via the Open Journal System portal (http://revistas.um.es/riite/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions). No other means of submission will be accepted, nor will correspondence be maintained regarding manuscripts not submitted through the portal or in other formats.

4. AUTHOR COMMITMENTS

Submission of an article to this journal implies acceptance of the following commitments by the authors:

  • The person submitting the manuscript is an author or representative of all authors. The maximum number of authors allowed is 5.

  • The manuscript must be original. RiiTE uses Turnitin as an anti-plagiarism tool to guarantee its originality.

  • Neither the manuscript nor any version or translation thereof has been published in any other medium or journal. Furthermore, it may not be submitted to another journal while the review process at RiiTE is ongoing.

  • The author must take into account that failure to comply with any of the above commitments will imply the withdrawal of the article from this journal.

  • In the event that an author publishes at least one article in the journal, they commit to being available to join the RiiTE list of reviewers. This contributes to the maintenance of the journal's open-access policy.

  • Authors are urged to deposit supplementary material, primarily the research data used for the article, in open-access institutional or thematic repositories federated in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

  • It is recommended to follow the journal's guidelines regarding the use of AI for the preparation and writing of submitted scientific papers.

5. ARTICLE SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION FEES

RiiTE journal does not charge any type of fees; publication is free of charge. The editorial management of the journal is assumed by the Educational Technology Research Group at the University of Murcia.

6. RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE USE OF INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE

Authors must guarantee the use of bias-free language and the utilization of terms free from stereotypes.

Special Issue

If you are interested in publishing a special section about any interesting topic in Educational Technology, you must contact with our Editorial Committee <riite@um.es>

Copyright Notice

Those authors who have publications with this journal accept the following terms:

a. The authors will retain their copyright and guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons License. Non-commercial attribution 4.0 International that allows to share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format and adapt, remix, transform and build on the material in the following terms:
Recognition - You must give the appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes have been made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests that the licensor or its use endorses it. Non-commercial - You cannot use the material for commercial purposes. Share under it - If you remix, transform, or create on the material, your contributions must be distributed under the same license as the original.

b. Authors may adopt other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the published work (e.g. deposit it in an institutional telematic file or publish it in a monographic volume) whenever the initial publication in this journal is indicated.

c. Authors are allowed and encouraged to distribute their work through the Internet (e.g. in institutional telematic archives or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can produce interesting exchanges and increase citations of the published work. (See The effect of open access).

d. In any case, the Editorial Team understands that the opinions expressed by the authors are their exclusive responsibility.

 

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