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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Quántica is a scientific publication on original and unpublished research related to education and psychology that contributes to the advancement of knowledge and academic-scientific discussion. The author who wishes to submit articles for consideration by the Editorial Committee of the Journal should:
Submit the paper in Word format through the platform.
The Journal seeks to publish experimental and theoretical research results of great importance in the form of original articles, reviews, short articles or letters to the editor.
Articles derived from original research: articles that represent in-depth research in various scientific disciplines.
Review articles: should normally comprise less than 10,000 words. Meta-analyses are considered reviews. Special attention will be paid to up-to-date references in the review.
The article should be in Word format. It should also include: title of the article, author(s) and affiliations. Affiliations should be as detailed as possible and should include university, city and country. In addition, all authors should have e-mail (institutional), ORCID (http://orcid.org/) and Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/ ). It is essential to indicate the corresponding author, otherwise it will be assumed that the first author will be in charge of this function. The text should be typed in Arial font, size 12, single-spaced. The submission of the article must be accompanied by the curriculum vitae of each of the authors (see format on the Web) and the letter of assignment of rights signed by all authors (see format on the Web). Write the article with a maximum length of 8000 words and up to 50 references. The article should have the following structure: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion (results and discussion can be combined in a single section), Conclusion, References.
Title: the title should be brief, concise and descriptive. It should not contain references, compound numbers or non-standard abbreviations. In Spanish and English.
Abstract: the abstract should be analytical (objective, methodology, results and conclusions), not exceeding 200 words. The abstract should briefly describe the purpose or objective of the study, how the research was conducted, the most important results and the main conclusions drawn from the results, respectively. References and abbreviations should be avoided. In Spanish and English.
Keywords: authors are asked to provide four to six keywords to identify the main topics addressed. These keywords are used for indexing purposes and must be included in the UNESCO Thesaurus. In Spanish and English.
Introduction: authors should strive to define the significance of the work and the justification for its publication. Any substantive discussion should be brief and restricted to the relevant material.
Materials and methods: the authors should be as concise as possible in the theoretical and experimental descriptions. The section should provide all the information necessary to ensure reproducibility. Previously published methods should be indicated with their references and only relevant modifications should be described.
Results: the results of the study should be clear and concise. Restrict the use of tables and figures to represent data that are essential for the interpretation of the study. Do not duplicate data in both figures and tables. Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations.
Discussion: the significance of the results of the paper should be explored, not repeated. Include in the discussion the implications of the findings and their limitations, how the findings fit into the context of other relevant work, and directions for future research.
Conclusions: can stand alone and be linked to the objectives of the study, with new hypotheses where warranted. Include recommendations when appropriate. Unqualified statements and conclusions that are not fully supported by the data obtained should be avoided.
References: it is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the information in each reference is complete and accurate. References should be in the correct format. All references mentioned in the reference list should be cited in the text and vice versa. It is recommended that bibliographic sources be taken from Scopus and Web of Science.
Send figures, maps and images in a minimum resolution of 266 dpi in jpg or gif format. All these resources should be numbered consecutively and clearly indicate the corresponding source(s). Only horizontal lines should be used in tables according to APA norms, 7th edition. Cite bibliographic sources of less than 40 words within the text as follows: (author, year, page). Example: (Rodarte, 2011, p. 52). References longer than 40 words are written separately from the text, with indentation on both sides, without quotation marks and without italics. At the end of the quotation, the period is placed before the data -remember that in quotations with less than 40 words the period is placed after and with quotation marks-. The footnotes numbered in consecutive order will be used only for clarifications, comments, discussions, discussions, submissions by the author and should go on their corresponding page, in order to facilitate the reader to follow the reading of the text. References: Authors should ensure that the information in each reference is complete. All references mentioned should be included in the body of the document as in the References section. Bibliographic sources from Scopus and Web of Science are positively evaluated. All references presented must be according to the APA Seventh Edition standard.
