Focus and Scope

Aims & scope

Didáctica Geográfica focuses on improving the teaching of Geography through the publication of both theoretical and applied research in the field.

Structure

The journal has the following sections:

1. Presentation, written by the issue’s coordinator.

2. Approved papers in their original language (Spanish, English, French or Portuguese).

3. Extended summary of the papers in English (for papers published in Spanish); and in Spanish for papers published in English, French or Portuguese (until 2020)

4. There will also be a section with news. We will include both reports about relevant activities that have already taken place, and announcements about forthcoming events.

5. Selected book reviews about new publications in the field.

Originality

Didáctica Geográfica publishes original research papers that have not been published before and are not in the process of evaluation or publication in any other journal or publication.

Language

Papers can be submitted in Spanish, English, French or Portuguese.

 

Peer Review Process

All authors will receive an acknowledgment of receipt via e-mail after the submission of their paper has been registered in the OJS platform.

Didáctica Geográfica’s first selection round is carried out by the issue coordinator and the Chief Editor. All the submitted articles that fullfil the submission guidelines and scientific quality standards will proceed to the second round: a double-blind external peer review. The paper will be sent to two external reviewers, specialists in the field of the journal. If the two reviewers do not agree in their assessment, the paper will be sent to a third expert. Papers will also be reviewed by two members of the editorial board.

The review form used by the reviewers is published here .

The editorial team will make an effort to implement an expedient and efficient review process. The issue coordinator will communicate to the authors the acceptance or decline of the submission in a maximum period of four months.

 

Once a decision has been reached by the evaluators, the issue coordinator will communicate the decision to the author(s) in a justified manner. The decision could be:

1. Accept submission:

-- accept submission

-- minor revisions required

-- major revisions required

2. Decline Submission

The editorial team will ensure that both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the process.

Articles submitted to other sections of the journal will be reviewed by the Chief Editor. These texts will not undergo a blind peer-review process. The justified decision will be notified to the authors and changes might be demanded before publication.

Publication frequency

Didáctica Geográfica publishes one issue digitally per year in January (in December until 2022). Articles for the next issue can be submitted through our OJS platform until May 31. Publication on paper ceased on 2019.

 

Code of conduct 

Didáctica Geográfica follows the Code of Conduct and the Best Practices Guidelines for Journals Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All information contained in manuscripts must have the necessary permissions for publication, especially in the case of material from other publications and information relating to individuals, in which case informed consent must be obtained.

You can also read our Guide to good practices and ethical commitment for the publication of articles.

Research involving human beings 

All articles whose research has required human participants must be carried out in compliance with the ethical norms of the World Medical Association (WMA) and with the principles established in the Declaration of Helsinki (DoH).

Studies that involve humans or clinical trials (patients, samples from patients and/or personal data), must have the corresponding report of approval from a Research Ethics Committee whether at the national, regional or institutional levels. If no ethical approval is provided, authors must explain the motive, including an explanation about the study’s adherence to the criteria included in the DoH. In addition, they must state that the experiments have been carried out with the prior informed consent of each of the participants involved.

Both the committee’s authorization and the participant’s consent must be mentioned in the section 'Methodology'.

Informed consent for publication

Authors must obtain express permission from human subjects and respect their privacy.

Authors must guarantee the right to privacy of individuals involved in the study, protecting their identity in both the text and figures/images of the work, anonymizing the information to ensure the protection of personal data. Any identifying element that may reveal the identity of a patient or a participant must be removed, including name (and initials), clinical history ID, online alias, social media identifiers, etc. as well as any other resource such as X-ray photographs, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, graphs, photos, video recordings…

 

Open Access Policy

Didáctica Geográfica supports open and free access to science. All articles published are immediately accessible for free to all users. Freely accessible scientific content promotes and supports knowledge production and distribution. All articles published in our journal are published under a Creative Commons licence Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) and can be downloaded, copied, distributed and reused freely, as long as the authorship is clearly stated and the use is non-commercial.

Interoperability Protocols

Didáctica geográfica currently uses the Dublin Core schema metadata and it can be exported in the following formats: METS XML, PubMed XML, mEDRA, CrossRef XML. The interoperability program is OAI 2.0, available at http://didacticageografica.age-geografia.es/index.php/didacticageografica/oai