Guidelines for Submission of Papers to the International Journal of Emotional Education and Well-being [Revista Internacional de Educación Emocional y Bienestar, RIEEB]

Statement of Ethics

The International Journal of Emotional Education and Well-being (RIEEB, Revista Internacional de Educación Emocional y Bienestar) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that is continuously published as of July 2024 (previously biannually) online. Its objective is to promote the international exchange of research related to emotional education and similar subjects (like emotional intelligence, emotional competencies, positive psychology, affective neuroscience, etc.). It aims to share the practice of emotional education based on scientific research.

The journal is edited by and available free of charge on the web sites of the Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City in a shared venture with the International Network of Emotional Education and Well-being (RIEEB, Red Internacional de Educación Emocional y Bienestar). It adheres to the global movement for open access relying on the BBB declarations: Budapest (BOAI, 2002), Berlin (2003), and Bethesda (2003).

The journal is free of any fees or charges for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials, or any other article processing charges (APC).

The criteria leading the work of this journal are academic excellence, ethics in its review and dissemination, as well as efficacy and opportunity in its editorial processes.

Manuscripts

Those interested in participating in this project can send their proposals to the journal. We recommend following these parameters:

1. Papers must be original and must not have been proposed to another journal in parallel, and must deal with subjects related to emotional education in its most ample sense, from a perspective of the vital cycle (early childhood education, basic education, secondary and upper secondary education, higher education, adult training, etc.), and for any context (formal education, organizations, health, socio-community environments, etc.).
2. It is preferable not to surpass four authors per paper. One of them will complete and send the form Register of Contribution along with a statement of originality filled in and signed by all the authors of the research by which they admit and certify that they are responsible for their intellectual production in the whole and in its parts (photos, tables, images, drawings or graphics that form part of an article to illustrate its content), that they are the copyright holders and that the inclusion of the undersigned names does not conflict with the cited authors, or with the institution that sponsors the reported research, or with any other physical or legal entity. In case of any inconsistencies in this part of the submittal, the editors of the journal shall adhere to the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE).[1]
3. The form Register of Contribution includes all the necessary data. The person sending it will be considered the “main contact” and will be addressed in any further communications.
4. The first page in the manuscript must include: a) Title in the original language and in English; b) personal data of the authors, with name(s) and surname(s), the institution of work or studies, e-mail, and ORCID identifier, one under the other if there is more than one author.
5. The structure of the papers must include at least the following sections: a) Abstract (both in English and Spanish) of 150-200 words, followed by five keywords (both in English and Spanish); b) Introduction; c) Theoretical-conceptual framework; d) Method; e) Analysis of results; f) Discussion and conclusions; g) References; and h) Appendix (if applies).
6. The extension of the papers must be between 6000 to 7000 words, including everything (title, authors, abstract, keywords, body of the text, references, appendix, etcetera).
7. The files must be sent in Microsoft format (Word, Excel); the text, as well as tables, graphs, and figures must be sent in editable format and not as images. In the case of illustrations or photographs, they must have a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch (DPI).

It is strongly recommended to check beforehand, among other sources, the previous papers in the journal related to the main topic of your paper.

References:

The papers will refer to the literature that specifically serves to disseminate the results of the research in this journal and will abstain from including the overall bibliographical sources that gave rise to the research. In case we detect sources not referenced in the text, these will be omitted from the final section. 

Both citations and references within the text will adhere to the APA format in its 7^th edition. Be sure to strictly follow these guidelines in all types of publications or documents, books, magazines, theses, presentations, newspapers, WEB sites, etc. Any manuscript that breaks this rule will not pass the first phase of the evaluation.

Those references that have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) must include the corresponding URL.

Review Process:

• The papers will go through a four-stage review. The first stage will consist in verifying the absence of any repetitions, paraphrasing, or plagiarism of other works through specialized software. In case of not passing this stage, the papers will be rejected automatically.
• Technical review, which guarantees the academic quality of the manuscripts, and issuance of initial acceptance. In case of passing this stage, a Committee composed of two academic editors will verify the originality of the contributions, the structural organization of the documents, the consistency of the empirical basis, where appropriate, as well as that of the theoretical and conceptual apparatus; likewise the validity of the sources on which the collaboration is based.
• If the paper passes this stage, the Editorial Committee will send the manuscript, in an anonymous form, to two or three arbitrators specialized in the subject or to a multidisciplinary council, who may approve the publication of the document, request minor changes, or condition the publication to major changes. Such arbitrators or councils will indicate the deadline for receiving works with the included observations.
• The author(s) will receive the final decision within four months from the date of initial acceptance of the document, or through the publication of their work. In case of rejection, the author(s) will be notified of the arguments for such rejection.
• Any approved proposals demonstrated to be unoriginal or sent to other publications will be rejected and their author(s) will be disqualified to present further proposals to the Universidad Iberoamericana.[2]

Publication Process

Reception and final acceptance dates will appear in a note on the front page of the published works.

The papers are published online under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. All papers can be shared, transmitted, or re-published, as long as the same license as the original is used, and the original product is properly and completely referred to.

Every and each author acquires the commitment to make the transfer of proprietary rights to Universidad Iberoamericana, of which it is depositary within a peremptory lapse of six years from the date of publication, except when canceled by the authors.

Pre-prints policies

Any version of the collaboration proposed in the Journal must have the approval of the Editorial Committee to be published or cataloged in indexes and repositories by authors or third parties. It includes but is not limited to drafts, pre-prints, post-prints, ahead of print, online first, among others. This is compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license and promotes good editorial practices that avoid duplication or ambiguity of publications.

Should you have any doubts regarding the management of proposals, refer to jocelin.venegas@ibero.mx

[1] Puede consultarse en www.publicationethics.org

[2] According to chapter III, the second paragraph of the Universidad Iberoamericana’s (UIA) Publication Guidelines.