About the Journal

RIDAS, Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje-Servicio

ISSN

2339-9341

Focus and Scope

RIDAS is a scientific journal of the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona, ​​co-edited with CLAYSS (Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario).

It is aimed at researchers, academics, educators, specialists, and people interested in service learning.

It aims to contribute to the creation of knowledge about service learning in all socio-educational areas and educational levels.

The articles it contains can be theoretical, conceptual and historical reflections; research articles; good practices analysed, case studies; short experiences and testimonials; literature reviews and reviews.

Publication Frequency

This journal is biannually issued.

Peer Review Process

The journal is meant to offer rigorous and quality contents, of interest for the academic and the education community.

The articles which are subject to evaluation will always be acknowledged receipt, however, no journal obligation is implied.

The Editorial Board is in charge of the first revision of the articles during the revision process within a maximum period of thirty days. In case they are accepted, there is a double path according to its typology:

  • Short experiences, bibliographic reviews and reviews, after passing the first filter and being accepted, can now be published.
  • Regarding the theoretical, conceptual and historical reflections; research articles; analyzed good practices and case studies, it is requested that a minimum of two expert evaluators in the field of service learning evaluate the article through a "double-blind" evaluation within a maximum period of sixty days. Based on the review reports prepared by the reviewers, the Editorial Committee decides whether the article is published directly, is returned to the authors with suggestions for improvement, or is rejected for publication.

In either case, the authors are informed of the decision within a maximum period of thirty days and the reasons are given if the document is not accepted.

Article requirements for publication and evaluation criteria

The general characteristics that must meet the works are the following:

  1. Unpublished and updated works.
  2. Texts in Catalan, Castilian, or English
  3. Style guidelines follow
  4. Methodological consistency
  5. Topic of interest, of impact
  6. Linguistic correction and quality in writing.
  7. Contribution of new ideas, themes or innovative procedures

The evaluation criteria that apply are:

  1. The article represents a new and original contribution.
  2. The title clearly reflects the content of the article.
  3. The summary provides sufficient information to locate the content of the article.
  4. The keywords are appropriate.
  5. The writing of the article is clear and correct.
  6. References are adequate and up-to-date.
  7. The organization of the content is clear.
  8. The objectives are clearly formulated.
  9. Description of materials or methods (if applicable) is adequate.
  10. Results (if applicable) are presented appropriately and with sufficient clarity.
  11. The interpretation and conclusions (if applicable) are sufficient and consistent with the objectives and data provided.

Copyright Policy

Authors who publish on RIDAS agree to the following terms:

  • At the time a work is accepted for publication, it is understood that the author assigns non-exclusively to RIDAS the rights to reproduce and distribute the article for exploitation in all countries of the world in any medium and physical, magnetic, optical and digital format.
  • The authors retain the copyright and guarantee the magazine the right of first publication of the work.
  • Authors may enter into other non-exclusive license agreements for distribution of the published version of the work (eg, depositing it in an institutional electronic archive or publishing it in a monographic volume) provided that publication is indicated initial in this magazine.
  • Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work via the Internet (eg: in institutional telematic archives, repositories, libraries, or on their website).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides free and immediate open access to its contents, based on the principle that having free research articles available to the public fosters a global knowledge exchange. Any user is permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or use the contents for any legal purpose, without any financial, legal or technical barrier, other than those that are inseparable from those involved in accessing the Internet itself. The only limitation on reproduction and distribution and the only role of copyright in this domain is to give authors control over the integrity of their works and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited. All contents are subject to the Licencia Atribución 4.0 Internacional de Creative Commons which allows reproduction, distribution and public communication as long as the author and the magazine are acknowledged.

As detailed in the copyright policy, authors maintain their authorship rights and are free to deposit the published version (post-print) of their works in thematic and/or institutional repositories.

There is no charge for submitting, processing, publishing or receiving articles from the journal.

Digital preservation policy

RIDAS follows a digital preservation policy with PKP.

Declaration of publishing ethics and best practices

RIDAS subscribe the Declaration of publishing ethics and best practices for scientific journals published by the University of Barcelona.

The University of Barcelona promotes the open access publication of digital journals and endeavours to guarantee quality and conscientiousness in the transfer of scientific knowledge. The University is committed to ensuring that the articles it publishes and the publishing process itself observe the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It is therefore essential that all the stakeholders in this process—journal editors, reviewers, technical editors and authors—know and act according to the Code.

Journal editors should ensure that the decision to publish is not dependent on the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, country of origin, citizenship or political persuasion.

Publish regular updates on the responsibilities of authors, submission requirements, the arbitration system used to select the articles and the evaluation criteria to be applied by reviewers.

Publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed and not make use of any article received for UB-specific research assignments without the author’s consent.

Guarantee confidentiality during the review process, meaning (a) the anonymity of reviewers and authors and the confidentiality of the content of the articles, the reports submitted by reviewers and any other type of correspondence with or between the editorial, consultant and scientific committees and (b) confidentiality in the correspondence between the author and the journal committees or reviewers when the author wishes to clarify, change or complain about some aspect of the article.

Make certain that the integrity of articles already published is respected.

Act swiftly to eliminate from the journal or refuse to publish any article that has been found to plagiarize information from other sources. The journal uses the Urkund plagiarism detection program, which is applied to all returned articles when they are submitted to the journal, at the beginning of the review process.

Authors should understand that they are responsible for all submitted content.

Notify the journal editors of any errors in their published articles so that the appropriate corrections can be made.

Guarantee that the article and associated materials are original and do not infringe on the rights of third-party authors and, when there are co-authors, guarantee that the consent of all the authors is obtained before the article goes to press.

Reviewers and technical editors should apply revisions that are objective, informed, critical, constructive and unbiased, where acceptance or rejection is based only on the work’s relevance, originality, interest to the public in question and compliance with the style and content regulations in the evaluation criteria.

Meet deadlines when this is possible and promptly inform the journal editor when it is not.

Avoid sharing, spreading or reproducing any information from articles still under review without permission from the corresponding journal editors or authors.