Editorial Review

Authors submitting contributions for possible publication in REDIE are required to send final versions of all documentation listed in the legal and technical requirements for submissions. Once the editorial team has checked that all the submission requirements have been fulfilled, manuscripts are sent for editorial review, which consists of the following steps:

1. The editors will assess whether the text is an original contribution to the field of educational research.
2. The editors will check the manuscript falls within the scope and focus of the journal.
3. The manuscript will be run through a plagiarism checker approved by the Editorial Committee(iThenticate). Only after the manuscript passes this check will it be possible to continue with the following stages of the editorial review.
4. The bibliography will be checked to ensure it is relevant, up-to-date, and duly formatted in accordance with APA 7.
5. The manuscript will be reviewed to make sure each of the formatting indications listed in the requirements for submitting originals and author guidelines has been followed.
6. In accordance with the editorial policy guidelines approved by the Editorial Committee, priority will be given to manuscripts with an electronically managed bibliography and active hyperlinks to DOIs, when applicable.

Once the contribution submitted has passed the editorial review, the corresponding author will be sent formal notification of the registration of the manuscript and start of the academic review process.

Detection of plagiarism

REDIE uses the specialized iThenticate software to detect cases of plagiarism. All manuscripts received will be subject to a plagiarism check before being sent for editorial and academic review. Efforts will be made to ensure articles are at least 80% original – in other words, at least 80% of information should be novel within the field of knowledge, regardless of citations and references.

If a possible case of plagiarism of a previously published text is found or reported, the journal will follow the procedure outlined by COPE in this flow chart.

The consequences of plagiarism range from issuing a warning, in the case of a mistake or misunderstanding, to rejecting the paper and notifying the institutions with which the author(s) is (are) affiliated.

Grounds for rejection

1. Any failure to adhere to any of the instructions given in the author guidelines.
2. Any delay of over four weeks in responding to comments from the editor or reviewers, or any dissent from the editor or reviewers.