ISSN 2182-8474
E-ISSN 2182-9640

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts

Sisyphus — Journal of Education aims to be a place for debate on political, social, economic, cultural, historical, curricular and organizational aspects of education. It pursues an extensive research agenda, embracing the opening of new conceptual positions and criteria according to present tendencies or challenges within the global educational arena.

The journal publishes papers displaying original researches—theoretical studies and empirical analyses—and expressing a wide variety of methods, in order to encourage the submission of both innovative and provocative work based on different orientations, including political ones. Consequently, it does not stand by any particular paradigm; on the contrary, it seeks to promote the possibility of multiple approaches. The editors will look for articles in a wide range of academic disciplines, searching for both clear and significant contributions to the understanding of educational processes.

Sisyphus accepts papers submitted by researchers, scholars, educational administration professionals, teachers, students, and well-informed observers of the educational field and correlative domains. Additionally, the journal will encourage and accept proposals embodying unconventional elements, such as photographic essays and artistic creations. Along with the articles, the journal may include other research materials such as case-study reports, experiences and inquiries, conceptual and methodological discussions, on-going research papers and book reviews.

Ongoing submissions basis

Sisyphus works under an ongoing submission basis, continuously accepting manuscripts for review. The contributions must be related to our two main research lines: Education XXI and Change Forces in Education.

Peer Review Process

Double-blind peer review [This journal operates under a Double-Blind Peer Review Policy]

No Charges

This journal doesn’t demand any article submission or processing charges.

Sisyphus – Journal of Education only publishes original articles, explicitly on the strict condition that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication elsewhere (excluding abstracts or writings extracted from conferences or theses). Articles must be approved by all authors (no more than five) in order to be published.

All submitted articles must be rigorous, technically precise, and should put forward a progressive perspective in relation to the state of the art. They should also elucidate and circumscribe the significance of the subject matter, as well as the conceptual and methodological orientations; the research enquiry; the revision of the correlative and most relevant publications on the subject; and the presentation of all results and conclusions. The manuscripts must be essentially problematical; that is, they should draw research vectors that open up new theoretical paths while suggesting methods to deal with intrinsic interrogations. They must also add new perspectives to current writings.

In order to be published, articles must focus on issues that can resonate with an international audience, which is why they should promote and be engaged in wide-ranging issues and debates that can be inscribed within a non-local and non-national agenda.

Language

Articles must be written in Portuguese, English (U.K.) or Spanish (proposals in other languages will not be accepted). National, colloquial terms and idiomatic expressions should be avoided. Non-discriminatory language is mandatory for all manuscripts: any words or expressions conveying social prejudices are to be avoided.

Preparing texts for submission

Authors must use the TEMPLATE that can be downloaded from the journal’s website. Originals which are not formatted according to this document will be rejected.

The length of an article should not exceed 10,000 words including titles, abstract, references and appendices.

Texts must include an abstract containing between 100 and 150 words and between 3 and 5 key words.

The document format should be compatible with Microsoft Word, in any of its versions.

When writing the articles, authors must follow the indications gathered in the “Article Template” and in the “Submission Guidelines”. Below you may find the links to the files:

EN: Template (Word) | Submission guidelines (PDF)

PT: Template (Word) | Submission guidelines (PDF)

ES: Template (Word) | Submission guidelines (PDF)

References

All submitted articles must follow APA Style, 6th edition, for quotations and references. For detailed information, please see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (www.apastyle.org).

Submitting articles

Authors must register on the journal’s website (http://revistas.rcaap.pt/sisyphus) and provide the requested data for registration and article submission [required author(s) metadata: author(s) name(s), e-mail(s), country(ies), ORCIDs iDs, complete affiliation(s), and bio statement(s) (maximum 100 words each)]. To do this, authors must go to LOGIN (if already registered as a user) or to REGISTER (if not yet registered) [both links can be found at the top right of the webpage]