1.The editorial process begins upon receipt of the manuscripts. The Director receives the article will acknowledge its reception. Then, the Editors will develop a preliminary revision to ensure that the articles respond to the theme and interest of the Journal, and that they fulfill all the formal requirements in terms of publishing standards:

• Formal structure of the manuscript.
• Abstract / Resumen in English and Spanish with IMRCD format.
• Keywords / Palabras Clave included in the UNESCO Thesaurus.
• Editing formats (tables, figures, ...) according to current APA regulations.
• Compliance with current APA regulations in citations and bibliographic references.

2. The lack of adjustment of the manuscript with the norms of publication of the Journal will mean direct rejection. The decision will be communicated by the Editors to the authors allowing the possibility of adapting and modifying the manuscript, sending the original back to the Director of the journal. In this case, the evaluation process will be started from the beginning.

3. Blind Peer review: The Editors will send the anonymous manuscript to two expert reviewers. For the selection of expert reviewers, at least 80% will be considered external to the editorial committee and the publishing entity.

The reviewers will have a maximum of one month to elaborate a report justifying if the manuscript can be published or not. The reviewers should fulfill a reviewer protocol provided by the Editors.

Expert reviewers will evaluate each manuscript based on the following criteria:

• Quality of the theoretical framework.
• Methodological adaptation of the work.
• Implications of the results both in academic terms and for the development of educational policies.
• Quality of the writing and the adequacy of the structure of the article.
• Contribution of new ideas, points of view or innovative themes.

The reviewers will finally recommend that the article be:

1. Published as is.
2. Accepted with changes, the author/s should review their manuscript to adjust it to the comments of the reviewers.
3. Rejected for publication in the Journal.

In case of discrepancy between the two reviewers, the manuscript will be sent to a third reviewer.

International Journal of Education for Social Justice will inform through an annual memory, the percentage of accepted and rejected papers.

4. The Editors will notify the editorial decision to the authors including the anonymous evaluation reports prepared by the reviewers within a maximum period of three months from the reception of the manuscript. In case the decision is to accept the manuscript with modifications, the authors will have a time of up to two months for correction. If necessary, the new version will be subjected to a new evaluation.

5. After reviewing the modified version of the manuscript, and its possible evaluation, the Editors will inform the author of the acceptance decision, request for a new revision or rejection of the manuscript. The notification will be made by email indicating the reasoned reasons for the editorial decision and the results of the evaluation process.

6. Once the review process has been completed and the final draft of the manuscript has been received, the Editors will carry out the final review of the style and the edition according to the format of the Journal. Following the deadlines set above, the time between receiving the manuscript and the publication of the pre-print will be a maximum of 10 months.

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