1. Acta Scientiae publishes the scientific and academic production on education in the science and mathematics education area, as well as the debate related to educational issues in dialogue with other areas.

2. Papers submitted for publication must be unpublished (not previously published, except as preprints in repositories such as arXiv, ResearchGate, SSRN, etc.) and anti-plagiarism software is used for verification. They also should not have been submitted simultaneously to another publication, in print or electronic media, nor should it be one of several similar and/or less relevant manuscripts, based on the same research ("salami-slicing" of publications). However, Acta Scientiae reserves the right not to publish more than one article by the same author and/or co-author by edition (volume).

3. Acta Scientiae publishes works in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Acta Scientiae does not charge article processing charges (APC) or submission charges. However, a $ 150.00 fee will be charged for registering the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) with agencies. From the first edition of 2019, Acta Scientiae started being published in English and, therefore, all articles submitted in another language, if accepted, are asked to provide an English version to be published jointly. In addition, Acta Scientiae started giving priority to publishing works resulting from research in international partnership.

4. Regarding the modality, the magazine publishes:

Original and revision articles, understood as scientific research papers necessarily addressing central issues in the area of Science and Mathematics Education, duly based on the theoretical frameworks consecrated in the scientific literature of that area, including 'state of the art', methodology, and explicit research question (both for empirical and theoretical research works) and result in a internationally relevant contribution, compared to previous studies, to scientific knowledge in the area of Science and Mathematics Teaching ('merely descriptive texts', 'essays', 'projects', 'proposals', 'literature reviews', 'states of knowledge', 'experience reports' and the like are not accepted);

Critical reviews of works related to this area (Theses and books), provided they bring new knowledge beyond the simple summary of the work.

NOTE: Articles derived from works presented at scientific events, even if published in the form of a summary or extended abstract in the respective annals, may be submitted, provided that they constitute a more complete, revised and more detailed version than the one presented at the events. Information that a draft has been submitted and published in conference proceedings should be included. However, the fact of having been presented in a scientific event does not guarantee that the article will necessarily be approved.

5. PUBLICATION

5.1 ACTA SCIENTIAE performs a double-blind, two-stage peer review: initially an editor is appointed, who evaluates the work received and assesses its suitability for the journal's editorial line and its potential for publication; If approved, it is anonymised and submitted to a process, coordinated by the editor, for review by up to two anonymous expert reviewers. In case of disagreement between their opinions, the work is sent to a third referee for the tiebreaker. This process can result in one of three situations: a) acceptance without modifications; b) return to the authors, with suggestions for modification; c) refusal. The Editorial Board holds the power of the final decision. Authors can follow the steps of the process of evaluation and preparation of the works.

5.2 Authors will be informed, through electronic correspondence, of the acceptance or rejection of their articles. The Editorial Committee is not responsible for the spelling, linguistic and bibliographical revision of the work. However, the high quality of the languages used in the texts is a matter for the approval of the work, being the responsibility of the author the necessary revisions.

5.3 If there is a need to change the content of the text, it will be suggested to the author to do it, and its return is expected within two weeks; Failure to comply with this item may result in non-publication of the article.

5.4 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors.

6. SUBMISSION

6.1 There is no deadline for submitting papers. From September 2019, the online publishing stream of articles became continuous, reducing the time for the results of their scientific research are disseminated to the research community.

6.2 The works must be submitted by the journal's website on the Internet, at http://periodicos.ulbra.br/index.php/acta. The author's identification data must be entered in the appropriate fields of the submission, including the author's full name and/or authors, institution name and address (including city, state and country), and ORCID iD. Authors' ORCID iD can be searched easily on the ORCID site. If an author does not yet have their ORCID iD, it can be created in seconds on this page. Do not use capitalised words for titles of articles, keywords, names of people or institutions, etc. 

6.3 The authorship of the article submitted should be limited exclusively to those who contributed significantly to the design, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. The contribution of each author should be indicated in a note at the end of the text (see the Code of Conduct and Best Practices in Publication). Other people who have participated only in certain aspects of the research project should be recognised in the text only as collaborators.

7. PRESENTATION OF THE ORIGINALS

7.1 Acta adopts the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th.ed. standards.

7.2 Submissions must be saved in a Windows Word or RTF file, strictly in accordance with the template available here.

7.3 The text of the articles should have from 7,000 to not much more than 9,000 words, excluding the references but including any appendices and annexes. The text of reviews should not exceed 10 pages.

7.3.1 Authors' Contribution Statements: The contribution of each author to the development of the study should be indicated in a one-paragraph note at the end of the text. (See template)

7.3.2 Data Availability Statement: A data availability statement should be indicated in a one-paragraph note at the end of the text to signal where data associated with a document is available and under what conditions (licenses) the data can be accessed, including links (where applicable) to the set of data. Please refer to the templates for the Data Availability Declaration indicated by Acta Scientiae and include the most appropriate statement for the chosen form of availability.

7.3.3 Approval by an Ethics Board: In the case of an article that publishes the results of research carried out with human beings, it is essential to include in the text information regarding the proper approval by appropriate independent ethical review boards (In Brazil, CEP/Conep System, with identification of CEP and protocol number) and attach proof of ethics approval (report from the CEP/Conep System, in the case of Brazil) in PDF version as a supplementary document. If there was no submission to an Ethics Committee, it is necessary to include a paragraph or footnote in the Methodology section

informing if the Free and Informed Consent Term (ICF) has been signed,

justifying the reason for not having been requested prior ethical evaluation by the appropriate councils of the research project from which the present work arises and assuming and

explicitly exempting Acta Scientiae from any consequences arising therefrom, including full assistance and eventual compensation for any damage resulting from any of the research participants, in accordance with Resolution No. 510, of April 7, 2016, of the National Health Council of Brazil.

Updated in 25 November 2022.

SUBMISSION PREPARATION CHECKLIST

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The contribution is original and unpublished, and is not being evaluated for publication by another journal; Otherwise, it should be justified in "Comments to the editor". Articles derived from works presented at scientific events, even if published in the form of a summary or abstract extended in the respective annals, may be submitted, provided they constitute a more complete, revised and more detailed version than the one presented at the events. Information that a draft has been submitted and published in conference proceedings should be included. However, the fact of having been presented at a congress does not mean that the article will necessarily be approved.

The work falls into one of the following categories:

Original or revision article, understood as a scientific research papers necessarily addressing central issues in the area of Science and Mathematics Education, duly based on the theoretical frameworks consecrated in the scientific literature of that area, including 'state of the art', methodology, and explicit research question (both for empirical and theoretical research works) and result in an internationally relevant contribution, compared to previous studies, to scientific knowledge in the area of Science and Mathematics Teaching ('merely descriptive texts', 'essays', 'projects', 'proposals', 'literature reviews', 'states of knowledge', 'experience reports' and the like are not accepted);

Critical review of works related to this area, such as theses and books.

In the case of an article that publishes the results of research carried out with human beings, information regarding the proper approval by appropriate independent ethical review boards (in Brazil, CEP/Conep System, with identification of the CEP and opinion number) was included in the text and proof of ethics approval (report from the CEP/Conep System, in the case of Brazil) was included in a PDF version as a supplementary document. If there was no approval by the Ethics Committee, it is necessary to include a paragraph or footnote in the Methodology section

- informing if the Free and Informed Consent Term (ICF) has been signed,

- justifying the reason for not having been requested prior ethical evaluation by the appropriate councils of the research project from which the present work arises and assuming and

- explicitly exempting Acta Scientiae from any consequences arising therefrom, including full assistance and eventual compensation for any damage resulting from any of the research participants, in accordance with Resolution No. 510, of April 7, 2016, of the National Health Council of Brazil.

The submission file is in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF format with from 7,000 to not much more than 9,000 words, excluding the references but including any appendices and annexes.

Active URLs for the references were provided when possible.

The text strictly follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Guidelines for Authors page. Access template available here. Non-compliance with these guidelines subject the work to its summary rejection.

In the case of submission to a section with peer evaluation (eg articles), the instructions available in Ensuring blind peer evaluation page were followed, especially regarding non-identification of the authors.

All authors listed in the article were included in the submission, with all their complete data including full name, ORCID iD, link to the Faculty/Staff Profile Page, Institution, Country and Biography Summary. Do not use words in uppercase.

All listed authors contributed significantly to the design, design, implementation, or interpretation of the reported study. The contribution of each author should be indicated in a note at the end of the text (see our Code of Conduct and Best Practices in Publication). Other persons who have participated only in certain aspects of the research project should be recognised in the text just as collaborators.

There are no other persons other than those on the list of authors who have contributed significantly to the design, design, implementation or interpretation of the reported study (see our Code of Conduct and Best Practices in Publication

The text is in accordance with our Code of Conduct and Best Practices in Publication. Non-compliance with this code subjects the work to its summary rejection.

In the case of works in Spanish or English, title, abstract and keywords in Portuguese were included. In case of works in Portuguese, do not include title, keywords, nor abstract in English, as they will be produced during the translation work.

In the case of work resulting from activities financed, in whole or in part, by funding agencies (NSF, NIH, ERC, etc.), the text explicitly includes this information, in an Acknowledgements section at the end of the work, according to the financing body requirements.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

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