About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The current educational context is marked by the implementation of specific technology innovations and development of educational processes.
 
Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation, aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, experience and research on the application of ICT and other such innovations, regardless of the format in which they are submitted and training contexts in which develop, whether formal, non-formal or informal, and educational level.
 
Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation provides a channel for dissemination and exchange among the international scientific community in the field of education and training.
 
With this open digital publication aim to not only provide easy access to all published documents, but also offer new tools like search form by different criteria; that authors who have submitted manuscripts for publication know the state of the same in the review process-assessment-acceptance-publication through OJS.

 

Peer Review Process (Double-Blind Peer Review)

Authors will receive an automatic notification through the Open Journal System (OJS) upon article submission, initiating the editorial process according to the following phases:

  1. Article Reception and Initial Evaluation

Once the article is received, the editors will verify compliance with formal requirements (author guidelines) and assess its relevance to the thematic scope of Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation. Additionally, plagiarism detection software will be used to ensure the manuscript adheres to the journal’s plagiarism and anti-plagiarism policy. Based on this evaluation, the editors will determine whether the manuscript meets the basic requirements to proceed in the process. If it does not, it will be rejected.

  1. Double-Blind Peer Review

At this stage, the article will be sent for evaluation by two or more expert reviewers (external or from the Advisory Board), following a confidential and anonymous process (double-blind peer review). The reviewers will provide a report on the suitability of the manuscript for publication, which will be considered by the journal’s editors. The evaluation results, as well as the entire review process, are final and cannot be appealed by the authors.

The reviewers will assess the manuscript based on the following criteria: originality, timeliness and novelty, relevance in advancing scientific knowledge, reliability and scientific validity, methodological quality, and presentation. The review protocol used by the reviewers is publicly available.

In cases of significantly differing opinions between the two reviewers, the manuscript will be sent to a third reviewer. The approximate duration of this phase is 1-2 months, although it may be shorter if the reviewers submit their assessments more quickly or longer if deadlines are not met. However, the editorial team ensures that deadlines are maintained with the highest possible quality. The categories used by Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation for manuscript decisions are detailed in the "Information for Reviewers" section.

  1. Editorial Decision Notification

If a reviewed manuscript is deemed publishable but requires modifications, the authors must submit the revised version within a maximum of one month, whether minor or major revisions are requested. If necessary, the revised version will be sent back to external reviewers, repeating this process until final acceptance or rejection by the journal (each additional review round extends the process by approximately one month). Authors will receive anonymous evaluation reports to guide necessary revisions.

If the manuscript successfully completes the review process, it will be accepted (the total estimated time from submission to final acceptance is approximately 4-6 months). In this case, authors will receive an acceptance certificate as proof of commitment to publication. Otherwise, they will be informed of the reasons for rejection or any required revisions.

  1. Editorial Review/Layout Process

Once accepted, the editorial team will conduct style corrections, language revisions, and other necessary reviews to prepare the manuscript for publication formats (PDF, HTML). This stage takes approximately one month.

  1. Publication

After finalizing the manuscript, it will be published in the next available issue. Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation follows a biannual publication schedule, with two issues per year.

 

Open Access Policy

  • Fees (APCs)

Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation is an open-access publication registered in DOAJ and Open Policy Finder, providing free content. The journal does not charge article processing fees (APCs), impose embargoes, or require payments from authors or subscribers, promoting the free exchange of knowledge.

  • Copyright, Licensing, and Self-Archiving

Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation retains the copyright of published works while allowing reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND) license. This permits copying, distribution, and public display under the following conditions:

  • The original authorship and source (journal, publisher, and URL) must be cited.
  • The content may not be used for commercial purposes.
  • The existence and terms of this license must be acknowledged.

                        

Authors may deposit the final accepted version of their work in open-access repositories, complying with the conditions set by the research funding entity. This self-archiving does not affect reserved copyright or the CC BY-NC-ND license. Authors are advised to check the repository’s guidelines and ensure they use the approved version for publication.

  • Data and Supplementary Material Sharing

To promote transparency and reproducibility, authors are encouraged to deposit the underlying data and supplementary material related to their accepted manuscript in open-access repositories, preferably within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Suggested repositories include Zenodo, Figshare, Dataverse, and Dryad.

Data should be well-documented to facilitate verification and reuse. It is recommended to include a link to the repository in the publication.

  • Digital Preservation

All electronic content (website, manuscripts, etc.) is stored in multiple locations. One copy is kept on an online server accessible to readers, while additional backups are created weekly through the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS systems via OJS. The journal assigns DOIs to its publications, ensuring long-term access through Crossref. Additionally, the journal’s content is available in open-access databases such as REBID and DIALNET, ensuring preservation across multiple sources.

 

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Authors

The authors have to accept the terms and conditions expressed in INNOEDUCA (International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation), guaranteeing that articles and associated materials are original and do not infringe copyright. The authors must also justify that, in the case of shared authorship, there was a full consensus of all the authors in the order of appearance based on their responsibility for the article. In addition, the authors confirm that the article sent to INNOEDUCA has not been previously presented or published in any other media.

All the authors of the article must accept and sign the Assignment of rights.

Reviewers

Researchers who agree to review an INNOEDUCA article must carry out a critical and honest process regarding the scientific quality of the original. These criteria are available in the section "Information for evaluators" (https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/innoeduca/revisores).

The reviewer cannot have a conflict of interest with the assigned article. In addition, the reviewer will commit to comply with the evaluation dates proposed by the editorial team.

Editors

The editorial team will guarantee the confidentiality of the evaluation process and the anonymity of the evaluators and authors, the content of the article, the reviewer's report by the evaluators and any other communication issued by the reviewers. In the same way, confidentiality will be maintained in the event of possible third-party complaints, claims or clarifications that an author wishes to make to the editorial team or reviewers. The editorial team declares its commitment to the respect and integrity of the published articles. For this reason, plagiarism is strictly prohibited and texts that are identified as plagiarism or whose content is fraudulent will be eliminated from the evaluation process. The editorial team is responsible for compliance with the review deadlines. The review process will have an estimated time between three and four months from its beginning until the acceptance/rejection of the article. The editorial team is committed to the scientific community to guarantee the ethics and quality of the published articles. The publication takes as a reference the code of conduct and good practices that Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) defines for editors of scientific journals.

 

Conflict of interest policy

Authors

All authors will declare the non-existence of conflict of interest in their article.

Reviewers

The reviewers must declare any conflict of interest and decline the invitation of the editors to evaluate a manuscript in the following cases: academically or familiarly close to the authors; they belong to the same educational institution, research group, professional network or research project; they have published articles with the author; or any other type of professional connection or conflict/proximity. In this case, the reviewer must decline the editor's offer to review the article.

Editors

The editorial team will guarantee the anonymity of the authorship and content of the article during the review process.

 

Inclusive language policy

Innoeduca, the International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation, recommends using respectful and equitable academic language, avoiding discriminatory or gender-biased expressions. Some strategies include:

Use of neutral or collective terms; Impersonal structures; Use of double-words only when necessary for clarity; Avoiding the use of symbols such as @, "x," or *.

It is recommended to consult reference guides on inclusive language, such as those published by the United Nations inclusive language guidelines.

 

Policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence

Innoeduca, the International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation, maintains a firm commitment to scientific integrity and transparency in the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Following COPE guidelines, it establishes clear guidelines for authors, reviewers, and editors, emphasizing that AI tools cannot be considered authors nor assume responsibility for scientific content, conflicts of interest, copyright, or ethical decisions. Failure to comply with this policy will result in rejection of the submission, withdrawal of those under evaluation, and a ban on future submissions.

Authors

Authors must declare the use of AI tools in their manuscripts, specifying the software, its function, and the sections affected. They are responsible for ensuring the originality of AI-generated or AI-assisted content, avoiding plagiarism or copyright infringement. They must also review and verify the accuracy of the content to prevent bias or errors.

Reviewers

If reviewers use AI in evaluating manuscripts, they must declare this. AI can be a complementary tool, but the final review and critical judgment must be human. The peer review process should remain under the direct responsibility of the reviewers, with AI in a supporting role.

Editors

The editorial team can use AI for administrative and editing tasks, such as manuscript formatting or plagiarism detection, always under strict human supervision to ensure quality and consistency.

 

Scientific Advisory Committee

The Innoeduca Editorial Board is made up of the Director, the Editors and the Drafting Secretariat, the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and the Technical Council.

Director

The Director is the highest institutional representative of the journal, chairs the Editorial Board, decides on the appointment and removal of the Secretary, the members of the Editorial Board, Advisory Board and Technical Council. He is responsible for the delegation of tasks to each of the Committees. Ultimately he is responsible for the publication or not of a manuscript.

Editors

The editors are appointed by the Director based on their experience, dedication and ability. The functions of the editors include the planning of the content of the publication, providing guidelines to the authors in terms of styles and context, ensuring the accuracy of the content of the Journal's web portal, and ensuring that the review and communication process with the Authors develop according to the regulations of the magazine.

Drafting Secretariat

The Secretariat will have as functions to keep minutes of the meetings of the Editorial Board, and together with the Director, prepare the agenda for the sessions; will be responsible for the location, management and maintenance of the indexation bases and distribution lists suitable for the magazine and issue as many certificates as necessary, attesting to the evidence of the accredited facts. His appointment corresponds to the Director of the Magazine.

Editorial Board

Members will be appointed by the Director of the Magazines, who may also revoke them. The main function of the Editorial Board is to collaborate with the Director and the Editors in defining the content and style of the magazine, thereby providing guidelines for manuscript submission and magazine design. In the same way they supervise the correct reception, evaluation and acceptance of manuscripts.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Council will be in charge of advising the Director and Publishers in the task of obtaining a relevant and high quality publication, they will be responsible for preparing, together with the Director, the scientific strategy of the Journal, and the periodic evaluation of results, as well as support and guide the Editorial Board in a conceptual and scientific way. They may act as high level evaluators.

Technical advice

Those responsible for computer technical support, layout, cover design, distribution, as well as administration are part of it.

Among its functions are the responsibility of suggesting and advising the Director of possible improvements in the electronic edition of the magazine, its development, implementation and maintenance, the permanent update of the magazine's website and the design of the cover of each issue

 

Publishing schedule

Currently Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation is published every six months (2 issues per year, January-June and July-December).

Disclaimer

The opinions and facts contained in each scientific manuscript are the sole responsibility of their authors. Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation is not responsible, in any case, for the credibility and authenticity of the work.

 

Policy of Plagiarism and antiplagium

The authors will respect and recognize the sources of data extraction, figures and information explicitly and tangibly. If the breach is detected during the review or evaluation process, the publication of the manuscript will be automatically rejected. If they were detected after publication, it will result in the corresponding retraction note.

The Innoeduca Journal has just introduced a plagiarism and autoplagio software, which is capable of recognizing non-original documents, indicating its source.

We have included some anti-plagiarism tools: Turnitin, Plagiun and Crossref.

Article Correction and Retraction

If an author identifies a significant error in their article, they must inform the editors of Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation to correct it according to COPE guidelines.

  • Errata: A notice will be published if the error was made by the journal without affecting the academic integrity of the article. The document will be corrected, with an added note and an erratum notice linked to the revised version with a DOI.
  • Corrections: If the error is the author's and affects the publication record or their reputation, the same procedure as for errata will be applied.
  • Retractions: An article will be withdrawn if its conclusions are invalid due to a serious error or misconduct (e.g., plagiarism, falsified data, duplication, compromised peer review). It will be marked as a "Retracted Article," and a statement signed by the editors will be published with a DOI.
  • Article Removal: Only in extreme cases (e.g., defamation, court order, or health risks). Metadata will be preserved, and the text will be replaced with a note indicating the removal.

Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation uses CrossMark by CrossRef to ensure the authenticity of its publications and to notify readers of any updates or corrections to articles.

 

Interoperability Policies

Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation uses the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) Protocol Version 2.0, allowing other portals and information services to access the metadata of published content. The harvesting path is: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/innoeduca/oai.

The journal operates on the OJS 3.3.0.14 system, with the following modules enabled:

  • Dublin Core 1.1 Metadata: Provides Dublin Core 1.1 templates and application compatibility.

 

Journal Copyright 

The University of Málaga holds the copyright to Innoeduca. International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation

 

Sponsors

 

Journal History

The Research Group -INNOEDUCA- Innovation and Educational Technology at the University of Málaga (consolidated the Andalusian Group SEJ-533) is an interdisciplinary group of professional staff (teachers, mathematicians, computer scientists, graphic designers ...) from different educational levels that develop products, research and training in the field of Innovation and educational Technology.

Since its inception the group has developed an ongoing research work and has had as priorities contact and collaboration with other researchers and national and international centers.

In 2015 starts a new science project: a digital open access journal published in Spanish, English and Portuguese. The magazine takes its name from the research group: