Publishing Guidelines

General Guidelines

MENTOR – Journal of Educational and Sports Research is an interdisciplinary publication focused on the areas of education, physical activity, sports, and related health sciences. It is aimed at higher education students, researchers, and professionals linked to these disciplines. Its objective is to disseminate research results and advancements, proposals, case studies, and relevant experiences that contribute to educational, sports, and health-related progress.

The journal is published quarterly, is indexed, and applies a double-blind peer-review process, with a scientific–humanistic approach.

Types of Contributions

Articles must align with the objectives of the journal and meet the following criteria:

Original articles, theoretical reviews, essays, and research reports with qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-method approaches are accepted.

Manuscripts should address advancements in the fields of Educational Sciences, Physical Activity, Sports, and related Health Sciences.

Content must be related to educational, sports, physical activity, or health topics in any level or context, both nationally and internationally.

All research papers must be justified, planned, and properly designed. Authors commit to providing documentation validating the study and, when applicable, approval from a duly constituted ethics committee.

Submission and Article Presentation

Submitted articles must be unpublished and original, and not under review by other journals or media, either in print or electronic formats.

Authors must submit their manuscripts through the journal’s online submission system.

Articles may be submitted in Spanish, Portuguese, or English.

Article Structure

General Aspects

Manuscripts must be structured as follows:

Title in Spanish and English (max. 15 words), using sentence case except for proper nouns.

Abstract in Spanish and English (max. 200 words, double-spaced).

Original articles: brief introduction, objective, methodology, results, and conclusions.

Review articles: introduction, methodology, development, and conclusions.

Keywords in Spanish and English (3 to 5 terms).

Main body: Introduction, Methodology, Development/Results/Discussion, Conclusions, and References.

Article Types

Review: Abstract, Introduction (objective and methodology in the final paragraphs), Development, Methodology, and Conclusions.

Original: Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (including recommendations, limitations, and final reflections).

Essay: Abstract, Introduction, Development, and Closing.

The development section may be organized into unnumbered sections and subsections.
Main headings must appear in uppercase and bold, and subheadings in lowercase and bold.

Manuscript Preparation

Only Microsoft Word files are accepted.

Manuscripts must be anonymized: remove any identifying information from the file properties and text. Self-citations should be avoided unless indispensable and included only in the References section.

Full authorship information will be included in the manuscript but hidden during the review process.

Article Presentation

Length: between 4,000 and 7,000 words.

Format: letter-size page, 2.54 cm margins, Times New Roman 12-point font, justified text. Do not use bold, italics, or underlining.

Line spacing: single (1 point), 6-point spacing after paragraphs. First-line indentation: 1.27 cm.

Do not include footnotes, appendices, annexes, or acknowledgments.

Maximum of six (6) illustrations (graphs, tables, photographs, or figures).

The document must not include page numbers.

All citations, tables, figures, and references must follow APA 7th Edition (2019) guidelines.

 

Author Contribution Statement

In line with the journal’s authorship policy, each author’s contribution must be specified using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) within the Declaration of Originality:

  • Conceptualization – Ideas; formulation of objectives and goals.

  • Data curation – Management, annotation, cleaning, and preservation of data.

  • Formal analysis – Statistical, mathematical, or computational techniques.

  • Funding acquisition – Securing financial support.

  • Investigation – Data collection, experiments, or empirical analysis.

  • Methodology – Design and development of the study method.

  • Project administration – Coordination and management of the research.

  • Resources – Provision of study materials, software, equipment, or data.

  • Software – Programming, development, implementation, and testing of code.

  • Supervision – Oversight, mentoring, and leadership of the research project.

  • Validation – Verification of reproducibility and reliability of results.

  • Visualization – Preparation of graphics, tables, and figures.

  • Writing – original draft – Writing of the initial manuscript.

  • Writing – review and editing – Critical revision and refinement of the manuscript.

 

Citations and References

Citations and references must follow APA 7th edition guidelines:

  • Short quotations (<40 words): included within the text, inside quotation marks.

  • Long quotations (≥40 words): separate paragraph, indented 1.27 cm from the left margin.

  • Example of direct citation: (Posso-Pacheco, 2023, p. 14).

  • Example of paraphrased citation: According to Posso-Pacheco (2023) or (Posso-Pacheco, 2023).

  • All references cited in the text must appear in the References section, in alphabetical order, using hanging indentation, and including verified DOI or URL links.

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Examples of References:

  • Printed Books: Fernández-Río, J. (2019). Gamificando la Educación Física de la Teoría a la Práctica en Educación Primaria y Secundaria. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Oviedo.
  • Electronic Books: Posso, R., Barba, L., Paz, B., Pereira, M., León, X., Ortiz, N., & Noroña, L. (2022). Exclusión del ejercicio físico desde la mirada de las TIC. Unidad de Publicaciones de la UPEL IPB. https://doi.org/10.46498/upelipb.lib.0012
  • Book Chapters: Posso, R. (2022). Adaptación Curricular de las Necesidades Educativas Especiales. In Ávila, E. (Ed.), Necesidades Educativas Especiales en el contexto de la Educación Física (pp. 13-30). Unidad de Publicaciones de la UPEL IPB. https://doi.org/10.46498/upelipb.lib.0015
  • Electronic Journal Articles: Posso Pacheco, R. J., & Barba Miranda, L. C. (2023). La Influencia de los Factores Emocionales en la Educación Física Significativa. MENTOR Revista De Investigación Educativa y Deportiva, 2(5), 179–187. https://doi.org/10.56200/mried.v2i5.5985

Note: 

*Submission acceptance will depend on compliance with the journal's guidelines and blind peer review. Any accepted article will be published in the next issue; if space is unavailable, it will be published in the subsequent issue.

**For Issue 9 of Volume 3 (September 2024 publication), the Editorial Quality Improvement Plan will be implemented. Authors are required to include the DOIs of all references they possess and to conduct a search for articles published within the last 5 years in various databases, particularly in Web of Science and Scopus, that may be cited in their article.

To identify DOIs, please visit this link: https://apps.crossref.org/simpleTextQuery. Copy and paste your article's bibliographic references into the space provided on the linked page. The platform will indicate which references have DOIs. Then, copy and paste each complete DOI at the end of each reference in your article. It is crucial that every bibliographic reference in your work includes its corresponding DOI, if available. This facilitates quick and easy location of cited works by other authors and is a quality requirement of our journal