Process for Article Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted exclusively through the editorial platform of MENTOR Revista de Investigación Educativa y Deportiva. Before beginning a submission, authors must verify that the manuscript complies with the Author Guidelines, the journal’s focus and scope, and its editorial and ethical policies.

The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform guides authors through the different stages of the submission process.

Step 1. Start

  1. Select the primary language of the submission.
  2. Select the section corresponding to the type of contribution:
    • Original Research Article.
    • Review Article.
    • Theoretical Essay.
  3. Review and accept all submission requirements established by MENTOR.
  4. Include comments for the editor, if necessary.
  5. Confirm your participation as an author of the submission.
  6. Read the copyright terms and Privacy Statement.
  7. Confirm your agreement with the copyright terms.
  8. Where requested by the platform, consent to the processing of the information provided in accordance with MENTOR’s Privacy Statement.
  9. Select “Save and continue”.

Step 2. Upload Files

The author must upload the fully anonymized manuscript in Microsoft Word format as the main submission file.

The manuscript must not contain author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID identifiers, acknowledgements, funding information, or any other information that could directly or indirectly reveal the authors’ identities. Identifying information must also be removed from the file properties.

Authors must also complete and sign the Declaration of Originality, Authorship, and Responsibility.

When a manuscript has multiple authors, the information and signatures of all authors must be included in a single document. If the number of authors exceeds the spaces available in the form, additional author sections must be added following the same structure.

The Declaration of Originality, Authorship, and Responsibility contains identifying information about the authors and is for editorial team use only. This document will not be shared with reviewers during the double-blind peer-review process.

To complete the upload:

  1. Select “Upload File” or “Add File”.
  2. Locate and upload the anonymized manuscript file.
  3. Identify the file as the article text or the equivalent category available in the platform.
  4. Upload the Declaration of Originality, Authorship, and Responsibility as a separate file.
  5. Identify this document appropriately for editorial use.
  6. Where applicable, upload supplementary files such as datasets, research instruments, tables, figures, audiovisual materials, or other materials related to the research.
  7. Select the appropriate file category according to the nature of each supplementary file.
  8. Verify the uploaded files and select “Save and continue”.

Files containing information that may identify the authors must not be made available to reviewers.

Step 3. Enter Metadata

The article’s bibliographic metadata must be entered carefully into the platform.

The title, abstract, and keywords must be provided in both Spanish and English, consistently with the information contained in the manuscript.

  1. Enter the article title and, only where applicable, the subtitle.
  2. Enter the abstract in Spanish and English.
  3. Register the complete information of all authors in the order in which they should appear in the published article.
  4. For each author, at least the following information must be provided:
    • full name;
    • institutional affiliation;
    • country;
    • email address;
    • ORCID identifier.
  5. For multi-authored manuscripts, designate the corresponding author responsible for editorial communication.
  6. Use the “Add Contributor” option or its equivalent to register all authors.
  7. Enter the keywords in Spanish and English according to the platform instructions.
  8. Complete any additional bibliographic metadata requested by OJS where applicable to the manuscript.
  9. Enter funding sources or supporting agencies, where applicable.
  10. Where the platform requests bibliographic references, enter them consistently with the manuscript’s reference list.
  11. Carefully verify that author names, authorship order, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, and other information are consistent with the Declaration of Originality, Authorship, and Responsibility.
  12. Select “Save and continue”.

Author information entered as platform metadata will not be disclosed to reviewers during the double-blind peer-review process.

Step 4. Confirmation

Before finalizing the submission, the author must review the uploaded files and registered metadata.

The platform allows authors to return to previous stages to correct or complete information before the final submission.

Once the information has been verified:

  1. Select the option to finalize or submit the manuscript.
  2. Confirm the submission when prompted by the platform.

Once the submission has been finalized, changes to authorship must not be made without a duly justified request and assessment by the editorial team.

Step 5. After Submission

Once the submission has been completed, the platform will display the corresponding confirmation and send a notification to the registered email address.

The corresponding author may monitor the manuscript’s status through their OJS account and will receive communications through the platform regarding editorial screening, peer review, revision requests, and the editorial decision.

Receipt of a manuscript does not imply acceptance for publication.

The manuscript will first undergo an editorial screening to verify its correspondence with MENTOR’s focus and scope, compliance with the Author Guidelines, anonymization, ethical requirements, and other editorial conditions.

Manuscripts that successfully pass this stage will undergo external double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers.

Author Charges

MENTOR Revista de Investigación Educativa y Deportiva does not charge authors or their institutions any fees for manuscript submission, editorial evaluation, peer review, editorial processing, copyediting, translation review, layout, publication, page charges, color charges, or DOI assignment.

No article processing charges (APCs) are applied at any stage of the editorial or publication process.