About the Journal

Paradigma: Revista de Investigación Educativa (Paradigma) is a publication that began under the responsibility of the Dirección de Investigación, today converted into the Dirección de Investigación, hoy convertida en Instituto de Investigación y Evaluación Educativas y Sociales (INIEES), of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, Honduras.

The goal of Paradigma is to promote the exchange of empirical educational research on topics related to: didactics, teaching profession, pedagogy, curriculum, evaluation, educational administration, educational projects, educational quality, among others. Only original and unpublished academic contributions are accepted for publication.

Paradigma publishes 5 types of works: articles, essays, systematizations of educational practices, book reviews, and letters to the editor.

The collaborations may be:

1. Articles: results of original and unpublished educational research reports: research articles in which the general or partial results of an empirical investigation are made known.

2. Essays and/or reflections: concrete and original theoretical analyses, not bibliographic reviews, on educational practice and/or its problems from an economic, epistemological or socio-pedagogical perspective.

3. Systematization of educational practices: educational interventions to change or innovate in the pedagogical work.

4. Boow reviews: commented review of a book or any other type of document dedicated to the topic of education.

5. Letters to the editor: provides explanations, contributions, or an analysis of a previously published article or another topic of particular interest to the journal. Between 600 and 1000 words. Optionally, 3 to 6 bibliographic references.

You can find back issues here.

Editorial team

Russbel Hernández – director, executive editor - Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, Honduras. Email: russbelh@upnfm.edu.hn

Danny Guerrero – chief editor- Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, Honduras. Email: danny.guerrero@upnfm.edu.hn

Elma Barahona – research coordinator, associate editor - Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, Honduras. Email: ebarahona@upnfm.edu.hn

Kevin Avalos – associate editor - Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, Honduras. Email: kavalos@upnfm.edu.hn

José Varela – diagrammer and layout designer - Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, Honduras. Email: javarela@upnfm.edu.hn

Consult the rest of the editorial team here.

Open access

The journal is open access and charges no fees to either readers or authors.

Publication frequency

Semi-annually, with deadlines of June 30 and December 20 each year.

Indexed in

Latindex Catálogo 2.0 (Sistema Regional de Información en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal).

Camjol 2 Estrellas (Central American Journals Online. Journal Publishing Practices and Standards: 2 stars).

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).

Dialnet Plus (Hemeroteca virtual que contiene los índices de las revistas científicas y humanísticas de España, Portugal y Latinoamérica).

ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources)

LatinREV (Red latinoamericana de revistas académicas en ciencias sociales y humanidades).

Amelica (Portal del libros y revistas científicas).

DORA (Signataria de la Declaración de San Francisco sobre la Evaluación de la Investigación).

CrossRef (DOI Database).

PKP (Public Knowledge Project Index).

Editorial policy

Paradigma complies with the following editorial policies:

Assignment of Copyright (copyright)

The authors, when sending the work, state that they assign to the Francisco Morazán National Pedagogical University the patrimonial rights that correspond to them as the author of their work.
The rights assigned here include all economic rights (Reproduction, transformation, public communication and distribution) and are given without any limitation in terms of territory. This Assignment is given for the entire term of duration established in the legislation in force in Honduras.
The transfer of the aforementioned rights does not imply the transfer of moral rights over it, because in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Copyright and Related Rights, Chapter II, of Moral Rights, Article 34, Article 25, these rights are inalienable, imprescriptible, unattachable and inalienable.
The research work or document must be original and have been carried out without violating or usurping the rights of third parties, therefore, the work is of exclusive authorship and owns it.
In the event of any claim or action by a third party regarding copyright over the work in question, the author must assume full responsibility for the rights assigned.
By completing the Transfer of Rights Form, the author states that the work has not been published in another medium, that the rights to the work have not been assigned and that no tax or limitation on its use or utilization weighs on them.
The comments and judgments written by the authors of the articles are entirely their responsibility and at no time do they commit the UPNFM, or the publishing entities of the Institution.

Methodology of Evaluation / Review of Articles. Double Blind Peer Review

In the process of selecting articles for publication, an initial evaluation is carried out by the Editorial Team to determine if the manuscript complies with the terms and observations presented in these guidelines, regarding the relevance of the journal's focus area, style and extension:

Articles that do not meet the requirements of the call in terms of format, will not be taken into account for publication and will be returned to the author to make the suggested modifications.
In the second review, an opinion is made of its scientific content and contribution by qualified Peer Reviewers according to the corresponding area. This opinion process is "double-blind" and its aim is to hide the identity of the Authors and Peer Reviewers in the arbitration process, thus contributing to the objective evaluation.
The Editorial Team will send a note to the author, accepting or rejecting the research work or document, with the Editorial Team's observations for improvement according to the opinion of the academic referee.

Accessibility to published content. CC BY-NC-ND

Paradigma Magazine uses Creative Commons License, Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Work, CCBY-NC-ND, which allows its readers to download the works and share them with others; as long as authorship is acknowledged, without changing the contents in any way and without using them for non-academic purposes. Due to a technical mistake, for issues before the 48 (included), the embedded license on the articles links to CC-BY and not to CC-BY-NC-ND.

Anti plagiarism policy. Turnitin

The research work or document must be unpublished and have been carried out without violating or usurping the rights of third parties, therefore, the work sent to Paradigma will be of original creation.
In the event of any claim or action by a third party regarding copyright over the work in question, the author must assume full responsibility for the rights in question.
The editorial board will permanently submit each contribution to the plagiarism detection process to guarantee and promote ethics in scientific publication.

Gratuity policy. Without APCs

The Paradigma journal never makes (read during the reception, evaluation, edition and publication) monetary or other charges to the authors who send their work in the Call to be published in it.
The Paradigma journal does not have an exemption policy because the spirit of it is the dissemination of knowledge free of charge for authors from all countries of the world.

6. Location of work. DOI

The Paradigma Journal identifies its articles with a DOI, Digital Object Identifier, to facilitate the location and reference of the manuscript and in turn guarantee the transparency of the document in the different virtual sites OJS, LatinREV and AmeliCA, among others.

Errata. Erratum

Paradigma will make the corresponding corrections visible, prior to analyzing the document, in the same number, if the information services where the electronic version was published allow it.
In the printed version, the Editorial Team will attach a letterhead with the corresponding corrections.

Open access policy. Open Access OA

Paradigma journal provides the public with free, immediate and free access to its contents, which encourages a greater exchange of global knowledge. Paradigma is an active member of AmeliCA, a signatory of DORA and is indexed at the Directory level in Latindex.

Peer Review

Selection, review and decision of articles

The process of selection, review, and decision of a manuscript is carried out in a period of about three months.

After submission, the articles are reviewed according to the requested requirements: Word version of the article, assignment of rights, biographical summary of the authors. Expected time: 3 weeks.

Each article undergoes a first review in which editorial aspects, originality and application of the guidelines to authors will be reviewed. This step takes about 3 weeks.

Each work will be submitted to the review process with the external peer review system, with the double blind peer review modality, that implies the anonymity of the authors and reviewers. Once an article is assigned for review and ruling, the arbitration process will take at least 5 weeks.

The reviewers must be specialists in the corresponding topics and of recognized academic prestige (master's or doctorate), with experience in research and with articles published in scientific journals.

The peer review process includes the following steps:

Check to verify that the paper meets the requirements that are requested in the guidelines for authors.
Verification that the article does not contain plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
The Editor assigns reviewers according to the subject of the article.
The peer review stage begins with the following phases: a.) For the review, each article is sent to two reviewers, external to the publishing entity of this Journal. b.) The reviewers return an opinion, evaluation rubric and commented article.
The reviewers decide one of the following options: a.) Publish. b.) Publish when the author makes the adjustments raised in the recommendations indicated by the reviewers. c.) Resend for review. d.) Do not publish (rejected).
If a reviewer decides not to publish, the article will be reviewed by a third reviewer, whose opinion will be the final decision in consensus with the Editorial Team of the Journal.
If the opinion of the article is publishable with modifications, the authors are given 3 weeks to incorporate the modifications suggested by the reviewers. If it is not sended on the stipulated date, the article is delayed to the number of the journal to be published next. When the authors send the new version of the work, it will be modified until achieve a version that meets all the observations of the reviewers.
The final editorial decision on publication and official communication with the authors is responsibility of the Editor of the journal.
When an article is already accepted, it goes to layout, and is published in the next issue of the journal, publications scheduled for June and December of each year.
Once an article is accepted for publication, the authors can request proof of acceptance of the article for publication by writing to the journal email.

Archiving and digital preservation

Paradigma: Revista de Investigación Educativa ensures the preservation and continuous access to its content, even in the event that the journal ceases publication. The following mechanisms are in place for the preservation and safeguarding of its publications:

1. Internal backup: The journal maintains backup copies on external hard drives, updated quarterly.

2. Institutional preservation: All articles are stored, both physically and digitally, in the Central Library of the Francisco Morazán National Pedagogical University.

Physically, in the Newspaper Archive, located on the second floor of the library.
Digital storage is available at the repository: repositorio.upnfm.edu.hn.

3. Long-term preservation: Paradigma: Revista de Investigación Educativa guarantees the long-term preservation of its publications through the Public Knowledge Project - Preservation Network (PKP PN), which provides free digital preservation services for journals using Open Journal Systems (OJS) that meet basic criteria. This network ensures that published content remains stored in a distributed preservation system, regardless of the journal’s operational status.

Ethics and good practices

Paradigma: Revista de Investigación Educativa is governed by ethical principles throughout the editorial process, from the receipt of manuscripts to publication. The journal follows the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org/) for its editorial work. The applicable policies are described below:

i) Authorship and contribution: Anyone who has substantially contributed to the conception, design, data collection, analysis, or writing of the manuscript is recognized as an author. All authors must approve the final version before submission.

ii) Complaints and appeals: Any complaint regarding peer review, editorial decisions, or the content of a published article can be submitted via email to paradigma@upnfm.edu.hn. Each case will be reviewed by the journal’s Editorial Team, which will provide a clear, transparent, impartial, and justified response based on the journal’s ethical and scientific principles.

iii) Conflicts of interest: Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any conflict that could influence evaluation or editorial decisions.

iv) Data sharing and reproducibility: Transparency is promoted through the access to and exchange of data and materials collected or derived from the research among authors, reviewers, and readers, provided that confidentiality and privacy rights are respected. The journal may request access to such data from the authors when deemed appropriate, at the request of the editorial team or the review committee. If data cannot be shared, a justification must be provided.

v) Ethical oversight: Manuscripts must comply with international ethical standards. Paradigma adheres to the guidelines of COPE (https://publicationethics.org/).

vi) Intellectual property: Authors transfer economic rights (reproduction, transformation, public communication, and distribution) to the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (UPNFM). Authors retain intellectual property rights.

vii) Post-publication corrections and discussion: Requests for corrections, retractions, or post-publication scientific comments are allowed. The Editorial Team will evaluate each case. Complementary publications (letters to the editor) are also accepted to discuss scientific issues in previously published articles.

Policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

i) Permitted use and disclosure: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools is allowed in the drafting, reviewing, and editing of articles. Their use must be clearly disclosed, indicating the model used, version, date of consultation, and commands (prompts) employed.

ii) Human authorship: Authorship is reserved exclusively for the human authors of the submitted manuscript.

iii) Responsibility: Authors, reviewers, and editors using AI must assume full responsibility for its use. All generated content must be validated and properly cited.

iv) Ethics and rights: AI use must respect citation principles, intellectual property, and authorship rights. The use of tools that generate content based on protected works without legal or academic justification is prohibited.

v) Misconduct: Improper, undisclosed, or academically compromising use of AI will be evaluated by the Editorial Team, which will take appropriate action.

vi) Recommendations for AI disclosure

If AI was used in a limited way (e.g., grammar correction or wording suggestions), a mention at the end of the manuscript is sufficient.
If used more extensively (e.g., content generation, conceptual reformulation, automated analysis), it must be disclosed in the relevant sections of the text.
In all cases, the following must be indicated: Name of the model (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot), version used, date of use, and main prompts employed.
If multiple tools or queries were used, they must be documented separately (as a supplementary file).
All generated content must be validated, and its accuracy and consistency guaranteed by the person submitting it.

Identification and handling of research misconduct

The journal is committed to maintaining scientific integrity and preventing the publication of work that violates established research ethics standards. The procedures for identifying and addressing allegations of research misconduct are as follows:

i) Prevention: Journal editors will take steps to detect and prevent the publication of articles that show signs of research misconduct. This includes, but is not limited to, the detection of plagiarism (manuscripts are checked using Google or Turnitin for similarities, incorrect citations, or inconsistent data), citation manipulation, excessive use of undisclosed AI tools (using online tools), and data falsification or fabrication.

ii) Commitment to integrity: Result manipulation, plagiarism, and falsification are not tolerated. In cases of simultaneous submission, fraud, or prior publication, the manuscript will be rejected (if identified before publication) or retracted (if already published). Authors will be formally notified.

iii) Evaluation of allegations: Upon receiving allegations, editors will assess the evidence, consult the parties involved, and make decisions based on verifiable facts. The process will be fair, transparent, and protect the rights of all parties involved.

Copyright and Licensing: Copyright policy: detailed in the author guidelines. License: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

Author Fees: No fees are charged at any stage of the editorial process. If fees are implemented in the future, they will be clearly announced on the journal’s website.

Access and subscriptions: The journal is open access. There are no fees for reading, subscribing, or accessing articles.

Ownership and management: Paradigma is edited by the Instituto de Investigación y Evaluación Educativas y Sociales (INIEES) of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (UPNFM), which is responsible for the editorial process and adherence to academic and ethical standards.

Sources of revenue: There is no income from publication, subscriptions, or advertising. The journal is funded solely by institutional support. Editorial independence is guaranteed.

Advertising and calls for papers: No commercial advertising is included. Calls for submissions are disseminated through Latinrev, the journal’s OJS platform, and via email to affiliated institutions and researchers.

Commercial use: Paradigma does not engage in direct commercialization activities.

Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

Instituto de Investigación y Evaluación Educativas y Sociales (INIEES).

Edificio 14º, 4º Piso, Biblioteca Central.

Tel. (504)2239-8037 2239-8809 Extensión, 126, Apartado Postal: 3394.

Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Honduras, C.A