About the Journal

 

Editorial Policy

 

I. Focus and Scope

The Revista Digital de Investigación en Docencia Universitaria (RIDU), publishes peer-reviewed articles, in which scientific research results about university teaching and higher education are socialized. RIDU's editorial team ensures compliance with the necessary criteria and the review process in order to select original research articles with high scientific quality. RIDU is edited and financed by the Office of Research and Institutional Effectiveness of the Directorate of Quality Assurance of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC).

The journal receives for publication the following types of contributions, according to the subject matter of the journal:

  • Research articles: these are unpublished articles that expose the results of the final work of a research and also constitute a contribution to scientific knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon under study (empirical research). They have a formal methodology and their results are rigorously analyzed (See Word template).
  • Theoretical articles: these are articles that present the state of the art, critical reflections and/or theoretical/conceptual proposals related to the journal's thematic lines, and that allow the identification of relationships or inconsistencies in the researched topic, as well as proposals for further studies (See Word template).
  • Review articles: correspond to those articles resulting from a research in which the findings of published or unpublished research on a field of science are analyzed, systematized and integrated, with the purpose of informing the advances and development trends. It is recommended to submit a bibliographic review, with a minimum of 50 references (See template).

RIDU adopts the continuous publication modality, so that once an article is accepted for publication, it will be immediately published online. 

Lines of research:

The journal focuses on the following lines of research:

  • Research on professors and university students
  • Presentation and analysis of university pedagogical models
  • Pedagogical innovations
  • Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in higher education
  • Evaluation and measurement of university educational quality
  • Review and analysis of issues related to higher education
RIDU publishes two issues per year: January-June and July-December. Since 2020, RIDU adopted the continuous publication system, which is based on the need to reduce the time required to publish an article and publish the study shortly after acceptance without completing the issue.

License

The RIDU journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license ( CC BY 4.0 ), provided that the original source of publication, the name of the authors and the journal are acknowledged.

Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full articles or use them for any other legal purpose, without obtaining prior consent from the author or publisher. Additionally, authors retain ownership of the copyright to their work and grant the journal the non-exclusive right to publish the work for the first time.

Indexing

The Digital Journal of Research in University Teaching (RIDU) is indexed in: indexed in: SciELO, ERA,  Redalyc, ESCI, Dialnet, DOAJ, Latindex, ERIHPLUS, BASE, IRESIE, Actualidad Iberoamericana, JournalTOCs, LatinREV, ROAD, LATINOAMERICANA, ALICIA, La Referencia, MIAR, Internet Archive Scholar and others. We continue to apply for indexing systems with the aim of increasing the international visibility of published articles.

Adherence to international declarations

The RIDU journal subscribes to open access, adopting good research, authorship and scientific publishing practices, which is why it adheres to the following statements in the editorial process of the different published issues:

RIDU content is Open Access and is available in full text on the portal and adheres to the following declarations: a) Budapest Open Access Initiative Declaration, b) Bethesda Declaration on Open Access Publishing, c) the DOAJ open access declaration and d) the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities . Likewise, access to all materials is allowed at no cost to them or their institution. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full articles, or use them for any other legal purpose, all without requiring prior permission from the author or publisher.

RIDU journal adheres to the Singapore Declaration on Research Integrity.

For RIDU, the integrity of our academic content and publication process is fundamental. In this sense, RIDU promotes good practices in research based on the guidelines and recommendations of the code established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org/guidance ). The journal's full Ethical and Scientific Integrity Policies can be found here.

RIDU adheres to the authorship principles established by the Contributor Role Taxonomy ( CRediT ). The magazine shares COPE policies on artificial intelligence (AI) tools and can be found here:

https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author 

The contributions published in RIDU are governed by the Rules for the publication of digital content of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC). There it is established that the UPC respects the moral right of authorship (copyright). It also defines that the economic rights are assigned to the UPC for the sole purpose of disseminating and sharing contributions in the national and international scientific community.

Repository policies

For authors who submit their articles to RIDU, they can publish the submitted version, the accepted version or the published version of their article on their personal website, institutional repository or a repository required by their funding agency, without any restrictions, considering the institutional repository policies, as applicable.

Digital preservation

To ensure that RIDU has a permanent and secure archive, OJS (Open Journal Systems) is used, which is compatible with the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system, an open source program developed by the University of Stanford which allows publishers to retain article metadata. Periodically searches registered journals to compile and archive newly published content. Each file is continually validated against records from other libraries, so any content that may be damaged or lost can be restored using those records or the journal itself.

Self-Archive Policy

Authors can share the final version of the article (published version) in PDF and HTML, XML to disseminate and publicize their published research through the media (e.g., academic social networks, repositories and portals) available on the web.

Publicidad

This journal does not accept advertising.

Access and publication fees

Author charging policy

The Digital Journal of Research in University Teaching (RIDU), in accordance with open access policies, does NOT charge any fee to authors for the processing of their articles (Article processing charge; APC). Likewise, all accepted articles are translated into English/Spanish at no cost to the authors.

Financing

The RIDU magazine’s processes are 100% financed by the Office of Research and Institutional Effectiveness of the Quality Assurance Directorate of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) .

Contact address

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Av. Prolongación Primavera 2390 Monterrico - Santiago de Surco, Lima 33 – Perú

- Mirian Pilar Grimaldo Muchotrigo (Editor)

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Perú

revista.ridu@upc.pe 

- Jossué Correa Rojas (Editorial team)

jossue.correa@upc.pe

 

Flowchart

RIDU editorial process (zoom image)