Varela Journal

About the Journal

Presentation

Varela Journal is an electronic publication with international coverage, peer-reviewed and edited in Spanish and English, which disseminates contributions in multiple areas of theory, practice and research in education, which are aimed at teaching staff of educational institutions, scientists and academics in the educational field, students in initial teacher training, social actors and the public specialized in general educational issues.

The name of the journal pays homage to Félix Varela Morales (1788-1853), who was one of the exceptional figures of Cuban educational and pedagogical thought, whose ideas go beyond the temporal dimension to achieve full validity in the present era. This publication was created in 2001 and is managed by the Pedagogical Documentation and Information Center of the "Félix Varela Morales" University of Pedagogical Sciences in Villa Clara, Cuba. In September 2015, as a result of the integration process of Higher Education institutions in Cuba, the journal was transferred to the structure of the Faculty of Early Childhood Education of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas (UCLV), which did not imply changes in its editorial policies and management.

Varela Journal publishes every four months, covering the issues corresponding to January-April, May-August and September-December, with continuous publication of articles during each stage, on the first day of each month that begins the four-month period. The journal accepts unpublished contributions that include theoretical essays or experiences and innovations, as well as research reports, which are structured in a Monograph section and another section dedicated to Research in Education; Contributions related to the monographic section will be received following the dates stipulated in the calls announced on the journal's website, while articles linked to the other section are open to uninterrupted reception and their content will reflect the research process followed, not necessarily linked to the theme of the monographic section.

All contributions received must meet the requirements of originality, compliance with standards, as well as the use of impersonal and inclusive language and are subject to a system of arbitration, which begins with the evaluation of the editor and the editorial board, who decide whether to proceed with the evaluation of experts following the model of blind peers. As part of the continuous improvement of the journal, anti-plagiarism computer tools are used and open evaluation and early publication through pre-print, as well as access to research data, are expected to begin in the near future. The rejection rate is published annually in the journal's statistics.

The journal is part of the Open Access movement (diamond route) and is therefore completely free and open access. It does not charge authors for processing (Article Processing Charge –APC-), nor does it charge readers for accessing the published content, which is protected by the Creative Common 4.0 license, which allows copying, reproduction, reuse and remixing of the same, as long as the authors are recognized and the information is not used for commercial purposes. The work carried out by the editorial team and the hosting of the journal on servers is the responsibility of the UCLV. Likewise, the publication complies with the provisions of the ISO Standards regarding the essential elements related to the formal presentation of the journal, the guidelines for authors, the standardization of authors and collaborators, as well as the standardization in the presentation of articles.

Varela Journal is regulated by the ethics of scientific publication expressed by the Committee of Publication Ethics, COPE (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).

This publication is certified by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba (CITMA) and indexed in several directories, indexes and databases, such as: REDALYC, DOAJ, CLASE, LATINDEX, REDIB, ERICHPLUS, among others.