Submissions

Author Guidelines

The journal Indagatio Didactica accepts article proposals in Portuguese, English, French, Spanish and Italian.

We give preference to articles of theoretical or empirical research, completed, that address emerging and comprehensive issues, present well-supported theoretical frameworks, integrate foundational references along with other current and registered in reputable databases, and that may interest a wide international audience.

Papers must be original, not having been published previously or in the process of publication in another journal or scientific event proceedings, and the originality of the papers will be verified via URKUND.

The use of the Indagatio Didactica Article Template and compliance with APA 7 publication rules are mandatory. In case the main language of the article is neither Portuguese nor English, the template can be adapted to the main language of the article.

Article templates: in Portuguese and in English

In the case of co-authored papers, it is mandatory to explain the contribution of each author to the work, based on the guidelines of the CRediT taxonomy. The corresponding author must provide functional email contacts and the ORCID of all authors. Alternatively, they may provide another identifier - Scopus, Web of Science, ....

Indagatio Didactica follows the criteria for authorship of a scientific paper of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors:

• Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND.
• Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND.
• Final approval of the version to be published; AND.
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Only the persons who meet the above criteria (all four) qualify as co-authors.

In the unfortunate event of the death of a co-author during the editorial process of an article that results in a recommendation for publication, posthumous authorship for that author will be indicated in the published article. The copyright declaration for that co-author must be signed by a legal representative.

Submissions of research papers are made via the PROA-UA platform, on the dates set for each call for papers. In case of technical problems, authors should contact the editorial team using the e-mail de-indagatio.didactica@ua.pt.

Submissions are temporarily closed for the regular December 2025 issue. We appreciate your understanding.

Each regular issue of Indagatio Didactica includes, unless the editorial team decides otherwise:

• a maximum of 25% of articles authored or co-authored by CIDTFF members;
• a maximum of 1 article written by the same (co)author and with a minimum interval of 2 consecutive regular issues of the journal.

 Observation: If the 2nd review is not favourable to the publication of the submitted proposal, the article might not be published in the volume/number in question.

Submission Conditions 

As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify the compliance of the submission for all items listed below. Submissions that are not compliant will be returned to the authors.

1. The contribution is original and unpublished and is not under revision or for publication by another journal
2. The submission includes one version of the full paper proposal (with authors properly identified) and another version ready for blind review
3. The files for submission are in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF format (as long as they do not exceed 2MB)
4. URL for references should be provided when available, with DOI usage preferred where available
5. Proposals should follow the following structure:

• Title in three languages accepted by Indagatio Didactica, English being mandatory
• Authors, Affiliation, E-mail contacts
• Abstracts and Keywords (in English and in two other languages of your choice, among Portuguese, French, Spanish or Italian)
• Introduction
• Theoretical context
• Methodology
• Results and their discussion
• Conclusions and/or final considerations
• Bibliographical references (APA 7th edition)

1. Paper proposals should have between 5000 and 7000 words, including references and excluding the 3 abstracts and respective keywords. Submissions of research papers are done through the PROA-UA platform. 
2. The text is single-spaced; it uses the 10-point "Arial" font for the body of the text; it uses italics instead of underlining (except in URL addresses); figures and tables are inserted in the text, instead of at the end of the document, in the form of annexes. It follows the model available in Portuguese or English (the model can also be adapted to the main language of the article).
3. The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Instructions for Authors in the "Submissions" section. See more in the Article Templates in Portuguese and in English.

The submission is done through the PROA platform. Authors submitting papers for the first time must register (https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/id/user/register).

In case of technical problems, authors should contact the editorial team using the email de-indagatio.didactica@ua.pt.

Copyright Statement

Authors retain the copyright for their work, assigning first publication rights to the journal.
The journal Indagatio Didactica is licensed under CC BY 4.0