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Author Guidelines

Submission of original manuscripts

RUSC will only consider original, previously unpublished manuscripts that have not been simultaneously submitted for consideration to another journal.

RUSC will consider manuscripts whose thematic areas tie in with those listed below:

  • University models in the knowledge society
  • Educational models and the use of technology in higher education
  • Open access systems in the use of learning materials
  • Technological models and free software
  • Transformations in learning processes in higher education resulting from the use of ICTs
  • Organisational and administrative perspective of the use of ICTs in higher education institutions
  • University governance and leadership in the knowledge society
  • Models of university presence on the Internet

Types of manuscript:

  • Articles (5,000 words maximum)
  • Book reviews (1,000 words maximum)

 

Publication languages

RUSC's working and publication languages are Spanish and English.

Manuscripts can also be submitted in Catalan, which, whenever possible, will be translated into the journal's publication languages.

 

Submission procedure

Articles

Submitted articles must contain the following information:

  • Title
  • Abstract (200-300 words)
  • A minimum of four and a maximum of six keywords
  • Abstract and keywords in English if the article is not written in that language
  • Body of the article (divided into sections and subsections)
  • References

In a separate file:

  • Images, charts, figures
  • Author information (name and surname, position or academic affiliation, full professional postal address and e-mail address)
  • Short CV (100-200 words)

 

Book reviews

Submitted book reviews must contain the following information:

  • Title of the book reviewed
  • Abstract (100-150 words)
  • A minimum of four and a maximum of six keywords
  • Bibliographic data of the book (title, author, publisher, number of pages, ISBN)
  • Abstract and keywords in English if the book review is not written in that language
  • Book review text
  • References

In a separate file:

  • Image of the front cover
  • Information about the author of the book (name and surname, position or academic affiliation, full professional postal address and e-mail address) and a short biographical note
  • Information about the author of the book review (name and surname, position or academic affiliation, full professional postal address and e-mail address) and a short biographical note

 

Format

Each chart or image should be numbered and include a footnote describing its content. Its place of insertion in the text must be clearly indicated.

If any of the images used are copyrighted, it is the author's responsibility to obtain the necessary permissions and authorisations.

Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic file format (.doc, .rtf, .odt).

Appendices will not be accepted.

 

 Bibliographic references

  1. For books and monographs:

    SURNAME/S, Complete name (year). Title. Edition number. Place: Publisher. Extension and material details. (Collection; Iss.).

    Examples:

    NEGROPONTE, Nicholas (1999). The digital world: a future that is already here. 4th ed. Barcelona: Editions B. 281 pages. (SineQuaNon).

    BOURDIEU, Pierre; WACQUANT, Loïc J.D. (1994). An invitation to reflexive sociology. Barcelona: Herder. 260 pages.
  2. For parts of books, contributions to a miscellany, compilations:

    SURNAME/S, Complete name (year). "Title of the part of the book". In: Bibliographic information of the complete work, location of the part of the book.

    If the author or editor of the book is the same as that of the part of the book being cited:

    Examples:

    VIDAL, Javier (1999). "Performance indicators for Spanish universities: necessity and availability". In: Indicators in the university: information and decisions. Madrid: Education and Culture Ministry. Council of Universities, pages 7-17.

    NARDI, B. A. (1996). "Studying context: A comparison of activity theory, situated action models, and distributed cognition". In: Context and consciousness: activity theory and human computer interaction. Cambridge (Massachussetts): MIT Press, pages 69-102.

    If the author or editor of the book does not coincide with that of the part of the book being cited:

    Examples:

    ANG, D. B. S.; CHAN, H. C.; LIM, J. L. H. (1999). "Learning communities in cyberspace: a proposed concentual framework". In: CUMMING, G.; OKAMOTO, T.; GOMEZ, L. (eds.). Advanced research in computers and communications in education. Amsterdam: IOS Press, vol. 1, pages 600-607.

    DIAS DE FIGUEIREDO, Antonio (1989). "Introducing informatics into education at the national level: objectives, opportunity, strategies". In: UNESCO. Education and Informatics. Paris.
  3. For periodical publications:

    Title: subtitle (year). Vol., iss. Place of publication: Publisher. Periodicity.

    Example:

    Item: Journal of Biblioteconomy and Documentation (1993). Iss. 12. Barcelona: Official Association of Librarians and Documentalists of Catalonia. Half-yearly.
  4. For articles from periodical publications:

    SURNAME/S, Complete name (year). "Title of article". Title of journal or manual. Vol., number of issue, first page - last page.

    Example:

    BENNET, Paul (1994). "The translation unit in human and machine". Babel. Vol. 40, iss. 1, pages 12-20.
  5. For legal texts:

    "Normalized title" [consisting of: number of law, decree, etc.; day and month; official name of the law]. Title of publication (complete date of publication), first page - last page.

    Example:

    "Organic law 10/1995, of November 23, of the Penal Code". Official State Gazette (November 24, 1995), pages 33987-34058.
  6. For electronic documents:

    SURNAME/S, Complete name (year). Title of work [content unit + support type]. Publisher. [Date of consultation].


    Example:

    PRATS CATALÀ, Joan (2002). Institutions and development in Latin America. A role for ethics? [online article]. UOC. [Date of consultation: June 7, 2002].

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it simultaneously submitted to another journal for consideration.
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or Open Office document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

Copyright Notice

All contents published by RUSC are subject to license Attribution 3.0 Spain from Creative Commons, whose complete text can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/deed.en. Thus, copying, distribution, public communication, derivative works and commercial use of content are permitted as of the aforementioned issue provided that the source (RUSC) and the author of the text are cited.

It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain the necessary permits for images that are subject to copyright.

For uses of the contents not foreseen in these rules of publication it is necessary to directly contact the director of the journal through the address rusc@uoc.edu.

Unless otherwise indicated, we'll consider our privacy statement and legal notice accepted upon completion of a submission and of the register form.

 

Privacy Statement

Use of the FUOC's website and any of the services it offers implies full acceptance of the terms stipulated by the following data protection policy.

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DATA COLLECTION AND CONSENT

In compliance with Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on Personal Data Protection, we herein inform users that the personal data requested in our forms or that might be provided via our email addresses is included in our personal data files for which the FUOC is the owner and responsible. Thus, when filling in any of the forms with the personal data requested and accepting its being sent or sending us an email with personal data, the user expressly authorizes and consents to the FUOC processing and incorporating this personal data provided and all the data generated from the user's participation or use of the different products or services offered on this website, though this may be revoked but not with retroactive effects, and accepts the data processing terms set out below.

Likewise, we inform users that all data shall be processed confidentially and in accordance with the data protection legislation in force, and that our files are legally registered in the Catalan Data Protection Agency's General Register.

The FUOC accepts no responsibility for personal data processing on web pages that users access via the different links to be found on our website.

This website is regulated by the legislation exclusively applicable to Spain, to which users of this website, whether in Spain or abroad, shall be subject.

 

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USES

The data requested are adequate, pertinent and strictly necessary for the ends for which they are collected. They shall never be used for an end other than that for which they have been ceded and, under no circumstances, shall the user be obliged to provide us with them. Nonetheless, they are absolutely necessary for the development of the services offered.

Unless specifically stipulated otherwise, all the fields on all the forms need to be filled in. Users must fill in the forms with true, accurate, complete and up-to-date information. The user is solely responsible for any damage or prejudice, whether direct or indirect, that may affect the FUOC or any third party due to filling in forms with false, inaccurate, incomplete, outdated or third-party information.

Our website obtains users' personal data by receiving different forms or emails to manage subscriptions to our journal or, where applicable, due to participation as an author, editor or reviewer.

The FUOC reserves the right to decide to incorporate, or not, these people's data into its files.

 

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USERS' RIGHT TO ACCESS, RECTIFY AND CANCEL PERSONAL DATA

The user has the right to request cancellation of the subscription, access the information held in the FUOC's files, rectify erroneous information, cancel it or oppose its processing, in the terms established by the Law. To do so, they must email fuoc_pd@uoc.edu.

Authors' requests for cancellation of data shall not affect their articles published on the website, in line with authors' unlimited cession of copyright to the FUOC.

If you do not expressly cancel your personal data from our files, we shall assume you are still interested in remaining on file while this remains appropriate for the ends for which they were obtained and while the FUOC deems appropriate.

 

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SECURITY

The FUOC, in response to the trust placed in us and taking into account the importance of protection and confidentiality of users' personal data, hereby informs you that we have adopted all the technical and organizational measures to safeguard security as required by the regulations in force on security of files containing personal data.

 

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CESSION OF DATA

We inform you that your data are processed confidentially and used for the ends indicated, and only communicated in the cases covered by the legislation and to bodies who, alongside the FUOC, produce the journal, as shown on the website, and manage and collaborate in the journal's publication.

The FUOC provides users different recommendation options, which are the sole responsibility of the person sending the message. The FUOC accepts no responsibility for the sending of unsolicited commercial mailings. Under no circumstances do we keep the recipient's email address. Likewise, batch sending of messages by users via these options is strictly prohibited, as is any commercial use.

 

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COOKIES

The FUOC communicates to users, through this notice, that it uses cookies when the user accesses the different screens and pages that make up the site. The cookies used by the FUOC are stored on the user's hard drive, but cannot read data contained thereon nor read the cookies created by other providers. The FUOC uses cookies in order to recognize users who have registered and so as to offer them a better, more personalized service (the user's preferred language, etc.). They are also used to obtain completely anonymous information about access data (date, hour, minute, frequency, etc.), so as to be able to measure certain traffic parameters for the website itself and calculate the number of visits made, so that the FUOC can focus and adjust the services offered most effectively. Despite this, the user may stop the generation of cookies by using the corresponding option offered by their browser. In this case, the website shall remain operative, but without the advantages offered for personalization.

 

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MAILINGS

In compliance with article 21 of the Law on Information Society and E-commerce Services, which prohibits commercial mailings unless they have been expressly authorized by the recipients in advance, we hereby inform you that by accepting the terms of use and data protection policy, you expressly authorize informative, commercial, advertising and promotional mailings to the address provided. Nonetheless, if you do not wish to receive our commercial mailings, you can request cancellation following the instructions given in each mailing.

 

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MODIFICATION OF THIS DATA PROTECTION POLICY

This data protection policy was established on 4 November 2012. The FUOC reserves the right to modify its data protection policy in future in accordance with its own criteria or due to a change in the legislation, jurisprudence or business practices. If the FUOC introduces any changes, the new text shall be published on this same page, where the user is provided with information on the data protection policy. In any case, the relationship with users shall be governed by the regulations in force at the precise moment when they access the website and, as a result, they must be read every time users provide their data via our website.

 


Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. eLearn Center University of New England. DeHub

RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal is an e-journal coedited by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona) and its eLearn Center, and the University of New England (Australia) and its DeHub.

Creative Commons
The texts published in this journal are – unless indicated otherwise – covered by the Creative Commons Spain Attribution 3.0 licence. You may copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work, provided you attribute it (authorship, journal name, publisher) in the manner specified by the author(s) or licensor(s). The full text of the licence can be consulted here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/deed.en.