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PUBLICATION GUIDELINES

Nature of the Journal

The BUCKINGHAM LINGUATECH JOURNAL, owned by Buckingham English Center, is an international open-access scientific journal that publishes works from various fields of knowledge, including Education, Social Sciences, Business, and Technology. It accepts research articles, theoretical reviews, literature analyses or meta-analyses, essays, critical reviews, and letters to the editor.

Manuscripts submitted must be original and not have been previously published. They should be between 15 and 25 pages long in A4 format, written in 1.5 spacing, with 2.54 cm margins, using a legible font such as Times New Roman, Verdana, Calibri, or Arial in size 12. In addition, it is essential to comply with the standards established in the most recent version of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual.

Article structure

Cover page

The cover page includes the title, the author's name and institutional affiliation, and the author's or authors' notes.

Title

The title should express the central idea of the work in a simple and precise manner, using clear and concise language that reflects the main topic and the variables or theoretical foundations studied. It should be written with an initial capital letter and centered at the top of the first page. In addition, an abbreviated title—up to 50 characters—should be included at the top of the page, aligned to the left, while the page number should be placed on the right.

The title must be translated into English. The Editorial Committee has specialists responsible for reviewing and correcting this translation. If the manuscript is originally written in English, Portuguese, or Guaraní, a translation into Spanish will be required.

Author's name and institutional affiliation

The author's name should be presented using only the first and last names, without including titles or academic degrees. The institutional affiliation should indicate the institution where the research was conducted. When there are several authors, their names and affiliations should be listed in order of contribution and centered on the page.

Author notes

This section provides information on departmental affiliation, relevant acknowledgments, possible clarifications or disclaimers, and a means of contact for readers, usually an email address.

Abstract

The abstract is a brief and comprehensive presentation of the article's content, allowing readers to quickly identify its purpose and scope. It should be:

Accurate, faithfully reflecting the objectives and content of the study.
Non-evaluative, limiting itself to description without making judgments.
Coherent and clear, using direct language, verbs rather than nominalizations, and preferably the active voice.
Concise, including only the essential elements.

For empirical studies, the abstract should include:

A clear description of the research problem, preferably in a single sentence.
Information about the participants: age, gender, educational level, ethnic group, or other relevant characteristics.
The central aspects of the method.
The main results of the study.
The essential conclusions and their implications.

For literature reviews or compilation monographs, the following should be described:

The problem addressed.
The criteria for selecting the material analyzed.
The type of participants included in the studies reviewed (if applicable).
The most relevant findings.
The main conclusions.
The theoretical and practical implications.

The abstract should be between 150 and 250 words long and appear on a new page, identified with the corresponding heading and numbered as page 2. The word Abstract should appear centered at the top, with an initial capital letter. It should be written in a single paragraph, without indentation.

Next, in a separate paragraph, four to six keywords should be listed, separated by commas and preceded by the expression Keywords: in italics.

The abstract and keywords must be translated into English and reviewed by the Editorial Committee. The translation into Guaraní can be done by the Editorial Committee or by the authors, if they so wish.

Introduction

The article should begin with an introduction that outlines the research problem and the strategies used to address it. Since this is the first part of the body of the work, it is not necessary to use a heading that explicitly indicates that it is the introduction.

It is recommended that this section include:

Importance of the problem: an explanation of why the topic deserves to be researched again.
Description of previous studies: a presentation of the relevant literature without the need for an exhaustive review. The discussion should focus on the most recent works closely related to the topic.
Formulation of hypotheses or research questions and their relationship to the methodological design: it should be shown how these arise from the theory and how they are linked to existing data or arguments.

The introduction should begin on a new page, identified with the heading and numbered as page 3. The title of the article should appear at the top, centered and with an initial capital letter.

Method

This section and the Results section are applicable only to empirical research articles. In review or bibliographic works, authors should organize the content using titles and subtitles in accordance with their own outline.

The Method section explains the procedures followed to carry out the study and includes the conceptual and operational definitions of the variables. The suggested subsections are:

Participants: adequate identification of the study subjects, along with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. It is recommended to report relevant demographic data, such as age, gender, ethnicity, educational level, socioeconomic status, profession, generation, sexual orientation, or language preferences, among others.
Sampling procedure: description of the type of sampling used, the population, how the sample size was determined, the margin of error or precision, and the context in which the data were obtained.
Data collection techniques and instruments: information on questionnaires, interviews, observations, or any other tools used, as well as the procedures applied to ensure the reliability and validity of the measurements.
Research design: specify whether the study was experimental or non-experimental, detailing its fundamental characteristics.

Results

This section presents and analyzes the data supporting the study's conclusions. Sufficient information should be included to justify the interpretations, avoiding the display of individual scores or data, except in case study research.

Descriptive and/or inferential statistics are commonly used, unless the sample size is very limited. In such cases, raw data may be presented in a figure or table. If the volume of data is very large, supplementary material may be included in an appendix.

Discussion

This section interprets the results and explains their relationship to the hypothesis or research question. It is necessary to examine, evaluate, and contextualize the data, highlighting its theoretical and practical implications. The findings can also be compared with those of other studies, and the limitations of the work can be pointed out.

If the comments are brief, this section can be merged with Results under the heading “Results and comments.”

References

This section acknowledges the contributions of other authors and provides the reader with a reliable way to locate the sources cited. References should begin on a new page and be identified with their respective heading.

The word References should appear centered, with an initial capital letter, at the top. Entries are listed alphabetically by the author's last name and indented. The citation style should conform to the most recent version of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual.

Appendices and supplementary materials

Material that is too lengthy or ancillary to be included in the body of the article may be presented as an appendix or as supplementary material.

It is called an appendix when included in the printed document and supplemental material when incorporated into an online digital file.
If there is more than one appendix, they should be labeled with capital letters in consecutive order (Appendix A, Appendix B, etc.), following the order of appearance in the main text.

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Copyright notice

The journal's editorial policy states that authors retain intellectual property rights over their work and, at the same time, grant third parties permission to use it through an open Creative Commons license. As a result, any user can freely and immediately access published articles, with the possibility of reading, downloading, copying, distributing, printing, linking, indexing, transferring, or using them for any lawful purpose.

All content is available in its entirety in open access, with no embargo periods or consultation restrictions. Furthermore, users do not need to register to access the material.

This policy promotes the circulation of academic knowledge and encourages its exchange, while ensuring that the authors of the works receive appropriate recognition.

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