Guidelines

As part of the submission process, authors must confirm compliance with all of the items below. Submissions that do not meet these requirements may be returned to the authors for correction before peer review.

The policy applies equally to all authors, regardless of country, affiliation or funding. Please be wary of any message asking for payment on behalf of the journal and report it to the Editorial Office.

Manuscripts are submitted to one of the journal’s thematic sections:

* The 10-page limit for Tutorials is fixed. Word counts for other types are suggestions, include notes and exclude the reference list. Longer manuscripts may be considered when justified in the Letter to the Editor.

• Title: concise and informative (up to 15 words), in the language of the manuscript.
• Structured abstract (maximum 250 words): Purpose, Method/Approach, Findings, and Contribution/Implications.
• Keywords: 4 to 6, separated by commas, in lower case except for proper nouns.
• Introduction: problem, research question, relevance and contribution, and structure of the article.
• Theoretical framework and literature review.
• Method: design, context and participants, instruments, data sources, AI tools used (name, version, date of use, settings), and analytical procedure.
• Results and Discussion, organized with APA-style headings.
• Conclusion: main findings, implications for practice and policy, limitations and future research.
• Declarations (before the references): ethics, conflict of interest, funding, data availability, AI use, author contributions (CRediT), if not placed on the title page.
• References: in APA 7 format; every work cited must be listed and vice versa.

Download and use the official submission template (Word). It sets: A4, 12-point serif font (for example Times New Roman), double spacing, 2.54 cm margins, page numbers, and no author-identifying information.

Because the journal uses double-blind review, submit two files:

• Headings: up to five levels, as in APA 7 (Level 1 centered, bold, title case; Level 2 flush left, bold; Level 3 flush left, bold italic). Do not number headings.
• In-text citations: author–date format. One or two authors: (Silva, 2024) and (Silva & Costa, 2024); three or more: (Silva et al., 2024). Direct quotations require page numbers (p. 12). Quotations of 40 words or more go in a block quote without quotation marks.
• Reference list: alphabetical, hanging indent, double-spaced. Provide the DOI as a URL (https://doi.org/…) whenever available. List up to 20 authors; for more, give the first 19, an ellipsis and the last author.
• Journal article: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the article in sentence case. Title of the Journal in Title Case, volume(issue), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx
• Book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book in sentence case (ed.). Publisher.
• Chapter in an edited book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.
• Non-English sources: keep the original title and add an English translation in square brackets, for example Inteligência artificial na educação [Artificial intelligence in education].
• Language and numbers: use bias-free, precise language (APA Chapter 5). Spell out numbers below 10, except in statistics, measurements and percentages.
• Abbreviations: define abbreviations at first use (for example, large language model [LLM]); avoid footnotes except for brief explanatory notes.

Cite AI tools, software and datasets as sources following APA 7. In the text, cite the developer and year; in the reference list, give the model or version and the description in square brackets.

When the content produced by an AI tool is discussed or reproduced, include the prompt and the relevant part of the output in the text or in an appendix, because the result cannot be retrieved by other readers. Prefer primary, citable sources over AI-generated summaries.

• Number tables and figures consecutively (Table 1, Figure 1). Place each with a short title and, where needed, a note, as indicated in the template.
• Tables must be editable (not images), without vertical lines, in APA table format. Mention each one in the text.
• Figures must be at least 300 dpi (JPG, PNG or vector) and legible in grayscale. Add alternative text for accessibility.
• Screenshots of AI tools must show the tool, version and date, and must not contain personal data.
• Reproduced or adapted material requires written permission and a full credit line.

These requirements follow the journal’s Publishing Ethics and Code of Conduct page.

• Author contributions (CRediT): describe each author’s contribution using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy.
• Conflict of interest: declare any relationship that could be seen as influencing the work, or state “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”
• Funding: name funders and grant numbers, or state that there was none.
• Ethics approval and consent: studies with human participants (including students, teachers and minors) or personal data must state the approving committee (or the legal basis for exemption) and the consent obtained, in line with applicable law, including data protection law (LGPD, GDPR and others).
• Learning data and AI systems: describe how student data were collected, anonymized and protected, and discuss risks of bias, privacy and equity when evaluating AI systems.
• Data availability: state where the data, code, prompts and materials can be accessed, or explain restrictions (FAIR principles encouraged).
• Preprints: allowed; declare the DOI/URL at submission and update the record after publication.
• Misconduct: plagiarism, data fabrication, duplicate submission and authorship manipulation are handled under COPE guidelines.

AI tools cannot be authors and cannot act as reviewers or decision-issuing editors. Authors remain fully responsible for the content of the manuscript, including checking every reference and quotation produced or suggested by an AI tool (fabricated references are common).

Reviewers must not upload manuscripts under review to AI tools, since this breaches confidentiality.

Upload a Letter to the Editor (maximum one page) as a Supplementary File, explaining:

• the scientific relevance of the manuscript;
• its originality and contribution to the study of artificial intelligence in education;
• whether it derives from a conference presentation and what substantial improvements were made in relation to the previous version;
• any request for exception (length, number of authors, language).

• Copyediting, typesetting and proofs: authors review the galley proofs within the deadline set by the Editorial Office; only corrections of errors are accepted at this stage.
• Articles are published under CC BY 4.0 in continuous publication, with a DOI.
• Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication.
• Corrections and retractions follow the journal’s Editorial Policies. Retracted articles remain in the published record, marked as retracted.
• Accepted manuscripts are free of charge: no fees are due at any stage.