About the Journal

The word Arjé, of Greek origin (archê), means principle, origin, or foundation, and has been used throughout the history of philosophical thought to designate that which gives rise or sustains everything that exists. In our journal, Arjé represents the ongoing search for the foundations of knowledge within our thematic areas.

The Revista Académica Arjé belongs to the Pedagogical Training area of the Center for Pedagogical Training and Educational Technology (CFPTE) of the National Technical University of Costa Rica. It is a non-commercial, open-access, diamond academic electronic journal.

Online ISSN: 2215-5538

Thematic Areas

The journal focuses on disseminating research, reflections, and innovative proposals related to the fields of Pedagogy and Technical and Technological Education. This scope includes academic and professional training processes aimed at developing technical competencies, integrating technologies into educational processes, and generating knowledge that responds to the needs of the productive and social sectors, within a humanistic scientific paradigm and a holistic approach.

The main objective of the journal is to promote academic and cultural dissemination through the publication of various types of articles, manuscripts, photographs, and videos that foster a culture of research, engagement, artistic expression, and innovation.

Target Audience

The journal is aimed at researchers, academics, professionals, and students, as well as national and international stakeholders connected to the journal’s thematic areas.

Reader Interactivity Services

Readers may share their opinions on the journal’s publications through the following channels:

Types of Publications

Peer-reviewed sections:

  • Scientific article

  • Academic essay

  • Literature review

  • Extended poster

  • Technical note

Non-peer-reviewed sections:

  • Editorial

  • Huellas talentosas: short stories, reflective essays, poems, audiovisual material

  • Life and learning stories: a biopedagogical approach

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts may be submitted through the OJS system (Submission link), or by email to: ajporras@utn.ac.cr | aihernandezg@utn.ac.cr

The journal adheres to the APA style, latest edition, for citations and references. Guidance documents are available for each type of manuscript.

For submissions to the section Huellas talentosas, manuscripts may be sent by email to: ajporras@utn.ac.cr | aihernandezg@utn.ac.cr

Languages: Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

Publication Frequency

The journal publishes continuously with a semiannual closing. One annual volume includes two issues:

  • January–June

  • July–December

Authorship Requirements

All authors must provide an ORCID. In multi-author works, order reflects contribution level or the authors’ agreement. A corresponding author must be designated.

Digital Preservation Policy

Content is hosted on the NTU’s institutional servers supporting OJS, backed up monthly on Google Drive and locally. LOCKSS and CLOCKSS manifestos are also enabled.

Peer Review

The journal uses a single-blind system: reviewers know the author’s identity, but authors do not know reviewers.

Originality Requirement

Submissions must be original and unpublished, accompanied by a signed statement of copyright grant and originality.

Plagiarism Detection Policy

The journal uses Turnitin. Manuscripts with significant uncited identical content will be rejected.

Inclusive Language Policy

Inclusive language is used and encouraged. Authors are referred to national guidelines for inclusive writing.

Interoperability Protocols

The journal applies Dublin Core standards and the OAI-PMH protocol for metadata harvesting and dissemination.

Ethics Code

See our Code of Ethics and Best Practices.

Open Access Policy

The journal adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002), providing free, immediate, and unrestricted access to content, with no article processing charges (APCs).

Open License

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

This means:

  • Attribution: Authors must be credited, a link to the license included, and changes indicated.

  • NonCommercial: No commercial use is allowed.

  • ShareAlike: Adaptations must be distributed under the same license.

Authors retain moral rights and may reuse, disseminate, or deposit works in repositories, citing the original publication in Revista Académica Arjé.

Copyright: Authors maintain moral rights. By submitting, they grant NTU and the journal a free, worldwide, non-exclusive, indefinite license to edit, reproduce, publish, archive, and disseminate their work, while preserving authors’ ability to reuse elsewhere with proper citation.