About the Journal

Sophia Educación (ISSN 2346-0806) is an essential and thought-provoking forum for critical reflection, bold debate, and the dissemination of cutting-edge research that questions and redefines the future of higher education in the 21st century. Sophia Educación acts as a catalyst for transformation, offering innovative perspectives that challenge the status quo. Its articles propose disruptive solutions to the systemic and emerging challenges of the Latin American higher education landscape. Its mission is to illuminate pathways toward a more relevant, equitable, sustainable university, adapted to the complexities of a constantly changing world.

Scientific Community: architects and visionaries of academia. Sophia Educación brings together a vibrant community of scholars, researchers, policymakers, university managers, faculty, graduate students, and professionals committed to the evolution of higher education. From sociologists of education to artificial intelligence experts, university economists, innovative pedagogues, and institutional leaders, the journal seeks voices from diverse disciplines and regions willing to question, propose, and build the future of the university. Priority is given to those who dare to think beyond established paradigms.

Scientific Fields Covered: Sophia Educación explores a range of scientific fields at the intersection of education, management, technology, and the social sciences, with a focus on disruption and innovation:

  • Higher Education Policy and Management (The University of Tomorrow):
    • Transformative strategic planning: adaptive and forward-looking models for university reinvention.
    • University governance: agile, ethical, and participatory leadership in the face of global complexity.
    • Quality assurance: accreditation, dynamic excellence, and social relevance.
    • Ethics and integrity in teaching, research, and university management.
    • Strategic accountability: transparency with social impact.
    • University funding: sustainable and diversified models for institutional resilience.
    • Hybrid and flexible teaching modalities: pedagogical and organizational implications.
    • Multi-campus university management: cohesion, identity, and efficiency in diverse contexts.
  • Higher Education Teaching and Learning (Pedagogies of the Future):
    • Hybrid and flexible teaching modalities.
    • Research–teaching integration: learning–research–creation spaces.
    • Curriculum and competencies for uncertainty.
    • Higher education didactics.
    • Competency-based assessment and complex learning.
    • Assessment in digital environments.
    • Engagement, belonging, and reputation management.
  • Research Methodology in Education:
    • New interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary methodologies.
    • Use of AI in educational research.
    • Research seedbeds.
    • Graduate training.
    • Research communication and impact.
    • Social appropriation of knowledge.

Peer Review Process: rigorous and constructive double-blind peer review. Manuscripts are evaluated by national and international experts, ensuring impartiality, objectivity, and scientific quality.

Ethics Policy: Sophia Educación adheres to the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), ensuring originality, plagiarism prevention, transparency in authorship, and ethical research practices.

Document Types:

  • Original research articles.
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
  • Critical essays and reflection articles.
  • Case studies.
  • Commentaries and debates.

Languages: Spanish and English (Portuguese exceptionally).

Publication Frequency: continuous publication, with the possibility of special issues.

Format: digital (HTML and PDF), with the inclusion of open science objects when applicable.

Funding Model: Diamond Open Access (no fees for authors or readers).

Publisher: Universidad La Gran Colombia. Indexed in Web of Science (ESCI)  since 2021.