Ensaio Research in Science Education

About the Journal

The journal Ensaio Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências is edited by the Center for Science and Mathematics Education - CECIMIG (www.fae.ufmg/cecimig), a research and extension body in the area of science education at the Faculty of Education of UFMG. The journal also has the support of the Postgraduate Program in Education at UFMG (Level 7 in CAPES) and interinstitutional partnerships in the composition of our editorial board at the national level (UFOP, UFJF, UFES, CEFET-RJ, UNESP, UFSC, UFABC, UERJ, UFPI, UFLA, UnB, USP, UFRB) and international level (King's College London, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Simon Fraser University, University of Groningen).

The first issue of the journal was published in print in 1999. Subsequently, it became available in electronic format, with three issues per year, and from 2017 onwards, it became a continuous publication with a single annual digital volume. Since 2021, in line with open science communication practices, the journal has adopted editorial policies involving: i) the acceptance of preprints, ii) the availability of data, codes and supplementary research materials, and iii) the openness of identity and opinions in the evaluation process. In this way, the journal seeks to maximize the transparency of knowledge production processes, as well as to provide for the sharing and reuse of data and other research content underlying the texts of the articles.

Currently, the journal publishes articles in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. Additionally, articles may be published in two or three of these languages. The abbreviated title of the journal is Ens. Pesqui. Educ. Ciênc. (Belo Horizonte), which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliographic captions. Details about the journal's history can be found in the Editorial of 25 years of the Ensaio, published in 2024.