Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Encourage and publish research in the fields of curriculum and instruction, learning and teaching, and related disciplines at global and local levels.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal uses double-anonymized peer-reviewed system for peer-review. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant expertise. The review process may take 4-10 weeks. The editorial board makes the editorial decision after considering the reviewers' reports, the manuscript's scholarly quality, relevance, originality, methodological or analytical validity, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and any other relevant information. Possible decisions include acceptance, minor revision, major revision, rejection with an invitation to submit a substantially revised manuscript as a new submission, or rejection.

 

Publication Frequency

Quarterly, published in February, May, August and November

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Indexes

Scopus (CiteScore 1.9)

Excellence in Research for Australia(ERA)

CNKI Scholar

HOLLIS (Harvard Library)

JournalTOCs

LearnTechLib

Library and Archives Canada

Lockss

MIAR

National Library of Australia

OAJI(Open Academic Journals Index)

PKP Open Archives Harvester

Publons

Scilit

SHERPA/RoMEO

The Standard Periodical Directory

Turkish Education Index(TEI)

 

Special Issue

To better serve the academic community, we welcome collaboration with academic and research institutions to publish special issues. If you are interested in proposing a special issue for our journal, please submit your inquiry and proposal to jct@sciedupress.com 

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Before submitting a proposal, please note the following:

  • The special issue should focus on a specific research topic, conference theme, or closely related area within the journal’s scope.
  • All manuscripts submitted to the special issue will follow the same editorial and peer-review process as regular submissions.
  • Proposed guest editors and reviewers are subject to approval by the journal.
  • Proposals should be submitted to the journal at least five months before the planned publication date.
  • An article processing charge (APC) applies to each accepted article.
  • All published articles will be freely available online as open-access articles.

We are committed to facilitating the dissemination of high-quality research and knowledge through special issues. We look forward to working with you to bring your research to a wider audience. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or concerns.