Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences (CJES) is a refereed journal published quarterly. The journal seeks to serve the Professional interests of individuals working in various educational disciplines to related theories and practices. Preferred articles, experimental researches, reporting educational researches, suggested models, reviews of recent literature should be relevant to educational concerns and issues.

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major topics as they relate to the educational sciences: Curriculum and instruction, educational technology, educational administration, guiding and counseling, educational planning, measurement and evaluation in education, learning psychology, developmental psychology, instructional design, learning and teaching, special education, distance education, lifelong learning, mathematics education, social sciences teaching, science education, language learning and teaching, human resources in education, teacher training, pre-school education, primary school education, secondary school education, vocational education, college and higher education, learner needs in 21 century, the role of education in the globalization world, human rights education, democracy education, innovation and changing in education, new learning environments, environmental education, professional development, nursery education, health education, sport and physical education, multi-cultural education, mobile learning, technology-based learning and etc.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Special Issue: New trends and issue in sciences education

Editors

Iztok Devetak, University of Ljubljana

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The practice of peer review is to ensure that good science is published. It is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is carried out on all reputable scientific journals. Our referees therefore play a vital role in maintaining the high standards of Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences and all manuscripts are peer reviewed following the procedure outlined below.

Initial manuscript evaluation
The Editors first evaluate all manuscripts. Those rejected at this stage are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, have poor grammar or English language, or are outside the aims and scope of the journal. Those that meet the minimum criteria are passed on to at least 2 experts for review.
Authors of manuscripts rejected at this stage will be informed within 2 weeks of receipt.

Type of Peer Review
This journal employs double blind reviewing, where both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process.

How the referee is selected
Referees are matched to the paper according to their expertise. Our database is constantly being updated. We welcome suggestions for referees from the author though these recommendations may or may not be used.

How long does the review process take?
Typically the manuscript will be reviewed within 2 months. Should the referees' reports contradict one another or a report is unnecessarily delayed a further expert opinion will be sought. All our referees sign a conflict of interest statement. Revised manuscripts are usually returned to the initial referees within 2 weeks. Referees may request more than one revision of a manuscript.

Final report
A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along with any recommendations made by the referees, and may include verbatim comments by the referees.

The Editors' Decision is final
Referees advise the Editors, who are responsible for the final decision to accept or reject the article.

It is obligatory for the researches to keep the data for 5 years. Due to our publishing policies, from time to time some of the data and analysis output may be requested from the authors.

Publication Frequency

Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences is publishing 4 issues per year (March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31).

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...

Journal Details

· Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences is an academic journal which is sponsored by Near East University and Cyprus Educational Sciences Association.

· Published By: Academic World Education and Research Center

· Frequency: 4 issues (March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31) per year (after May 2009).

· ISSN: 1035-905X

Abstracting/ Indexing

Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences is listed in many scholarly citation indexes (Ulrich's, Educational Research Abstracts (ERA), EBSCO, PsycINFO and Google Scholar).

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate for Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences is 36.2% (December 2009).

Reviewer Guidelines

The Review Guidelines will provide reviewers with criteria for judging a submission's suitability for publication in the journal, and can include any special instructions for preparing an effective and helpful review.

The following guidelines are not meant to be prescriptive or restrictive. Rather, reviewers should feel free to use them as a general framework for your evaluation of the content and the presentation of the manuscript. Specific points to be considered are noted on the review questions (item 5), below.

1. Please note the designated date of return in the email you received. Prompt review of the manuscript is essential in helping us maintain our publication schedule.

2. As a reviewer, you should assess the quality and significance of the manuscript, and whether, in your opinion, the manuscript is readable and clear. If you feel a good idea can or needs to be expressed more effectively, please feel free to make specific suggestions such as re-writing sentences or paragraphs. Please be as informative and courteous as possible. Constructive criticisms invariably expedite the process of revision of style and/or content should be suggested where appropriate.

3. If you feel a manuscript is poor, a recommendation for rejection is in order. Here again, it is important to state your reasons for proposing such action.

4. Whatever your recommendation, please be sure to state your reasons in your review.

5. In conducting the review, you are presented with with two open text boxes, the first "for author and editor," and the second "for editor." Please type your detailed comments, considering each of the following questions in turn. Copy and paste if you wish. The more detail you provide, the more helpful it will be to report to the author.

a. Does the paper related or discuss educational sciences and researches?

b. How is orginal this paper?

c. Is the abstract a concise account of the work and conclusions?

d. Does the introduction provide a satisfactory background of the work?

e. Are there any technical methods adequately described and analyzed?

f. Are the results adequately described and analyzed?

g. Are the conclusions supported by the data?

h. Is the arrangement of material satisfactory?

j. Can parts of the paper be presented more concisely?

k. Please write your decision (accept submission, revision required; resubmit for review, decline submission):

Based on your detailed review, is the paper of (please put an "x" before the appropriate option):

__ of major importance?

__ important?

__ of minor significance?

Do you consider yourself:

__ an expert on this topic

__ knowledgeable on this topic

__ interested in this topic

ISSN: 1305-905X

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