About the Journal
OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE
Education in debate: comparative analysis is an international scientific journal published in an electronic format. Founded in 2003, it was one of the first electronic journals on education in the Francophone area.
The journal publishes academic work in French or English from several disciplines directly related to education. Its main objective is to provide researchers with an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange and dissemination of educational research, encouraging critical and comparative reflection.
Among the topics related to international and comparative education, Education in debate: comparative analysis addresses:
- Right to education
- Education & living together
- International cooperation in education
- Alternative teaching methods
Each journal issue is thematic, addressing a specific topic validated by the scientific committee. Papers outside the thematic issue can also be submitted to the journal. Occasionally, the journal welcomes contributions from international organizations that promote debate on contemporary issues in education.
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
Education in debate: comparative analysis publishes two thematic issues per year, according to the schedule below.
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Issue 1st semester |
Issue 2nd semester |
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1. Call for papers |
July 01 |
November 15 (previous year) |
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2. Submission of abstracts |
September 01 |
February 28 |
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3. Confirmation of participation in the special issue |
September 15 |
March 15 |
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4. First draft of papers to be sent |
January 15 |
July 15 |
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5. Decision based on peer reviews |
April 01 |
September 30 |
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6. Submission of revised papers |
May 15 |
November 15 |
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7. Publication of papers |
September 01 |
December 31 |
The average time from submission to publication is 14 months.
The papers in the Varia section can follow the above schedule from Point 4.
OPEN ACCESS DECLARATION
Education in debate: comparative analysis is an open access journal. All contents are immediately and freely available to the public.
Submitting and publishing manuscripts in Education in debate: comparative analysis is free of charge. There are no submission or article processing fees (APC) or other regressive charges related to authorship or publication.
All articles have a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number.
Sherpa Romeo (publisher open access policies)
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCES
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
All articles published in Education in debate: comparative analysis are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) International License (from Issue 10-2).
The contents published in Education in debate: comparative analysis may be freely downloaded, saved, reproduced and transmitted for any purpose. Nevertheless, reproduction and transmission of content must without exception mention the author and the original source.
ARCHIVING
This journal ensures the long-term availability and preservation of its content via the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN).
Education in debate: comparative analysis supports and encourages the self-archiving of articles after publication by their authors in open access repositories of their choice, whether it is the submitted version, the accepted version or the published version of the contribution.
PUBLISHER
Education in debate: comparative analysis is coordinated by eduCoop. The University of Geneva hosts the journal on behalf of the Scientific Board.
