Science Policy

The Science Policy of the Journal

Quality education is the basis of progress and success of individuals and society. – Prof. Dr Valentin Kuleto

In terms of the scientific fields which the journal mainly covers, it is about one scientific field of social and humanistic science and several academic, i.e. educational fields: law, economics and political and organizational sciences, philosophy, psychology, pedagogy and sociology, language and literature, history, sciences of arts.

The journal nurtures international and identity sciences, and is dedicated to the following scientific fields:

law, economics and political and organizational sciences, philosophy, psychology, pedagogy and sociology, language and literature, history, and art sciences).

In terms of thematic guidelines for publishing papers, the journal welcomes papers from the areas including, and not limited to:

  • E-learning;
  • Distance Learning Systems;
  • Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED);
  • Entrepreneurship (Digital Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship);
  • Pedagogy and Andragogy;
  • Innovations in Education;
  • Sustainable Education;
  • Gifted students;
  • Education 4.0;
  • Digital Art and Data Art;
  • Art sciences;
  • Culture;
  • Communication science;
  • Educational Psychology;
  • Serbian Language and Literature
  • Educational Sociology and Sociology of Education;
  • Application of Information Technologies in Education;
  • Inclusion;
  • Work with children with special needs;
  • Emotional Intelligence;
  • Arts;
  • Flipped Classroom;
  • Reflective teaching practice;
  • Augmented Reality in Education;
  • STEM education;
  • Literature for children and young people;
  • Foreign languages and literature;
  • Philosophy with Ethics;
  • Sustainable Development;
  • Sociology of the family;
  • Physical Education;
  • Personality Psychology;
  • Creative Marketing and Creative Business;
  • Education and Media;
  • Sociology of Social deviations;
  • Parental Engagement;
  • Monitoring and evaluation in classes;
  • Professional development of teachers;
  • and other academic and educational areas and topics of interest to K–12 teachers, parents and society.

 

In terms of theoretical and methodological guidelines for conducting papers, the journal recommends the IMRAD format for original scientific articles and the PRISMA format for review papers. Scientific papers are referred to at least one peer review, while professional papers are not referred to peer review, but the Editor-in-Chief decides on their quality and suitability for publication. All reviews are double-blind.

The journal uses peer-review software and verifies the authenticity of any article that receives positive reviews and peer recommendations for publication.

The journal is open access and does not charge a registration fee for the processing of papers or their publication. All published scientific papers are visible in their entirety on the journal's website.

The social, state and cultural role of the journal is reflected in the recognition of the importance and role of various academic and educational disciplines in the development of education and the solutions based on them in the field of society and education itself.

The general, scientific and social character of the journal is reflected in the sharing of knowledge, the results of scientific research and the promotion of science.

Regarding the self-archiving policy, the author may make visible the published version of the articles – Publisher's PDF, Version of Record, VoR, indicating where and when it was published. Authors are allowed to deposit the published version of the work in an institutional or thematic repository or publish it on personal websites (including social network profiles, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.), on the website of the institution where they are employed, at any time after publication in the journal. Authors are obliged to provide a full bibliographic description of the article published in this journal (authors' full name, paper title, journal title, volume, issue, pagination) and post the URL that leads to the article.

If in the future, due to rapid development, there is a need to make changes in the policy of the journal, the Management Board will decide on this based on the proposal of the Editorial Board, i.e. the perceived needs.