International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research

International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research is an open access, peer reviewed journal committed to promoting the highest standards of scientific exchange and education. The journal started its publication life in 2014 with e-ISSN 2148-3868. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research is a quarterly journal that is published in English in March, June, September, and December.

International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research contains original scientific publications. All published papers, except editorial manuscripts, are subject to a double-blind peer review process.  The journal aims to contribute to science by publishing high-quality publications of scientific importance. For this purpose, research articles, reviews, case reports and letters to the editor are published. The International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research (IJCER) is open to all kinds of papers related to educational sciences. In particularly, papers on teaching and teacher education, educational administration, counselling and student services, rural education and small schools, elementary and early childhood education, higher education, adult-career and vocational education, assessment and evaluation are welcome. Papers on science, reading, English and communication education, disabilities and gifted education, mathematics and environmental education, social studies and social science education, and urban education are also considered for publication. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research is an independent, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access and online journal that aims to publish papers in all fields related to educational sciences. Papers should describe original data that have not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts that are deemed suitable for the International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research submission rules and the scope of the journal are sent to at least two reviewers who are experts in their fields for scientific evaluation. The members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research discuss the suitability of the manuscript and then take into account the reviewers comments on each submission. The final decision for all submitted manuscripts rests with the Editor-in-Chief. The publication language of the journal is English. Papers must comply with grammatical rules. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research publishes four issues in a year. The issues will be published in March, June, September, and December. Authors must submit an ethics committee approval document for articles published in IJCER (only for necessary papers). The Editorial Board of the International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research is committed to complying with the criteria of the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Subject Category: Social Sciences
Science Category: Education & Educational Research
Scopus Subject Category: Social and Human Sciences/Education
Web of Science Subject Category: Social Sciences / Education and Educational Research

Core Scope (Primary Focus Areas)
IJCER primarily focuses on the following core areas, which constitute the journal’s main scholarly orientation:
• Teaching and Teacher Education (pre-service and in-service teacher training, professional development)
• Educational Psychology and Student Well-being (motivation, engagement, resilience, learning-related psychosocial variables)
• Educational Administration, Leadership, and Educational Policy
• Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation in Education (psychometrics, scale development, validity and reliability studies)
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning Sciences
• Educational Technology and Digital Learning
• Special Education and Inclusive Educational Practices
Adjacent Scope (Secondary but Relevant Areas)
The journal also considers high-quality studies in related areas, provided that they are clearly grounded in educational research contexts and contribute to the field of education:
• Early Childhood, Primary, and Secondary Education
• Higher Education and Lifelong Learning
• Guidance, Counseling, and Student Support Services
• Subject-Matter Education (e.g., Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Language Education)
• Vocational and Technical Education
• Comparative and International Education
• Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Bibliometric Studies in Education
Out of Scope
To maintain a clear academic focus and consistent scholarly quality, IJCER does not consider submissions that:
• Are primarily clinical, medical, or therapeutic in nature without a clear educational research framework
• Belong to sociology, business, or management disciplines without explicit educational implications
• Focus exclusively on technical or engineering aspects of technology without educational design, learning outcomes, or evaluation
• Address social sciences unrelated to educational settings, learning processes, or educational systems
Publication Language
Full Text Publication Language:
• Primary Language: English

Content Written in English & Latin Alphabet:
• Article Title: English
• Author Name: English (in Latin Alphabet)
• Author Address: English (in Latin Alphabet)
• Keywords: English & English
• Bibliography: English (in Latin alphabet)
Full Text: English (in Latin Alphabet)
Publication Period
Four issues in the year (March, June, September & December)
Article Submissions
Submitted manuscripts must be appropriate to the purpose and scope of the journal. Original, unpublished manuscripts that are not in the evaluation process in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.
Audience
The target audience is members of the profession, teachers, school administrators, experts, researchers, master's and doctoral students as well as students related to this field with all fields of educational sciences. It aims to contribute to the spread of continuous professional development and research culture.
Fee Policy
The journal does not charge any submission fees, editorial processing fees, or peer-review fees. As part of its open-access publishing model, an Article Processing Charge (APC) is applied only to manuscripts that have been formally accepted for publication. Detailed information is available on the APC page.
Copyright
The copyrights of the works published in International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research belong to their authors. Authors consent to the publication of their intellectual work by International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence.
Originality of Articles
International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research does not accept papers previously published elsewhere.

Update: 24.12.2025