Students: All level of degree seeking and non degree seeking international students within the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota.
Alumni: Individuals who are international alumni of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, or those who have participated in international research projects.
Faculty and Staff: International faculty or staff members from the College of Education and Human Development.
Co-Author: Co-authors affiliated with the College of Education and Human Development who work with international scholars.
All manuscripts must be original and have not been previously published or are currently under publication consideration elsewhere. All manuscripts submitted to WEJC will go through an initial screening by the WEJC editorial team. The editorial team will then decide whether or not to send a manuscript for a double-blind peer review by two invited reviewers.
It is the responsibility of the author(s) to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials by removing their names, affiliations, and any other potentially identifying information from the manuscript to ensure its anonymity.
All authors whose names appear in the manuscript should meet the following four criteria:
English is the primary language of the WEJC, and the main text of all articles submitted to WEJC must be written in English. We acknowledge that the journal has been the product of scholars who use English as either a foreign or a second language, and we would like to continue dedicating our work and appreciation to all the scholars who contribute to the discourse and are part of the knowledge creation. We are committed to promoting and highlighting research in multiple languages, recognizing the value and significance of knowledge produced by scholars from various backgrounds and regions. We hope this journal serves as a platform where international scholarship is recognized and celebrated, allowing for the wide dissemination of ideas and insights across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
Our mission is to support scholars who wish to share their work with their community. While not mandatory, we encourage authors to submit an abstract in their native language, which will be included in our final publications if their work is accepted.
Authors should include information about funding sources, potential conflicts of interest, and informed consent to ensure that the accepted principles of research ethics have been observed.
Authors should include information about sources of funding and potential conflicts of interest, and informed consent is required to ensure that the accepted principles of research ethics have been observed.
We request that you add a separate heading titled 'Funding.' If applicable, this should follow the Acknowledgements and Declaration of Conflicting Interests sections and come before any Notes and the References. The funding agency should be entirely written out, accompanied by the grant number in square brackets.
If there are multiple grant numbers, they should be separated by a comma and a space. When research is funded by multiple agencies, list each agency separated by a semicolon, with 'and' before the last funder.
In cases where research does not receive funding from a specific project grant but rather from a block grant or other resources available to a university, college, or research institution, we request that corresponding authors use the following phrase:
Please ensure this information is placed under the 'Funding' heading immediately following any Acknowledgements and Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), and before any Notes and References.
Important note: If you are concerned that providing this information may affect your anonymity based on the journal's peer review policy mentioned above, you may choose to withhold this information until you submit your final accepted manuscript.
If your work involves IRB or human subjects research, the author must clearly state whether your study received IRB approval or was exempt from reviews. It is recommended that the information be briefly mentioned in the methodology section, if applicable.
We emphasize the importance of originality in all submitted works. Contributions must represent the author's unique ideas, insights, and analyses. While using AI tools for language support is increasingly common, we maintain that the core work, including the central ideas and arguments, should be human-generated. Authors are encouraged to engage deeply with the subject matter, showcasing their own interpretations and contributions.
As this journal aims to promote the work of international scholars and those for whom English is a second or foreign language, some authors may benefit from AI tools for language refinement and clarity. Tools such as grammar checkers and writing assistants can aid in language accuracy. However, it is essential to distinguish between supportive usage and over-reliance on AI-generated content.
In instances where AI tools have been used, we request that authors include a brief acknowledgment in their submission. This acknowledgment should clarify the nature of the support provided by AI. For example, if an author uses an AI tool for grammar checking or language enhancement, they should mention this in their acknowledgment section. However, the submission should remain fundamentally authored by the human researcher, ensuring that the originality of the work is preserved.
Articles published in the World's Education Journal by CISC follows a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the source, and changes are indicated if they were made.
Authors are responsible for properly citing materials and obtaining any appropriate permissions to republish others' works.
Please note that WEJC is publicly accessible under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Publishing with us means that you are aware that the community will be able to share and reproduce the data in your study.
Authors are encouraged to review their own funder's requirements regarding their published data (https://www.lib.umn.edu/services/open-access/funder-requirements#data).
We encourage you to work closely with the editorial board on corrections or retractions. We will review each case individually.
To ensure the long-term accessibility and preservation of the research published in our journal, WEJC set up our archive via Portico upon the release of each issue. Read more about Portico here.
Despite the digital archive's setup, we strongly encourage the authors to consider self-archiving their contributions by making their articles available on different platforms.
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