Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The aim of the Al Hikmah: Journal of Education, (P ISSN: 2723-0058, E ISSN: 2775-3697) is to provide an international forum for the sharing, dissemination and discussion of research, experience and perspectives across a wide range of education, teaching, development, instruction, educational projects and innovations, learning methodologies and new technologies in education and learning.

The focus and scope of AHJE include the following topics:

  • Career development and training in education and learning: entrepreneurship curriculum, internship programs, lifelong learning, technology transfer, training educational staff, university-industry cooperation, vocational training, workplace training and employability issues, etc.
  • Experiences in education and learning: curriculum design and development, educational management, educational trends and best practice contributions, enhancing learning and the undergraduate experience, experiences in game-based learning, higher education area: the bologna declaration and its experiences, learning experiences in higher and further education, learning experiences in preschool education, pre-service and in-service teacher experiences, quality assurance/standards and accreditation, special education, stem in education, transferring skills and disciplines, etc.
  • Experiences in education and learning research: academic research projects, research methodologies, links between education and research, new projects and innovations, etc.
  • International projects in education and learning: new experiences for international cooperation, project outcomes and conclusions, university networks, exchange programs and Erasmus experiences, the internationalization of universities, funding programs and opportunities, etc.
  • Pedagogical innovations in education and learning: learning and teaching methodologies, evaluation and assessment of student learning, accreditation for informal learning, new learning/teaching models, neuroscience in education, language learning innovations, collaborative and problem-based learning, personalized learning, tutoring and coaching, flipped learning, etc.
  • General issues in education and learning: education and globalization, multicultural education, the impact of education on development, planning digital-age school and learning spaces, organizational, legal, policy and financial issues, leadership in 21st-century education, barriers to learning (age, psychosocial factors, ethnicity...), ethical issues and plagiarism in education, access to the internet: advances and problems, diversity issues, women and minorities, student support in education, funding programs and opportunities, etc.
  • Computer-supported collaborative work: augmented reality, collaborative virtual environments (CVEs), community building, computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools, social & digital media in education, web 2.0 and social networking: (blogs, wikis...), web 3D applications and virtual reality, etc.
  • E-content management and development: digital identity management, digital libraries and repositories, e-portfolios, intellectual property rights, knowledge management, learning analytics, open-access education, security and data protection, user-generated content, etc.
  • Educational software & serious games: animation and 3D systems, computer software on education, educational multimedia and hypermedia, educational software experiences, educational/serious games, gamification, gaming consoles as learning tools, videos for learning (YouTube generation), etc.
  • e-Learning: blended learning, distance learning, educating the educators, e-learning for environmental sustainability, e-learning standards (SCORM), e-learning projects and experiences, e-moderating, e-tutoring & mentoring, intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), learning management systems (LMs), managed to learn environments (MLEs), massive open online courses (MOOCs), mobile learning, online assessment, online/virtual laboratories, personal learning environments (PLEs), training, evaluation and assessment, virtual learning environments (VLEs), virtual universities, etc.
  • Emerging technologies in education: advanced classroom technology, best practices in multimedia-based education, BYOD (bring your own device) and 1:1 learning, flipped classroom, ICT for development, ICT skills and digital literacy, mobile and tablet technologies, new platforms to teach coding skills (Arduino, Raspberry PI,...), technology-enhanced learning, the impact of web technologies on education, web classroom applications, etc.

Papers published in the six-monthly journal (June and December):
(1) report evaluation and research findings;
(2) treat conceptual and methodological issues; and/or
(3) consider the implications of the above for action; and/or
(4) an extensive book reviews section and also occasional reports on educational materials and equipment.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

This journal operates a conventional double-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer's name is always concealed from the submitting author.

Authors should present their papers honestly without fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or inappropriate data manipulation. Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation.

Papers will be sent for anonymous review by at least two (2) reviewers who will either be members of the Editorial Board or others of similar standing in the field.

In order to shorten the review process and respond quickly to authors, the Editors may triage a submission and come to a decision without sending the paper for external review.

The Editor shall inform you of the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully in 8-12 weeks.

The Editors’ decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into concerning manuscripts considered unsuitable for publication in this journal.

All correspondence, including notification of the Editors’ decision and requests for revisions, will be sent by email.

 

Publication Frequency

The Al Hikmah: Journal of Education is published twice a year (June and December). Each issue number (issue) amounts to at least five (5) article titles.

 

Open Access Policy

Al Hikmah: Journal of Education 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.

 

Publication Ethics

Publication of articles in peer review journals is an important model for our journals. It is necessary to agree on the expected ethical standards of conduct for all parties involved in the act of publishing: authors, journal editors, bestarial partners and publishers.

Publication Decision

The editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published or not. Editor refers to the editorial board of the journal policy and is limited by legal provisions, such as defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor can talk to other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair Play

Editors in evaluating script content based on their intellectual views irrespective of race, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophy of the author.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff should not disclose any information about the manuscript to anyone other than the author, best partner or reviewer, other editorial advisors, and publishers.

Any manuscript received by a reviewer or a bestari partner shall be treated as a confidential document. They may not be displayed or discussed with others except as authorized by the editors.

Conflict of Interest

Unpublished material in a submitted manuscript should not be used in the research editors themselves without the written consent of the author.

Confidential information or ideas obtained through peer review should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not consider scripts in which they have a competitive, collaborative, or other conflict of interest with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the paper.

The reviewer's job

Provide feedback on Editorial team decisions

Peer review helps editors in making editorial decisions and through editorial communications with authors can also assist authors in improving the articles they create.

Speed

Each selected partner who feels qualified to review the manuscript provided by the editor or out of his or her intellectual competence must immediately refuse and not conduct the review process.

Standards of Objectivity

The review process should be done objectively. The writer's personal criticism is inappropriate. Reviewers must provide their views clearly and accompanied by supporting arguments.

Source Statement

Reviewers shall identify other relevant works that have not been quoted by the author. Any statement which results from observations, derivations, or arguments previously reported shall be accompanied by relevant quotations. The best partner or reviewer should also consider the substantial similarity or overlap between the text being considered and other published papers.

Appropriate recognition of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of their research.

 Author's Duties

Reporting Standards

The author of the original research report must present an accurate report of the research and study conducted. The data taken should be accurately written in the research report. Manuscript A should be detailed and have sufficient referrals to enable others to refer well. A fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate report is unethical and unacceptable behavior.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and / or words of others then they shall mengukitnya correctly according to the rules.

A writer should not publish a script that describes essentially the same research in more than one major journal or publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Script Authorship

Authors should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, implementation, or interpretation of reported research. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of a research project, they must be recognized or registered as contributors.

Suitable authors should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and other authors are included in the manuscript, and all authors must have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to be published.

Hazard and Human or Animal Subject

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have an unusual danger inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify this in the manuscript.

A fundamental mistake in published works

When an author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in his / her own published work, it is the duty of the authors to promptly notify the journal or publisher editors and work closely with editors to retract or correct the manuscript.