Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

THE ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION RESEARCHER is an international refereed journal of original research in education, published biannually by the Academic Publications Office, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. It aims principally to provide a venue for the publication of empirical and theoretical studies in education, with emphasis on the experiences of successful educational systems in the Asia-Pacific Region and of the national educational systems therein that are presently underrepresented in the research literature.

The journal seeks to publish two types of articles:

  • Research Articles that report original research work that leads to the understanding and/or improvement of educational processes and outcomes using research methods and analytic frameworks of the varied academic disciplines (anthropology, applied linguistics, cognitive science, economics, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, among others) and also using multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches;
  • Short Research Reports that describe and analyze results of small-scale research such as:
    • preliminary investigations on particular educational experiences, outcomes, and processes in a specific country or region of a country that are of broad interest to educational scholars in the rest of the Asia-Pacific region,
    • integrative and critical reviews of research on a specific educational topic conducted in a specific country in the Asia-Pacific region,
    • studies that seek to validate educational theories, principles, constructs, and research instruments originally developed in western countries in the context of specific Asian countries or educational communities,
    • studies that seek to replicate educational studies that were originally done in western countries in the context of specific Asian countries or educational communities,
    • participatory action research on educational problems and experiences of specific educational programs of any country in Asia, and
    • cross-national studies that seek to compare and contrast specific educational experiences and process in at least two countries in Asia.

The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher is indexed and abstracted in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch, and Journal Citation Reports/Social Scienced Edition, and is listed in Thomson Reuters ISI Scientific Database.  

 

Section Policies

Research Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Short Research Reports

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts shall be reviewed using a double-blind peer review system.  

Regular articles are considered using the standard editorial process that provides authors with detailed comments from the reviewers and the editor.  Editorial decisions may be (a) acceptance with minor revisions (indicated), (b) revise with major revisions, (c) reject with option to resubmit, or (d) reject without option to resubmit. 

Short research reports are considered using a light-touch editorial review process that is expedited, but does not provide authors with detailed comments from the reviewers.  Editorial decisions are limited to  (a) accept with minor revisions (indicated) or (b) reject.

The Editors will ensure that each cycle of the peer-review process does not take more than three months for regular articles, and not more than two months for short research reports.

 

Publication Frequency

The journal publishes three issues per year (March, July, and November).

 

Open Access Policy

This journal 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.

 

Editorial Board

Editor
Allan B. I. Bernardo
De La Salle University, Philippines

Board of Editorial Consultants
Sherlyn Almonte-Acosta
St. Paul College-Quezon City, Philippines

Bill Atweh
Curtin University of Technology, Australia

John Lee Chi Kin
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Gregory Arief D. Liem
University of Sydney, Australia

Ayami Nakaya
Hiroshima University, Japan

Dina Ocampo
University of the Philippines-Diliman

Young Shin Park
Inha University, South Korea

Anita Poon
Hong Kong Baptist University

Alan Rogers
University of East Anglia, UK

Timothy Teo
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Chin-Chung Tsai
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan ROC

Ma. Teresa G. Tuason
University of North Florida, USA

T. Ruanni Tupas
National University of Singapore

James Tollefson
International Christian University, Japan

 

Annual Subscription Rates

Foreign libraries and institutions: US$40 (surface mail), US$50 (airmail). Individual: US$25 (surface mail), US$35 (airmail). Philippine domestic subscription rates for libraries and institutions: PhP1100, individuals: PhP800. Please contact Ms. Joanne T Castañares for subscription details: trunkline: (632) 524-4611 to 26 local 271, telefax: (632) 523-4281, e-mail: joanne.castanares@dlsu.edu.ph



The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher ISSN:0119-5646

Indexed and abstracted in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch, and Journal Citation Reports/Social Scienced Edition, and is listed in Thomson Reuters ISI Scientific Database and Scopus Elsevier Bibliographic Database.

PhilJOL is supported by INASP