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Author Guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to prepare their manuscripts using the official JSBE Manuscript Template to ensure consistency in article structure, formatting, declarations, tables, figures, citations, and references.

The template applies to Original Research Articles, Action Research, Innovation Studies, Policy Analyses, Review/Conceptual Articles, Perspectives, and Editorials. Authors should retain only the sections appropriate to their manuscript type.

Download: JSBE Manuscript Template (.docx)

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The manuscript has been prepared using the official JSBE Manuscript Template and follows the JSBE Journal Style Guide and APA 7th edition requirements.
  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

Original Research Articles

Original Research Articles report empirical studies that generate new evidence relevant to basic education. The section welcomes quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, phenomenological, case-study, action-research, and other methodologically appropriate designs. Studies should present a clear research problem, defensible methodology, transparent analysis, evidence-based findings, and implications for educational practice, policy, leadership, or further research.

Conceptual/Theoretical

Conceptual and theoretical articles advance, refine, integrate, or critically examine ideas, constructs, models, frameworks, and theories relevant to basic education. These articles should demonstrate a clear conceptual contribution, engage critically with existing scholarship, and present propositions, relationships, or research directions that can inform future empirical inquiry and educational practice.

Design and Development Research

Design and Development Research Articles document the systematic analysis, design, development, implementation, refinement, and evaluation of educational products, processes, systems, models, technologies, or interventions. These articles should begin with a clearly identified educational problem or need, demonstrate traceability between the problem and the developed solution, and present evidence from development, formative evaluation, usability testing, implementation, or validation.

This section welcomes studies involving educational technologies, digital platforms, artificial intelligence, instructional systems, assessment tools, learning resources, supervisory systems, and other innovations developed to address authentic problems in basic education.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with the Journal of Sustainable Basic Education (JSBE) retain copyright over their work.

By submitting a manuscript to JSBE and, upon acceptance, agreeing to publication, the author(s):

  • grant the Journal of Sustainable Basic Education the right of first publication;
  • authorize JSBE to publish, reproduce, distribute, display, archive, preserve, and make the accepted work publicly available as part of the scholarly record;
  • confirm that the submitted work is original and that they possess the rights necessary to authorize its publication;
  • accept responsibility for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted third-party material included in the manuscript; and
  • agree that the published article will be made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) unless a different license is expressly stated by the Journal.

Under the CC BY 4.0 License, others may copy, share, redistribute, adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the published work for any purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s), the original publication in JSBE is acknowledged, a link to the applicable Creative Commons license is provided, and any changes made to the original work are indicated.

Authors retain the right to enter into separate, additional non-exclusive arrangements for the distribution or reuse of the published version of their work, such as depositing it in an institutional repository, including it in a thesis or dissertation, using it for teaching purposes, or incorporating it into a subsequent scholarly work, provided that the original publication in JSBE is properly acknowledged.

Authors also retain moral rights over their work, including the right to be properly attributed as its author(s).

Submission of a manuscript constitutes acknowledgment that, if accepted for publication, the article will be published according to the copyright and licensing policies of the Journal of Sustainable Basic Education.

Copyright remains with the author(s). Articles published in JSBE are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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