About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions is an international peer reviewed journal which publishes articles and multimedia outputs of interest to researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the field of educational and life transitions across the world.

The Journal is interdisciplinary in approach, and publishes research studies (theoretical, conceptual, methodological and empirical), policy reviews, literature reviews, protocols, and multi-media and creative outputs (e.g., poetry, comics). Multi-media can also be embedded in the articles.

Research involving more than one discipline, sector (e.g., academic and practitioner) and nation are particularly encouraged.

Some examples of multiple and multi-dimensional educational and life transitions include, but are not limited to transitions:

to and through primary school
to adulthood of disabled children and young people
of international families
from paediatric to adult services
from hospital to community
of LGBTQ+ young adults to and through employment
of families who have experienced bereavement
to parenthood of mothers with preterm babies
of older adults towards age-friendly cities and communities

The focus within these transitions could, for example, be on educational, social, cultural and/or psychological adaptation in multiple contexts such as home, school, workplace and/or community.

Vision

The vision of IJELT is to be recognised as the leading interdisciplinary journal for educational and life transitions research, with contributions from academics, practitioners and policy makers from around the world.

Aims

Promote educational and life transitions research internationally
Promote interdisciplinarity in educational and life transitions research
Enhance the quality and rigour of educational and life transitions research
Publish research that will inform (and improve) policy and practice
Engage academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners
Involve researchers at different stages in their career
Make research freely available through Open Access
Create a more inclusive publishing platform so that researchers are not restricted by APC costs
Provide platform for different styles of articles

Publication Frequency

The journal is published online as a continuous volume and issue throughout the year. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in getting content publicly available.

Special collections of articles are welcomed and will be published as part of the normal issue, but also within a separate collection page.

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. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on each publication.

Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.

Authors are encouraged to publish their data in recommended repositories. For a list of generic and subject specific repositories that meet our peer review criteria, see here.

Indexing, Archiving and Dissemination

This journal is committed to making content discoverable and accessible through indexing services. As such all content is archived around the world to ensure long-term availability.

IJELT supports open and transparent practices in scholarly research and is a signatory of The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), a global initiative to improve the ways in which researchers and the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated. In accordance with DORA, Ubiquity makes available a range of article and journal-level metrics to avoid over-reliance on any single assessment tool.

Journal statistics (including submission numbers, the acceptance rate, and turnaround times) are provided and updated annually.

Indexing and Discoverability

The journal is indexed by the following services:

Additionally, the journal is registered with Sherpa Romeo, and all article metadata and references are deposited with Crossref.

As the journal grows, additional indexes will be added. If the journal is not indexed by your preferred service, please contact us or alternatively by making an indexing request directly with the service.

Archiving

To ensure permanency of all publications, this journal utilises the PKP preservation network and LOCKSS archiving systems to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration.

Journal Statistics

Core journal statistics for the 2023 volume:

Submissions received¹	20
Reviews requested²	111
Reviews received³	91
Total Rejections⁴	5
...of which, Desk rejects⁵	3
Acceptances⁶	23
Acceptance rate⁷	82%
Time from submission to publication⁸	180 days

Definitions
¹Number of new articles received by the journal
²Number of peer review invitation emails that were sent out
³Number of completed peer review reports received
⁴Total number of articles rejected (including desk rejects)
⁵Number of articles rejected prior to peer review
⁶Number of articles that received a 'Accept for publication' decision
⁷Number of acceptances, as a percentage, against the total number of final decisions
⁸'Mean' average from submission to publication for all publications in the volume

IJELT podcasts

Examples of previous podcasts can be found on the IJELT blog learning space.

Advertisement policy

The journal does not normally display adverts. On occasion, the editorial board may decide to display advertisements that are of relevance to its scope and will be of interest to the readership (e.g. upcoming conferences). All advertising space is provided free of charge and the editor and publisher have the right to decline or withdraw adverts at any point. Adverts will include a text heading to make it clear that they are adverts not related to the journal.

If you wish to propose a potential advert then please contact the editorial team. All advert images will have to be provided to the publisher.

Journal Ownership

Ownership of the Journal title and all associated branding and intellectual property is held by the University of Dundee.