About the Journal
Croatian Journal of Education publishes research and professional papers which directly or indirectly reflect the topic related to academical theoretical and applied disciplines both in Croatia and abroad. The Editorial board aims for CJE to be a place where scientists from different disciplines, but with studies that are closely related to education, will be able to publish the results of their scientific research as well as professional and theoretical studies.
Papers in the Croatian Journal of Education are published in English language with a text version (without illustration) on Croatian language.
Paper Acceptance Procedure
The Editor-in-Chief reads all submitted papers and assigns a general priority level. Papers are compared to the aim, standard and the concept of the journal, then the methodology is preliminary reviewed, and after that they are sent to two blind-reviews. Following the review procedure the papers are returned to the authors with reviewers’ suggestions for the improvement, or are rejected. The editorial board members read the revised paper and, provided adequate improvements have been made, it is selected for publication according to its categorization.
- Papers have to be previously unpublished and they cannot be under consideration for publication in other journals; however, if the paper has been submitted somewhere else, the editorial board of Croatian Journal of Education should be notified.
- The submission file should be in Open Office or Microsoft Word document file format.
- Where available, URL links appearing in the text should be enabled.
- The text of the paper should be edited in accordance with the Submission Guidelines.
The decision regarding publication will be made by the editorial board after considering the reviewers’ recommendations. The editorial board is under no obligation to provide justification of its decision regardless of whether the paper is accepted or rejected.
Languages accepted for the categorized papers are English with Croatian translation of the text (without illustrations). Authors are obliged to submit the paper in both languages and they take full responsibility for the quality of the translated text. Authors who do not submit their paper in both languages will be offered a translation for a fee according to the market price of 20€ per standard page. The fee will be paid after the paper has been accepted and before its publication. Standard page size is 1800 characters with spaces. Proofreading is provided for all well-prepared texts, however, all texts which require more than 16 proofreading corrections per standard page will be charged additionally in the amount of 8€ per standard page. All prices include VAT.
Copyright and availability of papers
Copyright fees are generally defined only for the requested papers, in accordance with the corresponding regulations. After submitting their paper for publication in Croatian Journal of Education, authors accept, without additional conditions, the regulations according to which their papers will be published in the journal, as well as the publication of the paper in full or partially on the Croatian Journal of Education web site, i.e. the web site of the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb and other related electronic portals. By submitting their papers to Croatian Journal of Education, authors accept the above-mentioned conditions.
Permissions and Consents
Authors certify that copies of all permissions to reproduce published material, to use illustrations, report information about identifiable people, or to name people for their contributions are submitted along with the manuscript. All the employed research instruments need to be legally obtained, in other words the authors are obliged to present a written consent by the rightsholder, the publisher or the author, granting them the right to use the instrument.
Reviewers
Prior to publication, every paper is peer-reviewed. Each submitted paper is reviewed by a minimum of two independent reviewers who are all prominent scientists in their field of study and they independently evaluate submitted papers. Reviewers generally do not receive a fee, but the journal keeps a record of successful review procedures for each reviewer individually. At any given time, the reviewers may obtain the statistical data about the completed reviews for the purpose of their scientific advancement.
Paper Submission
Only the papers written and prepared in accordance with Submission guidelines will be considered for publication in CJE.
Online paper submission: The papers may be submitted exclusively online
Paper Categorization
Papers are categorized as research papers, professional papers and other. Research papers can be divided into the following categories: original research paper, preliminary communication and review paper.
Publication and Circulation
The journal is published four times a year in electronic form and with a circulation of 100 copies in printed form. The editorial board may agree to publish special issues in addition to the regular publications.
Publication Cost
To authors whose papers have been accepted for publication will be sent Invoice to pay 200 €. For that cost to authors will be delivered five copies of the offprint of the same quality as the journal and one copy of the issue for the first author. Authors who may not submit their paper in both languages will be offered a translation for a fee according to the previously mentioned price (translation from Croatian language into English and vice versa at 20 € per standard page, paid after the paper has been accepted and before it is published). In addition, all texts which require more than 16 proofreading corrections per standard page will be charged additionally in the amount of 8 € per standard page. Standard page size is 1800 characters with spaces. All prices include VAT.
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