About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) is a peer-reviewed scholarly online journal. The JESEH is published quarterly in January, April, July and October. The language of the journal is English only.
The JESEH welcomes any research papers on education in science, environment and health using techniques from and applications in any technical knowledge domain: original theoretical works, literature reviews, research reports, social issues, psychological issues, curricula, learning environments, book reviews, and review articles. The articles should be original, unpublished, and not in consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission to the JESEH.
JESEH accepted articles in three different fields related to each other. These areas are science education, environmental education and health education. The following content is given priority in the articles in these three areas.
Science Education: Scholarly papers that focus on the teaching and learning of science in school settings ranging from early childhood to university education and the integration of science education with other disciplines, in particular, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), virtual laboratory, distance science and STEM education, research articles of the highest quality that address the intersection of science education and technology with implications for improving and enhancing science education at all levels across the world.
Environmental Education: Papers and reports on all aspects of environmental education such as environmental issues such as air, water, soil pollution; acid rains, carbon footprints, climate change, greenhouse effect and global warming, and sustainable development. Manuscripts focus on enhancing understanding of outdoor and environmental education issues, environmental awareness, energy source and renewable energy, waste management, and consumption society through balanced and in-depth investigation of practices and theories relevant to outdoor and environmental education.
Health Education: Manuscripts reporting on research conducted in health education in K-12 school settings, integrating information and communication technologies in health education, studies concentrate on technology related health issues addiction, nomophobia, cyber bullying and sharing new empirical findings and new ideas in the emerging field of health professions education, nursing education, medical education, sexual health education.
Peer Review Process
The articles should be original, unpublished, and not in consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission to the Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) and during the review process.
The JESEH is a refereed journal and has a double-blind review. Any manuscript submitted for consideration in publication in the JESEH is reviewed by at least two international reviewers with expertise in the relevant subject area.
Publication Frequency
The Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) is published quarterly in January, April, July and October.
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.
Open Access Statement
Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative and defines its Open Access policy according to the definition developed in the original BOAI:
By “open access” to [peer-reviewed research literature], we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited. [See, http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations]
Article Template
Please use the JESEH Article Template to format your paper. Please download it from the following link:
Abstracting/Indexing
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Scientific Indexing Service (SIS)
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC).
- EBSCO H.W. Wilson Education Index
Publication Fee
The Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) is a peer-reviewed scholarly online free journal. There is no publication fee.
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
The Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH)’s Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The relevant duties and expectations of authors, reviewers, and editors of the journal are set out below.
Responsibilities of Authors
By submitting a manuscript to Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), the author(s) warrant that the manuscript is their own, original work and that it has neither been published previously nor is currently being considered for publication elsewhere. They also warrant that the sources of any ideas and/or words in the manuscript that are not their own have been properly attributed through appropriate citations and/or quotes.
An author should not normally publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in multiple journals or publication venues. Such redundant publication is generally considered to constitute unethical publishing behavior, and if discovered may result in a manuscript under consideration being rejected, or a published article being retracted.
Authors of manuscripts reporting on original research should present an accurate account of the work performed, accompanied by an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the manuscript. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. The fabrication of results and the making of fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and may be cause for rejection or retraction of a manuscript or published article.
Where the manuscript reports on commercial software, hardware, or other products, authors must include a declaration at the beginning of the manuscript in which they must either state that no conflict of interest exists or describe the nature of any potential conflict. All sources of financial support for the research should also be disclosed in the manuscript.
The author(s) of a manuscript agree that if the manuscript is accepted for publication in Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), the published article will be copyrighted using a Creative Commons “Attribution 4.0 International” license. This license allows others to freely copy, distribute, and display the copyrighted work, and derivative works based upon it, under certain specified conditions.
Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to include any images or artwork for which they do not hold copyright in their articles, or to adapt any such images or artwork for inclusion in their articles. The copyright holder must be made explicitly aware that the image(s) or artwork will be made freely available online as part of the article under a Creative Commons “Attribution 4.0 International” license.
The authors’ names should be listed on the article in order of their contribution to the article, and all authors take responsibility for their own contributions. Only those individuals who have made a substantive contribution should be listed as authors; those whose contributions are indirect or marginal (e.g., colleagues or supervisors who have reviewed drafts of the work or provided proofreading assistance, and heads of research institutes/centers/labs) should be named in an “Acknowledgments” section at the end of the article, immediately preceding the Reference List. The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the article, and that all listed co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the article and agreed to its publication.
Where an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in an article of his/hers that has been published in Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), he/she has an obligation to promptly notify the editors and cooperate with them to correct the article or retract it as appropriate.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH)’s reviewers perform work for the journal on a volunteer basis. Given that most of these individuals are in full-time employment, their reviewing activities for Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) must, by necessity, not be their top priority. Reviewers are free to decline invitations to review particular manuscripts at their discretion, for example, if their current employment workload and/or other commitments make it prohibitive for them to complete a review in a timely fashion and to do justice to the task in the available time frame. They should also not accept manuscript review assignments for which they feel unqualified.
Reviewers who have accepted manuscript assignments are normally expected to submit their reviews within one month. They should recuse themselves from the assignment if it becomes apparent to them at any stage that they do not possess the required expertise to perform the review, or that they may have a potential conflict of interest in performing the review (e.g., one resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, institutions, or companies associated with the manuscript).
Privileged information or ideas obtained by reviewers through the peer review process must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents, and must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) Editor.
When conducting their reviews, reviewers are asked to do so as objectively as possible, refraining from engaging in personal criticism of the author(s). They are encouraged to express their views clearly, explaining and justifying all recommendations made. They should always attempt to provide detailed and constructive feedback to assist the author(s) in improving their work, even if the manuscript is, in their opinion, not publishable.
Reviewers should identify in their reviews relevant published work that has not been cited by the author(s), together with any instances in which proper attribution of sources has not been provided. They should call to the responsible editor’s attention any major resemblances between a manuscript under consideration and other published articles or papers of which they are aware, as well as any concerns they might have in relation to the ethical acceptability of the research reported in the manuscript.
Responsibilities of Editors
The Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) has ultimate responsibility for deciding if a manuscript submitted to Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) should be published, and in doing so is guided by the journal’s policies as determined by the Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The Editor may consult with the Associate Editor and other members of the editorial team, as well as with reviewers, in making publication decisions.
The editors will evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s). They will not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and potential reviewers, and in some instances the Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) editorial board members, as appropriate. Additionally, the editors will make every effort to ensure the integrity of the blind review process by not revealing the identity of the author(s) of a manuscript to the reviewers of that manuscript, and vice versa.
When evaluating a manuscript for publication, in addition to considering standard criteria pertaining to the rigor of the manuscript, the quality of its presentation, and its contribution to humanity’s stock of knowledge, the editors will also seek evidence that ethical harms have been minimized in the conduct of the reported research. They will question whether the benefits outweigh the harms in the particular study’s case. Since Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) welcomes the submission of manuscripts from any country, it is necessary to recognize that laws and regulations regarding research ethics and ethical approval vary worldwide. As such, the editors may need to seek clarification in this regard with the author(s) and request that they supply a letter from the relevant institutional ethics committee or board that approved the research.
The editors will be guided by CORE’s Guidelines for Retracting Articles when considering retracting, issuing an expression of concern about, and issuing corrections pertaining to articles that have been published in Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH). They are committed to working closely with research organizations and institutions in line with CORE’s advice on Cooperation between Research Institutions and Journals on Research Integrity Cases.
Article Submission
The template is not mandatory for articles submitted for review. The template can be used for accepted papers. Articles should be uploaded the system as a word file without the name of the authors. Author names should only be included in the journal system.
Articles should be in conformity with the focus of the journal. JESEH accepted articles in three different fields related to each other. These areas are science education, environmental education and health education. The following content is given priority in the articles in these three areas.
Science Education: Use of technology in science education, virtual laboratory, distance science education, STEM education, distance STEM education, affective factors in science education, science education and educational psychology.
Environmental Education: Environmental Education and technology, environmental issues and education, environmental problems such as air, water, soil pollution; acid rains, carbon footprints, climate change, greenhouse effect and global warming, sustainable development and education, socioscientific issues, attitudes, knowledge and behavior towards environmental education; environmental awareness, energy source and renewable energy, zero waste, consumer society and environment, environmental education and theory of planned behaivor.
Health Education: Teaching health knowledge and facts for K-12 schools, health technologies and education, health problems such as technology addiction, nomophobia, cyberbullying; psychology and education, health professions education, nursing education, medical education, sexual health education
Article Revision Process
Articles should be revised within 45 days. A revision letter should be added to the entry of the revision file to respond to the reviewers' comment.The revision letter should be prepared to respond to each comment individually.The revision of the article should be added as a continuation of the revision letter.Corrections made should be shown in red on the revision file.The revision letter and the revision file will be uploaded to the system together as a single file. Author names should not be included in the revision article.
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