Overview
Prospects is a leading journal providing comparative and international perspectives on current issues in curriculum, learning, and assessment.
- Engages cross-disciplinary perspectives including culture, development, economics, ethics, gender, inclusion, politics, sociology, sustainability, and education.
- Focuses on policy implementation in addition to theoretical or research-related aspects.
- Welcomes empirical research, case studies, conceptual analyses, policy evaluations, and critical analyses of published research and policy.
- Edited by the International Bureau of Education, a UNESCO Institute and global center of excellence in curriculum and related matters.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Simona Popa
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Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals
We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2024 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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General submission info
We welcome submissions which deal with educational research, policy and practice, within a comparative perspective. The general manuscript guidelines are addressed here.
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Guidelines for authors submitting articles to Prospects
Prospects has been published for over 40 years. In that time, its various editors have gradually developed their own somewhat unique style sheet, based most recently on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
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English Language Editing
For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you need to ensure the English language is of sufficient quality to be understood.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-9090
- Print ISSN
- 0033-1538
- Co-Publisher information
- Co-publication with UNESCO
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- ANVUR
- Baidu
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
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- EBSCO
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- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
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- Wanfang
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