About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) is a national peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the membership of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. The CJE prioritizes research and scholarly writing that is of relevance to the Canadian education community. The journal is read by scholars worldwide, and aims to represent the valuable contributions that Canadian scholars in education continue to make to the field. The Journal accepts and publishes both French and English articles and book reviews. CJE on occasion also publishes international papers that shed light on shared issues and that include Canadian authors as references.

The CJE is a broad-based Journal that, from multiple perspectives, takes up issues that are critical to the education community. In addition to empirical findings from applied research, the Journal also welcomes conceptual, historical, and socio-political analyses and critiques in the history, philosophy, and sociology of education from a wide range of traditions. The CJE aims to be a forum for authors to share ideas and connect theory to practice in meaningful ways for the education community in Canada and beyond, including scholars, funding agencies, researchers, educators, practitioners, learning communities, policy makers, and the public. The CJE’s goal is to foster understanding and societal betterment through the publication of articles describing scholarly- and research-generated insights and solutions.

The Canadian Journal of Education has an H-index of 28, according to SCImago (2018). The CJE’s acceptance rate is approximately 20 percent. The CJE is indexed in Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Educational Research Abstracts, and PsycINFO.

Authors should be familiar with the following policy guidelines:

  • The CJE welcomes all forms of scholarly writing and all methodologies
  • Articles may address education both in and out of schools, and across the lifespan
  • Articles must be written from an expert’s point of view but framed in language that is accessible to those working from other disciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives.

Authors are required to demonstrate that their article fits within the Journal mandate and is relevant to the Canadian education community. The editorial staff of the CJE are unable to make a formal assessment of potential articles until they have been uploaded to the database.

Publication Frequency

The Canadian Journal of Education publishes one volume and four issues a year in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. .

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.

The Canadian Journal of Education follows Creative Commons Licencing CC BY-NC-ND. For permission to reprint all or part of an article, please contact the Managing Editor.

Authors may use and reuse material published in the Journal, but only for non-commercial purposes and with appropriate acknowledgment.  Authors are able to

i)        print or electronic copies of the article with colleagues;

ii)       use all or part of the article, without revision or modification, in personal compilations or other publications of their own work;

iii)     use the article within their employer’s institution or company for educational or research purposes;

iv)     publish the article on their personal Web page; and

v)       archive an electronic copy of the final, peer-reviewed manuscript in an institutional repository. Manuscripts archived within an institutional repository may be made freely available to the public, via the internet, on the official date of publication in the Journal.

The Canadian Journal of Education does not charge publication or article processing fees.

Permissions and Licensing

The Canadian Journal of Education follows Creative Commons Licenscing CC BY-NC-ND. For permission to reprint all or part of an article, please contact the Managing Editor.

Authors may use and reuse material published in the Journal, but only for non-commercial purposes and with appropriate acknowledgment.  Authors are able to

  • print or electronic copies of the article with colleagues;
  • use all or part of the article, without revision or modification, in personal compilations or other publications of their own work;
  • use the article within their employer’s institution or company for educational or research purposes; 
  • publish the article on their personal Web page; and
  • archive an electronic copy of the final, peer-reviewed manuscript in an institutional repository. Manuscripts archived within an institutional repository may be made freely available to the public, via the internet, on the official date of publication in the Journal.

Fees

The Canadian Journal of Education does not charge publication fees or article processing fees.