About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal of “Environmental Education for Sustainability” is an electronic academic journal that publishes scientific studies (in Greek or in English) from the field of Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). In particular, the Journal publishes:

  • Studies (theoretical, position papers, empirical) on the fields of EE and ESD
  • Review paper from the Greek and international literature
  • Translated or republished scientific studies
  • Book reviews

The Journal aims to and supports the promotion of scientific thought and research practice in the fields of EE and ESD through:

  • the highlight of work of researchers in EE/ESD and its interconnection with the practice of educational professionals and teachers,
  • the dissemination of related research in Greece and internationally,
  • the contribution to the development of dialogue between researchers and educators,
  • the development of critical thought regarding the theory, research methodologies and educational praxis in the field of EE/ESD,
  • the promotion and mainstreaming of EE/ESD in Greek education and society,
  • the republishing of selected academic papers from international journals, after being translated in Greek.

Peer Review Process

Editors soon after the receipt of the manuscripts inform author(s) about the applicability of their submission to the goals of the Journal. Incomplete or improper manuscripts are returned to the author(s) without being subjected to the review process. In the case that the Editorial Board decides that submitted manuscript is within the scope area of the Journal, it is assigned to at least two reviewers of the Scientific Committee. The Editorial Board, informs author(s) within two months period, for the acceptance, revision or rejection of their manuscript.

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.

ePublisher

The National Documentation Centre (www.ekt.gr) is a national infrastructure. Since 1980, it actively engages in the collection, organization and dissemination of scientific and technological information in Greece and internationally. EKT’s strategic priority is the aggregation, organized online dissemination and preservation of quality-assured scholarly and educational content in a single research infrastructure.

EKT’s vision is “Access to Knowledge”. To this end it implements Open Access policies in research, supports the transfer and dissemination of scientific knowledge, collaborates with research, education and cultural institutions for the aggregation, organization and dissemination of digital content and provides innovative services in scientific information.

EKT provides reliable ePublishing services as part of its scholarly content aggregation and dissemination activities . Its integrated online ePublishing environment is developed with open-source interoperable technology. This affords the incorporation of EKT’s infrastructures into the continuously developing international infrastructure environment.

EKT’s ePublishing services (http://epublishing.ekt.gr/) are directed to public and extended public institution publishers of accredited scholarly journals. They include, most significantly, the organization, documentation and organized dissemination of metadata and content of scholarly journals, the training and consulting services on issues such as intellectual property, the standardization of editorial processes according to internationally accepted standards, the inclusion of content and metadata in international content indexers and harvesters via interoperable systems.