The Faculty of Federal College of Education (FCE) Islamabad welcomes you to come forward in participation of the International Journal of Educational Sciences amp; Research (IJESR) in the disciplines of natural and social sciences. IJESR provides a platform for the publication of emerging research in the areas of natural and social sciences specially focused on Teacher Education. IJESR welcomes original empirical investigations. IJESR represents a variety of theoretical perspectives and different methodological research approaches. This may refer to any level of theoretical and experimental diversified learning in the area of Teacher Education, and a full spectrum of established methodologies from experiments to field observations. The major criteria in the review and the selection process concern the significance of the contribution to the area of natural and social sciences.

Aims & Objectives of the Journal (IJSNS)

The International Journal of Social s earch publishes research manuscripts in the field of Natural and social sciences. Work must be of a quality and context that the Editorial Board thinks would be of interest to an international readership. The major objectives of the journals are to:

1. Provide a platform for researchers to share their research findings in certain natural and social sciences research areas.

2. Promote research culture among researchers of natural and social sciences to produce quality research.

3. Enhance debate on certain topics of national and international interest across educational contexts.

4. Publish quality manuscripts that synthesize research that have direct relevancy to educational practices in global scenarios.

5. Publish scholarly manuscripts that present the analysis of global issues in all phases of education.

6. Encourage collaboration by international/national teams of researchers to create special issues of IJESR on certain areas in natural and social sciences.

Authors’ contributions are welcome on the themes including but not limited to

the following:

Social Sciences

1. General Education

2. Teacher education

3. STEM and STEAM Education

4. Early Childhood Education

5. Inclusive Education

6. Hybrid Education/Blended Learning

7. Hybrid Education/Blended Learning

8. Leadership & Management

9. Philosophy of Education

10. Pedagogy in Education

11. Inclusive education

Natural Sciences

1. Physics

2. Chemistry

3. Botany

4. Zoology

5. Mathematics

6. Environmental Sciences

Peer Review Policy & Process

Peer review is an important element forraising the quality, credibility and acceptability of published research. Please carefully observe the following guidelines while reviewing a manuscript.

Expertise:A reviewer is expected to provide a good, honest and fair assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the work/manuscript on its various sections. The subject-matter of a paper sent to a reviewer may/may not be identical to his/her field of expertise. One may not be precisely qualified in a particular field to be a constructive reviewer. A reviewer’s job is to review the overall quality of a manuscript sent to him/her. So if the paper is not according to the reviewer’s expertise, he/she should return it to the editorial team without delay.

Confidentiality:Reviewers must be treated the received material as confidential until published. Reviewers must not disclose and share the received material with another person.

Intellectual Quality of Manuscript:The constructive feedback from reviewer(s) will help the author(s) to improve their manuscript. A paper must be judged on its intellectual merits alone. Personal criticism or criticism based solely on the political or social views of the reviewer is not acceptable. Remember it is the authors’ paper and the reviewers have no right to make it rewritten to match their own preferred style if it is basically sound and clear. However, suggestions for changes that can improve the clarity of manuscript are important. The suggestions must be based on valid academic or technical grounds.

Conflict of interest:Reviewers must declare any conflict of interest or any other factor, which may affect their review work e.g., for instance a reviewer may have received a paper of a colleague or an intellectual competitor / opponent. In cases of conflict of interest, the reviewer(s) are requested to notify the editorial team of their inability to review a manuscript.

Full explanation:Reviewers are obliged to be specific, objective, relevant and constructive in their feedback on the manuscript and the quality of work. Critical or opposing judgments must be fully supported by detailed reference to evidence from the paper under review or other relevant sources.

Plagiarism and copyright:If a reviewer considers that a paper may contain plagiarism or it might breach another party’s copyright, they should notify the editorial group for the journal about it along with providing the relevant citations to support their claim.

Member of Editorial Board as Reviewer:If a member from editorial board is reviewing a manuscript, then a transparent and blind review would be ensured. In this case, providing a manuscript for double blind review would be handled by another member of the editorial board.

Responsiveness:Reviewers are asked to return their reports within three months. This assists us to provide rapid feedback to the author.

Expectations Post Review:After reviewing a manuscript, the reviewer must keep the details of manuscript and its review confidential. The reviewer would respond promptly to the matter if contacted from Journal for any details about the reviewed manuscript.