「NEW」Call for papers: Educational Studies Vol. 68

The Institute for Educational Research and Service (IERS) cordially invites you to contribute to Educational Studies Vol. 68 which will be published in March 2026. 

1. Please confirm your qualification on the "ES vol.68 Qualification for Submission."
2. Fill out the “ES vol. 68 Application Form.” 
3. Please submit the application form to the IERS office via e-mail (es-iers@icu.ac.jp), no later than noon, Friday June 20, 2025 (JST).

If you require changes of category, author(s) (including co-author[s]), and/or language of contribution after submitting the application, please let us know by Wednesday, July 23, 2025 (JST).  

Important Notes 

• We do not accept submissions via hand delivery or mail. 

• We do not allow the change of category to the Research Articles (Refereed) from other categories after your submission of the application form. But we allow the change from Research Articles (Refereed) to the other categories. 

• For the Research Articles (Refereed) category, we would like to request the author’s cooperation in (a) recommending one or two potential (suggested) reviewers and (b) listing one or two persons whom you do not wish to recommend as the reviewers of your manuscript due to conflict of interest. In this case, authors should refrain from recommending co-authors from their previous articles as potential (suggested) reviewers.  

• Before Master-course and Doctoral-course students submit their articles, the articles must be reviewed and accepted by their guarantor (IERS member). 

Please visit our website for more details of the rules and regulations about Educational Studies vol.68. Potential contributors will be asked to submit the manuscript by noon, Friday, August 29, 2025 (JST). Late submission may not be accepted.  
For further inquiries, please contact us: es-iers☆icu.ac.jp（please replace ☆ with ＠）