The Journal of Education for Sustainable Development seeks research articles, reports and essays about important research programmes and initiatives in education for sustainable development. It seeks articles from both research and practice that will advance and help shape this emerging field.

Research articles can be based on qualitative or quantitative research. They must contain the following: a problem statement, a review of relevant literature, description of the research methodology, a report of the results, discussion and summary/conclusions must be supported by the appropriate research methodology and documentation. Recommendations and conjecture — appropriately labelled — are encouraged.

Reports about projects, programmes and initiatives in education for sustainable development are encouraged to share methods across the field. Such articles should state the goals and objectives of the programme or initiative, document what was done, give the results and evaluate effectiveness as meeting the objectives.

Essays on policy issues, philosophies, historical perspectives or the meaning of education for sustainable development are invited and debate among readers is encouraged in hopes that we can learn from each other.

Reviews of books, teaching materials, software, websites or programmes will be part of each issue.

Authors intending to publish in the forthcoming issues should submit suitable papers consistent with the aims and scope of the journal.

Papers should be addressed to the editor and sent to jesd@ceeindia.org. All papers should be in MS Word and double-spaced throughout. The first page of the paper should include:

(a) the title of the paper
(b) an abstract of not more than 150 words
(c) name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s)

Process of Manuscript Review

Manuscripts will be considered for publication on the understanding that their contents have neither been published nor are under consideration for publication elsewhere. However, material presented at conferences will not be disqualified.

Decisions regarding publication of all submitted manuscripts will be based on the recommendations of members of the editorial board and other qualified reviewers using a "blind" review process. Each manuscript will be assessed by three reviewers and their comments will be made available to the authors maintaining the reviewers' anonymity. Reviewers will evaluate the manuscripts on their significance to the field, conceptual adequacy, technical adequacy, appropriateness of content, and clarity of presentation. The MSS will be accepted, accepted with suggested modifications, returned for revision and resubmission for fresh review, or rejected.

We seek concise articles for busy professionals. Thus articles should be no more than 3,000 words and shorter articles are encouraged especially in the conceptual and descriptive categories.

Guidelines for Contributors to the Journal of Education for Sustainable Development

1. Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed to: The Editor, Journal of Education for Sustainable Development at jesd@ceeindia.org, or Centre for Environment Education, Thaltej Tekra, Ahmedabad 380054, INDIA.
   
   
2. Contributors must provide their titles, affiliations and complete postal and e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers with their papers.
   
   
3. All articles must be submitted in electronic format, preferably in MS Word using default settings.
   
   
4. All articles must be accompanied by an abstract of 150 words.
   
   
5. The length of articles should be between 2500 and 3000 words.
   
   
6. Notes should be numbered serially and embedded in the manuscript. They should be presented at the end of the article. Notes must contain more than a mere reference.
   
   
7. Limit the levels of heading within an article to two, or at most three. If you do have a third level of heading, the text should continue on the same line. Avoid lengthy headings and do not number them.
   
   
8. Use British spellings throughout (‘labour’ not ‘labor’, ‘centre’ not ‘center’). Use ‘ise’ spelling instead of ‘ize’. This means that most words ending in ‘ise’ will be spelt with an ‘s’─ for example ‘organise’, ‘emphasise’.
   
   
9. Use single quotes throughout. Double quotes marks used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text and indented with one space with a line space above and below.
   
   
10. Use ‘nineteenth century’, ‘1980s’. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements, use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent not %). Use thousands and millions, not lakhs and crores.
    
    
11. Use of italics and diacriticals should be minimized, but used consistently. Avoid excessive italics for emphasis but use it for book titles, journal names, as well as foreign words. Underline any words to be set in italics.
    
    
12. Tables and figures must be numbered sequentially and called out in the text (see Table 1, see Figure 1), not by placement (see Table below). Present each table and figure in a separate file. Name the files by the number of the table or figure. Tables should be submitted in Excel or MS Word. Figures can be submitted as TIFF or JPEG files. Do not provide excessive formatting for tables and figures as this will be done by the publisher. Each table or figure should have a heading, an explanatory caption if necessary, and a source or reference in a separate Word file.
    
    
13. Photographs should be scanned and supplied as a TIFF or JPEG file. Photographs should have a heading, caption, and credit for the photographer or source in a separate Word file. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce any photographs, tables, figures or extended quotations of material from other sources.
    
    
14. An alphabetical reference list of all books, articles, essays, and theses referred to in the text should be listed in alphabetical order of author, giving the author's surname first followed by initials. If more than one publication by the same author is listed, the items should be given in chronological order. References should be embedded in text in the anthropological style. For example: ‘(Sarkar 1987: 145)’. Citations should be first alphabetical and then chronological, for example, ‘(Ahmed 1987; Sarkar 1987; Wignaraja 1960)’. The detailed style of referencing is as follows:
    
    • Ali, Tariq. 1970. Pakistan: Military Rule of People’s Power. London: Trinity Press.
    • Harshe, Rajen. 2003. ‘Indo-Pakistan Ties’, in P.R. Chari, Sonika Gupta and Arpit Rajain (eds), Nuclear Stability in Southern Asia. New Delhi: Manohar, 45-63.
    • Ganguly, Sumit. 1996. “Uncertain India’, Current History, 95 (600), October: 145-50.

Book reviews must contain name of author and book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, number of pages and price.