About the Journal

Training, Education, and Sustainable Development is a peer-reviewed, open access scholarly journal committed to advancing academic and practical knowledge at the intersection of educational innovation, workforce development, and sustainability science. Published quarterly, the journal serves as a dynamic platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, targeting scholars, educators, policymakers, and practitioners who are actively engaged in shaping inclusive and sustainable education systems worldwide.

The journal is particularly dedicated to exploring how training and educational practices can contribute to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). We encourage empirical studies, theoretical papers, methodological innovations, case studies, and review articles that illuminate current challenges, evaluate practices, and propose pathways for embedding sustainability into education and training across diverse cultural and socio-economic contexts.

Aims and Scope

The Training, Education, and Sustainable Development journal aims to:

  • Advance the scholarly understanding of the role of education and training in promoting sustainable social, economic, and environmental development.

  • Encourage cross-disciplinary insights that merge education with sustainability, environmental science, economics, development studies, public policy, psychology, and organizational behavior.

  • Promote research-based practices in curriculum design, teacher training, lifelong learning, digital pedagogy, and community-based learning that contribute to sustainable outcomes.

  • Support global dialogue on educational transformation strategies for climate resilience, equity, gender inclusion, and peacebuilding through education.

Scope of the journal includes but is not limited to:

  • Sustainable development education and training

  • Technical and vocational education and training (TVET)

  • Lifelong and adult education for sustainability

  • Curriculum innovation for ecological literacy

  • Education for green jobs and green economy transitions

  • Environmental and climate change education

  • Teacher education and capacity building for SDGs

  • Policy studies on education and sustainable development

  • Indigenous knowledge systems and sustainability education

  • Pedagogies for empowerment, equity, and ecological justice

Open Access Statement

Training, Education, and Sustainable Development is an open access journal. All articles published in the journal are freely accessible online immediately upon publication. We believe that open access publishing fosters global equity in knowledge dissemination and ensures that researchers, practitioners, students, and policymakers across the world can benefit from and contribute to scholarly advancements without financial or institutional barriers.

There are no subscription fees or access restrictions. All published content is available under a Creative Commons license, and full-text PDFs can be downloaded and distributed freely, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors.

Copyright and License

Authors who publish with Training, Education, and Sustainable Development retain full copyright of their work. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows others to share, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, provided the original authors and source are properly cited.

This policy empowers authors to disseminate their work widely while ensuring that the integrity and attribution of their scholarship are preserved. Authors are encouraged to deposit their published articles in institutional repositories and personal websites with clear citation to the journal.

Plagiarism Policy

The journal maintains a strict anti-plagiarism policy to ensure the originality and academic integrity of all published works. Submissions are screened using iThenticate plagiarism detection software prior to peer review. Manuscripts found to contain significant levels of duplication, unreferenced material, or unethical citation practices will be automatically rejected or returned to the authors for revision.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all sources are appropriately acknowledged and that their manuscripts are free of any form of academic misconduct, including but not limited to duplicate publication, data falsification, image manipulation, and citation manipulation.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

To support open access dissemination and cover editorial and production costs, Training, Education, and Sustainable Development charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 1,500,000 Tomans for each accepted article. This fee is only applicable after a manuscript has successfully passed peer review and been formally accepted for publication.

The APC covers services including manuscript processing, double-blind peer review management, copyediting, typesetting, digital archiving, DOI assignment, and online hosting. There are no charges for submitting a manuscript or for articles that are rejected after peer review.

Peer-Review Process

The journal follows a double-blind anonymous peer-review process, ensuring that both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the evaluation process. Each submitted manuscript is initially screened by the editorial office for scope, format, and basic scientific quality. If deemed suitable, it is sent to two or three expert reviewers in the relevant field.

Reviewers assess the manuscript’s originality, methodological rigor, theoretical contribution, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal’s scope. Based on reviewer feedback, the editor makes one of the following decisions:

  • Accept without revision

  • Minor revision

  • Major revision

  • Reject

Authors are expected to respond to reviewer comments point-by-point and revise their manuscripts accordingly. The editorial team ensures that all decisions are fair, transparent, and based on academic merit.

Archiving and Repository Policies

To promote long-term digital preservation and scholarly visibility, Training, Education, and Sustainable Development adheres to robust archiving practices. All published articles are stored in the journal’s official online archive, accessible through its website. The journal also supports self-archiving by authors in institutional or disciplinary repositories.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit:

  • Pre-print versions (submitted manuscripts prior to peer review)

  • Post-print versions (accepted versions after peer review but before final typesetting)

  • Published versions (publisher’s version of record)

All deposits must include a citation to the journal’s original publication and link to the article’s DOI. This ensures that the version of record is correctly identified and credited.