Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Asia University Rankings

The latest iteration of the Asia University Rankings has arrived, and Chinese universities once again continue to dominate the top spots, with mainland institutions accounting for five of the top 10 institutions and 20 of the top 50, unchanged from last year.

While China may have maintained its grip, the rankings as a whole point to a more competitive regional landscape. The performance of many universities in Japan and South Korea improved, but they still saw their ranking positions decline as they struggled to keep pace with other institutions.

In South-East Asia, Malaysia has emerged as one to watch. Universiti Teknologi Petronas, the country’s top-ranked institution, jumped from joint 43rd place to joint 35th, while several others from the country entered the top 100.

Experts suggest that Malaysia has become “more strategic”, including by learning from its neighbour Singapore – which has two universities in the top 10 – and capitalising on its large population to become China’s largest ASEAN partner in cross-border university ventures.

Across the board, the results highlight an increasingly competitive landscape across Asia – as countries invest more in their higher education systems, maintaining rank is becoming as challenging as reaching it.

Meanwhile, our Asia Universities Summit took place in Hong Kong this week. Delegates heard from university leaders about overlooked aspects of branch campus operations, including tuition fee price points and the question of financial independence. Another session saw scholars weigh up the benefits of the adoption of English-medium courses, which may attract more international applicants but can harm students’ employability.

SJRQ2-Asia-Pacific Social Science Review (APSSR)-Free

Warning! Due to some of the most incredible incompetence I have ever seen in academic publishing, the domain for this journal has gone 'dead'. What this means is all the papers published over many years at www.apssr.com are now 'lost' and any attempt to access their published URLs returns an error message. It is inconceivable how someone could be this stupid.

Although some human being in the Philippines thinks they were very smart by moving the journal under DLSU's university domain, they did not understand (not care?) that all the 100s of paper previously published under the apssr.com domain would be lost when they let their old domain expire.

(Please note that if you have a VPN turned on, you will be unable to reach the journal. They were made of this problem in 2019, but took no steps to correct it.)

Journal Name: Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

NEW SITE LINKS:

https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/publishing-house/journals/apssr/author-guidelines/

https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/publishing-house/journals/apssr/

[PDF] Thai Vocational Internship Student-Teacher Development Through a Constructionism Learning Skills Model

…, S Petsangsri, P Pimdee - … Science Review, 2018 - animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph

… The research study is rooted in a Thai university that produces … the education and expertise
to be a significant force in Thailand’s labor market. As such, these Thai vocational education …

Short name: APSSR

Subject Area and Category: Topics concerning the Asia-Pacific region.

Country: Philippines

Review date: 2021.04.22 Updated: 2021.06.21 Updated: 2021.09.11 Updated: 2023.04.16

SJR Quartile: Dropped to SJR Q2 in 2021. Was SJRQ1. Back to Q1 in 2023.

ISSN: 01198386

Publisher: De la Salle University

Email:

joseph_velasco@dlsu.edu.ph

APC: No submission fee or APC.

Editor(s): Up to 2021, Professor Dr. Romeo Lee was editor. After Dr. Lee’s retirement in 2020, Joseph Ching Velasco took over as Interim Editor-in-Chief. Mr. Velasco was replaced as EIC by Dr. Torneo in August 2021.

Ador Torneo
Editor-in-Chief
De La Salle University, Philippines
asiapacificsocialsciencereviewjournal@dlsu.edu.ph

Beall Listed: NO

Scopus Discontinued List: NO

Frequency: 4 times a year.

Template: None.

Authors may include a maximum of five tables and high-resolution figures in a manuscript. These should be placed in their exact locations within the manuscript rather than at its end or in a separate file. Tables, figures, in-text citations, and references should abide by the rules of the American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA); click this link to see an example

Style: APA 7^th Edition format

Copyright: Yes

Similarity threshold: 20%

Submission process: New online submission system.

Comments:

comments: RB and RA papers. No DOI assignment. APSSR’s ScholarOne™ Submission Platform is excellent. According to APSSR’s website, “Overall, more than 95% of the accepted manuscripts are published in the APSSR in less than 12 months”. The following are screen captures from 2021.06.21, two years after Scopus lowered their SJR tier to SJRQ2 (see above), and again on 15 April 2023. SJR has returned them to Q1 status as of May 2023.

Your English, however, must be perfect as well as your attention to detail, especially in APA use.

We have also discovered that 2021 submissions are now having their Turnitin reports saved to the central database. What this means is if your paper is rejected, and you try and take your APSSR paper to another journal, the new journal’s Turnitin report will think your paper has already been published by APSSR (see screen capture below). In our opinion, this is highly unethical. It is also interesting to note that we are aware of only 3 journals in the world that do this, 2 are sister journals in the Philippines from DLSU university, and the other is a journal in Cyprus which was discontinued by Scopus for ‘publication concerns’. As an additional note, several years ago emails were sent to the DLSU B&E Review (APSSR’s sister journal) in an attempt to get the journal to remove the paper from Turnitin (with no success) and to determine if this had been done by mistake. Subsequently, it was determined that the journal did this intentionally and continues to do this in 2021 to all their submissions. By so doing, they and Turnitin have effectively taken ownership of your research although they will claim otherwise. In cases like these, the old expression of “possession is 9/10ths of the law’ is very applicable.

Therefore, we strongly suggest you do not send your paper to APSSR or the DLSU B&E Review in the Philippines or the European Research Studies Journal in Cyprus because of this reason.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

SJRQ2-Frontiers in Education (FIE)-AI-CHF 2,195

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How to publish in this journal

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Improving Thai undergraduate students' web design skills for smartphones through a collaborative blended learning approach

P Pimdee, O Wuttikamonchai, A Sukkamart… - … in Education, 2025 - frontiersin.org

… However, Thai undergraduate students often lack specialized training in mobile … education.
While cooperative and blended learning has been recognized as effective pedagogical …

Influence of AI Literacy and 21ˢᵗ-Century Skills on the Acceptance of Generative Artificial Intelligence among College Students

R Salhab - Frontiers in Education

… AI offers opportunities for development in higher education institutions. Thus, this
study investigates the influence of AI literacy and 21ˢᵗ century skills on generative
AI … Results revealed that AI literacy and 21ˢᵗ-century skills are present at a …

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Sustainable urban transit bus stop development and beautification

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Published: April 27, 2026, 5:35 PM

A Bangkok bus stop upgrade project aims to modernise more than 1,100 locations across the city this year, with nearly half set to feature digital displays providing real-time bus arrival information.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) spokesperson Ekwaranyu Amrapal announced on April 21 that the initiative is a collaboration between the BMA, Mayday, Grab, and the Tourism Authority of Thailand, which are supporting funding, technology, and transport data.

The project is intended to improve accessibility and clarity for commuters and tourists. Upgrades include two formats: redesigned traditional bus stops and new digital bus stops.

Bangkok currently has around 5,199 bus stops in operation. Under the plan, more than 1,100 will be upgraded, including 600 redesigned stops and 500 equipped with digital screens.

The redesigned stops are based on existing structures and are being implemented in key areas such as business districts, city centres, main roads, and densely populated neighbourhoods.

According to the BMA, the new format is designed for ease of use, with clearly displayed bus routes and lines, walking maps to indicate nearby areas, and information on more than 30 surrounding landmarks and attractions. Designs are adapted to different traffic conditions while maintaining readability.

The digital bus stops will display real-time bus arrival updates, with data integrated from major public and private transport providers. Installation is ongoing, with broader rollout expected from May and completion targeted within 2026.

SJRQ1-Emerging Science Journal (ESJ)

Emerging Science Journal (ESJ)

[PDF] Enhancing Teaching and Supervisory Staff's Creative Problem-Solving Skills

M Charoentham, T Kantathanawat, P Pimdee… - 2025 - researchgate.net

… , where acquiring CPS skills is critical to education and economic development in a digital
age [16]. In Thailand, education personnel must improve CPS to meet the challenges of an …

WOS/ISI: No.

APC: This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Publication Charge: 995.00 (EUR) - 995 Euro/ 1050 USD/ 860 GBP (VAT Excluded)

However, I received an email that indicated of the authors wanted to reduce their review time from 3 months to 10 days, they needed to pay an additional 400 euro, or 1,395 euro if the paper was accepted.

Publisher: Ital Publication

European High-tech and Emerging Research Association (EUHERA)

Editors:

Prof. Carlo Santulli

Prof. Joseph Walsh

Dr. Omid A. Yamini

» Associate Editors:

Prof. Douglas W. White

Prof. Paolo Mariani

Prof. Yi Wang

» Executive manager:

Dr. Adriano Ricci

Frequency:

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Style: Chicago

Example Journal Article (Chicago)

[1] Vorobiev, N. S., P. B. Gornostaev, V. I. Lozovoi, A. V. Smirnov, E. V. Shashkov, and M. Ya. Schelev. “A PS-1/S1 Picosecond Streak Camera in Experimental Physics.” Instruments and Experimental Techniques 59, no. 4 (July 2016): 551–556. doi:10.1134/s0020441216030246.

Example Book

[2] Chen, Wai-Fah, and Lian Duan. “Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition” (January 29, 2014). doi:10.1201/b16467.

Example Conference Proceedings

[3] Zhang, Rumei, Hao Liu, and Hongyi Li. “Finite Element Analysis of Radiofrequency Ablation Process in Soft Tissue Sarcomas.” 2014 4th IEEE International Conference on Information Science and Technology (April 2014). doi:10.1109/icist.2014.6920402.

Journal Metrics:

Acceptance Rate:	27%
Review Speed:	58 days
Issue Per Year:	6
Number of Volumes:	6
Number of Issues:	33
Number of Articles:	301
Number of Reviewers:	619
Number of Contributors:	767
Contributing Countries:	72
No. of WoS Citations:	1639
No. of Scopus Citations:	1700
No. of Google Citations:	2182
Google h-index:	23
Google i10-index:	79
Abstract Views:	208,366
PDF Download:	111,721

Last updated: Apr 06, 2022

Sample Papers:

The Influence of Quality of Work Life and Perceived Organizational Support on Turnover Intention in Private Higher Education Institutions

D Zeng, T Swatdikun, S Aujirapongpan, SZ Huang - Emerging Science Journal, 2025

The study addresses faculty turnover in private higher education institutions, a
challenge that disrupts institutional progress and educational continuity. It examines
the influence of Quality of Work Life (QWL) on turnover intention (TI) and the …

Flipping the Undergraduate Classroom to Develop Student Analytical Thinking Skills

Nattawut Phurikultong, Thiyaporn Kantathanawat

Sustainable Bank Performance Antecedents in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era: A Conceptual Model
Steph Subanidja, Fangky Antoneus Sorongan, Mercurius Broto Legowo

Modernizing Batik Clothes for Community Enterprises Using Creative Design and Colorimetry

SJRQ1-Education and Information Technologies (EAIT)-AI-$2780.00-Springer-Hybird

Journal Name: Education and Information Technologies

[HTML] Thai undergraduate science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) creative thinking and innovation skill development: a conceptual model using …

P Pimdee - Education and Information Technologies - academia.edu

… , Chujitarom and Piriyasurawong (2018) examined gamification’s use in STEAM
education and reported that games are becoming more critical in Thai education. Moreover, …

Thai undergraduate science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) creative thinking and innovation skill development: a conceptual model using a digital …

N Wannapiroon, P Pimdee - Education and Information Technologies, 2022 - Springer

… , Chujitarom and Piriyasurawong (2018) examined gamification’s use in STEAM
education and reported that games are becoming more critical in Thai education. Moreover, …

Does perceived risk of AI matter? teachers' AI literacy and institutional support: perspective from self-determination theory

T Wut, C Ka-mun Sum, H Shun-mun Wong - Education and Information Technologies, 2025

… This study examines the role of institutional support in developing teachers’ AI
literacy from the self-… We are now in the era of artificial intelligence (AI)
technologies. For instance, … This study aims to investigate the factors that …

[HTML] Assessing teachers' generative artificial intelligence competencies: instrument development and validation

L Shi - Education and Information Technologies, 2025

… (2023) proposed a framework outlining the AI competencies — both technical and
non-technical—needed by teachers for instructional design in AI literacy and
competence education. While offering a holistic view of teacher AI competencies, the …

Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education: eliciting and reflecting on Swedish teachers' understanding of AI and its implications for teaching & learning

J Velander, MA Taiye, N Otero, M Milrad - Education and Information …, 2024 - Springer

… underpinned by the theoretical framework Intelligent TPACK reveals that teachers' AI-… for
teachers in achieving core constructs of Intelligent TPACK, examples of such challenges are …

Promoting the AI teaching competency of K-12 computer science teachers: A TPACK-based professional development approach

J Sun, H Ma, Y Zeng, D Han, Y Jin - Education and information …, 2023 - Springer

… With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), the … pedagogical content knowledge
(TPACK) framework was … The results indicated that the TPACK-based PD program a) …

Exploring the relationship between teachers' competencies in AI-TPACK and digital proficiency

K Hava, Ö Babayiğit - Education and information technologies, 2025 - Springer

… In the past decade, there has been remarkable progress in machine learning and artificial
intelligence (AI) in learning algorithms and information processing techniques. AI, which falls …

Short name: EIT

Subject Area and Category: This is the official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education. It covers the complex relationships between information and communication technologies and education. The journal provides perspectives at all levels, from the micro of specific applications or instances of use in classrooms to macro concerns of national policies and major projects; from classes of five year olds to adults in tertiary institutions; from teachers and administrators, to researchers and designers; from institutions to open, distance and lifelong learning

Social Sciences

Education

E-learning

Library and Information Sciences

Country: USA

Review date: 2021.07.29 Updated:

SJR Quartile: SJRQ1

ISSN: 13602357

Publisher: SJR says Kluwer Academic Publishers. Web site belongs to Springer.

Email: Mark Christopher Ledesma (MarkChristopher.Ledesma@springer.com).

APC: Education and Information Technologies is a Transformative Journal (TJ). When research is accepted for publication, authors can choose to publish using either the traditional publishing route OR via immediate gold Open Access. The APC for all published articles is as follows, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable: £1890.00/$2780.00/€2190.00

Editor(s):

Beall Listed: No

Scopus Discontinued List: No

Frequency:

Template:

Style: Authors are encouraged to follow official APA version 7 guidelines. If available, please always include DOIs as full DOI links in your reference list (e.g. “https://doi.org/abc”).

Copyright: Yes.

Similarity threshold: Not stated.

Submission process: Online.

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Monday, April 27, 2026

FAA Part 107

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY4AFng21-E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9m0W5I0RA - Excellent

Saturday, April 25, 2026

SJRQ2-International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy-IJEP-GERMANY-800 euro 16 pages

Enhancing Electronics Courses Education: Active Learning Strategies for Undergraduate Engineering Students.

F Awwad - International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 2025 - search.ebscohost.com

… motivation for further learning [43]. Educators can provide … virtual labs can enhance
students’ problem-solving skills by … improved student motivation and engagement in a first-year …

Article Processing Charges (APC)

Full papers: 800 EUR – 12-16 pages (+25 EUR/each additional page)
Short Papers: 700 EUR – max. 8 pages
Reports, Application Notes: 700 EUR – max. 16 pages (+25 EUR/each additional page)

SJRQ3-International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education-IJICTE

SJRQ3-Journal of Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology-JFCST-CHINA-

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The Journal of Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology (FCST), Jisuanji Kexue yu Tansuo (in Chinese Pinyin), is an academic journal focusing on computer science and technology. It is sponsored by North China Institute of Computing Technology under the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation. It is approved as the journal of Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) and Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations Database (CSTPCD), and is indexed by many world famous indexing systems, such as INSPEC of England, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts of America, Index Copernicus of Poland. The journal was launched in 2007 and originally published bimonthly until 2010 when it began publishing monthly.