SCOPUS DISCONTINUED/WOS-International Journal of Instruction (IJI)-450 CHF

Journal Name: International Journal of Instruction

450 CHF

Short name: IJI

Subject Area and Category: Social Sciences Education. Very useful search feature on their website. Make sure you cite and reference other IJI papers in your submission. 

Country: Turkey

Review date: 2021.06.14 Updated: 2021.06.23; 2024.02.06

SJR Quartile: SJRQ2. Note: They are now putting on their emails to authors that they are now Scopus Q1. 

ISSN: 1694609X, 13081470

Publisher: Faculty of Education, Eskisehir Osmangazi University or Gate Association for Teaching and Education (GATE)

Contact Email: iji@ogu.edu.tr

APC: 500 Euro

Editor(s): Editor in Chief Prof. Asım ARI - Eskişehir Osmangazi University, TURKEY

Beall Listed: NO

Scopus Discontinued List: YES

Frequency: 4 times a year plus an online first section. 

Template: Manuscript template

Style: APA (sort of)

Copyright:

Similarity threshold: “Papers submitted to the International Journal of Instruction will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools” (IJI does not state what the Turnitin cutoff score is).

Submission process: An online submission but no tracking after that.

Journal Web Page Comments:

Handbook comments: What the journal says on their web page and what they do are not the same. See the following: “We don't normally ask any fee from international authors. The Journal management has the right to change the article fee or not to charge articles when it deems necessary.”   So, when you receive an email for 500 Swiss Francs, don’t be shocked. Also, IJI’s journal template has little detail on how to prepare (except to say a maximum of 17 pages is allowed - the web page says 15). On 2021.04.27 IJI stated they had received 7803 papers, from which, 1046 have been published (13.4%), with the same stat showing on 2021.06.14 unchanged.   “Depending on the evaluation reports of the members of the Editorial Advisory Board, articles are published or article evaluation process takes approximately three months.” There is an online submission process, but you cannot track your paper after that. However, email response is decent measured in less than 2 weeks. Also note that the submission only allows one file so you cannot send them a cover letter or your Turnitin report, with no verification email sent to the submission account. Also, IJI now includes the following very strange statement at the bottom of their emails: “Note: International Journal of Instruction has a wide range of abstracting/indexing services. However, the index services have the right of one-sided termination of the contracts and not to publish any of the articles. Therefore, we do not accept any responsibilities caused by indexing problems“. Overall, a very strange journal to work with, with a difficult web site to use. There seems to also be a consistent pattern with IJI submission authors that before their papers are accepted, the author will be sent 1-2 papers to review. This journal practice is highly unique and rather odd in our opinion. Expect a tall mountain to climb with your submission and over a year to see the final paper online. The following screen capture was taken 2021.06.14:

If you would like to be entertained, read the comments on the SJR/IJI portal. 

Finally, Acceptance to publication is another 6 months. Therefore, if you require an acceptance letter, you must request an invoice, pay it, they they will send you the letter you need for your faculty.

Sample Papers:

Classroom Management Skills among Kindergarten Teachers as related to Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy

IJI also has a hit counter for each issue, which is rather interesting as well.