About the Journal

About the Journal

The Journal of Education and Community Development (JECD) is an official scientific publication of the University of Southern Mindanao (USM), Cotabato, Philippines.  

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Education and Community Development (JECD) is a peer-reviewed and open access journal aimed to serve as venue for the publication of research related to quality learning, skills development, and literacy, social development, and community development. 

Disciplines covered

  • Education in all levels (from early childhood to adult education) and in various forms (including traditional education, alternative learning systems, distance education) 
  • Curriculum 
  • Assessment
  • Community development in various aspects (economic development, health, social services, etc) in rural and urban contexts

JECD shall accept full-length articles, review articles, and short communications. It welcomes submission from all sectors: authors, scientists, researchers, faculty from various institutions and agencies. 

One to two issues constitute a volume annually, one in December, with a potential July issue if there is a sufficient number of submission to produce at least 5 articles in one issue.

Open Access Policy

JECD provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public to support greater global exchange of knowledge. The Publisher applies Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license to all published manuscripts. 

Article Processing Charge

JECD has no Article Processing Charges at any stage of publication. 

Archiving Policy

To ensure that all articles will be permanently preserved and available, copies of articles published in JECD are deposited in electronic format into Zenodo.

Authors of published articles in JECD are entitled to deposit published papers in institutional and/or centrally organized repositories, provided JECD is attributed as the original place of publication and that correct citation details are given.

Advertising Policy

JECD does not endorse or will not accept any product or service for advertisement.