About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas/Arquivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas (EPAA/AAPE; ISSN 1068-2341) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, international, multilingual, and multidisciplinary journal designed for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and development analysts concerned with education policies. 

EPAA/AAPE accepts unpublished original manuscripts in English, Spanish, and Portuguese that address educational policy and policymaking across conceptual and methodological perspectives, time, or place. When evaluating manuscripts for publication we prioritize:

  1. Empirical works:  Manuscripts in which authors systematically collect and analyze data in ways that are clearly and explicitly described. Authors should provide compelling evidence that engages current conceptual and methodological discussions within the field, and present original data or re-analyze existing data using novel methodologies.
  2. Manuscripts that directly address education policy. We publish articles that focus on all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education. As a general guideline, the manuscript should address some aspect of how schools are governed or laws and policies that address teaching and learning in an educational setting. 
  3. Manuscripts that engage relevant education policy literatures including articles previously published in EPAA/AAPE,  and have explicit implications for education policy.

We discourage authors from submitting the following types of articles:

  • methodological or theoretical articles
  • commentaries
  • systematic literature reviews or document analyses
  • scoping reviews
  • analyses of pedagogical innovations
  • program evaluations

The journal is exceedingly selective in these categories. Given the dramatic increase in the number of manuscripts we are receiving, we have to use our limited resources to focus on manuscripts that are directly aligned with our publishing priorities.

Peer Review 

The editorial team assesses submissions for fit within the journal's scope and the quality of the presentation and writing before they are sent for peer review. Manuscripts sent out for full blind review are read by up to five referees. Review time is typically five to seven months. While we strive to keep to this time frame, it can take longer because we are a small team and it is increasingly difficult to find reviewers.

IMPORTANT NOTE: 

We strongly recommend that authors of manuscripts that focus on regions addressed by our Spanish and Portuguese sections submit manuscripts in Spanish or Portuguese to those sections rather than the English section because the Spanish and Portuguese teams are better positioned to identify appropriate reviewers. This allows us to balance submissions across the different sections of the journal because we are processing an extremely high volume of manuscripts in English.

Given the increasing numbers of submissions and the demands required of editors and reviewers, EPAA/AAPE will not process submissions in English, Spanish, or Portuguese during the following periods each year:

  • mid-December to mid-January 
  • the month of July

Scholars interested in reviewing for the journal may register at http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/user/register. Please include 3-5 keywords describing your areas of interest and methodological and substantive expertise. 

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To get recognition for your peer review work for EPAA/AAPE, you may forward the “Thank you for reviewing” emails you receive from  EPAA/AAPE  to: reviews@webofscience.com  

Publication Frequency

EPAA/AAPE publishes articles weekly, except for four weeks from mid-December to mid-January and several weeks during the months of July and/or August.