Published quarterly, the Asia Pacific Education Review aims to stimulate research, encourage academic exchange and foster the professional development of scholars and researchers interested in educational and cultural issues in the Asia Pacific region. APER covers all areas of educational research, with a focus on cross-cultural, comparative and other studies within a broad Asia-Pacific context. The members of its international editorial board represent diverse professional fields and cultural/national areas such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, USA and Australia. APER is indexed in the Social Science Citation Index and currently has an impact factor of 0.415.
Harmen van Paradijs, Senior Publishing Editor for Education at Springer, said: "The partnership with the Education Research Institute will further strengthen Springer's presence in the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific Education Review is an important journal in education research with a wide readership and will enrich Springer's expanding portfolio in education research journals. We will be able to make the journal available to a worldwide audience, both in print and online."
Professor Young-Lin Moon, Editor-in-Chief, said: "Although we were contacted by many international publishing companies, our choice was Springer. We are very excited about working with Springer because it respects our journal policy, has the capability to enhance the journal's reputation and will ensure high-quality publication. I am confident that they will support us in becoming a leading journal in the field of educational research."
Springer will publish APER both electronically and in print beginning in 2009 with Volume 10, Issue 1. The journal's back issues to Volume 1 will be available on www.springerlink.com, Springer's online information platform. Features include fast, electronic publication in Online First™, Cross Reference Linking and Table of Contents Alerts.
In a second agreement, Springer renewed its publishing cooperation with the National Science Council, Taiwan, and will continue to co-publish the International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. The journal publishes original, peer-reviewed articles on a variety of topics and research methods in both science and mathematics education.
Springer (www.springer.com) is the second-largest publisher of journals in the science, technology, and medicine (STM) sector and the largest publisher of STM books. It publishes on behalf of more than 300 academic associations and professional societies. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media, one of the world's leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature. The group publishes over 1,700 journals and more than 5,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in over 20 countries in Europe, the USA, and Asia, and some 5,000 employees.
Asia Pacific Education Review ISSN: 1598-1037 (print version) ISSN: 1876-407X (electronic version)
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education: ISSN: 1571-0068 (print version) ISSN: 1573-1774 (electronic version)
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International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education