About the Journal

International Journal of Research in Vocational Studies (IJRVOCAS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by Yayasan Ghalih Pelopor Pendidikan. The journal provides an academic platform for researchers, lecturers, practitioners, policymakers, and professionals to publish and disseminate research findings related to vocational studies, technical and vocational education and training, applied education, workforce development, professional learning, and applied technology in educational and professional contexts.

IJRVOCAS welcomes original research articles, review articles, and applied studies that contribute to the advancement of vocational education and applied learning. The journal focuses on studies that provide theoretical, empirical, methodological, or practical contributions to vocational education, TVET, professional education, engineering education in vocational contexts, business and management education in vocational contexts, curriculum development, competency-based learning, entrepreneurship education, digital learning, educational technology, workforce readiness, and industry-based learning.

All manuscripts submitted to IJRVOCAS are evaluated through editorial screening and a double-blind peer-review process to ensure originality, academic quality, relevance, methodological soundness, and ethical compliance. The journal is committed to maintaining academic integrity and follows ethical publishing practices in handling manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decisions, and publication.

IJRVOCAS is published three times a year, in April, August, and December. Special issues may be published when they are approved by the Editor-in-Chief and managed under the same editorial and peer-review standards as regular issues.

As an open-access journal, IJRVOCAS provides immediate and free access to all published articles. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), and authors retain the copyright of their published works.