International Journal of Research in Vocational Studies (IJRVOCAS)

IJRVOCAS covers all topics of VET-related research from pre-vocational education (PVE), initial vocational education and training (IVET) and career and technical education (CTE) to workforce education (WE), human resource development (HRD), professional education and training (PET) and continuing vocational education and training (CVET). Some themes within these areas are as follows:

• Comparison of VET cultures and governance of VET systems
• Qualifications frameworks, competence-based education and training, and competence assessment
• Work-based learning, skills matching, and apprenticeship
• Teachers' and trainers' professional development
• VET careers, school-to-work transitions, vocational guidance and counseling
• Green skills, green jobs, greening TVET, and sustainable development
• Social issues in VET and social impact of VET
• Transversal skills and transferable skills
• Pedagogic support by digital media
• Digitalization of work and learning, industry 4.0, and industrial internet of things
• Permeability of the education system, hybrid qualifications & dual studies
• History of VET

Free and invited submission

• Free article submission: IJRVOCAS accepts literature reviews, empirical studies, theoretical articles, methodological articles, and case studies. An article should be about 6.000 to 8.000 words in length. Manuscript submissions are welcome throughout the year.

Publication frequency

• Issues (online): triannually (April, August, December) plus special issues.

Why considering IJRVOCAS as a venue for your work?

• IJRVOCAS is operated by an international community of researchers and it is therefore highly appreciated within the international research community.
• Authors retain copyright. IJRVOCAS is a RoMEO green journal.
• Your article will be published digitally and also be included in the IJRVOCAS Yearbook (print). IJRVOCAS Yearbooks are available from Ghalih Academic and other retailers. 
• The journal is open for all authors worldwide, including those unrelated to VETNET/EERA, CINTERFOR/ILO, or IRNVET/WERA. We are an open community of researchers.
• We use the LOCKSS system (Lot of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), developed at Stanford University Libraries, and DOIs (digital object identifier, provided by Crossref) for each article to maintain permanent access to your work.