Journal of Professional and Vocational Education (JPVE) has since 1999 published scientific articles written in Finnish, Swedish and English (ISSN 1456-7989). JPVE publishes both empirical and theoretical articles (incl. reviews) on various professional and vocational education related topics, such as workplace learning, technology-enhanced learning, development of expertise and professional identity.
JPVE has maximum of four (4) online (Journal.fi) and printed issues per year. Issues may be either current issues or thematic issues. A maximum of two thematic issues are published annually, each with designated guest editors. Thematic issues may also include articles that are not related to the theme.
JPVE is currently classified as type 1 (basic) scientific publication in accordance with the Finnish Publication Forum. It is published jointly by Finnish Vocational Educational Research Association (FiVERA) and The OKKA Foundation for Teaching, Education and Personal Development.
Article manuscripts are double-blind peer-reviewed. The journal uses at least two external reviewers for each article.
Submissions
All manuscripts should be formatted in APA7 style and submitted as email attachments to Editorial Team: akakk@ottu.fi.
The title page of the article manuscript is submitted as a separate file. It includes the title and author information in the following order:
- First and last name
- Highest academic degree and job title (e.g., PhD, University Lecturer)
- Employer organization
- Email address
- Phone number (for the editorial process; not published)
- Postal address to which the author’s copy will be delivered (for the editorial process; not published)
Word count
Empirical and conceptual articles: 6000 words (max), including title, abstract, tables, figures, references and appendix.
Reviews and meta-analyses: 7000 words (max), including title, abstract, tables, figures, references and appendix.
The maximum word counts for manuscripts accepted for publication after review and revisions are 7,000 words for empirical and conceptual articles, and 8,000 words for review articles and meta-analyses.
Structure of a manuscript
The first page of the manuscript should contain the following information: Title; abstract (max. 150 words) and keywords (3-5).
Exemplary structure of a manuscript:
- Introduction
- Background/Theoretical Framework
- Method
- Results
- Discussion
- References
Open Access Publishing
JPVE is openly accessible on the Journal.fi platform. Self-archiving of articles published in the journal is allowed (the PDF version published on the Journal.fi platform must be used for this purpose). The journal does not publish so-called “secondary publication” versions of articles already published in the journal or elsewhere.
The journal is committed to the Creative Commons BY-NC copyright license, which requires that articles published in the journal are cited following scientific practice (BY) and used only for non-commercial purposes (NC).
Further information
Each article author receives one (1) complimentary copy of the journal issue in which their article appears. Complimentary copies are not mailed abroad, but all authors receive a PDF version of their formatted article by email. Offprints are not provided, and no author fees are paid.