About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Lavai-International journal of education is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by Mongolian National University of Education. Lavai-International journal of education had been founded and published in 2004 at Mongolian National University of Education. We have ISSN 2410-4507 since 2015, also received eISSN 2959-9334 in 2022.

Lavai-International journal of education publishes high-quality original articles and review paper dealing with describing all aspects of the education. A broad outline of the journal’s scope includes:

  • Problems of education/educational research
  • Education for sustainable development
  • Transformation of online education, and
  • New methodology of teaching and learning

In addition to the general scope, it publishes research works written in the field of educational studies.

Audience:

Professors, teachers who work at all levels of educational institutes, and graduate and undergraduate students who study for all disciplines of the educational field.

Abstracting and indexing

The Lavai - International Journal of Education is indexed in the following databases 

Types of Manuscripts

The journal publishes types of manuscripts:

  • Original articles presenting new research results (typically up to 14 journal pages),
  • Review papers based on original compilation and synthesis from published and unpublished research results. Review papers could be invited by Editor or editorial board (no more than 15 journal pages).

 

Article Processing charge 

  • Lavai-International journal of education does NOT charge authors article submission fees and it does NOT charge article processing fees.

Peer Review Process

Lavai – International journal of Education follows the DOUBLE BLIND peer-review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. All submitted manuscripts are subjected to an intensive peer review in consultation with members of the journal’s editorial board and independent external referees (usually 2-3 reviewers).

Reviewers are asked to evaluate a manuscript for:

  • Relevance to Aim and Scope of the journal;
  • Originality, novelty and applicability;
  • Scientific approach;
  • Relative importance
  • How appropriate are figures,  tables and references;
  • Discussion and conclusions are relevant with result and content of the manuscript;

All manuscripts are assessed within a suitable time and the decision based on all the peer reviewers’ comments, taken by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief. The decision usually takes 5-7 weeks.

After review, the Editor-in-Chief will make a decision of: reject, accept, or revise. Revisions may be major or minor. If a decision of revision is made, authors are asked to make their revisions as quickly as possible, up to 2 weeks. If there are extensive delays in revising an article then it may be considered a new submission. Revised articles may be sent out for copy-editing, depending on the level of revision requested.

The average duration of manuscript processing from submission to the final decision is 9-10 weeks.

Publication Frequency

Lavai – International journal of Education is published two volumes per year.

Open Access Policy

We support open access publishing as part of our commitment to the widest possible dissemination of research outputs.

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. 

Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, or to use them for any other lawful purpose.

Publication Ethics and malpractice statement

Publishing ethics of the LAVAI is based on those by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct guidelines available at www.publicationethnics.org

It is important to lay down standards of expected ethical behavior by all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society-owned. This includes all parties treating each other with respect and dignity and without discrimination, harassment, bullying or retaliation.

Editor Responsibilities

The editor of a peer-reviewed journal is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published, and, moreover, is accountable for everything published in the journal. In making these decisions, the editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board as well as by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

  • The editor may confer with other managing editors or reviewers when making publication decisions. The editor should maintain the integrity of the academic record, preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
  • The editor should evaluate manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s). The editor will not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and potential reviewers, and in some instances the editorial board members, as appropriate.
  • The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
  • The editor will be guided by COPE’s Guidelines for Retracting Articles when considering retracting, issuing expressions of concern about, and issuing corrections pertaining to articles that have been published in the journal.
  • The editor is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
  • The editor should seek so ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.

Reviewer Responsibilities

  • If the reviewer considers that there is any conflict of interest that may make compromise their review, they are required to make this known to the editorial office, and may be excused from performing the review. The reviewer may not be aware of this until they have accepted the invitation to review.
  • Any invited reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible should immediately notify the editor so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.
  • Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the editor.
  • Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inacceptable. Reviewers should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.
  • Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge.
  • Reviewers are required to respect the confidentiality of the peer review process and "refrain from using information or ideas obtained during the peer review process for your own or another’s advantage, or to disadvantage or discredit others.
  • Reviewers are asked to return their reviews by the requested date, and to inform the editorial office if there is likely to be a delay.

Author Responsibilities

Authors ethical responsibilities are detailed in the Author’s guide.  See more information from the https://www.mongoliajol.info/index.php/MGS/about/submissions

Publisher's Confirmation

In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected work

Publisher

Mongolian National University of Education

 

Hosting platform and digital publisher

Mongolia Journals Online

Sources of Support

Mongolian National University of Education (MNUE)

Journal History

We published the first issue of Lavai – International journal of Education in 2003 by Mongolian State University of Education (former name of MNUE). During first years of publication, it’s accepted and published articles related with Education and Mongolian study that known as academic priorities of MNUE. A total of 11 volumes published with Education and Mongolian study.

Since 2014, editorial team and MNUE were working on the development of the journal Lavai began to be registered in the Mongolia JOL, with the establishment of the section of research and innovation of MNUE. By November 15th, 2019, the editorial board of the Lavai journal was reorganized in accordance with the requirements of Mongolia JOL. The scope of the journal was developed only in the field of educational research, and since 2021, it was renamed "Lavai-International journal of education" and joined the Mongolian JOL in December 2022, and the electronic issues released.

By 2024, this journal known as one of the best Mongolian journals in educational researches with DOI number, and peer-reviewed academic journal hosted by Mongolia JOL.