環境教育研究的使命是促進對環境和可持續發展教育的研究性和學術性理解。該雜志通過出版來自世界各地的同行評議研究和環境教育的各個方面的獎學金，以及不同學派的思想和實踐探索，實現了這一目標。編輯委員會歡迎提交原創、高質量和創新的論文，這些論文來自對環境和可持續發展教育的實證、哲學、實踐或政策相關調查。該雜志的主要讀者是那些從事或與教育和教育研究、環境研究以及相關跨學科或亞學科方面的廣泛領域工作的人。手稿應具有學術性、分析性和批判性。討論和提出的意見應可轉移到其他教育制度和文化(如有可能)，論文應向國際讀者開放。《作者指南》和《環境教育研究一般指南》(包括關于作者和貢獻者身份的指南)以及出版倫理的其他方面提供了編寫各種類型的手稿的建議、指南和模板。期刊上被引用和閱讀最多的論文往往是文獻綜述、創新的實證和理論研究，以及對環境和可持續教育的關鍵概念和方法的分析。為了支持期刊的使命和目標，并為該領域的學術對話和辯論做出貢獻，編輯委員會強烈鼓勵作者在定位和推進論點時參考該領域的學術文獻和相關領域。

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