環(huán)境教育研究的使命是促進(jìn)對(duì)環(huán)境和可持續(xù)發(fā)展教育的研究性和學(xué)術(shù)性理解。該雜志通過(guò)出版來(lái)自世界各地的同行評(píng)議研究和環(huán)境教育的各個(gè)方面的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，以及不同學(xué)派的思想和實(shí)踐探索，實(shí)現(xiàn)了這一目標(biāo)。編輯委員會(huì)歡迎提交原創(chuàng)、高質(zhì)量和創(chuàng)新的論文，這些論文來(lái)自對(duì)環(huán)境和可持續(xù)發(fā)展教育的實(shí)證、哲學(xué)、實(shí)踐或政策相關(guān)調(diào)查。該雜志的主要讀者是那些從事或與教育和教育研究、環(huán)境研究以及相關(guān)跨學(xué)科或亞學(xué)科方面的廣泛領(lǐng)域工作的人。手稿應(yīng)具有學(xué)術(shù)性、分析性和批判性。討論和提出的意見(jiàn)應(yīng)可轉(zhuǎn)移到其他教育制度和文化(如有可能)，論文應(yīng)向國(guó)際讀者開(kāi)放。《作者指南》和《環(huán)境教育研究一般指南》(包括關(guān)于作者和貢獻(xiàn)者身份的指南)以及出版?zhèn)惱淼钠渌矫嫣峁┝司帉?xiě)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(xiàn)綜述、創(chuàng)新的實(shí)證和理論研究，以及對(duì)環(huán)境和可持續(xù)教育的關(guān)鍵概念和方法的分析。為了支持期刊的使命和目標(biāo)，并為該領(lǐng)域的學(xué)術(shù)對(duì)話和辯論做出貢獻(xiàn)，編輯委員會(huì)強(qiáng)烈鼓勵(lì)作者在定位和推進(jìn)論點(diǎn)時(shí)參考該領(lǐng)域的學(xué)術(shù)文獻(xiàn)和相關(guān)領(lǐng)域。

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