Éducation et francophonie All articles in this journal are selected through a peer review process. Current and archived issues of this journal are available in open access.

About

About

Presentation

Éducation et francophonie is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that presents the results of new research in French-language education. Since 1971, it has been contributing to the advancement of knowledge in Francophone education and stimulating the reflections of leaders in the field.

The themes it covers touch on all levels of education and call for the contribution of researchers across the international Francophone community. Its readers are mainly researchers, professors, teachers and students in education and related fields, such as psychology and social sciences.

It is published twice a year.

Editorial policy and ethics

Journals policies

Publishing schedule

The journal Éducation et francophonie makes two calls for articles per year: one in the spring (April 1) and one in the fall (October 1). The current call remains online for a period of six months. Once the call is completed, the texts received are sent to arbitration and then a decision is made regarding its acceptance. This stage lasts on average seven months. Once the text has been accepted and the response received, a final version must be produced, including a linguistic revision and English and Spanish translations of the abstract. This stage lasts on average five months. Average duration of the publication process: 12 months.

Type of articles accepted

Given the thematic character of the publication, those who wish to publish an article in Éducation et francophonie are first invited to view the background material in the section “Call for papers” on our website and to communicate with us to be put in contact with the guest editors. All articles must respect the journal’s publication guidelines.

Publication exclusivity

The articles submitted to the editing committee must be unpublished. They may not have been submitted to any other journal for concomitant publication. They may not be subsequently published in another journal without the authorization of the editorial board.

Peer-review of articles

All of the papers are peer-reviewed following a specific procedure in order to attest to their admissibility with regard to the requirements of the academic community. Each article is submitted to two or three evaluators other than the members of the editorial board. The evaluation procedure is anonymous.

Confirmation

A letter certifying the admissibility of the article in terms of the academic community’s requirements is sent upon request to the author whose article has been accepted for publication.

Rights of the publishing and editorial committee

• The committee may: refuse articles that are in breach of the periodical’s policy; ask the author for a rewrite, a general revision or a standardization of the presentation.
• The Publication may: make detailed corrections of spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic protocol.

Copyright

As part of its transition to Diamond Open Access and to meet the requirements of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), as well as those of its funding agencies, Éducation et francophonie will adopt the Attribution 4.0 International - Creative Commons license for its publications, starting with the spring 2027 issue.

Author Fees

The journal covers the entire costs of the publishing process. Authors who submit a text, whether it is published or not, do not have to pay any fees.

The Éducation et francophonie journal refuses plagiarism.

Definition of plagiarism and self-plagiarism[1]

Plagiarism is the act of plagiarizing, or copying (an author) by unduly taking credit for passages of their work. It consists of the total or partial appropriation of content (text, images, charts, graphics…) without the consent of the author or without citing the sources[2].

Self-plagiarism consists for the author of “recycling” an article or part(s) of an article already published without citing the sources. This practice may constitute a breach of ethics if the reused document or excerpts have already been published, since they do not comply with the obligation to submit only unpublished articles.

Actions taken by the journal to counter plagiarism and self-plagiarism

Before publication

• The journal checks the identity of the researcher and ensures that the title and content of the article are unpublished.

During peer review

• In order to validate the originality of the article, peers must evaluate:
  • Contribution to the advancement of knowledge and research in education, or a new critical approach;
  • The use of an appropriate methodological approach;
  • Whether or not the subject has been dealt with systematically, thoroughly and rigorously;
  • Whether or not the references are complete and relevant.

Regardless of the stage of the editorial process, if any act of plagiarism is suspected, the publication will contact the author. Explanations provided are then sent to the editorial board. If the author shows that there has not been any intellectual dishonesty[3], modifications to the texts may be requested immediately or after the peer review. However, if the article contains plagiarized content, it will immediately be refused, and the author will be advised that they will no longer be able to submit and papers to the journal.

After publication

Following an external complaint and after verification by the journal, a published article in which plagiarized content is found will automatically be removed from the issue and the author will no longer be published in the journal.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Éducation et francophonie recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are evolving rapidly and are playing an increasingly important role in research, analysis, and scholarly writing. Aware of the pace of these changes, the journal closely monitors evolving practices and recommendations on research integrity. In this context, the journal wishes to encourage authors to use AI responsibly and transparently, in accordance with the ethical standards of scholarly publishing.

Any use of an artificial intelligence tool in the preparation, writing, revision, or analysis that has contributed to the submitted manuscript must be explicitly disclosed. Authors are encouraged to include either an explanation of the use of AI, where applicable, within the methodology section itself if they wish to elaborate on the relevance and potential biases of the tool used, or in a separate section before the bibliography. It is not necessary to justify the use of AI for writing support (language editing and rephrasing).

Authors remain fully responsible for the content submitted to the journal, including accuracy, originality, the validity of the data presented, the relevance of the references cited, and compliance with the ethical standards of scholarly publishing. Under no circumstances may an artificial intelligence tool be considered an author or co-author of a manuscript. Submitted texts must be original, unpublished contributions based on the intellectual work of the individuals who sign them.

Any use of artificial intelligence that goes against the ethical standards of scholarly publishing will result in the manuscript being rejected from the editorial process.

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Editorial board

Edition

Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française (ACELF)
265, rue de la Couronne, bureau 303
Québec (Québec)
Canada G1K 6E1
revue@acelf.ca

Members of drafting committee

Anderson Araújo-Oliveira, président
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Québec)
Anderson.Araujo-Oliveira@uqtr.ca

Jean Labelle
Université de Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick)
jean.labelle@umoncton.ca

Eva Lemaire
Université de l'Alberta (Alberta)
lemaire@ualberta.ca 

Abdoulaye Anne
Université Laval (Québec)
abdoulaye.anne@fse.ulaval.ca

Joël Thibeault 
Université d'Ottawa (Ontario)
joel.thibeault@uottawa.ca