Publication Opportunities

Publication Opportunities

The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the following publication opportunities:

1. Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the 2025 Focus Conference will be published in Atlantis Press, which is part of Springer Nature. Atlantis Press is indexed in, among others, DOAJ, Web of Science and Scopus.

2. Special Issue

A cohort of papers will be considered for a special issue in the African Perspectives of Research in Teaching and Learning (APORTAL) journal. The APORTAL is a peer-reviewed journal accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).

Publication Guidelines
  • The Special Issue will publish a maximum of 20 articles.
  • No author may publish more than one article, either individually or collaboratively.
  • A maximum of three manuscripts from a single institution will be accepted.
  • Authors from various countries are encouraged to submit.
  • All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process with two independent reviewers.
  • Review reports will be submitted to APORTAL for safekeeping.
  • All submissions will be screened using TURNITIN for plagiarism detection.
  • Manuscripts exceeding the acceptable similarity threshold will be rejected.
  • The journal editors will handle formatting and layout according to APORTAL's publishing standards.
  • The Chief Editor reserves the right to reject any article, even if accepted by the Guest Editors.
Click here for the editorial and review policy

ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Muntuwenkosi Chili, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa

Prof Jacob Nyambe, University of Namibia, Namibia

Prof Mahlapahlapana Themane, University of Limpopo, South Africa

Prof David Edwards, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom

Dr Ephraim Zulu, Copperbelt University, Zambia

Prof Monwabisi Ralarala, University of Western Cape, South Africa

Prof Fidelis Emuze, Central University of Technology, South Africa

Dr. Gizem Halis Kasap, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Turkey

Prof Sagadevan Mundree, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Ms. Shanali Govender, University of Cape Town, South Africa

EDITORS

Chief Editor and Chairperson of Editorial Committee:

Dr Johannes Manyane Makua, Mangosuthu University of Technology

Editors

Dr Phiwayinkosi R. Gumede, Mangosuthu University of Technology

Dr Themba Mngomeni Mthethwa, Mangosuthu University of Technology

Mrs Ntombikhona Nene, Mangosuthu University of Technology

Mr Cebo Nyondo, Mangosuthu University of Technology

Previous Publications

2024 Conference Proceedings

2024 Conference Proceedings

The proceedings of the 2023 Focus Conference have been published by Atlantis Press (a part of Springer Nature) in the Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities (ISSN e: 2667-128X), All published papers are available in Open Access.

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2023 Conference Proceedings

2023 Conference Proceedings

The proceedings of the 2023 Focus Conference have been published by Atlantis Press (a part of Springer Nature) in the Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research Series (ISSN e:2352-5398), which is accredited by DHET (indexed in DOAJ). All published papers are available in Open Access.

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2022 Conference Proceedings

2022 Conference Proceedings

The proceedings of the 2022 Focus Conference have been published by Atlantis Press (a part of Springer Nature) in the Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research Series (ISSN e:2352-5398), which is accredited by DHET (indexed in DOAJ). All published papers are available in Open Access.

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