SDG 4 Quality Education

SDG 4: Journals and Collections

So many researchers like you have chosen Springer Nature for their UN SDG 4-related research that they’ve made Springer Nature the leading publisher for this world-changing (even world-saving) work.

Why? Because: Policy makers, business leaders, and even fellow researchers already know to come to Springer SN SDG logo © Springer Nature 2019Nature to find important research in SDG 4. Because Springer Nature works with the SDG Publishers Compact and leading institutions like the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). And because Springer Nature offers some of the best venues to publish in, including the options to publish in a fully open access (OA) journal, or to publish OA in a hybrid journal.

We invite you to explore and submit your next paper to one of the journals or collections listed below.

Highlighted journals

Journal open access agreements

00G7H_LP-SDG11_Visual Creation © Springer NatureResearchers at more than 3,450 institutions worldwide are benefitting from transformative agreements (TAs) with Springer Nature—and that number is growing.

These agreements cover the open access (OA) journal article publishing costs for researchers at those institutions. Find out more about OA agreements and whether you may be entitled to publish OA with your fees covered.

Benefits of publishing your SDG 4-related research openly include increased citation and usage, greater public engagement, faster impact and compliance with open access mandates.

Are you entitled to publish OA with your fees covered?

Call for papers: Journal collections & special issues open for submission

- SDG 4 Quality Education Collection (Multi-journal) Ongoing

- Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (Nature portfolio multi-journal collection) Ongoing

- Smart Sustainable Universities in Digital Natives Era - Challenges and Possibilities (Discover Sustainability) Deadline: 1-Dec-2023

- Digitalisation in the school and the workplace (Scientific Reports) Deadline: 30-Dec-2023

-The Role of Education in the Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: How Sustainability Education Influences Consumption and Production Systems and Contributes to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (Discover Sustainability) Deadline: 31-Dec-2023

- Human-Machine Collaboration for Future Education (Discover Education) Deadline: 17-Jan-2024

- Rural health professions education (BMC Medical Education) Deadline: 19-Jan-2024

- Implications of artificial intelligence in learning and education (npj Science of Learning) Deadline: 26-Jan-2024

- Innovation and Educational Technology: Analysis of the Most Current Trends (Discover Education) Deadline: 31-Jan-2024

- Teaching and Learning Artificial Intelligence (Discover Education) Deadline: 01-Feb-2024

- Internationalization of Medical Education (BMC Medical Education) Deadline: 21-Feb-2024

- Overcoming Barriers to Implement Education for Sustainable Development Cultures in Higher Education (Discover Sustainability) Deadline: 01-Mar-2024

- Positive Psychology in Language Teaching: Delving into Factors that may Foster/Hinder Language Teacher Well-being (Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education) Deadline: 31-May-2024

- Coding the Future: Discoveries in Early Childhood Education (Discover Education) Deadline: 01-July-2024

Benefits of publishing in a journal collection

What are some of the benefits of publishing in a collection?

Context: Your results and research will appear alongside others working on the same question—helping put your work in the proper context. 

Expert guidance: An expert Guest Editor, known to you and your colleagues in your field—who understands your work more completely than the journal’s regular Editors. 

Timely review and publication: Because a collection has a time focus, the journal places extra effort on timely review and publication.

Improved visibility: Because journals often feature topical collections on their home pages, your work will be more readily visible as compared to publishing in a regular issue or sequence.