Yükseköğretim Dergisi / TÜBA Higher Education Research/Review (TÜBA-HER), the official journal of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed scientific journal on higher education studies. It is published triannualy (April, August, December) in both printed (p-ISSN 2146-796X) and electronic (e-ISSN 2146-7978) versions and welcomes manuscripts in Turkish or English. One volume is completed every year. The regular issues may be published in multiple parts if deemed necessary. The journal may also publish supplements or special issues on specific topics.

The journal is currently indexed in the following abstracting and indexing services: TUBITAK ULAKBIM TR Index, ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index), EBSCO Education Full Text (H. W. Wilson) Database Coverage List, and Google Scholar.

The aim of the journal is to establish a scientific platform to evaluate the essential functional characteristics of higher education in Turkey and the world, to address similarities and differences among countries’ higher education systems in terms of practice, and to examine common problems and to suggest solutions for these problems. In this way, the journal aims to establish an academic archive that will contribute to the development of applicable, sustainable, innovative, entrepreneurial and strategic approaches in higher education.

Yükseköğretim Dergisi / TÜBA Higher Education Research/Review (TÜBA-HER) primarily welcomes manuscripts concerned with all aspects of higher education in an interdisciplinary manner such as original conceptual and empirical research papers, literature reviews, case studies, viewpoint articles, historical views and letters to the editor. Publication decision for these types of manuscripts except the letters to the editor is based on peer review process that is processed following the pre-evaluation of the Editorial Board. All manuscripts to be evaluated by peer review should contain abstracts, keywords and references. 

There are further types of submissions, which are not evaluated by external reviewers, some of which are written upon invitation and of which publication decision is only given by the Editorial Board, such as short reports, guidelines, obituaries, book reviews, abstracts, and news and announcements on higher education activities.

The journal welcomes the following types of submissions:

• Original Empirical Research
• Conceptual Research
• Case Study
• Literature Review
• Viewpoint
• Historical View
• Letter to the Editor
• Short Report
• Guidelines
• Obituary
• Book Review
• Abstracts
• News
• Announcements

The coverage of Yükseköğretim Dergisi / TÜBA Higher Education Research/Review (TÜBA-HER) basically includes the following topics:

• Management of Higher Education
• Policies and Strategies of Higher Education
• Education and Training in Higher Education (general education topics at national or international scale: educational policies, educational competencies, curriculum, programs, educational technologies, assessment & evaluation, etc.)
• Structuring of Universities in Higher Education
• Quality and Accreditation in Higher Education
• Faculty Development in Higher Education
• Financing of Higher Education
• Internationalization in Higher Education
• Diversity in Higher Education
• Ranking Systems in Higher Education
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Research & Development Strategies in Higher Education
• The Relations among Industry and Society in Higher Education
• Campus Life in Higher Education
• New Trends in Higher Education
• The Transition from High School/College Education to Higher Education

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