Gifted Education International
Special Education
Founded in 1981, Gifted Education International is a premier interdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing the field of gifted education through rigorous research and innovative practices. It covers various topics related to identifying, educating, and developing gifted and talented individuals, aiming to bridge theory and practice while addressing the unique needs of learners with high potential across various cultural contexts. By publishing original research articles, reviews, and theoretical discussions, the journal fosters critical dialogue on educational methodologies, psychological perspectives, and policy implications. Through this comprehensive approach, Gifted Education International serves as a vital platform for educators, researchers, and policymakers, enhancing understanding and effectiveness in gifted education and promoting inclusive strategies that benefit all learners.
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- To Publish Cutting-Edge Research: Gifted Education International aims to advance the field of gifted education by publishing the latest empirical studies, theoretical analyses, and innovative approaches. The journal fosters critical discussions on the evolving needs and best practices in educating gifted children.
- To Raise Awareness of the Unique Needs of Gifted Children: The journal strives to enhance understanding of the distinct cognitive, social, and emotional needs of gifted children, ensuring educators, parents, and other stakeholders are equipped to support their development in both academic and personal contexts.
- To Disseminate Best Practices in Identification and Assessment: The journal prioritizes the dissemination of effective assessment tools and procedures for identifying gifted children. Special emphasis is placed on:
- Under-achieving students who may not demonstrate their potential in traditional assessment methods.
- Students from multi-racial communities whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds may impact identification processes.
- Students from disadvantaged or deprived backgrounds who might be overlooked or underrepresented in gifted programs.
- To Feature the Development of Curriculum Extension Materials: The journal highlights the development of innovative curriculum extension materials designed to challenge and engage gifted learners. Reviews and resource guides on curriculum development help educators access and utilize high-quality educational materials to support gifted students.
- To Report on Best Practices and Successful Programs: The journal provides a platform for sharing case studies and examples of effective gifted education programs across schools and educational institutions. These reports aim to inspire and inform educators by showcasing successful strategies, interventions, and pedagogical approaches.
- To Reflect National and International Perspectives: In an increasingly globalized world, Gifted Education International facilitates an exchange of ideas and insights from both national and international viewpoints. This cross-cultural exchange enriches the discourse on gifted education, fostering a broader understanding of the diverse educational contexts and approaches around the world.
- To Provide Guidance and Resources for Teachers and Parents: The journal is dedicated to offering practical resources and advice to educators and parents. Information on professional development opportunities, courses, training programs, and activities designed for both teachers and gifted children is an integral part of the journal’s offerings.
- Educational Strategies for Identifying and Supporting Gifted Students: The journal explores effective methods for identifying giftedness in various educational contexts and strategies for supporting the intellectual, social, and emotional development of gifted children.
- Curriculum Development for Gifted Learners: The journal covers the design and implementation of specialized curriculum materials and programs that enrich and challenge gifted learners and help cultivate their talents and potential.
- Assessment Tools and Techniques: The journal features in-depth discussions on assessing giftedness, including tools and techniques for identifying gifted children across diverse populations and in different educational settings.
- Social, Emotional, and Psychological Aspects of Giftedness: Gifted Education International delves into the emotional and psychological dimensions of giftedness, examining topics such as underachievement, social integration, mental health, and the emotional needs of gifted children.
- Case Studies and Reports on Successful Interventions: The journal presents case studies of successful interventions and programs aimed at improving the educational experiences of gifted children. These reports offer valuable insights and practical recommendations for educators and schools.
- International Perspectives on Gifted Education: The journal features articles and research that reflect diverse national and international approaches to gifted education, policies, and practices, fostering a global perspective on the field.
| Ugur Sak | Anadolu University, Turkey |
| Belle Wallace | TASC International, UK |
| Michael Shaughnessy | Eastern New Mexico University, USA |
| Bilge Bal Sezerel | Anadolu University, Turkey |
| Arda Atakaya | Anadolu University, Turkey |
| Gamze Kayacan | Anadolu University, Turkey |
| N. Ece Unal | Anadolu University, Turkey |
| Seokhee Cho | St. John's University, USA |
| Tracy L. Cross | University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA |
| Gillian Eriksson | University of Central Florida, USA |
| Marie Huxtable | University of Cumbria, UK |
| James C. Kaufman | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Todd Lubart | Paris Descartes University, France |
| C. June Maker | Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, USA |
| Kobus Maree | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Steven I. Pfeiffer | Florida State University, USA |
| Sally Reis | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Joseph S. Renzulli | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Andrzej Sekowski | JP II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland |
| John Senior | Independent Consultant, UK |
| Michael Shaughnessy | Eastern New Mexico University, USA |
| Bruce M. Shore | McGill University, Canada |
| Dorothy Sisk | Lamar University, USA |
| Robert J. Sternberg | Cornell University, USA |
| Belle Wallace | TASC International, UK |
| Jack Whitehead | University of Cumbria, UK |
| Frank C. Worrell | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Selcuk Acar | University of North Texas, USA |
| Doehee Ahn | Chung-Ang University, South Korea |
| Yavuz Akbulut | Anadolu University, Turkey |
| Anies Al-Hroub | American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| Jesus Alfonso D. Datu | The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| M. Bahadir Ayas | Anadolu University, Turkey |
| Kadir Bahar | University of Georgia, USA |
| Julie Ballantyne | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Mustafa Baloglu | Hacettepe University, Turkiye |
| Tanja Gabriele Baudson | Mensa Germany, Germany |
| Sebastian C. Bergold | TU Dortmund University, Germany |
| Kevin D. Besnoy | University of Alabama, USA |
| Sheyla Blumen | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru |
| Carol A. Carman | University of Houston, USA |
| Hanna David | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Ophélie Desmet | Ball State University, USA |
| Salaheldin Farah Bakhiet | King Saud University, Saudi Arabia |
| Carmen Ferrandiz Garcia | University of Murcia, Spain |
| Mercedes Ferrando Prieto | University of Murcia, Spain |
| Denise Fleith | University of Brasilia, Brasil |
| Megan Foley Nicpon | University of Iowa, USA |
| Marcin Gierczyk | University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland |
| Vlad Glaveanu | Dublin City University, Ireland |
| Peter Gouzouasis | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Igor Grossmann | University of Waterloo, Canada |
| Sule Gucyeter | Usak University, Turkey |
| Eva Gyarmathy | Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary |
| Ahmed Hemdan | United Arab Emirates University, UAE |
| Daniel Hernández-Torrano | Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan |
| Jaret Hodges | University of North Texas, USA |
| Weiping Hu | Shaanxi Normal University, China |
| Marcia B. Imbeau | University of Arkansas, USA |
| Chee Keng John Wang | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Jennifer L. Jolly | University of Alabama, USA |
| Jae Yup Jared Jung | The University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Maciej Karwowski | University of Wroclaw, Poland |
| Fatih Kaya | Istanbul Kultur University, Turkey |
| Todd Kettler | Baylor University, USA |
| Immaculate Kizito Namukasa | Western University, Canada |
| Leonie Kronborg | Monash University, Australia |
| Yi-Lung Kuo | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China |
| C. Owen Lo | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Guadalupe López-Íñiguez | University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland |
| Eric Mann | Hope College, USA |
| Omar Muammar | Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia |
| Rachel U. Mun | University of North Texas, USA |
| Ut Na Sio | University of Sheffield, UK |
| F. Richard Olenchak | Purdue University, USA |
| Roland S. Persson | Jönköping University, Sweden |
| Margaret Plunkett | Federation University Australia, Australia |
| David D. Preiss | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile |
| Meihua Qian | Clemson University, USA |
| Matthew R. Reynolds | University of Kansas, USA |
| Hugo Sarmento | University of Coimbra, Portugal |
| Elizabeth Shaunessy-Dedrick | University of South Florida, USA |
| Bharath Sriraman | University of Montana, USA |
| Sema Tan | Sinop University, Turkey |
| Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott | At-Large Member |
| Dmitry Ushakov | Moscow University of Psychology and Education, Russia |
| Miriam Vock | Universität Potsdam, Germany |
| Mantak Yuen | University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| David Yun Dai | State University of New York, USA |
| Moshe Zeidner | University of Haifa, Israel |
Manuscript Submission Guidelines: Gifted Education International
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gei to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Gifted Education International will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding - 2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
- Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 SAGE Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
Before submitting your manuscript to Gifted Education International, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
Gifted Education International publishes original research, review articles and case reports on the subject of gifted education and articles pertinent to the upliftment of education. Manuscripts can focus on any group of pupils ranging from Early Years to Tertiary.
Manuscripts should be between 1,000 and 6,000 words in length (including references) and we encourage authors to include photographs and examples of pupils' work, subject to appropriate permissions being secured (see section 8).
Many Book Reviews published in the journal are produced by the Senior Reviewer, John Senior. However, Gifted Education International does accept unsolicited reviews for consideration, and these will be subject to peer review, as with all submissions to the journal.
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online
Gifted Education International operates a peer review policy to ensure that each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.
Gifted Education International requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
Gifted Education International encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway
SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Gifted Education International and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a SAGE journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the SAGE Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the SAGE Author Gateway
3.3 Open access and author archiving
Gifted Education International offers optional open access publishing via the SAGE Choice programme. For more information please visit the SAGE Choice website. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files
Gifted Education International adheres to the SAGE Harvard reference style. View the SAGE Harvard guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the SAGE Harvard EndNote output file.
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
Gifted Education International is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit Gifted Education International to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please contact the Editorial Office at the following address: belle.wallace@btinternet.com
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process SAGE is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognised.
We encourage all authors to add their ORCIDs to their SAGE Track accounts and include their ORCIDs as part of the submission process. If you don’t already have one you can create one here
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the SAGE Author Gateway
6. On acceptance and publication
Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. Please note that if there are any changes to the author list at this stage all authors will be required to complete and sign a form authorising the change.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the SAGE Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
SAGE provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The SAGE Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice. In addition, SAGE is partnered with Kudos, a free service that allows authors to explain, enrich, share, and measure the impact of their article. Find out how to maximise your article’s impact with Kudos.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Gifted Education International editorial office as follows: