Current Issue
Vol. 11 (2026): STAR Open: An International Multidisciplinary Journal
Volume 11 (2026) of STAR Open: An International Multidisciplinary Journal explores connections among education, leadership, and human development. This issue brings together scholarship on trust and teachers’ professional learning, sustainable food literacy and environmental responsibility, international nursing students’ challenges, student crime prevention, and cognitive behavioral approaches to reducing substance use tendencies. Together, these articles address how educational communities can support professional growth, student well-being, and positive social change.
Published:
2026-09-04
Education, Leadership, and Human Development
STAR Open: An International Multidisciplinary Journal is a peer-reviewed, gold open-access journal that publishes high-quality scholarship across disciplines. The journal provides an inclusive international platform for original research articles, review articles, theoretical and conceptual papers, policy analyses, methodological papers, case studies, brief reports, commentaries, and scholarly essays.
Aims and Scope
STAR Open welcomes submissions from scholars, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, graduate students, and institutional leaders worldwide. The journal supports scholarship that is methodologically sound, ethically conducted, clearly written, socially relevant, and accessible to readers across disciplines and regions. It especially encourages work that advances interdisciplinary dialogue, addresses contemporary global challenges, and contributes to research, policy, practice, innovation, and public understanding.
Sections
Education and Human Development
Higher education, schools, teaching and learning, curriculum, student success, educational leadership, mentoring, workforce development, and lifelong learning.
Higher education, schools, teaching and learning, curriculum, student success, educational leadership, mentoring, workforce development, and lifelong learning.
Social Sciences, Humanities, and Culture
Sociology, anthropology, communication, media, history, philosophy, literature, religion, ethics, language, arts, identity, migration, and culture.
Sociology, anthropology, communication, media, history, philosophy, literature, religion, ethics, language, arts, identity, migration, and culture.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Innovation
AI in education, health, business, research, writing, communication, public policy, digital transformation, ethics, governance, data science, and human–AI interaction.
AI in education, health, business, research, writing, communication, public policy, digital transformation, ethics, governance, data science, and human–AI interaction.
Health, Psychology, and Behavioral Sciences
Public health, healthcare systems, wellness, mental health, behavioral science, psychology, human development, health equity, and community well-being.
Public health, healthcare systems, wellness, mental health, behavioral science, psychology, human development, health equity, and community well-being.
Business, Leadership, Policy, and Law
Management, entrepreneurship, organizational leadership, economics, public administration, law, governance, justice, nonprofit leadership, and policy studies.
Management, entrepreneurship, organizational leadership, economics, public administration, law, governance, justice, nonprofit leadership, and policy studies.
STEM, Sustainability, and Global Studies
Science, technology, engineering, mathematics, environmental studies, sustainability, climate, agriculture, global development, and emerging interdisciplinary fields.
Science, technology, engineering, mathematics, environmental studies, sustainability, climate, agriculture, global development, and emerging interdisciplinary fields.
Sections
The journal is organized around broad multidisciplinary sections, including Education and Human Development; Social Sciences, Humanities, and Culture; Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Innovation; Health, Psychology, and Behavioral Sciences; Business, Leadership, Policy, and Law; Diplomacy and Political Science; and STEM, Sustainability, and Global Studies.
eg., Diplomacy and International Relations: Foreign policy, diplomacy, international security, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, global governance, international law, human rights, regional studies, transnational cooperation, migration, and global affairs.
Open Access and Publishing Ethics
STAR Open is committed to open access, ethical publishing, rigorous peer review, and global knowledge sharing. All published articles are made freely available online without subscription barriers. Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication under the journal’s open access license. The journal follows recognized principles of publication ethics, including transparency, originality, responsible authorship, conflict of interest disclosure, research integrity, and fair peer review.
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