Artificial Intelligence in International Education
The Journal of International Students invites original empirical, theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary manuscripts for a special issue examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping international education and the experiences of international students.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly influencing teaching, academic writing, advising, admissions, student services, mobility, assessment, retention, employability, and institutional decision-making. Although AI offers opportunities to improve multilingual communication, personalized learning, intercultural engagement, and student support, it also raises concerns related to algorithmic bias, digital inequality, academic integrity, privacy, surveillance, accessibility, and culturally insensitive design.
This issue places international students and cross-border higher education at the center of analysis. It seeks research that advances responsible, equitable, culturally responsive, and human-centered uses of AI in international education.
Manuscripts focused only on AI technology, general higher education, or domestic student populations will not be considered unless they establish a substantial connection to international students, global mobility, transnational education, or cross-border institutional practices.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Generative AI and international students’ academic writing across linguistic and cultural backgrounds
- AI-supported multilingual advising, communication, and learning support
- Algorithmic bias in international student recruitment, admissions, visa processing, and retention
- AI-enabled early-warning systems for international student success
- Chatbots and virtual assistants for immigration, orientation, health, and campus services
- AI and international student mental health, belonging, well-being, and social integration
- Digital inequality, accessibility, and unequal access to AI technologies
- AI-supported intercultural communication, peer matching, and community building
- Academic integrity and culturally diverse uses of generative AI
- Learning analytics and predictive modeling for international student success
- AI in study-abroad preparation, re-entry, and transnational program design
- Data privacy, surveillance, and ethical governance across national jurisdictions
- AI and the global employability of international graduates
- Comparative studies of AI policy, regulation, and quality assurance
- AI literacy and professional development for faculty and international student-support staff
- Immersive technologies, including AI, augmented reality, and virtual reality, for language learning and cultural adjustment
- Responsible and sustainable AI for equitable global educational mobility
Authors are encouraged to examine how AI experiences and outcomes are shaped by intersecting identities and conditions, including:
- nationality and migration status;
- language and cultural background;
- race, ethnicity, gender, and disability;
- socioeconomic status;
- geographic location;
- institutional resources; and
- digital access and technological infrastructure.
The special issue welcomes:
- empirical research;
- theoretical and conceptual studies;
- comparative and cross-national research;
- policy analyses;
- methodological studies;
- systematic or scoping reviews; and
- interdisciplinary studies connecting international education with educational technology, student affairs, migration studies, linguistics, psychology, public policy, or computer science.
All manuscripts must be original, unpublished, written in English, and aligned with the aims and scope of the Journal of International Students.
Submissions will undergo initial editorial screening followed by independent peer review. Decisions will be based on originality, scholarly significance, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and relevance to international students or cross-border education.
Invited manuscripts are not guaranteed acceptance. Guest editors may recommend decisions, but final editorial authority remains with the journal. All accepted manuscripts will be subject to the journal’s official Article Processing Charge policy, where applicable. Editorial decisions will remain independent of authors’ institutional affiliations or ability to pay.
Section EditorsProf. (Dr.) Prakash Kuppuswamy
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
KL University, Vaddeswaram, Vijayawada, India
Email: prakashcnet@gmail.com
Ms. Vijaya Ramineni
Department of Information Technology
DVR & Dr. HS MIC College of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India
Email: vijayar@mictech.ac.in
Prof. (Dr.) Saeed Q. Y. Al Khalidi
Department of Business Informatics, College of Business
King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Email: salkhalidi@yahoo.com
Prof. Ali Hamad Al-Badi
Department of Computing Science
Gulf College, Oman
Email: aalbadi@gulfcollege.edu.om
Dr. Karunamoorthi Kaliyapermal
Faculty of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Member, Student Affairs
Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Email: karunamoorthi@gmail.com
Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh
Advisor of Research and Innovation
GM University, Davanagere, Karnataka, India
Email: advisor.res@gmu.ac.in
Full manuscript deadline: Nov 5, 2026
Peer-review decisions: Jan 5, 2027
Expected publication: Feb 5, 2027
Authors should submit manuscripts through the Journal of International Students online submission system and select the special issue: "Artificial Intelligence in International Education”
Manuscripts containing 50% or more AI-generated text will be desk rejected without external peer review. Authors are responsible for ensuring that AI is used only as a writing aid and not as a substitute for original scholarly work. Authors may use AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) but must disclose their use in the manuscript. AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy and integrity of their work.
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Submissions to the Journal of International Students (JIS) must be original, unpublished, and aligned with the journal’s Aims & Scope. Manuscripts should follow APA Style (7th edition).
Manuscript Types: Research Articles (4,500–7,500 words)
