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Guide for Authors

Timeline

The timeline shown here ensures that the print version of the Journal is available at the yearly conference. Authors who attend the conference will receive their copy of the journal at that time. Those who are not in attendance will receive their copy by mail, shortly after the time of the conference.

While papers are accepted at any time, for inclusion in the current edition, they need to meet these deadlines.

Papers are expected to report an original contribution on a significant research topic related to process education as outlined in the aim and scope of the journal. To empower the readers significant commentaries may be published as Briefs. In addition to the journal selected articles may be invited for submission as a module to the Faculty Guidebook.

Date Requirement  

September 1

Submit paper for review

Submit

December 1

Submit final paper for technical editing

Submit

Required Manuscript Specifications

Submitted manuscripts must meet the specifications of the IJPE Style Guide.

It is available for viewing and download at the link above. It covers the complete formatting and styling of your manuscript, including

  • Styling of titles
  • How to handle author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s)
  • Typeface conventions and rules (fonts, bold, italics)
  • Rules for handling pronouns, acronyms, and capitalization
  • How to use, style, and punctuate lists, bullets, and numbering
  • Rules for punctuation (including apostrophes, contractions, and hyphens)
  • Grammar / terminology (rules for preferred usage)
  • Information about graphics and figures (including specifications)
  • Rules for in-text citations
  • Rules for references
  • A pre-submission / finalization checklist

Our editorial staff strongly recommends use of Mendeley Desktop, a free reference manager that will help you to collect the correct reference information for most research available online.

Submitting Your Manuscript

All manuscripts will be refereed in a double-blind review process, therefore, two manuscripts should be submitted, one with no identifying information. Your manuscript must be submitted through the IJPE submission form. Manuscripts submitted via email will not be accepted for publication.

Following the submission, editors will conduct an initial survey of the manuscript based on the criteria of compatibility with the journal's scope and mission. This initial survey will be perform within a month of the manuscript's submission. If the manuscript is accepted, its author(s) will be notified and the manuscript will be submitted to the peer review process, which should be completed within three months. Manuscripts not accepted for publication for the current cycle will be returned to the submitting author(s) with a brief explanation.



Review/Assessment Criteria

The submitted manuscript will be assessed by at least three reviewers. Authors will receive the reviewers' feedback on their manuscript at the end of the review process. The assessment of the manuscripts will be conducted according to the following two sets of criteria and established measures for each.


The first set of criteria concerns the type of research study which addresses the following issues:

  • Review of literature is focused and succinct
  • Presents a well-formulated hypothesis
  • Clearly describes the design, method, including data/measures
  • Presentation (e.g., descriptive statistics, statistical analysis, qualitative results) is organized and clear in its support of the hypothesis
  • Interpretation of result is limited to valid inferences based on the evidence
  • Discusses implications of the findings for educational theory and practice
  • Conclusion ties findings to the PE framework and/or to theory beyond PE

The second set of criteria concerns the publication criteria:

  • Provide a clear, concise, and accurate representation
  • Relevance of topic
  • Appropriateness of title
  • Clarity of focus in abstract and conclusion
  • Evidence of anticipating and addressing critical thinking questions of readers
  • Coherence with past scholarship, both IJPE and external sources
  • Comprehensiveness of citations for backing key content beyond PE
  • Logic of headings for fully developing material to achieve purpose
  • Balance of space dedicated to background, scholarly content, examples, tools/resources, and argumentation
  • Level of insight evidenced in "translating" constructs from other worldviews for meaning within PE
  • Composition quality, including IJPE Style Guide conventions
  • Effectiveness in teaching or convincing the reader
  • Readiness for final editing

Editorial Inquiries

Editorial questions and inquiries should be directed to:

Dr. Kathleen Burke, Professor of Economics, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045; Phone 607-753-2434 Fax 607-753-5983 Email: Kathleen.Burke@corltand.edu