Publishing in Academic JournalsAn example from Education Inquiry

Nafsika Alexiadou, Linda Rönnberg

Selecting a Journal for your article

How should you select a journal for your manuscript?

a.Relevance, focus and coverage (theoretical, methodological, etc.)

b.Nature of the field – degree of specialisation of article / journal

c.Matching the manuscript to the Journal ...

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What you should pay attention to when submiting a manuscript to a journal

• Journal instructions for authors http://www.use.umu.se/english/research/educationinquiry/submitting

• Past published articles

• Editorial policies/ editorial board

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What constitutes a good quality manuscript?

• Clarity, coherence and cohesion• Structure and format• Strength of empirical research• Strength of argument• Contribution to the field• Language issues

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Education Inquiry

• Nature of the journal - Generalist journal / Plural approaches- Broad audiences

• Who we are – editorial boardhttp://www.use.umu.se/english/research/

educationinquiry/editorial/

• Our involvement in the process of reviewing

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Step 1: The Screening Process

• Screening

- Who does the screening?

– Criteria & purpose

- Why are some manuscripts rejected at the screening stage?

Step 2: The Peer Review Process

• What does peer review mean?

• Selecting referees

• Do you have to do everything the referees ask for?

• Who are the referees? http://www.use.umu.se/digitalAssets/

108/108973__acknowledgement_eduinq_vol3_no4_dec12_637-638.pdf

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Referees for 2011-12

Agneta Hult, Swe / Agneta Linné, Swe / Alison Hudson, UK / Anders Marner, Swe / Andre´Elias Mazawi, Canada / Anna Larsson, Swe / Anna Nordenstam, Sweden / Anna triandafyllidou, Italy / Anna Tsatsaroni, Greece / Anna-Lena Östern, Norway / Ann-Catrine Eriksson, Sweden / Anne Palmér, Sweden / Annette Braun, UK / Annette Sandberg, Sweden / Ansgar Richter, Germany / Antigoni Sarakinioti, Greece / Anton Franks, UK / Atle Krogstad, Norway / Barbro Hagberg Persson, Sweden / Bengt-Göran Martinsson, Sweden / Berit Lundgren, Sweden / Berner Lindstrom, Sweden / Bert Jonsson, Sweden / Bert van Oers, Netherlands / Björn Åstrand, Sweden / Brian Stecher, USA / Carin Jonsson, Sweden / Carlo Raffo, UK / Catherine de Wenden, France / Charlotte Palludan, Denmark / Christian Lundahl, Sweden / Christina Svens, Sweden / 9

Referees for 2011-12 (2)

Christina Wikström, Sweden / Daniel Coste, France / Daniel Koretz, USA / David Gillborn, UK/ David Hamilton, Swe/ David Little, Ireland / David Tandberg, USA/ Deborah Harcourt, Aus/ Eddie Denessen, Netherlands /Eleni Andreou, Greece /Eli Ottesen, Nor/ Elisabeth Frank, Swe / Elizabeth Peterson, NZ/ Ellen Beate Sandseter, Nor/ Esko Mäkelä, Swe/ Eva Forsberg, Swe/ Eva Gannerud, Swe/ Eva Lindgren, Swe/ Evert Vedung, Swe/ Gaby Weiner, UK/ Geert Driessen, Netherlands / Godfrey Baldacchino, Canada /Gordon Joughin, Aus/ Gordon Stobart, UK/ Gun-Marie Frånberg, Swe/ Göran Sonesson, Swe/ Hanna Eklöf, Swe / Hans Örtegren, Swe/ Harry torrance, UK/ Herbert Altrichter, Austria/ Hildegunn Otnes, Nor/ Inge Johansson, Swe/ Inge Weber Newth, UK/ Isa Jahnke, Swe/ J. Marshall Mangan, Canada/ Jane Perryman, UK /Datum Sidfot 10

Referees for 2011-12 (3)

Janet Enever, Swe/ Jennifer Greene, USA/ Johanna Rosenqvist, Swe /Julie Kate Seirlis, Canada/ Kajsa Borg, Swe / Kalervo Gulson, Aus/ Kenneth Ekström, Swe/ Kerstin Norlander, Swe/ Kim Rasmussen, Swe/ Kirk Sullivan, Swe/Koen Lombaerts, Belgium/ Laura Hamilton, USA/ Liisa Postareff, Finland/ Lisbeth Lundahl, Swe /Lyn Yates, Aus/Magdalena Szpotowicz, Poland/ Manal Hamzeh, USA/Manfred Hintermair, Germany/ Mari Haneda, USA/ Maria Nordstrom,Swe/ Martin Lawn, /Mary Jane Kehily,UK/ Maureen Killeavy, Ir /Mérove Gijsberts, Netherlands/Mia Porko-Hudd, Finland/Michael Buzzelli, Canada/Miriam David, UK/Monica Rosén, Swe/Monika Vinterek,Swe / Muthanna Samar, UK/Nihad Bunar, Swe/Datum Sidfot 11

Referees for 2011-12 (4)

Ola Lindberg, Swe /Palle Rasmussen, Denmark /Panayoitis Antoniou, UK /Patrik Hansson, Swe /Patrik Mehrens, Swe/ Paulette Luff, UK/ Päivi Granö, Finland/Rita Hvistendahl, Nor/ Robert Linn,USA / Rose Vukovic, USA/Rosie Flewitt, UK/Rusanen Sinikka, Finland /Sally Tomlinson, UK/ Spyros Themelis, UK/ Svein Lie, Nor/Sven Persson, Swe/ Søren Kjørup, Denmark /Tania N Thomas-Presswood, USA /Tehmina N. Basit, UK/ Terri Kim, UK/ Tomas Englund, Swe/Tony Gallagher, UK /Ulf Fredriksson, Swe/ Ulla Lind, Swe / Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, USA /Øystein Gilje, Nor

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What do we ask referees to comment upon?

We ask referees to comment on:Abstract / Introduction / Aim and/or research question(s) / Review of Literature / Theoretical framework / Methodology (including an ethical code of conduct) / Results / Discussion and conclusions / ReferencesAnd, to highlight strengths and weaknesses

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Referees’ judgement

1. Accept:[ ] In the present form[ ] With minor revisions

2.[ ] Major revision required, subject to reviews

3. [ ] Reject

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Step 3: The Editorial Decision

• Grounds for decisions

• Second round reviews - Turnaround times & Resubmissions

• Final decisions & editorial judgement / challenges?

• Language editing15

Step 4: Finalising texts

• Follow suggestions of Editors – they are the ones who decide what will happen to your manuscript

• Be very careful with editing your text – this on its own can result in a non-acceptance decision

• Follow detailed instructions on website for referencing, style, etc.

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Stage 5: some more to come ...

• Consent to publish

• Proofs, etc.

• Speed of response at the final stages

• How to refer to your forthcoming publication

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Example of an Education Inquiry Issue

http://www.use.umu.se/english/research/EducationInquiry/

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Sidfot

The March issue (vol. 4 no. 1)

Thematic section

•Daniel Faas (guest editor): Introduction•Yvonne Leeman & Sawitri Saharso: “Coming of age in Dutch schools. Issues of schooling and identity”•Mary Darmanin: “The ‘smallness’ of minimalist tolerance”•Farzana Shain: “Race, nation and education: An overview of British attempts to ‘manage diversity’ since the 1950s”•Cecile Wright: “Understanding black academic attainment: Policy and discourse, educational aspirations and resistance”•Christina Hadjisoteriou & Panayiotis Angelides: “The politics of intercultural education in Cyprus: policy-making and challenges”•Philipp Schnell, Elif Keskiner & Maurice Crul: “Success against the Odds: Educational pathways of disadvantaged second-generation Turks in France and the Netherlands”•Nathalie Rougier: “The hijab in the (denominational) Irish education system – tolerated or accepted?”•Kalervo Gulson & Taylor Webb: “”A raw, emotional thing”: School choice, commodification and the racialised branding of Afrocentricity in Toronto, Canada”•Audrey Osler & Chalank Yahya: “Challenges and complexity in human rights education: Teachers’ understandings of democratic participation and gender equity in post-conflict Kurdistan-Iraq”