Instructions for Authors - Summary
Summary
Instructions to Authors
Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research
- All manuscripts must follow strict APA style. Do not deviate in any manner, for any reason.
- Do not use any footnotes.
- All manuscripts of empirical studies must contain only the following major headings:
- Methods
Results
Discussion
Limitations & Future Research
- The manuscript may include subheadings, in proper APA style, as warranted.
- Do not use any additional headings, except the ones identified above, for empirical studies
(i.e. where data was collected). JEQR papers without
a thoughtful Limitations & Future Research section will not be reviewed.
- Manuscripts that do not carefully follow APA style will be rejected without review.
- Manuscripts may not exceed 35 double-spaced pages (excluding references, abstract, and title page).
- All tables and figures are to be placed at the end of the manuscript, identifying approximately where in the
document they should be located.
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- Manuscripts will be reviewed by the journal's editors with an initial decision made regarding whether the manuscript
is rejected or whether it will be routed for peer-review. The peer-reviewers will use the following rubric when
evaluating the manuscript: Evaluation Rubric. The final
decision regarding the article's publication, following blind peer-review, is made by the journal's managing editor.
- Normally, authors will be notified within four months of submission whether or not their manuscript is accepted
for publication.
- The manuscript's title page must contain the following information for each author: name, institutional
affiliation, rank and department (e.g., associate professor of education), and e-mail address.
- Following is a PDF sample copy of a manuscript in order
to provide a sense of what the final product will look like when completed. Authors will receive a complimentary copy of the
printed journal issue in which their publication appears as well as a PDF copy of the article for their own
scholarship use and purposes.
- Submit manuscripts as a Word document attachment at jeqr@comcast.net. Address all manuscript or publication questions to Dr. John Palladino,
the journal's managing editor, at this same e-mail address. Other inquiries regarding the journal may be sent to
Dr. Michael Firmin, the journal's executive editor, at firmin@cedarville.edu.
- Some stylistic tips and helps regarding for what the editorial team appraises in quality manuscripts is located at
the following website page: JEQR Publication. Following
these guides will substantially increase the chances of the manuscript's acceptance for publication.
- Submission to JEQR assumes the manuscript has not been previously published elsewhere nor is
under consideration by any other journal.