Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
• Manuscript length (except for book reviews, Community Voices and Creative Wroks sections) is approximately 6,000 words, including tables, figures and references; longer pieces may be considered.
• Details of authors have not been included on the manuscript (to facilitate anonymous review of the article).
• Manuscript is not under consideration with any other journal.
• Manuscript is submitted in Word .doc or .docx format.
• Text is standard font (e.g. Arial, Times New Roman) at least 11 point and no more than 13 point (except for title and headings) with margins set at between 2.5 and 3 cm.
• Lines in the manuscript are one-and-a-half or double-spaced throughout.
• Heading levels are clearly marked. This is best achieved by numbering headings (e.g. 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1). Up to three orders of headings is acceptable.
• Only the first word and proper nouns in a title are capitalized.
• Footnotes have been kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively.
• Figures and tables have been integrated into the text. All figures and tables should be numbered consecutively.
• Information is included in the paper concerning ethical clearance provided for the study (if relevant).
• APA style (6th edition) has been used for in text references and reference list (bibliography).
• doi for articles, where available, has been included in the reference list (do not include URL if doi is available).
• All hyperlinks from text and references have been removed.
• Metadata details (when submitting article through journal website) have been completed, including: all author and co-author contact and affiliation details, manuscript type, keywords, abstract, and bibliography.
General Refereed Papers
Papers appearing in this section are drawn from the submission received after undergoing double blind peer review and editorial review. Submission is only by the website and requires the author/s to submit according to the requirements laid out in the initial submission pages.
Book Reviews
You can nominate to review a book published in the last two years that is relevant to the Journal. Please contact the book review editor ([email protected]) before beginning to write a review. The book review editor also invites those with relevant expertise to review books that are of interest to the Journal.
Creative Content
Please submit any form (audio-visual, fiction, poetry, etc.) Creative content related to issues of comparative and international education here. If you have any specific queries, please do feel free to liase with our Editorial Team ahead of or upon submission at: [email protected]
Community Voices
This section is intended to highlight voices of the many and varied education actors working in areas of relevance in comparative and international education. We encourage submissions from a range of education practitioners (education leaders, civil society and non-government actors, policy professionals, etcetera), to contribute pieces related to their professional experiences and / or perspectives to wider discussions in the journal.
Contributions in this section will be peer reviewed; the Editorial Team may contact authors to suggest options/suggestions of relevant potential reviewers in cases where we may need assistance in identifying them.
Copyright Notice
The International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives is the official journal of the Oceania Comparative and International Education Society. The IEJ, (ISSN 1443-1475), publishes a general volume bi-annually in July and December and also publishes Special Editions occasionally. It is a free, open-access scholarly journal, managed by volunteers. There are no article processing charges, or any charges to authors.
In relation to intellectual property, as of 2020, the IEJ: CP claims only first publication rights; copyright of all work published in the journal remains with the authors under Creative Commons copyright license CC-BY-ND (4.0). Author(s) retain all rights to their works, ensuring that reference to the International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives is clearly stated on any copies made or distribution. Submissions must not involve third parties with a claim to copyright, and be the sole work of the author(s). It is the responsibility of the author(s) to secure permission to reproduce photographs, illustrations, figures or tables. Single images, tables or figures can be re-used . If more than a single image or table are to be re-used authors must attribute first publication to IEJ: CP notify the IEJ: CP Editor. Authors may also make derivative works which are subject to these limitations.
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Re-distributed or used material must be referenced to the International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives.
