Educational Administration Quarterly (EAQ) uses an electronic submission and review process. Manuscripts should be submitted at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/eaq, where authors will be required to set up an online account in the SAGETRACK system powered by ScholarOne.

Ordinarily, manuscripts should be 25 to 40 pages in length. All tables should be included in the electronic file. Figures may be submitted in separate electronic files, preferably as TIFF or JPEG images, although we can accept most other formats. Figures must be of sufficient resolution for high-end printing: 1200 dpi for line art, 300 dpi for grayscale, and 600 dpi for color.

Manuscripts should follow the style of the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). Authors should review the section in the manual on Self-Plagiarism. All copy should be typed, double-spaced in Times New Roman 12-point font with notes, references, tables, and figures appearing at the end of the manuscript per APA style.

Structured Abstract
Each manuscript should include a structured abstract, similar to those described by Mosteller, Nave, and Miech in the January/February 2004 Educational Researcher Commentary, "Why We Need a Structured Abstract in Education Research." The structured abstract for empirical manuscripts should include very brief subheaded sections such as Purpose, Research Methods/Approach (e.g., Setting, Participants, Research Design, Data Collection and Analysis), Findings, and Implications for Research and Practice. Nonempirical or conceptual manuscripts should use subheads appropriate to the conceptual argument or position promoted or discussed (e.g., Purpose, Proposed Conceptual Argument or Model, Implications). Including section heads, abstracts should not exceed 250 words. Additionally, five key words or phrases should appear after the abstract along with an indication of the type of article (e.g., empirical paper, conceptual paper).

Author Identification
Manuscripts should include a cover sheet with the title, author’s name, address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address, along with a brief biographical statement (2-3 sentences). If the article was authored by more than one person, coauthors’ names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and biographical statements should also be included. However, to assure appropriate blind review, the author’s name or identifying information should NOT appear in headers, footers, reference list, or other portions of the manuscript text; instead, information in text or references that would identify the author should be replaced with the word "Author" in lieu of the author’s name or identifying information.

From the Field Submissions
In addition to its regular blind refereed empirical or conceptual manuscripts, the EAQ editorial staff reviews and accepts other work for inclusion in the From the Field section of the journal. These works may include highlights of award-winning dissertations, book reviews, policy commentaries or updates, brief updates on longitudinal research in progress, and other shorter pieces that highlight timely issues in the field.

Originality of Manuscript
Manuscripts submitted for consideration must be the original work of the submitting authors, not be previously published in any form - print or online - and be submitted only to the journal. Referees evaluate submitted manuscripts anonymously.

EDITING SERVICE FOR AUTHORS WHERE SECOND LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH

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SPECIAL THEME ISSUES

Purpose of Special Issues
From time to time, EAQ will publish issues dedicated to specific topics and/or themes deemed timely and significant to the field of educational leadership. Those interested in serving as a guest editor for a special-theme issue of EAQ should send electronic copies of the following to the editor: lskrla@tamu.edu, and mark the e-mail “Attention editor.”

Proposal Guidelines
All proposals should include the following:

1. Theme—Identification and description of the theme of the proposed issue
2. Rationale and justification—A rationale that describes the significance and timeliness for EAQ
3. Concise literature review—A concise review of the latest literature related to this theme and any additional background information related to the theme
4. Nature of contributions—A description of the nature of the contributions to be included in the volume must also be provided. A description of whether articles published in the special volume will be by invitation only, whether there will be a general call for papers or whether there will be both invited articles and a general call for papers. If there are to be invited articles, please indicate names of authors who will be invited to write articles. One may also submit a proposal containing a collection of papers that have been presented at an academic conference.
5. Reviewers for volume—Special issue editors are responsible for assigning a minimum of five reviewers for the entire issue, i.e., these reviewers will be responsible for reading and critiquing all manuscript contributions to the issue. Names of potential reviewers should be submitted with the proposal. In order to ensure a high quality peer-review process, the identity of each reviewer will be treated as privileged information, used only by the editors and will not be released to others.
6. Proposed time lines—Proposed time-lines for the issue, e.g., the call, initial drafts, feedback, final editing, submission for printing, etc. Manuscripts must be accepted for publication at least 4-6 months prior to publication.

The Review Process
All special issue proposals will be reviewed by the following: the EAQ editor, editorial team, and, pending the discretion of the EAQ editor and editorial team, members of the EAQ editorial board and/or notable researchers of the proposed issue theme.

Approval of Proposal
It should be noted that final decisions on the matters noted above are subject to the review of the EAQ editor and editorial team.