NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
All articles must conform to the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition, 2001).
All manuscripts will be sent out by an editor for anonymous editorial review by members of the IJME Editorial Committees (and/or invited reviewers in special circumstances, such as submissions in languages not represented on the Committee). To preserve anonymity in the process, the manuscript and abstract should contain no clues to the author's identity or institutional affiliation (they should appear only on the title page which will not be sent out). Contributors can usually expect a decision concerning the acceptability of a manuscript for publication within three months after receipt. Accepted articles will appear in the order in which they were accepted as publication space allows in the IJME.
Articles should be sent electronically to the relevant editor as follows:
Research articles: to Christopher M. Johnson at IJME@ku.edu
or
Practice articles: to both Timothy S. Brophy at ijmepractice@arts.ufl.edu, and Jane Cheung at wycheung@ied.edu.hk
All articles should be sent as an attachment in Word format. If electronic submission is not possible, four identical copies of the complete paper may be mailed to the relevant editor as shown below. The type size of the font should be no smaller than 12 point and be double-spaced (double spacing should include 28 points total for the line of text and the following line). Tables and figures should be no smaller than eight points. Figures and tables need not be camera-ready for review, but camera-ready figures and tables must be provided by the author for publication.
Research issue submissions to:
Christopher M. Johnson, Editor, International Journal of Music Education: Research, Music Education and Music Therapy, The University of Kansas, 448 Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive, Lawrence, JS, 66045-3102, USA.
Email: IJME@ku.edu
Practice issue submissions to:
Timothy S. Brophy, PhD, Co-Editor, International Journal of Music Education: Practice, University of Florida, PO Box 117900, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Email: ijmepractice@arts.ufl.edu
or
Jane Cheung, Co-Editor, International Journal of Music Education: Practice, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, 10 Lo Ping Road, Hong Kong.
Email: wycheung@ied.edu.hk
1. Length of papers. The entire manuscript, including the abstract and any figures, tables, drawings and references generally should not exceed 20 pages, but longer articles will be considered. Please also supply an abstract of about 150 words, and 5-8 keywords (arranged in alphabetical order) for searching online.
2. The Editor will acknowledge manuscripts upon receipt. All manuscripts will be sent out by the editor for anonymous editorial review by members of the IJME Editorial Committee (and/or to invited reviewers in special circumstances, such as submissions in languages not represented on the Committee). To preserve anonymity in the review process, the manuscript and abstract should contain no clues to the author's identity or institutional affiliation (they should appear only on the title paper which will not be sent out). Contributors can usually expect a decision concerning the acceptability of a manuscript for publication within three months after receipt. Accepted articles will appear in the order in which they were accepted as publication space allows.
3. The title page must include: title of article; author's name; current position and institution; current email for correspondence. Including an address, telephone and fax number(s) would also be helpful. There should also be the following statement on the title page (signed by the author): 'This article is submitted exclusively to the International Journal of Music Education and, if accepted for publication, it is agreed that it will become the copyright of the International Society for Music Education.'
4. Quotations. Lengthy quotations (over 40 words) should be displayed and indented in the text.
5. Style. UK or US spellings may be used with -ize spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize). Please use single quotation marks and double quotations marks for quotes within quotes. Dates should be in the form '9 May 2000'. Delete full stops/periods from 'USA' and other such abbreviations.
6. If the paper is accepted for publication, a copy of the final version will be required on disk, preferably in a PC-compatible format. The author is responsible for ensuring that the final hard copy and the diskette versions are identical.
7. Tables. You should present tables in your manuscript typed double-spaced on separate sheets and containing only horizontal rules. Each table needs a short descriptive title above it. Column headings should clearly define the data presented. All tables must be cited in the text.
8. Illustrations. All line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively and presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (i.e. not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet. They should be reproducible to a final printed text area of 244 mm x 170 mm. Illustrations on disk should be supplied as TIF or JPEG files scanned in at high resolution (at least 300 dpi) to a size of 244 mm x 170 mm. Images should be provided separately, i.e. not embedded in a Word document. Photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted black and white prints with a good range of contrast. Slides are also acceptable, black and white if possible. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet. Authors are responsible for obtaining printed and electronic permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Permission letters must be supplied to SAGE.
9. References in the text should be presented in American Psychological Association (APA) style, i.e. the author's name and year of publication in brackets, together with the page numbers, e.g. 'As Floyd (2002, pp. 40-41) has observed', or, in a more general reference: Floyd (2002) appears to be saying …'
10. Reference list. The references should be listed alphabetically in full at the end of the paper, typed double-spaced for ease of editing.
Multi-authored articles: in the text, when the work has two authors, always cite both names every time. When there are more than two authors and less than six, cite all authors the first time and after that, just the surname of the first author and et al. The names of all authors should be given in the reference list.
11. Language and terminology. Jargon or unnecessary technical language should be avoided. Language that might be deemed sexist or racist should not be used.
12. The corresponding author will receive page proofs for checking. Electronic offprints will be sent to the corresponding author, and all authors will receive a free copy of the journal.
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