Journal Details
Higher Education Research and Development
2010 Impact Factor 0.528, Ranked 122/184 (Education & Educational Research)
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Journal of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Visit the organisation site
Published By: Routledge
Volume Number: 30
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Print ISSN: 0729-4360
Online ISSN: 1469-8366
Instructions for Authors
This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.
Articles
The journal seeks to publish research or scholarship-based articles on the theory and practice of higher education. All articles, of whatever nature, should lead to critical insights into the area being addressed, framed within an appropriate international context.
Key topics include: higher education policy and practice; university teaching, learning and curriculum design; postgraduate education; academic leadership and management; academic work and identities. A range of methodological approaches – including, but not limited to, empirical (quantitative or qualitative), historical and philosophical work – is invited.
The article review process starts with an initial screening of the manuscript by the editorial team. Manuscripts that pass this stage are sent out for review, after which they may be accepted for publication, accepted subject to major or minor revisions, or rejected. The review process normally takes 3-5 months, and publication follows between 12-24 months later.
Because of the longer delays now being experienced between acceptance and publication, HERD offers its authors advance electronic publication through Taylor & Francis' iFirst platform.
The criteria used to guide the review process are:
- The paper provides an important critical and/or analytical insight that contributes something new to the field of higher education studies
- The issue/problem is well situated in an appropriate literature
- The paper demonstrates methodological soundness
- The conclusion is well supported and persuasively argued
- The paper is succinct and coherent
- Overall, the paper reads well and will engage an international higher education audience.
The length of the manuscript should be around 5000-6000 words, with an absolute limit of 7000. An abstract of no more than 300 words must be provided at submission stage. Authors must place a word count at the end of their manuscript: please note that this will include all words in the entire submission including the abstract, title, references, and figure legends. Manuscripts over 7000 words will be returned to authors.
Points for Debate
Points for Debate (inaugurated in issue 31.1) offers an opportunity for readers of HERD and the higher education community to raise critical questions, advance thoughtful commentary, or offer provocative views on matters related to research and practice in higher education. We welcome pieces of up to 1200 words, and in alternative forms (eg, a cartoon, creative fiction, poetry, play-script etc). Points for Debate pieces may be stand-alone or act as a response to an article published in the journal. They may also be solicited through invitation. All submissions are reviewed by members of the HERD editorial team.
If you have an idea for a piece or would like to make a submission, contact the HERD Points for Debate Editor, Tai Peseta at t.peseta@latrobe.edu.au
Book reviews
HERD publishes book reviews of approximately 800 words. Reviews should be of recently published books dealing with any aspect of higher education that the reviewer considers to be inspiring or to have significant implications for future policy, research and/ or practice in higher education.
Guidelines for would-be book reviewers include:
- Does the review convey the content of the book, the author's approach to the subject, and the author's conclusions? Reviews should avoid a chapter-by-chapter listing of themes in favour of a more integrated approach.
- Does the review place the book in the context of its field and give a sense of the book's significance?
- Does the review present a balanced analysis of the book's strengths and weaknesses and illustrate those points with examples?
- Is the review written in language accessible to a generalist audience? We assume that our readers are knowledgeable about higher education, but may not be specialists in a particular field.
- Is the review written in a clear and lively style that is both interesting and engaging?
Special issues
At least one issue each year is usually a special issue that focuses on a specific area of educational practice or research. As of late 2011, special issue topics are decided by the Editorial Team under the leadership of the Special Issues Editor, Bruce Macfarlane. Calls for submissions are published in earlier issues of the journal itself as well as on this website; they are also sent out through various networks.
Style guidelines
Description of HERD's style
Description of the Journal's reference style
If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk
If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk
Word templates
Word templates are available for this journal. If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other template queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk
Submission of manuscripts
Submission of manuscripts
All submissions should be made online at the Higher Education Research & Development Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. HERD-specific guidelines for submitting either a new or a revised manuscript are provided at the Author Centre.
Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Note, however, HERD has two main points of difference from these guidelines that you need to take into account:
1. Submit two files only.
i. A ‘not for review' file. This is the all-inclusive version of the paper, laid out as it would be published. It includes all of the components: title, full authorship and contact details, abstract, tables and figures (placed in their designated locations within the body of the paper), references and any acknowledgements or appendices.
The TOTAL length of this file (including every component) must be within HERD's upper limit of 7,000 words. Where text in imported graphics is not included in the automatic word count, words must be counted manually and added onto the total.
ii. A reviewable ‘main document' file. This is IDENTICAL to the ‘not for review' file, except that all identifying material should be removed, in order to make the document anonymous.
2. Tables and figures should be integrated into the text, not submitted as separate files or at the end of the document.
Submitted manuscripts will not have been published elsewhere (though they may be based on a prior conference presentation or the like) and should not concurrently be under consideration by another journal.
Free article access. As corresponding author, you will receive free access to your article on Taylor & Francis Online. You will be given access to the My authored works section of Taylor & Francis Online, which shows you all your published articles. You can easily view, read, and download your published articles from there. In addition, if someone has cited your article, you will be able to see this information. We are committed to promoting and increasing the visibility of your article and have provided this guidance <http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/beyondpublication/promotearticle.asp> on how you can help.
Reprints and journal copies. Corresponding authors can receive a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Article reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when you receive your proofs. If you have any queries about reprints, please contact the Taylor & Francis Author Services team at reprints@tandf.co.uk. To order extra copies of the issue containing your article, please contact our Customer Services team at adhoc@tandf.co.uk.
Copyright. It is a condition of publication that the authors vest copyright in their articles in HERDSA. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from the publisher (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group), provided that acknowledgment is given to the journal as the original source of publication, and that the Publisher is notified so that our records show its use is properly authorised.
Please note: All contributing authors are requested to acknowledge in writing that, in submitting their work for consideration, they are doing so solely and exclusively to the Journal and confirm that their work is not under consideration elsewhere, nor has been published previously.
Visit our Author Services website for further resources and guides to the complete publication process and beyond.
