Journal Details
Human Resource Development International
Instructions for Authors
The Mission and Scope of HRDI
All authors should provide a statement (of up to 100 words) explaining how their paper fits within the mission and scope of HRDI. Please see the Authors Charter for more information.
HRDI promotes all aspects of practice and research that explore issues of individual, group and organisational learning and performance, wherever they might be located. In adopting this perspective, HRDI is committed itself to questioning the divide between practice and theory; between the 'practitioner' and the 'academic'; between traditional and experimental methodological approaches; and between organizational demands and the demands of scholarship.
Peer-Reviewed Articles. High quality papers for double-blind peer review. These should total no more than 8,000 words. Author information should be on a separate sheet.
Not Peer-Reviewed:
Perspectives on Practice. High-quality articles about advanced practice - 3,000 - 4,000 words.
Perspectives on Research. Reports of research-in-progress and innovative development projects - 3,000 - 4,000 words.
Perspectives on People. Interviews with researchers or practitioners which provide a perspective on the individual's contribution to the field, in retrospect, progress, or prospect - 3,000 - 4,000 words.
Debate. A position paper that takes a challenging stance on an issue relating to HRD - 3,000 - 4,000 words.
Reviews. Book, video, conference and software reviews - 1,000 - 1,500 words; review articles - covering several related books - 3,000 - 4,000 words
Submission of Manuscripts
Authors should submit an electronic copy to K. Peter Kuchinke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 355 Education, 1310 S. Sixth Street, Champaign, IL61820, USA (E-mail: hrdi@ed.uiuc.edu). Please indicate whether your submission is for the refereed section or non-refereed section.
Submissions should be in English and typed in double-spacing (including all notes and references); Footnotes should be avoided; any notes which do not fit within the body of the text should be placed immediately before the reference list. An abstract of up to 150 words and up to six keywords for the journal's abstracting services should accompany all refereed papers. Permission to quote from or reproduce copyright material must be obtained before submission; general acknowledgements should be provided immediately before the Notes section; acknowledgement of figures or photographs (source and copyright) should however be placed under the individual caption.
Submissions should be accompanied by a separate sheet giving a brief autobiographical note for each author, together with full postal and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers. Email submissions are preferred. Submission of a manuscript to HRDI will be taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work not under consideration elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, authors agree that the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article have been given to the Publishers.
We suggest prospective authors look at the HRDI website.
Copyright
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Illustrations
Tables, figures and plates should not be inserted within the pages of the manuscript, but should be submitted on separate sheets attached to the article.
Tables should be prepared with the minimum use of horizontal rules (usually three are sufficient) and avoiding vertical rules. It is important to provide clear copy of figures (not photocopies or faxes) which can be reproduced by the printer and do not require redrawing.
Photographs should be high-contrast black and white glossy prints.
The desired position in the text for each table, figure and plate should be indicated in the margin of the manuscript.
All captions for figures and plates (including source and acknowledgements) should be listed on a separate sheet.
Description of the Journal's article style
Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
Please use British spelling as in the Oxford Dictionary (e.g. colour, organize) and punctuation. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.
A Word template is available for this journal (please save the Word template to your hard drive and open it for use by clicking on the icon in Windows Explorer).
If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk
Proofs
Authors are expected to correct proofs quickly and any alteration to the original text is strongly discouraged.
Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk
