Journal Details
Research in Mathematics Education
Instructions for Authors
Unless agreed otherwise all accepted papers become the copyright of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM). All contributors should be aware they are addressing an international audience. In particular, terms such as Grade 4, Year 5, Middle School, Standard, Numeracy Strategy, etc. should be explained succinctly.
While in principle simultaneous submissions by the same author (i.e., submission to Research in Mathematics Education of more than one paper at the same time) are not prohibited, they are not encouraged. Contributors who are considering multiple submissions are advised to consult with the Editors before sending their submissions.
Manuscripts submitted should be original, not under review by any other publication and not published elsewhere.
Length. Our policy is not to send out for review any submission whose volume equivalent is more than 8000 words. The term ‘volume equivalent' means that the count must include the title, abstract, figures, tables and references; hereby a figure or table is counted for as many words as would take up the same space as the figure or table.
Submissions should be made in three Microsoft WORD documents as detailed below, which should be attached to an email message and addressed to the Editors at rme@uea.ac.uk.
Where this is not possible, please send the three documents in hardcopy form, enclosing electronic versions of all three documents on CD or floppy disk, to The Editors (Attention: Dr Elena Nardi), Research in Mathematics Education, School of Education, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
i. the manuscript title;
ii. the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s);
iii. the ‘volume equivalent' of the manuscript (see above);
iv. an abstract (150 words);
v. three keywords that reflect the manuscript's content;
vi. author contact details (including email addresses and full postal addresses)
vii. the name of the corresponding author.
The file for Document One should be named <firstauthor_rme1_six-digit-date>
e.g. Jones_rme1_251208
Document Two is the full paper. It should include
i. the manuscript title;
ii. the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s),
iii. an abstract (150 words)
iv. the three keywords
The file for Document Two should be named <firstauthor_rme2_six-digit-date>
e.g. Jones_rme2_251208
Document Three will be sent for blind review. It should include only
i. the manuscript title
ii. an abstract (150 words)
iii. the three keywords
iv. the manuscript text, including references (maximum 8000 words volume equivalent).
To allow for anonymous refereeing, do not include any text in this document (including in the references) that would indicate the manuscript's authorship.
The file for Document Three should be named <firstauthor_rme3_six-digit-date>
e.g. Jones_rme3_251208
Please note: As well as removing your identity from the text within Document Three, you should remove any identifying information recorded in the document's properties. To do this, pull down the File menu towards the top of the screen, click on Properties, and select the Summary tab. Remove any identifying information before saving the file.
Layout
Your paper, if published, will appear in Taylor & Francis Style No. 1. It will be helpful if you adopt some, or all, features of this style from the outset.
Please left justify the text at first submission. All pages should be numbered. Footnotes and endnotes to the text should be avoided or kept to a bare minimum. Sponsorship of research reported (e.g. by research councils, government departments and agencies, etc.) should be declared at the end of the text and before the list of references.
Mathematical Notation. Care should be taken with mathematical script, especially subscripts and superscripts and differentiation between the letter ‘ell' and the figure one, and the letter ‘oh' and the figure zero. Mathematical terms, formulae and equations should preferably be typewritten, with subscripts and superscripts suitably formatted. In both displayed equations and in text, scalar variables must be in italics, with non-variable matter in upright type. For simple fractions in the text, the solidus ‘/' may be used instead of a horizontal line. Mathematical terms, formulae and equations may alternatively be inserted as Equation Editor or MathType objects. For further details please see our information on mathematical scripts.
Citations and References
These must conform to Taylor & Francis Style F. Please note in particular the following points:
Single author e.g. (Skemp 1976). Note, no comma between name and date.
Give page numbers for quotations e.g. Skemp (1976, 21), Laborde (2001, 94–95)
Where the author's name appears in the text, it need not be repeated in the parenthetical citation e.g. According to Skemp (1976), ‘understanding' has two distinct meanings.
Singh's entertaining book (1997) became an international best-seller.
For works by two or three authors, all names are included e.g. Gelman and Gallistel (1978). Note: the ampersand (&) is not used.
For works by more than three authors e.g. (Brown et al. 1998). Note that et al. is not italicized in text citations.
References
Titles of journals and names of publishers, etc. should not be abbreviated.
Journal article
Ainley, J., D. Pratt, and A. Hansen. 2006. Connecting engagement and focus in pedagogic task design. British Educational Research Journal 32, no. 1: 23–38.
Note: the ampersand (&) is not used, only the first author's name is inverted, and a comma must appear both before and after the first author's given name or initials.
Book
Sperber, D., and D. Wilson. 1986. Relevance: communication and cognition. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Edited book
Nesher, P., and J. Kilpatrick, eds. 1990. Mathematics and cognition: a research synthesis by the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Chapter in an edited book
Fuson, K.C. 1991. Children's early counting: saying the number-word sequence, counting objects, and understanding cardinality. In Language in mathematical education, ed. K. Durkin and B. Shire, 27–39. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Paper in Research in Mathematics Education Volumes 2 to 9
Threlfall, J. 2000. Mental calculation strategies. In Research in Mathematics Education Volume 2, ed. T. Rowland and C. Morgan 77–90. London: British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics.
Paper in Edited Conference Proceedings
Like a chapter in an edited book. Please note in particular – for papers in PME proceedings:
Watson, A., and J. Mason. 2002. Extending example spaces as a learning/teaching strategy in mathematics. In Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, ed. A. Cockburn and E. Nardi, Vol. 4 377–385. Norwich, UK: University of East Anglia.
Paper in BSRLM day-conference proceedings
for papers in BSRLM day-conference proceedings before 2000
Rowland, T., and L. Bills. 1996. Examples, generalisation and proof. Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society for Research in Learning Mathematics held at the Institute of Education, University of London: 1–7.
for papers in BSRLM day-conference proceedings after 2000
Rowland, T. 2002. Diagnostic tools and pedagogical content knowledge: a response. Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics 22, no. 1: 59–64.
Order
Entries are arranged chronologically by year of publication,
For successive entries by the same author(s), a 3-em dash replaces the name(s) after the first appearance, e.g.
Piaget, J. 1929. The child's conception of the world. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.
——— 1970. Le structuralisme. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
Note that single inverted ‘…' commas are to be used to refer to a word or phrase (e.g. the term ‘ability' is a difficult one to define).
Tables and captions to illustrations. Tables and Figures should be numbered consecutively by Arabic numerals, and gathered together on pages following the text and references. The approximate position of tables and figures should be indicated in the manuscript. Captions should include keys to any symbols used.
Figures. Please supply one set of artwork in a finished form, suitable for reproduction. Figures will not normally be redrawn by the publisher.
Proofs will be sent to authors by email if there is sufficient time to do so. They should be corrected and returned to the Publisher within a few days (typically 3-4). Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.
Style guidelines
Description of the Journal's article style
Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
The journal uses UK English spellings (e.g. colour, organise).
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
Guidelines on Electronic Article Processing
We strongly encourage you to send the final, revised version of your article, electronically, by email. More help and guidelines on submitting articles already accepted for publication. Please note that this information applies only to authors whose articles have been reviewed, revised, and accepted for publication.
Free article access. Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk
Copyright: It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM). 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.
