Journal Details
Research Papers in Education
Instructions for Authors
Content
Submission
Peer Review Statement
All research articles submitted to this journal undergo rigorous peer review. This is normally carried out by the Editor, the Deputy Editor, and two referees. The first referee, who receives an anonymised version of the submitted paper, is usually chosen from either the Editorial Board, the International Advisory Board, or the Reviewing Panel. Sometimes it is necessary to select someone as first referee not on the journal's Boards or Reviewing Panel in order to ensure that the referee has appropriate expertise. The second referee, who also receives an anonymised version of the submitted paper, is usually not from the journal's Boards or Reviewing Panel. The referees' reports are considered by the Editor and the Deputy Editor, who seek further opinions on the paper if necessary.
- Description of the Journal's article style
- Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
- UK spelling (e.g. colour, organise) and punctuation are preferred (single quotation marks with double within if needed).
- This journal requires a short paragraph of bibliographical details for all contributors.
- If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk (please mention the journal title in your email).
Word templates
Word templates are available for this journal.
Please open and read the instruction document first, as this will explain how to save and then use the template.
Select the template that is most suitable for your operating system.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003.dot
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007.dotx
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004.dot
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008.dot
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
Figures, tables and captions to illustrations.
We welcome figures sent electronically, but care and attention to these guidelines are essential as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.
- Figures must be saved individually and separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
- Avoid the use of colour and tints for purely aesthetic reasons.
- Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible.
- All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. figure 1, figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1(a), figure 1(b)).
- Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
- The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
- Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
Please note that it is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please do not hesitate to contact our Production Department if you have any queries.
Proofs will be emailed to the authors for correction, and should be returned to the publisher within three days of receipt. Major alterations to the text at this stage will not be accepted.
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 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
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 may, of course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as the original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised. Authors retain a number of other rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies documents. These policies are referred to at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authorrights.pdf for full details. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
