Instructions for Authors:

Unless agreed otherwise all accepted papers become the copyright of the journal. All contributors should be aware they are addressing an international audience. Contributions are invited from practitioner researchers and scholars who work in the field of action research and related approaches in schools, higher education, educational administration, social work, nursing, medicine, the police or other social settings.

Manuscripts, of 5-8000 words, in English and in MS Word format, should be sent by email attachment to: ear@nottingham.ac.uk. Alternatively, a single hard copy may be submitted, along with an electronic copy on disc, to Hayley McCalla, Editorial Assistant, Educational Action Research, School of Education, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham NG8 1BB, United Kingdom. Contributors from outside the United Kingdom should where possible send an electronic copy by email to an Associate Editor in their own country and should inform Hayley McCalla that they have done so.

Two kinds of paper are particularly welcome: [1] accounts of action research and development studies; and [2] contributions to the debate on the theory and practice of action research and associated methodologies. Readability and honest engagement with problematic issues will be among the criteria against which contributions will be judged. The journal can be construed as carrying out, through its contributors and reviewers, action research on the characteristics of effective reporting, and the Editors will, therefore, welcome exploratory forms of presentation.

All contributions will be sent to at least two referees representative of differing viewpoints in the practitioner-researcher community. The two reviewers normally come from different countries including, where possible, the contributor's own country. Those authors whose papers are not accepted normally receive advice on redrafting or alternative forms of publication.

Manuscripts submitted should be original, not under review by any other publication and not published elsewhere. Drafts of papers which can be accessed on individual/personal websites will normally be regarded as unpublished. However, 'working papers' or 'formal reports' on institutional or quasi-institutional websites, which are specifically designed to publicise findings and act as dissemination vehicles, will be regarded as 'previously published'. Authors should ensure that papers submitted to EAR are substantially different from such working papers and reports, summarising and referring to them as appropriate, but not repeating them verbatim. In all cases, the Editors reserve the right to make a final judgement on publication.

All pages should be numbered. Footnotes to the text should be avoided. Sponsorship of research reported (e.g. by research councils, government departments and agencies, etc.) should be declared. To allow refereeing, all submissions must be properly formatted for anonymous reviewing. Authors' names and institutions should be typed on a separate sheet and submitted with the manuscript. The full postal and email address of the author who will check proofs and receive correspondence and offprints should be included also.

Each paper should be accompanied on separate sheets by an abstract of 100 to 150 words and up to six keywords.

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_Mac_2004_instructions.pdf
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_instructions.pdf
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

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.

Tables and captions to illustrations. Tables must be typed out on separate sheets and not included as part of the text. The captions to illustrations should be gathered together and also typed out on a separate sheet. Tables and Figures should be numbered consecutively by Arabic numerals. 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 seven days. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.

Free article access: Corresponding authors will 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. Additional reprints can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received or alternatively on our journals website. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk
Additional copies of the journal can be purchased at the author's preferential rate of £15.00/$25.00 per copy.

Copyright: It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Educational Action Research. 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.