Aims and Scope of IJAD

The International Journal for Academic Development is the journal of the International Consortium for Educational Development. The purpose of the journal is to enable academic/educational developers in higher education across the world to exchange ideas about practice and extend the theory of educational development, with the goal of improving the quality of higher education internationally.

The editors welcome for review original contributions on any aspect of academic/educational development in higher and other post-school education (including staff development, educational development, instructional development and faculty development) and closely related topics. Because the main readership for the journal is academic/educational developers, it is important to make explicit the implications of any article for them.

The main criteria for acceptance of all types of submissions are that they make a contribution to the knowledge, understanding and/or practice in the field and are not currently under submission anywhere else. Articles that describe an academic/educational development practice, even if it is very innovative, are normally not published.

The editors welcome submissions of articles, research notes, opinion pieces and book reviews. Contributions should explore the wider implications for academic/educational developers by both drawing on and connecting back to the literature. Thus, articles that describe a local initiative without describing the wider implications for academic/educational developers elsewhere will not normally be published.

Contributions must be of international interest. Authors can achieve this in several ways. Ideas and practice can be introduced from more than one country. A contribution may be based in practice in one country, or even one institution, and accompanied by commentaries from colleagues in other countries. Or, a contribution may be contextualized with reference to issues of concern to academic/educational developers worldwide as evidenced in the scholarly literature, such as institutional change, and the nature or role of academic/educational development. Other approaches to addressing the interests of an international audience will also be welcomed.

When you are planning your article, we ask you to submit a summary of your proposed contribution – roughly 250 words – via the International Journal for Academic Development ScholarOne Manuscripts site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijad. The editors will provide feedback on the suitability of the contribution to the journal. See the Instructions for Authors tab for further details on the entire submission process.

Peer review policy

All research articles undergo rigorous peer review, with initial editor screening followed by blind-reviewing, normally by three referees.

Research notes and opinion pieces are reviewed by members of the Editorial Team.

Book reviews are reviewed by the relevant book review editor.

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