Guide for Authors
The timeline shown here ensures that the print version of the Journal is available at the yearly conference. Authors who attend the conference will receive their copy of the journal at that time. Those who are not in attendance will receive their copy by mail, shortly after the time of the conference.
While papers are accepted at any time, for inclusion in the current edition, they need to meet these deadlines.
Papers are expected to report an original contribution on a significant research topic related to process education as outlined in the aim and scope of the journal. To empower the readers significant commentaries may be published as Briefs. In addition to the journal selected articles may be invited for submission as a module to the Faculty Guidebook.
Submitted manuscripts must meet the specifications of the IJPE Style Guide.
It is available for viewing and download at the link above. It covers the complete formatting and styling of your manuscript, including
Our editorial staff strongly recommends use of Mendeley Desktop, a free reference manager that will help you to collect the correct reference information for most research available online.
All manuscripts will be refereed in a double-blind review process, therefore, two manuscripts should be submitted, one with no identifying information. Your manuscript must be submitted through the IJPE submission form. Manuscripts submitted via email will not be accepted for publication.
Following the submission, editors will conduct an initial survey of the manuscript based on the criteria of compatibility with the journal's scope and mission. This initial survey will be perform within a month of the manuscript's submission. If the manuscript is accepted, its author(s) will be notified and the manuscript will be submitted to the peer review process, which should be completed within three months. Manuscripts not accepted for publication for the current cycle will be returned to the submitting author(s) with a brief explanation.
The submitted manuscript will be assessed by at least three reviewers. Authors will receive the reviewers' feedback on their manuscript at the end of the review process. The assessment of the manuscripts will be conducted according to the following two sets of criteria and established measures for each.
The first set of criteria concerns the type of research study which addresses the following issues:
The second set of criteria concerns the publication criteria:
Editorial questions and inquiries should be directed to:
Dr. Kathleen Burke, Professor of Economics, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045; Phone 607-753-2434 Fax 607-753-5983 Email: Kathleen.Burke@corltand.edu