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Author Guidelines
Author Guidelines
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2016: 5/41 (Education Scientific Disciplines);
10/85 (Engineering Multidisciplinary); 11/235 (Education & Educational Research)
Author Guidelines
Author Guidelines
Manuscript requirements
Empirical Articles
2. Problem: Does the manuscript clearly state and explain the problem
or issue that is addressed by the research, the warrants for claims
made, and the significance of the problem? Is the statement of the
problem directly linked with and in alignment with the subsequent
review of the literature?
3. Literature: Does the article identify, synthesize and evaluate the
relevant the literature that led the author to propose the research? Is
there a specific and persuasive explanation of how the present study
will contribute to the literature as well as to practice or policy? What
conceptual or theoretical framework informs the study?
Research Reviews
1. Focus: Is the focus congruent with the stated mission and focus of the
Journal?
2. Topic: Does the manuscript clearly state and explain the topic or
issue that is addressed by the review? Is the statement of the topic
delineated and distinguished from related topics, and directly linked
with inclusion criteria described in the manuscript's methods section?
3. Methods and Analysis: Does the manuscript clearly describe how
articles were identified for the review, and is the approach appropriate
for the type of review? Are decisions as inclusion criteria, databases
used, and the number of qualifying articles documented? For a meta-
analytic review, is a description of the statistical techniques used in
the analysis included?
4. Synthesis and Critique: Does the manuscript sufficiently describe
what is known about the topic? Does it advance knowledge and
identify future directions of research? Is it a complete treatment of the
topic?
5. Conclusions: Are the conclusions meaningful and the scholarly
contributions supported by the literature review? Do the conclusions
suggest further directions for research, areas that are missing from our
current understanding, or implications for engineering education
practice?
6. Clarity and Organization: Is the manuscript organized in
accordance with currently accepted formats for literature reviews?
7. Style and Mechanics: Is the manuscript written in an appropriate
style? Is the manuscript free from grammatical, punctuation, and
spelling errors?
Submission
The author should have the following information ready for this online
registration: For each author:
first name, middle initial, and last name; also title (e.g., Dr., Prof.)
e-mail address
primary (work) telephone number
list of references;
Background - Briefly describe the context and motivation for the study
Purpose/Hypothesis- Summarize the research question/proposition(s)
addressed
Design/Method - Provide an overview of the research design, methods of
data collection, and analysis
Results - Summarize the key findings
The author must label each part of the structured abstract with the
appropriate subheading. Abstracts are limited to 250 words (excluding the
subheadings). This limit generally results in about 2 to 5 sentences per
part. The parts do not need to be of equal length. A matter-of-fact,
statement-oriented writing style is better suited for structured abstracts
than an expository, conversational writing style (which is the more typical
manner of expression of one-paragraph, unstructured abstracts).
Since the Journal uses double-blind peer review (that is, authors will not
know the names and affiliations of the reviewers, and the reviewers will
not know the names and affiliations of the authors), authors must prepare
their manuscripts carefully before submission to ensure that their names
and affiliations are not revealed in the manuscript directly or indirectly. In
some cases, pseudonyms or indirect references may be necessary. For
example, rather than state the name of an institution directly, which might
reveal the identity of an author, the institution could be described as
follows: "The research involved a sophomore-level engineering statics
course offered at a large public university in the western United States."
Should the manuscript cite references written by the authors, the citations
and references should be written to avoid revealing the identities of the
authors. For example, in an article written by Lohmann and Riley, a
citation written as "In our prior research (Lohmann and Riley, 2010), we
showed that...," should be written as, "In our prior research (Authors,
2010), we showed that...," or "Research by Lohmann and Riley (2010)
showed that..." Use your judgment about which method to use; when in
doubt, it is better to anonymize entirely with “Author” than to leave
names in, especially when there are many citations to your own work.
After completion of the review process and upon acceptance of the
manuscript, authors will supply the identifying information, such as
acknowledgments of specific grant numbers and named individuals.
Editorial Office
Editorial questions and inquiries should be directed to Barbara J. Ramirez,
Associate Editor; voice: +1 (864)-656-0751; email: bjram@clemson.edu
(mailto:bjram@clemson.edu).