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NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Peer Review Policy
The review process seeks three peer reviews (anonymous) in addition to the editor's review. All review reports are returned to the author.
Where the article is accepted "subject to revisions", the author is asked to re-work and submit a separate document providing an account of how reviewer queries have been addressed. This document, the revised article, and all reviewers' comments are circulated to the original reviewers seeking their final judgement on the acceptability of the article.
All articles are de-identified and all reviewers are assigned a reviewer number. Identities of any/all parties are only known to the editor and editorial assistant.
Reviewers are asked to return reviews within four weeks. In many cases a 2- to 3-month turn-around is the norm.
Submission of mss:
Submissions should be sent via email to the Assistant Editor Tammy Jones, University of Tasmania. Email:Tammy.Jones@utas.edu.au in either Microsoft Word and/or rich text format (RTF).
Covering letter: please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
Format of mss: Each manuscript should contain: (i) title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note (50-100 words) should be supplied on a separate sheet; (ii) abstract of 100-150 words; (iii) 5-8 key words; (iv) main text and word count - in general, articles should not exceed 6000 words; (v) end notes, if necessary, should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before the references; (vi) quotations of over 40 words should be displayed and indented in the text; (vii) references in the text should be presented in APA style (APA refers to the fifth edition of the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2001), i.e. the author's name and year of publication in brackets, together with page numbers for direct quotes.
Tables: tables should be typed (double line-spaced) on separate sheets and their position indicated by a marginal note in the text. All tables should have short descriptive captions with footnotes and their source(s) typed below the tables, and should be cited in the text.
Illustrations: all musical examples, line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be submitted in black and white, and numbered consecutively. Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction. They should be reproducible to a final printed text area of 190 mm x 120 mm. Illustrations on disk should be supplied as TIFF or JPEG files at 300 dpi or higher. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet. Further details are available on the journal website or from Journal Production, SAGE. Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, musical examples, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Permission letters must be supplied to SAGE.
Spellings: UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).
Punctuation: use single quotation marks with double quotes inside single quotes. Present dates in the form 1 May 1998. Do not use points in abbreviations, contractions or acronyms (e.g. AD, USA, Dr, PhD).
Proofs and offprints: authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to SAGE within 2 weeks. They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and electronic offprints of their article.
Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE, reg. charity no. 295670).
Chair: Professor Graham Welch, Institute of Education, University of London.
Treasurer: Pamela Burnard, Cambridge University.
Secretary: Adam Ockelford, RNIB, London.
Conference Secretary: Elaine King, University of Hull.
See the website:
http:/www.sempre.org.uk for details of membership.
http:/rsm.sagepub.com
