The International Journal of Art & Design Education

Published in association with the National Society for Education in Art & Design

Edited by:
Jeff Adams, Dennis Atkinson, Paul Dash, Steve Herne and Tara Page

Print ISSN: 1476-8062
Online ISSN: 1476-8070
Frequency: Three times a year
Current Volume: 28 / 2009
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 105/112 Education & Educational Research
Impact Factor: 0.167

TopAuthor Guidelines

Method for submission of material
Please submit material by one of the following methods. These are listed in their preferred order:

1. Submit your article electronically via ScholarOne Manuscripts online. Please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jade
2. Text on disk or CD-ROM in Microsoft Word 5 or later version in either Macintosh or PC formats. Illustrations on disk or CD-ROM in PhotoShop as separate TIFF files scanned at 300dpi and not less than 7 cm in width. The computer files must be accompanied by two hard copies.
3. Text as above accompanied by illustrations in hard copy either as good quality black and white or colour photographs or transparencies. Please do not forget that the publisher cannot improve the quality of illustrations.
4. If it is not possible to submit material by any of the above methods, please contact the principal editor for further advice.

Manuscripts and disks will not be returned to contributors.
Material can be sent to the principal editor to:

Professor Dennis Atkinson
Principal Editor
Department of Educational Studies
Goldsmiths College
University of London
Lewisham Way
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
UK
Email: d.atkinson@gold.ac.uk

The text and abstract
The text normally should be between 2000 and 5000 words, but preferably c. 3500 words. An abstract of 100 to 250 words must accompany each article. The text style for submission should be printed on one side of the paper, preferably in Times 12 point, double spaced with ample margins, and clearly show the title of the contribution, the name(s) of the author(s) and a full postal address for correspondence and offprints. All pages should be numbered. Essential endnotes (do not use footnotes) should be incorporated in the Reference List at the end of the paper.

Biographical note
Each author must include a brief biographical note of not more than 120 words, to include their present post and location, education and previous positions, recent publications, etc. and postal and email address.

Refereeing
Contributors should note that because the Journal is refereed, there is a delay between the acknowledgement of the receipt, and a decision to accept, reject, or specify amendments. All submissions are read by the editors, refereed by at least one member of the Editorial Board, and/or an Overseas Consultant or an outside expert. Their views are considered by the Editorial Board, or when circumstances demand, by a delegated minority that meets more frequently. The principal editor is empowered to circumvent this procedure in the case of contributions that are particularly topical, meet the Editorial Board's general criteria, and seem likely to sustain diminished effectiveness if publication is delayed.

House style
In order to help consistency and minimise publication delays, authors are requested to follow the following guidelines:

1. English spelling conventions should be followed in the text (e.g. colour, centre, programme, etc.).
2. Do not use full stops in abbreviations - such as NSEAD, DfEE, JADE, etc - except in the common Latin abbreviations such as i.e., e.g. and etc.
3. Do not use apostrophes in plurals - the 1990s, GNVQs, GCSEs, etc.
4. Check the hyphenation of compound words is consistent, e.g. co-ordinators.
5. Do not use unnecessary capital letters. Words like government, art and design, head of art, do not need them. But a specific title, such as Rector of the Royal College of Art, does.
6. Do not underline any text. Only embolden or italicise text if there is a specific reason for it to be printed thus in the journal. This normally applies only to unusual words in languages other than English or, very occasionally, for additional stress.
7. Spell out numbers from one to ten. Use figures for numbers from 11 upward.
8. Use per cent in text and not the symbol % - but use % in tables.
9. Use single quotation marks (') for all quoted matter of a sentence or less, except for quotes within quotes, where double quotation marks (') should be used. Longer citations should be indented from the left margin and the opening and closing quotation marks omitted.

References

References should be indicated in the typescript by giving the author's name with the year of publication in parentheses. Quotations in the text and endnotes should be followed by page number from the source material (e.g., Rose 2001, 53). When several publications by the same author from the same year are cited then a, b, c, etc. should be placed after the year of publication. References should be listed in full at the end of the article in the standard Harvard format in alphabetical order as follows:

For books: Rose, G. (2001) Visual Methodologies. London: Sage.

For articles: Sprake, J. & Thomas, H. (2007) Transitional spaces: mapping physical change, International Journal of Art & Design Education, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 167-76.

For chapters in books: Johnson, J. (2005) Art in contentious spaces, in D. Atkinson & P. Dash [Eds] Social and Critical Practices in Art Education. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books, pp. 124-7.

For non-print material see below:

Web pages
Garner, S. (2000) The Role of Drawing in Design (online). Available from URL: open.ac.uk/garner/sketching (accessed 19 June 2001).

Discussion list (listserv) archives
Friedman, K. (2000) 'Eight theses on advising and supervising the PhD.' DRS Mailbase Archives. Date: 25 April 2000. Available from URL: www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/drs/2000-04/0105 (accessed 2nd May 2000).

CD-ROMs
Steers, J. (2000) 'InSEA: Past, Present and Future', (CD-ROM) Congress proceedings of 30th World Congress of InSEA, Brisbane, Australia. Elsternwick, Victoria: AIAE.

Tables, illustrations and captions
Tables must be printed out on separate sheets and an indication given of their position in the text. Submission of a separate file of data values, without the table format, would be helpful in case of the need to re-draw tables. Tables must be listed by Roman numerals.

Captions to illustrations (Figures) should be printed on a separate sheet and listed by Arabic numerals. An indication of their position in the text should be provided.

Good quality and relevant illustrations are welcomed and may be submitted as 300dpi actual size TIFF files, slides, colour or black and white photographs of good contrast and definition. Original works, excepting photographs, should not be submitted. All illustrations should be clearly labelled and numbered.

We are happy to publish artwork in colour, as the journal now contains full colour throughout. As such, authors must supply artwork in colour; otherwise it will be published in black and white. It is also the responsibility of the author to ensure that any artwork obtained through a third party has been granted the necessary permissions for publication, both for print and online publication.

Proofing
Responsibility for initial proofing rests with the author(s) but responsibility for final proofing rests with the editorial team. Authors' corrections to accepted texts should be kept to a strict minimum at proof stage: extensive alterations are not permitted. Prompt return of corrected proofs is essential.

Exclusive Licence Form
Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various media/circumstances (please see the form for further details). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form here.

Offprints
A free PDF offprint and one free issue of the journal will be supplied to the author (or the first-named author, if several). Additional offprint copies may be ordered from the publishers at the author's expense. Orders should be placed at the initial proof stage prior to publication.

Books for Review
Should be addressed to:

The Reviews Editor
National Society for Education in Art & Design
The Gatehouse
Corsham Court
Corsham
Wiltshire SN13 0BZ
UK

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Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.