Submissions

This page is designed to help you ensure your submission is ready for and fits the scope of the journal.

Before submitting you should read over the guidelines here, then register an account (or login if you have an existing account).

Manuscripts should be submitted solely to this journal and should not have been published before, or that it is not in-press, or submitted elsewhere. In the case that a reprint is requested, author should secure rights and permission prior to submission to IJCP. All research needs to meet the ethical guidelines of its discipline, be original work and submission must be prepared for blind review (e.g., the complete text minus the title page, acknowledgements, and any running headers of author names, to allow blinded review). Authors are completely responsible for securing any copyrights necessary.

Published in North Carolina with an international scope, the International Journal of Critical Pedagogy publishes articles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian Portuguese with an acceptance rate of 15-20%. Read more here: About the Journal

Online, authors must identify the submission type: articles, book and multimedia reviews, multimedia, and creative work.

Length limits per type of submission:

Articles: .doc or .docx files, 6500 words or less including the references

Book and Multimedia reviews: .doc or .docx, 2000-3000 words

Multimedia: mov files, mpg4 files

Creative: jpeg, eps, or psd format only files, 300 dpi or higher

All submissions must include an abstract of 100-300 words and 3-5 keywords.

Style:

All submissions should follow the latest edition of APA. Documents must be in .doc or .docx format only. Please do not upload PDF files. The Taylor & Francis guidelines for APA and a link to the official APA manual are available at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/reference/tf_APA.pdf . See referencing guidelines below.

Review Process:

Submissions undergo screening for adherence to formatting and guidelines, as well as internal editorial review and external double-blind peer review. Each article must be recommended for publication by two of the journal's qualified peer reviewers. The editorial team relies heavily on external reviews, though ultimately, acceptance for publication is the decision of the editorial team.

If the decision requires you to revise or resubmit your manuscript:

When you have completed your edits, please upload a new file to this submission. Ensure that any Track Changes are turned off and that the submission is still blinded for review.

In addition, upload a file in which you indicate the area of improvement along with a description of how you addressed each area.

Blinding:

To ensure anonymity in the review process, the blinded submission should not include authors' names. Self-citations and references should be removed from the article's main text, reference list, and notes. Information in the text that would identify the author should be deleted from the manuscript (e.g., text such as "my previous work," especially when accompanied by a self-citation, should be replaced with "blinded for review") and may be reinserted if accepted for publication. Information that could help identify any author (e.g., mention of any affiliation) should also be removed (e.g., "blinded for review" may be inserted in place of removed text). Citations and references should be blinded using "Author" and "citation blinded for review" realphabetized in the reference list. The author's name should be removed from the document. To ensure that this is done completely follow these instructions:

You can save a document without the names or initials of authors who are associated with the document.
Open a document that has been saved that you want to make anonymous.
For Word, click File, Info, Check for Updates, and then Inspect Document. For older versions of Word, click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Prepare.
Click Inspect.

Click Remove All next to Document Properties and Personal Information.

IMPORTANT - Do not click Remove All next to Comments, Revisions, Versions, and Annotations, which will permanently delete all of the comments from the document.
Click Reinspect, and then save the document.

When you reopen the document, all comments that appear in the document will appear without names or initials.
For Microsoft Word for Mac, click on Tools, Protect Document, and then click Remove personal information from this file on save. Protect Document is also included in the Review Tab in the Ribbon.

Submission Guidelines for Multimedia and Creative Work:

Submissions undergo screening for adherence to formatting and guidelines, as well as internal editorial review. Multimedia and creative work undergoes a juried review. Acceptance for publication is ultimately the decision of the editorial team with consultation of jury decisions.

References: Provide complete, formatted references, text citations, and notes according to the latest APA edition Manual of Style. See examples:

Journal
Carr, L. C. (1998). Tomboy resistance and conformity: Agency in social psychological gender theory. Gender and Society, 12(4), 528–553.

Book
Butler, Judith. (1991). Gender trouble. Routledge.

Contribution to a Book
Norberg-Hodge, H. (1996). The pressure to modernize and globalize. In J. Mander & E. Goldsmith (Eds.), The case against the global economy and for a turn toward the local (pp. 33–46). Sierra Club Books.

Tables and Figures: Tables and figures (illustrations) should be embedded in the text, but should also be included as separate sheets or files. A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend and any footnotes suitably identified below. All units must be included. Figures should be completely labeled, taking into account necessary size reduction. Captions should be typed, double-spaced, on a separate sheet.

Proofs and Reprints. Page proofs are sent to the designated author. They must be carefully checked and returned within 48 hours of receipt.

Focus and Scope

The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy is committed to publishing original articles that propose innovative understandings and applications of critical pedagogy. The journal covers a wide range of perspectives as these intersect with critical pedagogy. We invite experimental and creative methodologies.

Submission Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The article fits within the focus and scope of the International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.
The work is sufficiently positioned within the larger and historical field of critical pedagogy. This is reflected in both the body of the work and the references listed.
The submission is an original work of the author(s) and has not been previously published or is under review for publication elsewhere.
The author has secured permission to use copyrighted materials such as poetry, photographs, figures, or tables.
The article is saved in Microsoft Word format. It is 6500 words or less. It is double-spaced, has 1-in. margins, and is set in Times New Roman, 12 point.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
The article is written and formatted according to the latest requirements of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
- For examples, please see http://www.apa.org or http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Any illustrations or figures are embedded in the document where they should appear upon publication.
Endnotes are limited and numbered.
Manuscript abstracts are between 100-300 words.
The submission must include an abstract and keywords in both the submission metadata and in the manuscript immediately following the title page.
The title page, abstract, and keywords sections of the manuscript must follow the latest APA guidelines.

Peer Review

Peer Review Process

This journal operates a double anonymous peer review policy.

Each article undergoes an initial screening by the editor. Then, if accepted at screening, is reviewed by at least two reviewers who are chosen from our database of over 100 experts in the field of critical pedagogy.

First, a reviewer must reply to the invitation email that was sent by the editor. Then, the reviewer must log in as a reviewer to the IJCP web site using their username and password.

The reviewer can then download and save the article to their computer. If a reviewer decides to make specific changes to the article, they should use the “track changes” function in Word.

Once the article has been read, an official review must be created. Also, the reviewer must make a recommendation regarding the publication of the article:

• Accept submission: The article should be accepted for publication by the IJCP. Minimal revisions are required by the author to ensure that the article is ready for publication.

• Revisions required: The article should be accepted for publication by the IJCP, but the author must first address several issues regarding its content and / or structure before it is ready for publication.

• Resubmit for review: The article needs substantial revision of its content and / or its structure and the article cannot be accepted for publication presently. However, because the article shows promise, the author should revise the entry and then resubmit it to the IJCP for consideration.*

• Decline submission: The article should not be accepted for publication. The article’s purpose, content, and / or use of research are not appropriate for the IJCP.

The reviewers’ decision, along with copies of their reviews, will be forwarded to the author as quickly as possible. We cannot guarantee how long the review process takes, but our reviewers and editors are committed to ensuring that the process goes as swiftly as possible.

*If an author is invited to resubmit an article for review, we ask that the author resubmits their piece within 3 months. We also ask that they include the original version of the article and the comments that were made regarding the revisions. Our policy is to make a final publication decision after one revision (of course, further work may also be requested to resolve any remaining issues).

IJCP Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Duties of Editors

Publication decisions

It is the editors' responsibility to decide which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor will consider reviewers' comments in making this decision.

Fair play

Editors and reviewers will evaluate manuscripts without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and potential reviewers, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

The editors must not use any ideas or findings from unpublished manuscripts in their own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions, and through the editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness

Any reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or cannot do so in timely manner should excuse himself from the review process using the prompts provided on the journal website.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential and not be shown to or discussed with others.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviewers should objectively express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and provide guidance for including that citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

In some cases, authors could be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to the data, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and that they have appropriately cited any work and/or words of others that they have used or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

An author should generally refrain from publishing manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently represents unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Copyright Notice

Those wishing to reproduce all or part of any material published on this website are asked to acknowledge the International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.

Authors or new publishers may use all or parts of their work in any future publication with the article's origin in IJCP acknowledged in the customary manner.

Licences

The following licences are allowed:

None
CC BY 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-ND 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-NC 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Publication Fees

There are no publication fees required.

Publication Cycle

This journal publishes two to three issues annually.

Sections

Section or article type	Public Submissions	Peer Reviewed	Indexed
Article	Yes	Yes	Yes
Under the Radar and Off The Grid	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hip Hop	Yes	Yes	Yes
paulo and nita: sharing life, love and intellect	Yes	Yes	Yes
Radical Love	Yes	Yes	Yes
Teaching Teachers: Teaching Social Justice in Teacher Ed Programs	Yes	Yes	Yes
The Significance of Place: Critical and Pedagogical Perspectives and Practices	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paradoxes and Possibilities of Movement Building from the In-Between	Yes	Yes	Yes
Radical Hope in Uncertainty: Rooting Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in the Practice and the Struggle	Yes	Yes	Yes