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 and external double blind peer review. The editorial team relies heavily on external reviews. 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.

Submission Guidelines

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 in areas such as:

Diversity
Popular culture
Media literacy
Critical praxis
Experimental methodologies

Focus and Scope

Diversity
Popular culture
Media literacy
Critical praxis
Experimental 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.

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 must transfer copyright of their article to IJCP at time of manuscript submission. Authors may use all or parts of their work in any future publication with the article's origin in IJCP acknowledged in the customary manner.

Peer Review

This journal operates a double anonymous peer review policy.

Licences

International Journal of Critical Pedagogy allows the following licences for submission:

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 Cycle

This journal publishes two to three issues annually.

Sections

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