Peer Review Policy
Ensuring Anonymous Review
Authors are responsible for removing identifying information from their manuscripts that may reveal identity or affiliations to reviewers. All submitted manuscripts should mask the author’s(s) name(s), affiliation(s), and institutional references. Authors will then add identifying information that was redacted for initial submission during the copyediting phase of the publication process.
The Review Process
The International Journal of Faculty and Leadership Development welcomes electronic submissions. To submit your manuscript for consideration, upload the manuscript to the review portal. All manuscripts will undergo a preliminary review by the Editor. After a preliminary review by the Editor, manuscripts suitable for consideration will be sent to at least three peer reviewers. The reviewers may recommend to
- accept the manuscript without revision.
- accept the manuscript with minor revisions.
- revise and resubmit the manuscript for major revisions.
- reject the manuscript.
General criteria used for manuscript review include:
- Logic and organization of the manuscript.
- Quality of writing.
- Clarity of the thesis, argument, or question.
- Quality of support for thesis/argument/question.
- The extent to which the implications are explored.
- Pertinence to scholars and practitioners in postsecondary education.
Suitability criteria for the Journal of Faculty Development include:
- Introduces new research to the field.
- Represents a completely innovative contribution to the field.
- Contributes that are practical and useful (but not necessarily ground-breaking).
- Describes novel ideas, concepts, or techniques.
- Applies existing concepts and techniques in novel ways.
- integrates existing research in useful ways.
- Provides a useful synthesis of ideas in the field.
Questions? Contact the Editor