Information For Authors
All articles should be sent as email attachments to eitn@abdn.ac.uk. Correspondence should be marked for the attention of the Editors, Karen McArdle or Claire Molloy, and sent to School of Education, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, Aberdeen AB24 5UA Please make sure your contact address information is clearly visible on the outside of all packages sent to Editors.
Unless agreed otherwise all accepted articles become the copyright of the University of Aberdeen, and may not be published elsewhere, in full or in part, unless with the Editor's permission.
All contributions (including where relevant, abstract, quotations, tabular material, references, etc.) should be presented in English or Gaelic. Each contribution should bear a title, name(s) of the author(s) and full contact address (including electronic mail address and telephone number) for proofs and correspondence.
Proofs will be available for authors to check if there is sufficient time to do so. They should be corrected and returned to eitn@abdn.ac.uk within three working days of receipt. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.
Journal articles
Normally, articles for the Journal Section should be between 3500 and 6000 words, although in exceptional circumstances longer articles will be considered.
Manuscripts should be sent as an email attachment to eitn@abdn.ac.uk for the attention of the Editors Karen McArdle or Claire Molloy.
Manuscripts submitted should be original, not under review by any other publication and not published elsewhere.Please use minimal formatting and provide materials as Word files.
All pages should be numbered. Footnotes to the text should be avoided. Sponsorship of research reported (e.g. by research councils, government departments and agencies, etc.) should be declared. To allow peer review of journal articles, all submissions must be properly formatted for anonymous reviewing. Authors' names, institutions and email addresses should be typed on a separate sheet and submitted with the manuscript. The full postal and email address of the author who will check proofs and receive correspondence and offprints should also be included.
Each article should be accompanied on separate sheets by an abstract of 200 words, and five keywords which describe the content, methodological approaches and distinctive findings of the research. These keywords will be used to support online searches so it is important that they represent your article as comprehensively as possible.
The use of abbreviations or using initials for the names of organisations (unless the full name and abbreviation is given on first appearance in the text) should be avoided. Jargon or unnecessary technical language should be avoided and language
Tables and figures
Tables should carry a short descriptive title above and column headings clearly defining the data presented; and large tables should be typed on separate sheets. Figures should also be presented separately, as black-and-white line drawings, preferably double the size of final reproduction with a short descriptive caption.
References
References in the text should follow the Harvard British system (author's name and year of publication, or year of publication only if the author's name is part of the text). References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper, double-spaced, in the following style for journal papers:
Duckworth, R., Madaus, J. and Robinson, W. (2001). Title of paper. Journal (in italics, not abbreviated), volume number, page numbers;
and for books:
Author(s) (as above) (2001). Title (in italics). Place of publication: Publisher.
For multi-authored papers or books, names of all authors must appear in the List of References. In the text, however, for three to five authors, cite all authors at first citation and for subsequent citations the first author + et al. (in italics). For more than five authors use the first author + et al. throughout.
Edited book chapters should include the relevant page numbers.
Please check carefully that all references in the text are included in the List of References at the end.
Feature articles
Contributions to the Features Section are generally written in a less formal style and should not exceed 2,000 words. They require a brief synopsis of 100 words and five keywords which describe the content. These keywords will be used to support online searches so it is important that they represent your article as comprehensively as possible.'Academic' style references should not be used, instead details of references should be incorporated in the text. Feature articles are reviewed by the Editorial Board therefore it is advisable, but not essential, to format them for anonymous reviewing.
Avoid the use of abbreviations or using initials for the names of organisations (unless the full name and abbreviation is given on first appearance in the text). Jargon or unnecessary technical language should be avoided. Please use minimal formatting and provide materials as Word files.
Manuscripts should be sent as an email attachment to eitn@abdn.ac.uk for the attention of the Editors Karen McArdle or Claire Molloy.
