Author Guidelines
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
GENERAL
Guidance on using the journal platform to submit your work can be found here: https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/learning-ojs/en/authoring
The following are the submission requirements for written contributions of all kinds:
- Submit an original contribution neither previously published nor under consideration elsewhere.
- Craft your submission in clear and discipline-specific English. If you are contemplating a submission in a language other than English, French, or German, contact the editors-in-chief before proceeding.
- Keep within the word-count limits for the contribution category:
- Keynotes: up to 8,000 words (including references, excluding appendices)
- Research articles: up to 8,000 words (including references, excluding appendices)
- Practice reports: up to 4,000 words (including references, excluding appendices)
- Provide tables (if any) in editable format, not as a screenshot.
- Supplementary materials (if any) should be placed in a separate file, one per item. It may be hosted either by the journal or the author – authors should communicate their preference – and referenced in the text with the appropriate filename, which will be replaced with the URL in the published version.
- Follow APA style for in-text citations and the list of references.
- The list of references must include only sources explicitly cited.
- Include an acknowledgment section (if needed) to credit the work of any non-author contributors, and/or funding agency.
- Include a 50-word biographical note for each author.
- Include affiliation, city, country, e-mail, UNICollaboration membership number where applicable, and, if possible, ORCID URL for each author.
- Include permissions to reproduce any copyrighted materials.
KEYNOTE ARTICLES
Keynote articles are contributions taking a higher-level perspective on the field, by providing overviews of new developments in technology or pedagogy, for example, or addressing conceptual, theoretical, institutional, or infrastructural issues. They may also seek to place telecollaboration and virtual exchange in a wider context – intellectual, social, cultural or political. Keynote contributions have wide latitude as to their form, style, and content. The key requirement is that they should have a broader, synthesising focus than regular research papers or practice reports. Appropriate formats include, but are not limited to, innovative theoretical perspectives, and programmatic essays.
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CONTRIBUTIONS IN OTHER FORMATS
Journal of Virtual Exchange will also consider submissions in other formats: video, audio, hypertext, multimedia, and so on. Such submissions will be assessed by the editors for their scholarly interest to the journal’s readership, but also for the creativity with which they exploit the affordances of the online environment. Content that might be suitable for such formats includes, but is not limited to, interviews, book reviews, and software reviews.
Submissions in other formats should be first proposed in an email to the editors-in-chief. If the editors wish to pursue the proposal further, details of the appropriate submission format will be negotiated with the proposer.
SPECIAL ISSUES
The JVE invites special issue proposals from guest editors. Please see our special issue proposal guidelines here: https://journal.unicollaboration.org/SpecialIssues
Special Issues proposals are expected to cover a specific theme which is relevant to current VE research and practice. Proposals are also expected to be global and inclusive. Thematic contributions are encouraged with an open call for submissions. Proposals for a region-specific focus are unlikely to be accepted unless it is clearly justified. Please note that conference proceedingsare not considered.Our International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) Special Issues are an exception as UNICollaboration is one of the supporting institutions of the conference, and we therefore offer a peer-reviewed publication option for presenters at IVEC.
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Practice reports, research articles, and contributions in other formats that pass the editors’ preliminary desk review are double-blind reviewed by two peer reviewers. Possible recommendations are: Accept as-is; Accept subject to minor revisions; Resubmit following substantial revisions; or Reject. The final decision is made by the editors. Both reviews are communicated to the author(s) along with the decision. Articles which are resubmitted following substantial revisions will be subject to a second round of review, this time with reference to the author’s responses to the first-round reviews.
POLICIES
The Author(s) acknowledges that they abide by the POLICIES of the JVE.