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All submissions to the journal should be made via the journals submission system, at http://ucl.jams.pub. Please firstly login or register for a new author profile in the submission system. Please note that manuscripts that are not formatted appropriately according the journal's guidelines may be referred to edit accordingly.

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Submission enquiries

Submission enquiries should be sent to the Editor by email to admin@internationaljournalofsocialpedagogy.com.


Submission statement of intent

By submitting to the International Journal of Social Pedagogy, you confirm that:

  1. The article is considered under review for possible publication on the condition that it is submitted solely to the International Journal of Social Pedagogy and that the article, or a substantial portion of it, is not under consideration and has not already been published under another publisher’s imprint.

  2. You agree to the UCL Press Author Contributor Agreement Terms on behalf of yourself and all of your co-authors (if any) and understand that these terms apply to the article when published:
    Author Contributor Agreement Terms

  3. You have read through the journals Editorial policies carefully to ensure the submission follows the required ethical standards for publication, as outlined on the UCL Press editorial policy pages:
    Editorial policies

  4. You are either the the sole author of the article submitting to the International Journal of Social Pedagogy or, where you are a co-author of the article, you are authorised by all of the article’s co-authors to submit the article on the basis of the UCL Press Author Contributor Agreement Terms:
    Author Contributor Agreement Terms

Acceptable use of AI-assisted technologies in articles

Please refer to UCL Press's Principles on the use of AI-assisted technologies in articles here.

Broadly, the use of AI-assisted technologies and tools should not replace key authoring tasks and applying AI technology should be done with transparency and human oversight. All the work should be reviewed and edited carefully, because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased.


Authorship and author consent

All listed authors must have made a significant contribution to the article in the manuscript and have approved all its claims. Where necessary to clarify this, authors are required to include an authorship statement in their manuscript to outline how each author contributed to the paper, after any acknowledgements in the article – please note that this information should be removed from the main manuscript file for peer review.

UCL Press adheres to the statement of authorship as outlined by the ICMJE statement (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html), and considers an author of an article to have:


  1. made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
  2. drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content; AND
  3. made final approval of the version to be published; AND
  4. agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

For suspected and incorrect authorship, UCL Press journals will refer to the UCL Press Journals Editorial Policy as outlined at https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/site/editorial_policy and follow COPE guidelines.


Anonymisation

Double anonymised peer review

The International Journal of Social Pedagogy operates double anonymised peer review, where both the reviewers and authors are anonymised during review. Authors are required to submit an anonymised version of the manuscript, stripped of all identifying references to the author(s) for peer review, in addition to the main manuscript word file as described below.

  1. The complete manuscript not anonymised, as a word file (.doc/.docx, etc.) and;
  2. An anonymised PDF version of the manuscript, stripped of all identifying references to the author(s) for peer review (anonymisation includes references to authors, acknowledgements, self references, and any electronic author identification., etc.)

Manuscripts may be returned before peer review if manuscripts are not sufficiently anonymised.


ORCiD

We strongly encourage authors submitting to the International Journal of Social Pedagogy to provide their ORCID identification number during submission. ORCID (http://orcid.org) provides researchers with a unique identifier that can be kept throughout their career and can be used in publications and grant applications. ORCID distinguishes between researchers with similar names, and helps ensure that publications are attributed and recorded correctly. It also helps researchers to comply with funders’ open access requirements. Funders, such as the Wellcome Trust and the UK Research Councils, now require or recommend the use of ORCID alongside systems like Researchfish that can link with ORCID.


How do I get an ORCID?

Researchers should register for an ORCID identification number by going to http://orcid.org and following the registrations instructions.


Submission preparation checklist

  1. Please submit your paper with an abstract of about 250 words and at least 5 keywords.
  2. Please submit the text double-spaced in Times New Roman 12-point font.
  3. Please ensure that you have followed the author guidelines at https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/ijsp/site/author-guidelines and two manuscripts are submitted (one non-anonymised word document file and one anonymised PDF file for peer review).
  4. Before submitting to the journal, all authors must have read and agreed to the journal’s editorial policy (https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/site/editorial_policy) and the above submission statement of intent.
  5. Any enquiries can be sent via email to the journal Editors at admin@internationaljournalofsocialpedagogy.com.