The International Journal of Social Research Methodology publishes up to two guest-edited Special Issues per volume. We are issuing a mid-term call for Special Issue proposals, to be submitted to the Journal editors by Monday 8 January 2018. Proposals should be submitted via email to tsrm-editor@tandf.co.uk.
Potential guest editors should submit a proposal of no longer than 3 pages covering:
- Rationale. The timeliness, importance and international interest of the methodological topic and methods addressed. Please be clear about the methodological issues that will be addressed in the special issue and explain why they are at the forefront of current concerns.
- Fit with the IJSRM remit. See the Journal’s statement of aims and scope on its website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/13645579.html, or on the back inside cover of hard copies of IJSRM).
- Indicative contents. Titles that are clearly indicative of content, and their potential authors should be provided, including an editorial. An international range of contributors will be welcomed.
- Reviews. IJSRM publishes review articles of several publications from a single reviewer, or multiple reviews of a single publication by several reviewers. If you would like to include book reviews in your special issue, they should be of this type of format.
Each Special Issue should amount to 60,000 words in total, which includes the editorial, abstracts, papers, references and reviews. The editorial should provide a ‘state of play’ introduction to methodological issues and methods addressed.
Responsibilities of guest editors:
- ensure manuscripts are in keeping with IJSRM guidelines (see website);
- ensure articles are peer refereed by at least two reviewers, through setting up a panel of reviewers. The list of reviewers for articles will need to be supplied to the Journal editors in advance. Reviewers should be listed and thanked in the editors’ introduction;
- deal with all correspondence with the contributors, Journal editors and Routledge production editor;
- provide a ‘state of play’ editorial;
- liaise with the IJSRM editors;
- ensure timely delivery of the final manuscript to the editors.
Responsibilities of Journal editors:
- facilitate the preparation of the Special Issue;
- provide final quality control for the Issue. The Journal editors reserve the right to refer articles back for revision if they do not meet the Journal’s quality threshold;
- forward the Special Issue to the Journal’s production editor.
Rosalind Edwards, Malcolm Williams and Emma Uprichard
Co-editors
International Journal of Social Research Methodology