Journal of Engineering Education
GUIDE FOR AUTHORS
The Journal of Engineering Education (USPS 0954-960; ISSN 1069-4730)
is a peer-reviewed international journal published quarterly by the American
Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 1818 N Street, NW, Suite 600,
Washington, D.C. 20036.
MISSION
The Journal of Engineering Education serves as an archival record
of scholarly research in engineering education.
CITATION LISTINGS
The journal is listed in the Science Citation Index, Engineering Citation
Index, and the Social Sciences Citation Index (Education, Education Research
category) by Thomson Scientific and the Institute of Scientific Information
(ISI) (www.isiknowledge.com),
and the tables of contents are reproduced in ISI’s Current Contents/Engineering,
Computing and Technology and Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences.
The journal is also a founding member of the Web portal Annals of Research
on Engineering Education published by the Center for the Advancement of
Scholarship on Engineering Education of the National Academy of Engineering
(www.nae.edu), and a
founding member of the International Federation of Engineering Education
Societies.
RESEARCH AREAS
The journal publishes manuscripts in a wide variety of research areas
in the field of engineering education. A particularly rich description
of research areas in engineering education may be found in the special
report, “The
Research Agenda for the New Discipline of Engineering Education,”
Journal of Engineering Education, 95 (October 2006) 4, pp. 259-261,
and posted on the journal’s Web page at www.asee.org, which includes:
what knowledge and competencies engineers must possess and how they are
learned and assessed (epistemologies and assessment); how educational
methods, materials, infrastructure, and faculty affect learning (learning
mechanisms and systems); and how to attract, engage, and retain diverse
human talent to engineering (diversity and inclusiveness).
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS
Manuscripts are expected to report original research that significantly
extends the body of knowledge in the field of engineering education. Quantitative,
qualitative, and mixed methods research designs are accepted. The journal
typically publishes two types of manuscripts: research investigations
and research reviews.
Research investigations should state the questions addressed and their
context relative to the body of knowledge on the subject. The relevant
theories should be presented, research design described, limitations acknowledged,
and research methods and instruments discussed so as to permit evaluation
of the validity and reliability of the evidence offered. Ethical considerations
in data collection, analysis, and reporting involving human subjects should
be addressed. A description of any statistical analyses, discussion of
the uncertainties, and the significance of the results to advancing engineering
education research or practice should be provided.
Research reviews should state the propositions addressed in the review
and their context relative to the body of knowledge reviewed. A review
might include a critical analysis, synthesis, or evaluation of previous
research to provide new perspectives, a new knowledge structure, general
conclusions or overarching principles, or new research directions. Reviews
using meta-analytic approaches are encouraged. An explanation of the significance
of the insights gained to advancing engineering education research or
practice should be provided.
Submitted manuscripts must include the following:
- the manuscript title, authors and their affiliations, and a 50-150
word abstract;
- an introduction section following the abstract and preceding the
main body of the manuscript;
- the main body of the manuscript, appropriately divided into sections;
- a conclusion or summary section following the main body of the manuscript;
- a section listing the references;
- brief biographical sketches for each author; and
- black and white figures and tables, if any, either embedded at appropriate
locations within the manuscript or collected together and appended at
the end of the manuscript.
Manuscripts should be prepared in 12 point font, double-spaced, and formatted
in one column. Manuscripts may also include appendices, a glossary of
symbols, and acknowledgments, as deemed appropriate by the authors.
A comprehensive reference for considerations of composition and presentation
may be found in the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition; a more concise
source is The Elements of Style, 4th edition, by Strunk and White. Authors
are strongly encouraged to carefully proofread their manuscripts before
submission. The journal does not use endnotes, and footnotes are discouraged.
If the material is important enough for a reader to seek it out, then
it is important enough to be included in the body of the text. Footnotes
are to be used only if they are deemed essential.
The journal generally discourages the publication of a body of research
in a series of dependent parts. Authors should either identify components
of the research suitable for publication as independent articles or prepare
a condensed manuscript and encourage interested readers to contact the
authors for additional information supporting the research reported. If
the presentation of the research in a series of dependent parts is deemed
essential, authors should first contact the Editor to discuss their approach
before submitting their manuscripts.
A detailed Style Guide will be provided to authors of accepted manuscripts
to prepare their final versions for typesetting.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts submitted must not have been published as copyrighted material
nor be submitted for consideration for publication as copyrighted material
while in review by the journal, whether in print or electronic form. Other
copyrighted material includes that for which ASEE owns or may own the
copyright, including ASEE conference proceedings. By submitting a manuscript,
the author(s) agree that the copyright will be transferred to ASEE if
the manuscript is accepted for publication. The author(s) retain the rights
to the fair use of the article published, such as in teaching and other
nonprofit uses.
Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic form only at the journal’s
Web site: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jee.
An automatic and immediate e-mail confirmation is provided if the submission
process is completed successfully. The editor subsequently evaluates manuscripts
for their compatibility with the journal's mission and ten review criteria.
The editor typically is able to complete the evaluation and inform the
author within two weeks of the submission of the manuscript. If deemed
compatible, manuscripts are forwarded to one of the journal’s associate
editors who handle the peer review. The journal is normally able to complete
the peer review process and inform the author within two to four months.
Membership in ASEE does not influence either the review or publication
decision of manuscripts submitted. REVIEW CRITERIA
The journal seeks to obtain at least three reviews on all manuscripts.
Reviewers are asked to evaluate manuscripts according to six criteria
and to provide
a narrative summary of their evaluations. Four criteria relate to the
scholarly content and contributions of the manuscript and two to the quality
of the
composition and presentation. Manuscripts are expected to:
- state clearly the questions or propositions addressed and the significance
of the research to engineering education research or practice (focus
and relevance);
- situate the research within relevant bodies of knowledge and describe
how it contributes to new knowledge (context and contribution);
- employ research designs, methods, theories, and/or practices appropriate
to the research performed (research validity and reliability or credibility
and dependability);
- present original ideas or results of general significance supported
by clear reasoning and compelling evidence (results and generalizability
or transferability);
- exhibit clear, concise, and precise exposition that appeals to a
broad international readership interested in engineering education research
and practice (clarity and readability); and
- provide tables and figures, as needed, that meaningfully add to the
narrative (useful illustrations).
PAGE CHARGE POLICY AND REPRINTS
Authors of accepted manuscripts are asked to pay page charges of $100
per journal page. A printed journal page of text contains about 900 words.
The space required for illustrations should be added to obtain an estimate
of the total number of pages. The page charge includes two complimentary
copies of the issue in which the article is published and one hundred
reprints. Additional reprints may be ordered. The journal can publish
a very limited number of articles by authors who are unable to pay page
charges, but their publication may be delayed significantly. Questions
regarding page charges, additional reprints requested by authors, and
reprints of any article in the journal requested by anyone should be directed
to ASEE: voice (+1) 202-331-3500; fax (+1) 202-265-8405. Permission to
reprint material published in the journal should be directed to ASEE.
EDITORIAL OFFICE
Editorial questions and inquiries should be directed to the assistant
editor: Donna Riley, Project Coordinator, Georgia Institute of Technology,
A. French Building,
Room 204, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0740, USA; voice: (+1) 404-385-7523;
fax: (+1) 404-385-6940, e-mail: driley@gatech.edu.
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