期刊名称：COMPARE-A JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Comparative and international studies in education enjoy new popularity. They illuminate the role of education in Development, the effects of globalisation and post-structural thinking on learning for professional and personal lives. Compare publishes such research as it relates to educational development and change in different parts of the world. It seeks analyses of educational discourse, policy and practice across disciplines, and their implications for teaching, learning and management.
The Editors welcome papers which reflect on practice from early childhood to the end of adult life. All papers should include a comparative and/or international dimension. We define ‘comparative’ in its widest sense – it does not need to be comparing different countries or contexts, but may be comparing across time, cultures (e.g. insider/outsider perspectives), between different groups or systems (e.g. indigenous and mainstream education) etc. Case studies of under-researched aspects of the field and countries about which little is known are of particular interest. All articles are subject to anonymous reviews to ensure their quality.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Compare is covered by Academic Search; Advanced Placement Source; ArticleFirst; Arts and Humanities Search; Australian Education Index Online (AEI); Bibliography of Asian Studies (Online); British Education Index (BEI); Current Abstracts; Current Contents; Database of Research on International Education; Dietrich’s Index Philosophicus; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Research Complete; Education Research Index; Education Source; Educational Administration Abstracts; Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC); Electronic Collections Online; International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences (IBR); International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ); Professional Development Collection; ProQuest; Public Affairs Index; PubMed; Research into Higher Education Abstracts; SCOPUS®; SocINDEX; Social Sciences Citation Index® Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Teacher Reference Center; Web of Science.
Instructions to Authors
Manuscript preparation
1. General guidelines
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UK spelling (e.g. colour, organise) and punctuation are preferred but any consistent spelling and punctuation styles may be used. Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’. Long quotations of 40 words or more should be indented without quotation marks.
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A typical manuscript will not exceed 9000 words excluding tables, references, captions, footnotes and endnotes. Manuscripts that greatly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
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Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgements; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
- Abstracts of 150 words are required for all manuscripts submitted.
- Each manuscript should have 4 to 6 keywords .
- Search engine optimization (SEO) is a means of making your article more visible to anyone who might be looking for it. Please consult our guidance here .
- Section headings should be concise.
- All authors of a manuscript should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author. Please give the affiliation where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after the manuscript is accepted. Please note that the email address of the corresponding author will normally be displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal style) and the online article.
- All persons who have a reasonable claim to authorship must be named in the manuscript as co-authors; the corresponding author must be authorized by all co-authors to act as an agent on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript, and the order of names should be agreed by all authors.
- Biographical notes on contributors are not required for this journal.
- Please supply all details required by any funding and grant-awarding bodies as an Acknowledgement on the title page of the manuscript, in a separate paragraph, as follows:
- For single agency grants: "This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx]."
- For multiple agency grants: "This work was supported by the [Funding Agency 1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency 2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency 3] under Grant [number xxxx]."
- Authors must also incorporate a Disclosure Statement which will acknowledge any financial interest or benefit they have arising from the direct applications of their research.
- For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms must not be used.
- Authors must adhere to SI units . Units are not italicised.
- When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
2. Style guidelines
- Please provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
- Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the manuscript file.
- Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
- All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the manuscript (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
- Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the manuscript, and numbered correspondingly.
- The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
4. Publication charges
Submission fee
There is no submission fee for Compare .
Page charges
There are no page charges for Compare .
Colour charges
Colour figures will be reproduced in colour in the online edition of the journal free of charge. If it is necessary for the figures to be reproduced in colour in the print version, a charge will apply. Charges for colour pages in print are £250 per figure ($395 US Dollars; $385 Australian Dollars; 315 Euros). For more than 4 colour figures, figures 5 and above will be charged at £50 per figure ($80 US Dollars; $75 Australian Dollars; 63 Euros).
Depending on your location, these charges may be subject to Value Added Tax .
5. Reproduction of copyright material
If you wish to include any material in your manuscript in which you do not hold copyright, you must obtain written permission from the copyright owner, prior to submission. Such material may be in the form of text, data, table, illustration, photograph, line drawing, audio clip, video clip, film still, and screenshot, and any supplemental material you propose to include. This applies to direct (verbatim or facsimile) reproduction as well as “derivative reproduction” (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source).
You must ensure appropriate acknowledgement is given to the permission granted to you for reuse by the copyright holder in each figure or table caption. You are solely responsible for any fees which the copyright holder may charge for reuse.
The reproduction of short extracts of text, excluding poetry and song lyrics, for the purposes of criticism may be possible without formal permission on the basis that the quotation is reproduced accurately and full attribution is given.
For further information and FAQs on the reproduction of copyright material, please consult our Guide .
6. Supplemental online material
Authors are encouraged to submit animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.
Manuscript submission
All submissions should be made online at the Compare Scholar One Manuscripts website. New users should first create an account. Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Online user guides and access to a helpdesk are available on this website.
Manuscripts may be submitted in any standard editable format, including Word and EndNote. These files will be automatically converted into a PDF file for the review process. LaTeX files should be converted to PDF prior to submission because ScholarOne Manuscripts is not able to convert LaTeX files into PDFs directly. All LaTeX source files should be uploaded alongside the PDF.
Authors should prepare and upload a text with all document information identifying the author removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. Authors should then upload a separate title page with all author information, and during submission define it as “Title page (file not for review)”.
Manuscripts should be double spaced, with ample margins and should be fully anonymised (and exclude acknowledgements if these would indicate the author’s identity).
Click here for information regarding anonymous peer review.
Compare seeks to publish a wide range of contributions including:
Original articles should be no longer than 9,000 words in length, inclusive of an abstract of between 100-150 words, up to six keywords, footnotes, references and also approximations for figures and tables (should a figure or table occupy half a page or a full page, please count this as 250 words or 450 words respectively toward your total article word count). Articles submitted should not be currently under consideration or be previously published elsewhere.
Compare Forum contributions consist of brief articles which focus upon key contemporary issues in the field of comparative and international education. Perspectives and views should be made concisely with reference to relevant literature. We welcome suggestions for topics. Contact the editorial office for further details.
Book Reviews , Compare seeks to review a wide range of academic texts which focus on comparative and international education. PhD Abstracts, We publish Abstracts of recently completed PHd’s which focus on Comparative and/or International Education. For more information, please contact Compare ’s Book Review Editor Dr Jenny Parkes via the following email address; J.Parkes@ioe.ac.uk . Special Issues : Compare looks to publish themed editions and welcomes special issue proposals from Guest Editors. Full proposal details can be found here .
Proofs will be sent to authors and should be corrected and returned to the Editor within three days. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.
Notes for reviewers of articles submitted to Compare
General
For publication in Compare all papers should include a comparative dimension. We consider ‘comparative’ in its widest sense, not just comparison between countries, but also between institutions, regions, or educational philosophies. Papers should be of a consistently high quality and should:
- address issues/questions of significance and interest to a wide international audience even when they focus on the situation in individual countries
- be well-structured, clearly written and develop a cogent argument
- be original and up-to-date
- demonstrate an awareness of relevant literature, including relevant articles that have appeared in Compare
- be analytical, theoretically informed and not purely descriptive.
In your review, please:
- estimate the significance of the general area of the article (whether is it currently popular, neglected, passé, etc.) and whether it is likely to be cited in future
- comment on the fairness, accuracy and relevance of reviews of previous research, indicating any important omissions
- indicate whether the article addresses a gap in the literature, shows an awareness of relevant literature in the field, and if the study augments this body of knowledge.
- assess the extent to which the author’s interpretations and conclusions are warranted by the evidence
- appraise the clarity of the argument and the quality of presentation
- advise whether the Abstract is likely to encourage readers to read the full article.
Recommendations:
Please indicate which of the four categories below you recommend:
- Straight acceptance (very unusual!) – article can be published straight away with only minor editorial amendments (no need for further reviewer input)
Accept with minor revisions – article needs to be revised slightly in form and/or content according to the reviewers’ recommendations (the original reviewers and/or editor will check the article again before publication)
- Return for major revisions – this is an invitation to rewrite and resubmit the article and acceptance is conditional on the extent to which the author has addressed the comments of the reviewers, who will carefully assess the paper a second time. Where reviewers do not feel that their comments have been adequately dealt with, this will result in the article being rejected. Where they have been, the article will be accepted (in some cases with minor editorial changes).
- Reject – the reviewers do not consider that this article could be revised adequately in order to meet the criteria for publication. The author is not invited to resubmit the paper.
Where there is a significant disagreement between reviewers the Editors can seek the opinion of a third reviewer.
Turnaround:
It is important that you return your comments to the Editors within a specified four-week period. If there is likely to be a delay, please let us know.
Please write your report in an impersonal style suitable for sending directly to the author. An affirmative and positive approach to feedback will be the most encouraging for the recipient. Your overview and textual comments should therefore be constructive and not diminish authors, so that we can send them directly to authors. Given that we have submissions from non-native English speakers, they should be syntactically correct. To preserve anonymity, do not sign your name.
It is particularly useful if you provide detailed comments on those parts of the paper that are to be revised, and the nature and extent of such revision. Most papers will require some revisions, in which case they will be returned to you for further consideration before publication. Please note that we only allow authors one opportunity to rewrite the article so would not encourage detailed comments on a second version if you feel it has still not reached the standard for publication. However, minor editorial suggestions may be made at this point if you are recommending publication.
Although we do not expect referees to give detailed corrections relating to grammar, spelling or punctuation, we would ask you please to indicate where these seem noticeably deficient.
Finally, if necessary, please state clearly why you reject a particular paper. While the publisher assumes responsibility, it would also be helpful if you were to indicate any concerns that the material may be libellous, plagiarised, or an infringement of copyright.
Copyright and authors' rights
To assure the integrity, dissemination, and protection against copyright infringement of published articles, you will be asked to assign to The British Association for International and Comparative Education, via a Publishing Agreement, the copyright in your article. Your Article is defined as the final, definitive, and citable Version of Record, and includes: (a) the accepted manuscript in its final form, including the abstract, text, bibliography, and all accompanying tables, illustrations, data; and (b) any supplemental material hosted by Taylor & Francis. Our Publishing Agreement with you will constitute the entire agreement and the sole understanding between The British Association for International and Comparative Education and you; no amendment, addendum, or other communication will be taken into account when interpreting your and The British Association for International and Comparative Education rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Copyright policy is explained in detail here .
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Last updated 22/11/2013
Editorial Board
Editors:
Paul Morris - Institute of Education, University of London, UK Nitya Rao - University of East Anglia, UK
Founding Editor:
Leon Boucher - formerly Dean of Education, Chester College, UK
Review Editor:
Jenny Parkes- Institute of Education , University of London, UK
Editorial Board Members:
Chair: Caroline Dyer - Leeds University, UK
Sheila Aikman - University of East Anglia, UK
Shailaja Fennell - University of Cambridge, UK
Qing Gu - University of Nottingham, UK
Germ Janmaat - Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Yann Lebeau - University of East Anglia, UK
Theresa Lillis - The Open University, UK
Tristan McCowan - Institute of Education, University of London,UK
Elizabeth McNess - Bristol University, UK
Mario Novelli - University of Sussex, UK
Christopher Williams - University of Birmingham, UK
International Advisory Board:
Joseph Ampiah Ghartey - University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Anne Hickling-Hudson - Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Krishna Kumar - University of Delhi, India
Lynn Mario T. Menezes de Souza - Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Karen Mundy - OISE, University of Toronto, Canada
Oanda Ibrahim Ogachi - Kenyatta University, Kenya
Jandhyala B.G. Tilak - National University of Educational Planning and Administration, India
Carlos Torres - University of California, USA
Wiel Veugelers - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Edward Vickers - Kyushu University, Japan
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