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Author Guidelines

Journal of Creative Practice Research: Submission Guidelines

  1. Book Reviews

Standard Book Reviews should be no longer than 1,500 words, although depending on the book being reviewed, they may be shorter or longer. All book reviews should be prepared and submitted following the general Instructions to Authors of this journal.

The following information should be given about the book being reviewed at the start of each review:

Author/Editor Name, Book Title, Publisher, Year of Publication, ISBN-13: 000-0-00-000000-0, Number of Pages, Price (if applicable)

Book reviews should be timely and objective and should consider the following:

  • The intended audience for the book and who would find it useful
  • The main ideas and major objectives of the book and how effectively these are accomplished
  • The soundness of methods and information sources used
  • The context or impetus for the book - political controversy, review research or policy, etc.
  • Constructive comments about the strengths and weaknesses of the book
  1. Article/Creative Work Submissions

2.1 Word Limit and Scope

Submissions – which may be visual, aural, still, moving or written – are invited for any one of the following sections of the Journal of Creative Research Practice:

  1. Double blind refereed section for articles of between 4,000-6,000 words, or creative works and other projects of equivalent scope.
  2. Single blind refereed section for reports, edited interviews, feature reviews of up to 4,000 words, or creative works and other projects of equivalent scope.
  3. Edited, non-refereed section of reviews, responses, reprints of seminal reports and papers, and debate items of up to 2,000 words, or creative works and other projects of equivalent scope.

(Double blind is where reviewer and author/creator remain anonymous. Single blind is where only the reviewer remains anonymous.)

Any enquiries about the refereeing process can be made in the first instance to the Journal Managing Editor.

2.2 General Guidelines for Writing in an Online Environment

Accessibility

The Journal of Creative Practice Research aims to encourage research students and early career researchers by working and publishing alongside more established academics and professionals across a wide range of communication, creative industries and media arts disciplines and professions. Your piece should reflect this aim stylistically and be written or presented for those whose own discipline and research interests may not be the same as yours.

Weblinks

The journal encourages contributors to include links to external sound, image (still and moving) and other relevant websites, for example, YouTube, SoundCloud or Vimeo.

Locating the Author(s)

The journal has no problem with authors/creators who locate themselves in their research and use the first person. We also advocate the active voice over the passive voice.

2.3 Specific Style Guidelines

To achieve a consistent style across all written submissions, the Journal of Creative Practice Research follows APA style (7th edition). Please see instructions below in Section 2.4. Do not use footnotes or endnotes for citations or referencing.

Italics and Underlining

  • Please avoid underlining – use italics instead where possible.
  • Italicize the name or title of newspapers, books, journals, poems, plays, films, TV programs, art works, song titles and music.
  • Italicize foreign expressions (or try to find an English language term).
  • Avoid italicising for emphasis as it makes the text look messy and can be hard to read.

Spelling

  • Either Australian or UK English spelling is acceptable – though authors need to decide on one or the other. Do not, however, change the spelling in any quote.

Quotations

  • Use double quotation marks for all direct quotations, except where the citation is more than 40 words. In this case, format the quotation as an indented block quotation without quotation marks.
  • Use single quotation marks for quotes inside quotes.
  • Use double quotation marks around directly quoted material, direct speech, for titles of episodes and speeches, for colloquialisms, or if you are using a word in an unusual way.
  • Place full stops and commas inside closing quotation marks only when they are part of the quoted material. Otherwise, place them after the closing quotation marks or after the parenthetical citation. For example:

She called out "Hugo." (Full stop inside quote marks as part of the quotation)

This, he explains, is known as the "Celebrity Rights Act" (Smith, 2020, p. 80). (Full stop placed after parenthetical citation)

  • Make any case changes at the start of quotations silently.

Numbers, Dates, and Time

  • Number format: In general, use numerals for numbers 10 and above and spell out numbers one through nine. But express related numbers in the same style, e.g., only 5 of the 24 interviewees.
  • Date format: 26 July 1980, or Saturday, 26 July 1980.
  • Decades: Spell out 1960s, not '60s.
  • Time format: 8.54 a.m.

Footnotes and Endnotes

  • Do not use endnotes. Footnotes can be used, but only when absolutely necessary.

2.4 Referencing and Citations

Submissions to the Journal of Creative Practice Research should be referenced and should include a reference list formatted in APA style (7th edition). Do not include footnotes or endnotes for citations or referencing. The following guidelines explain the basic principles of APA citation style.

Reference List

  • Names: Provide the author's surname followed by initials.
  • Titles: Capitalise only the first word of the title, the first word of the subtitle, and any proper nouns.
  • Place of publication: Not required in APA 7th edition.
  • Publisher details: Provide the publisher name without abbreviations.
  • Page span: Give the full page range (e.g., 64-69 or 364-369). Use an en dash, not a hyphen, between the digits.
  • Hanging indent: Indent by one centimetre the second line of an entry in your reference list.

Please use the following examples of APA style:

Article in print journal

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), page span.

Article in online journal

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), page span. https://doi.org/xxxx or URL

Book by single author

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

Book by two authors

Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

Book by three to twenty authors

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., & Surname, C. C. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

Book by more than twenty authors

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., Surname, C. C., Surname, D. D., Surname, E. E., Surname, F. F., Surname, G. G., Surname, H. H., Surname, I. I., Surname, J. J., Surname, K. K., Surname, L. L., Surname, M. M., Surname, N. N., Surname, O. O., Surname, P. P., Surname, Q. Q., Surname, R. R., Surname, S. S., . . . Surname, Z. Z. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

Book edition other than the first

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of book (Xth ed.). Publisher.

Edited book

Surname, A. A. (Ed.). (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

Chapter in an edited book

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of chapter. In B. B. Surname & C. C. Surname (Eds.), Title of book (pp. page span). Publisher.

Translated book

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of book (B. B. Surname, Trans.). Publisher. (Original work published Year)

Newspaper article

Surname, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, page span.

Film

Director Surname, A. A. (Director). (Year). Title of film [Film]. Production Company.

Review

Reviewer Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of review [Review of the book Title of book, by A. A. Author]. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), page span. https://doi.org/xxxx or URL

Review of a film

Reviewer Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of review [Review of the film Title of film, directed by A. A. Director]. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), page span. https://doi.org/xxxx or URL

Website

Surname, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of work. Site Name. URL

Webpage

Surname, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of page. Site name. URL

In-text Citations

  • Include the author's surname and the year of publication, with no punctuation between: (Smith, 2020)
  • For direct quotations, include page numbers: (Smith, 2020, p. 34)
  • For multiple works by the same author, include the year for each: (Smith, 2018, 2020)
  • For works by multiple authors:
    • Two authors: (Smith & Jones, 2020)
    • Three or more authors: (Smith et al., 2020)
  • When referencing quotations or citations of the text being reviewed, use page number, for example: (p. 236)
  1. Submitting Your Article/Creative Work

3.1 Formatting Your Document

  1. Save your file in Document (.docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf).
  2. For creative works, please send links to external media (e.g., YouTube, SoundCloud or Vimeo). For graphics/images, attach as separate files with notes in the document indicating placement. Send the highest resolution possible and we will resize for web publication. Save drawn graphics in GIF format. Save images in JPG or PNG formats.
  3. Open the "Properties" window for your file (in Word, go to File → Properties) and delete anything that appears in the "Author" field. This ensures your anonymity in the peer review process.
  4. You're now ready to submit your work. Please submit via the submission link.

3.2 Anonymity for Blind Peer Reviewers

If you are submitting an article or creative work for blind peer reviewing, please provide your name(s) and bio(s) separate from the article or creative work. Also make sure you remove your name and any other identifying details from the article/creative work itself. We acknowledge that some creative works may make it clear who the creator is.

3.3 Copyright Permission

Make sure you have obtained permission to use any copyright material contained within your submission from the copyright owner. Also include appropriate attribution as required.

3.4 Submission Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors/creators are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors/creators that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. Theme

Does your submission address the central theme of the intended journal issue?

  1. Abstract, Keywords, and Biography

Have you emailed the issue editor(s) a 200-word abstract, a list of up to six keywords for your article or creative work, as well as a brief biography (including institutional affiliation)?

  1. Word Limit

Does your article or creative work satisfy the word limit or scope for your type of submission?

  1. Writing and Bibliographic Style

Have you checked the APA style (7th edition) guidelines? In particular, have you applied APA style consistently, and removed all endnotes and footnotes related to citations and referencing?

  1. File Formats
    • Have you prepared a .docx or .rtf file for submission?
    • Have you removed any identifying information from the "Properties" of your file?
    • If your submission contains graphics, have you prepared both a 50-pixel square thumbnail and the full-size graphic? Save drawn graphics in GIF format. Save photographs in JPG format. Have you indicated within your submission where the graphics are to be placed?

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Articles

Peer review

Articles submitted will be double-blind peer reviewed by independent referees who have no conflict of interest. Referees will provide objective comment on the manuscript and the issue editor/s will review comments. Reviewed articles will be treated confidentially. The criteria for evaluating submissions are:

  • importance of the topic discussed in the article;
  • contribution to the field of inquiry or the debate in the literature;
  • quality of ideas presented;
  • quality of writing; and
  • appropriateness of methodology and theoretical framework.

A recommendation will be made to the author(s) as to whether or not the original or a revised article based on the peer review process will be accepted for publication. Once the article has been amended in line with the suggestions for improvement, it will be scheduled to appear in the next issue of the journal.

Authors acknowledge that by submitting to the review process the issue editor/s reserves the right to make editorial changes to the text without referring the material back to the author. This will be done to improve such aspects as syntax, diction, grammar or referencing.

Copyright Notice

Authors/creators who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors/creators retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial – No Derivatives 3.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors/creators are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors/creators are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
  4. Authors/creators must obtain permission to use any copyright material contained within their submission from the copyright owner. Appropriate attribution must also be included as required.

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