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Authors may submit papers with color graphics. However, there is a significant cost associated with publishing papers with color graphics, which is borne by the author. Thus, black-and-white is usually the best option.
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Sociology of Education does not publish research notes, due to page limits. But many sociology journals do (e.g., Demography, Journal of Marriage and Family). Consider whether your paper is a good fit for this format.
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Fried turkey is delicious, but it can be very dangerous to prepare! Please be careful and never try to fry a frozen turkey!
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Editor Tip Tuesday! Authors should use endnotes sparingly in the main text of their paper. Too many endnotes distract the reader and can undermine the continuity of the text.
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If you use AI to help write your paper, please be sure to disclose to us how it was used when you submit your paper. This should also be disclosed in the “Acknowledgements” section if the paper is published.
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“(results not shown)” and “(available upon request)” are a thing of the past. On-line appendices are the best way to include supplementary findings in your paper. They don’t count against your word count at any stage of the review process.
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Before submitting, please consider whether your manuscript is a good fit for Sociology of Education. A major reason why papers are desk-rejected is a lack of engagement with sociological theory and/or research in our subfield.
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Authors: be sure to highlight the contribution of your work to our subfield. “What is new here?” is a common refrain from reviewers in papers that are rejected.
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Reviewers, we LOVE when you add your informal thoughts about a manuscript in the “Confidential Comments to the Editor” box. A few sentences that summarize your main decision reasoning go a long way.
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Help us reduce time-to-decision for our authors! If you decline our invitation as a reviewer, please help us by suggesting reviewers who we can invite. We cannot emphasize enough how grateful we are for these suggestions!
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SoE has to keep to a strict 10,000 word limit due to page print allocations, this stands for new manuscripts AND revised.
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Don't include this:
"We would appreciate very much hearing from you on your decision soon"
I could send it today, but I guess you don't want to be desktop rejected...
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Sage software now performs checks for both plagiarism and duplicate submissions for all manuscripts submitted to Sociology of Education.👍
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What should you include in your cover letter when submitting a new manuscript? Please tell us why you think your paper is a good fit for our journal📒, and provide any background information that might help us process your manuscript👍
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Papers that do not include these elements, would count as revised manuscripts in our view (and thus not eligible for consideration as a new submission). 3 of 3
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Before submitting, please consider whether your manuscript is a good fit for Sociology of Education👍. One major reason why papers are desk-rejected❌ is a lack of engagement with sociological theory and/or research in our subfield.
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If we invite you to review a manuscript, please accept or decline our invitation as soon as you receive it! We hope you accept! But if you decline, please do so ASAP, so that we can find someone else and reduce the time-to-decision for our authors.
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When submitting your manuscript, please include some suggested reviewers. While we may or may not use your suggestions, it is very helpful for us to know who YOU think might have the necessary expertise to review your paper.
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For quant papers, a table of “Descriptive Statistics” should be included.📊 This table should include means, standard deviations, min/max for all continuous variables, and proportions for each response category for categorical variables. 🗃
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✍️Editor Tip Tuesday! ✍️Do not embed your tables and figures within the text of your paper! This is the proper ordering for the manuscript:
(1) Body of the manuscript
(2) Research ethics statement
(3) Endnotes
(4) Teferences
(5) Tables
(6) Figures
(7) Appendices
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To blind your manuscript, always reference your scholarship using the third person rather than “author.”
Ex:
DO: Carbonaro (2005) found that . . .
DO NOT: Author (2005) found that . . .
This will ensure your references are available to the reviewer.👍
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When preparing figures for your paper, keep in mind that SOE does not print in color. Your figures should appear in black ⚫️and white⚪️.
Different groups can be displayed using shades of gray, or with different patterns! 📊
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Editor Tip Tuesday! ✍️📝Help us reduce time-to-decision for our authors! If you decline our invitation as a reviewer, please help us by suggesting reviewers who we can invite🙏. We cannot emphasize enough how grateful we are for these suggestions!😁
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Editor Tip Tuesday! ✍️📝SoE has to keep to a strict 10,000 word limit due to page print allocations,📢 this stands for new manuscripts AND revised ones📢. #EditorTip #SOE #Manuscript
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