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Notes for Contributors

SIR is an international peer reviewed electronic journal providing an outlet for reports of interest to researchers and practitioners in the broad area of research, research training, evaluation and impact. Contributions to the journal may cover reports of empirical, theoretical and review papers and book reviews that have implications for research theory and practice. Brief reports may be submitted.

The journal will consist of four sections:

Full research and/or theoretical papers
Brief reports
Forum contributions inviting short comments on current issues in research (moderated but not refereed)
Book reviews

The journal welcomes high quality empirical and theoretical papers and research review papers in the areas of:

Research education and training across disciplines
The impact of research training and research outcomes in a wide variety of contexts including the workplace
The understanding and development of research and higher order problem solving skills
Research pedagogies and epistemologies
Research assessment and evaluation including the assessment of honours, masters and doctoral students, through to assessment and evaluation of research programs
Research dissemination

Submission requirements

All submissions should follow APA guidelines and be written in English.

Full research or theoretical papers should be 4000 to 6000 words.
Brief Reports may be up to 2000 words.
Book reviews should be limited to no more than 1000 words.
The preferred format is Microsoft Word.
All tables and graphics should be integrated in the paper.
Where graphics need to be sent separately, authors are requested to indicate the position in the paper for placement of attached figures. The format used for graphics should be stated in the first page of the paper.
Authors are advised to avoid sexist or offensive language.
An abstract of not more than 100 words should accompany each submission.
Authors' names, titles, affiliations, with complete mailing addresses, including e-mail, telephone and facsimile numbers should appear only on the first page of the paper. A brief biographical note (50 words) for each author should also accompany the paper. All papers submitted for publication should not currently be under consideration by any other journal nor previously published in any other journal.
Submissions are to be forwarded by electronic mail to the Editor at sir@newcastle.edu.au.
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Review Process

All papers submitted for publication will be double-blind reviewed. All communication with authors will be via email.

Disclaimer

Authors are completely responsible for the factual accuracy of their contributions and neither the Editorial Board nor the University of Newcastle accepts any responsibility for the assertions and opinions of contributors. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to quote lengthy excerpts from previously published studies.

Copyright

This journal is published by the Faculty of Education and Arts, the University of Newcastle. Papers accepted for publication by this journal become the copyright of the publisher. Authors retain the right to use their own material for purely education and research purposes. In all subsequent publication, whether in whole or part, the journal must be acknowledged as the original publisher of the article. All other requests for use or re-publication in whole or in part, should be addressed to the Editor.

The publishers waive copyright for educational use of the content of the journal under the condition that the journal must be acknowledged as the original publisher of the article.

Citation

Citation services will be provided to authors.