Submissions

Author Guidelines

We suggest that authors consult the About the Journal page first.

1. Registration

Authors without a JeDEM account must register first. During registration, authors will be asked to fill out a form giving their name, affiliation, country, and email address. This data is used for internal communication.

Authors with a JeDEM account can log in and begin the 5-step process.

2. Submission

2.1 Authors start by choosing the section they want to submit their paper to; check the submissions checklist and agree to the terms of the Copyright notice. Make sure that you also prepared a cover letter to the editors (for details, see below).

2.2 The author's data is automatically imported from the registration database. If a submission has multiple authors, additional authors’ data should be entered now. The author has to add title, metadata for indexing (academic discipline and sub-disciplines, keywords, methodology or approach, and language), and, if appropriate, supporting agencies. Authors can administrate or update the metadata (important for visibility on the web) during the review process until the article is published online. We recommend to continously update this data, in particular with the latest revision.

2.3 Authors upload the first draft of their paper. The submission must be anonymous and use the template for formating their contribution according to our formal guidelines. To ensure the anonymity of the file, the submission must be converted to pdf.  The template for Word can be DOWNLOADED HERE. 

2.4 At the same time, authors are required to upload a cover letter to the editors with the submission. The cover letter should contain the following items:
-The title of your submission
-Arguments for why your submission fits well within the scope of JeDEM
-A confirmation that the manuscript has been submitted solely to this journal and is not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere. (Mentioning previous publications such as conference proceedings that the article may be based on is helpful.)
-If it concerns a revision, indicate the most critical changes you made to the manuscript
-Whether the research data underlying your study is openly available. If yes, where can it be found, or provide supplementary material. If no, explain why not.
-The names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of at least three potential reviewers. Please note that this is no guarantee that those reviewers might be used for your paper.
(If you are unsure about any of those items, please contact the managing editors.)

2.5. Language: Articles submitted to JeDEM should checked for grammar and language proficiency. We recommend to have your article proofread if it is below the standard of academic English in your discipline.

3. Types of reviewing: double-blind peer review and editorial review

JeDEM offers double-blind peer and editorial review. Double-blind reviewing will be applied on submitted scientific papers. Project descriptions and reflections will be allocated to editorial reviews.

In order to ensure a blind peer-review, the authors of the manuscript have to delete their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

4. Accepted Submissions: Addressing Reviewer Comments

4.1. Submissions that have been accepted must address the reviewers' comments. The authors are expected to revise the manuscript according to the reviewers' comments and upload the revised file by the set deadline.  Any revisions should be clearly highlighted, for example by using the "Track Changes" function in Microsoft Word, so that they are easily visible to the editors and reviewers, or in a table. 

4.2. Authors are also to provide a short cover letter detailing any changes, for the benefit of the editors and reviewers. All revisions made must cite the line number and exact change, so that the editor can check the changes expeditiously. Simple statements like ‘done’ or ‘revised as requested’ will not be accepted unless the change is simply a typographical error.
If the reviewers have suggested that the manuscript should undergo extensive English editing, please address this during revision. We suggest that the manuscript is checked by a native English speaking colleague or to use a professional English editing service.

5. Accepted Submissions: Authorship

The revised manuscript should include the author names and affiliations as indicated in the template. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all authors are mentioned and that the details are correct as well as certify that all authors fulfill standards for authorship. Please also add every author to the metadata.

5. Template

The template gives clear directions on how to format the submission.

(JeDEM TEMPLATE)

6. Word count limits

Length of paper for Research Papers: 7,500-12,000 words (including references).

Reflections (see article types): 3,750-10,000 words, including references.