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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submitting authors’ ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) has been provided on the user's account profile https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/jmr/user/profile. (More information about ORCID is available at http://orcid.org/).
  • Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are provided for the published version of any works cited, if available.
  • All footnotes/endnotes are in Arabic numerals, not Roman numerals.
  • All figures and images are placed at the end of the manuscript.
  • The author agrees to not submit the manuscript for publication elsewhere while under review by the Competency-Based Education Research Journal.
  • The abstract is no longer than 250 words.
  • The author has not included acknowledgements in the review version of the manuscript.  Acknowledgements can serve to identify the author, so they may be added during the proofing process after blind reviews are complete.
  • The manuscript is a Word document that is double spaced, with 12 point font, page numbers, and 1" margins.
  • The author has removed all personally identifiable information in the manuscript. See Remove hidden data and personal information by inspecting documents, presentations, or workbooks (Link to Microsoft Support page)
  • The manuscript follows the APA 7th Edition Style Guide.
  • Upon acceptance of the article, the authors agree to the terms outlined in the Publication Agreement. 

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Competency-Based Education Research Journal

Author Agreement

The following is an agreement between the Author (the “Corresponding Author”) acting on behalf of all authors of the work (“Authors”) and the Competency-Based Education Research Journal (the “Journal”) regarding your article (the “Work”) that is being submitted for consideration.  

Whereas the parties desire to promote effective scholarly communication that promotes local control of intellectual assets, the parties for valuable consideration agree as follows.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR’S GRANT OF RIGHTS

After being accepted for publication, the Corresponding Author grants to the Journal, during the full term of copyright and any extensions or renewals of that term, the following:

  1. An irrevocable non-exclusive right to reproduce, republish, transmit, sell, distribute, and otherwise use the Work in electronic and print editions of the Journal and in derivative works throughout the world, in all languages, and in all media now known or later developed.
  2. An irrevocable non-exclusive right to create and store electronic archival copies of the Work, including the right to deposit the Work in open access digital repositories.
  3. An irrevocable non-exclusive right to license others to reproduce, republish, transmit,and distribute the Work under the condition that the Authors are attributed. (Currently this is carried out by publishing the content under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 license (CC BY-NC).
  4. Copyright in the Work remains with the Authors.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR’S DUTIES

  1. When distributing or re-publishing the Work, the Corresponding Author agrees to credit the Journal as the place of first publication.
  2. The Corresponding Author agrees to inform the Journal of any changes in contact information

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR’S WARRANTY

The Corresponding Author represents and warrants that the Work is the Authors’ original work and that it does not violate or infringe the law or the rights of any third party and, specifically, that the Work contains no matter that is defamatory or that infringes literary or proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, or any rights of privacy. The Corresponding Author also warrants that he or she has the full power to make this agreement, and if the Work was prepared jointly, the Corresponding Author agrees to inform the Authors of the terms of this Agreement and to obtain their written permission to sign on their behalf. The Corresponding Author agrees to hold the Journal harmless from any breach of the aforestated representations.

JOURNAL’S DUTIES

In consideration of the Author’s grant of rights, the Journal agrees to publish the Work, attributing the Work to the Authors.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This agreement reflects the entire understanding of the parties. This agreement may be amended only in writing by an addendum signed by the parties. Amendments are incorporated by reference to this agreement.

ACCEPTED AND AGREED BY THE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR ON BEHALF OF ALL AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WORK

 

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