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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • 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).
  • That the research upon which the submission is based has received approval from a Research Ethics Board or did not require ethical review.
  • The article has been prepared for a blind review, including removing identifiable information from the text and metadata.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Copyright clearance has been obtained for all tables, figures, or graphics previously published elsewhere.
  • All tables, figures, and graphics are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • All tables are provided in an editable format and not as an image. All diagrams are provided in a high resolution of at least 1800 pixels in either height or width.
  • I am aware the average time from submission to final decision is about 6-8 months. However, the availability of referees who are willing to complete the review and the speed with which authors make the required revisions will affect this timeline. 

Author Guidelines

Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) / Revue candienne de l'éducation (RCE)

Articles must address a question and present an investigation into an issue; they should be based in a scholarly context (literature review), and contribute to scholarship in education. The CJE does not publish teaching materials or administrative documents. Authors are responsible for receiving ethics approval from their own institutions.

Authors are required to demonstrate that their article fits within the Journal mandate and is relevant to the Canadian education community. The editorial staff of the CJE are unable to make a formal assessment of potential articles until they have been uploaded to the database.

Articles that do not meet the following guidelines will be desk rejected without a peer review.


General instructions

  • Articles are to be submitted in .docx format.  Articles should be between 5500 and 7000 words, excluding references. Articles that exceed 7000 words will not be considered. 
  • A running head of no more than 50 characters should be provided.
  • Please include an abstract on the first page. The abstract (up to 150 words in English and up to 180 words in French) should summarize the purpose of the study, the procedures employed, the results obtained, and the conclusions reached. A list of keywords should also be included after the abstract. An abstract in both English and French is required before the paper will be accepted.
  • Tables, figures, and graphic material are accepted only when necessary for the rigour of the argument. The editable version, or a high resolution version, of the file should be provided. If the table/figure/graphic was previously published elsewhere, you must ensure copyright clearance is provided.
  • Manuscripts must be in 12-point type (including quotations, notes, & references).
  • Authors are to submit articles through the Online Journal System. Articles can not be submitted by email. 
  • During the submission process, authors are required to enter the names, institutions, and email addresses of ALL co-authors. It is impossible for the editorial staff to seek appropriate reviewers without knowing the names of all authors. Whenever possible, please use institutional email addresses, rather than personal emails.
  • Articles may include audio/video/visual components, and authors are encouraged to do include these elements when it pertains to their work.

Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

  1. The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.
  2. With Word documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file as follows: File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document (Inspect) > Document Properties and Personal Information (Remove All). For Mac users, click on Tools > Protect document > Remove personal information from this file upon save.
  3. With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.

Many authors share interim information about their scholarship through blogs, conference or grant proposals, or online research notes. These online postings can impact the CJE’s double-blind review process. In such cases, it is imperative that authors submit a “working title” for their CJE article. The working title can be changed to a final title once the article is accepted.


Style Guide

Please adhere to the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). English spelling follows the most recent edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.

Book Reviews

  • Please contact the Book Review Editor before submitting a review.
  • Articles are peer reviewed but book reviews are not.

Submitting Articles in French

In order to comply with the OJS, we kindly ask that you follow this process when submitting an article in French:

  1. Save your title in French (with the résumé)
  2. Save your title in English (with the abstract)

Unfortunately, if the article is not saved in both languages, you will not be able to proceed to the next stage of submission.

Publication information

Accepted articles that have been copy edited will be published on an ongoing basis in the “Online First” section of our website. As soon as an article is published, a DOI number will be assigned.

Starting with the 45-4 Winter 2022 issue, each issue will be curated based on a particular theme. Each curated issue draws from articles already published in the “Online First” section, and framed through an editorial that digs into the implications and significance to educational research, methodology, theory, and practice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How long will it take for my article to be published?

  • The average time from submission to final decision is about 6-8 months. However, the availability of referees who are willing to do the review and the speed with which authors make the required revisions will affect this timeline. 
  • The accepted papers will be copy editing and the galley will be created. This process takes about 3 months. Once the galley is created, the papers would be published in the "In Press" issue with DOI assigned.
  • The paper will be assigned a permanent issue number based on thematic relevance. 

Q. Would you please look at my article and tell me if you would be interested in it?

All articles must be submitted through our online system, in order that they may be properly logged and tracked. No exceptions will be made.

Q. I have some reviewers in mind for my article. May I suggest them to you?

A. All articles receive a double-blind peer review. Authors do not know who the reviewers are, and reviewers do not know who the authors are.

Q. Why did my article receive a “desk reject”?

A. Papers that are not properly prepared for a blind review or formatted in the latest APA style will be desk rejected. Articles that are not aligned with the mandate of the Canadian Journal of Education will also be desk rejected.

Copyright Notice

The Canadian Journal of Education follows Creative Commons Licencing CC BY-NC-ND. For permission to reprint all or part of an article, please contact the Managing Editor.

Privacy Statement

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