Online Submissions
Please use our new manuscript submission portal at https://ijrslce.scholasticahq.com/for-authors.
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).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
- The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font (Times New Roman); employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- Manuscripts should be no more than 8,000 words, including the main text, references, notes, and appendices.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements of the American Psychological Association (APA style).
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The submission does not infringe upon others' rights, and does not include bias such as racial, ethnic, religious, gender, or other forms.
- For consistency, use 'service-learning' with a hyphen.
- The submission includes a brief abstract of 150 words, inserted between the title and the beginning of the manuscript's text.
- Any submitted research data should be recent (i.e. obtained within the past 1-5 years. Please explain exceptions in the Comments to the Editor(s).
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, please ensure all guidelines have been followed (in addition to the other IJRSLCE submission guidelines).
- The type of manuscript (research article, theoretical/conceptual article, review article, or book review) is identified.
- For the purposes of review and correct placement, the appropriate journal section for the submission is identified as: Advances in Theory and Methodology, Student Outcomes, Faculty Roles and Institutional Issues, Community Partnerships/Impacts, or International Service-Learning and Community Engagement Research.
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