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Author Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted to this journal must have a focus on academic integrity in the Canadian context. Contributions from practitioners, researchers, and students are welcome.

The journal is limited to submissions authored by Canadians. Co-authored submissions are considered when the first author works or studies at a Canadian institution. Proof of institutional affiliation may be required from all authors.

Authors must have an e-mail address from a Canadian educational institution. Independent Canadian scholars and practitioners without a Canadian institutional e-mail address should send a query letter to the editor before submitting a manuscript.

We accept manuscripts of varying lengths, though the minimum length is 500 words, exclusive of title, abstract, and references.

Submissions must include an Abstract, Keywords, and References. Please disclose any source of funding that supported the work.

APA citing and referencing must be followed for all sources, including websites (i.e., no hyperlinks in the body of the work).

Contributors should use self-citations sparingly and judiciously. A contributor may include a maximum of three-self citations. In other words, a contributor's name may not appear in the References list more than three times. The number of self-citations should not exceed 10% of the total number of citations.

At this time, the journal accepts submissions only in English. Manuscripts should be carefully copyedited before submission.

Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity is an Open Access journal that publishes articles under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) license, meaning that authors retain the copyright to their work. As such, authors are encouraged to deposit the published version of their work to institutional or disciplinary repositories immediately upon publication, alongside a link to the URL of the published article on the journal’s website.

If submitting a manuscript for peer-review, please ensure that the file has been blinded.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • A cover letter is included that outlines the number of words in the article text, the type of article being submitted (e.g., for peer-review, systematic review, protocol, practitioner article), declaration of competing interest, funder, and any other information that would be helpful for the editors to determine fit with the journal and to choose reviewers.
  • 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 .pdf, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format. Mircosoft Word is the preferred format.
  • An Abstract of 250 words or less is included. The abstract should include searchable keywords to allow prospective readers to locate your article by typing keywords into a search engine. Please do not include citations in the abstract. Five to ten keywords are included. Because the journal aims to highlight contributions from and about Canada, we recommend that "Canada" is one of the key words.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided. URLs should not appear in the body of the manuscript, only in the References, as per APA.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions for ensuring a blind review have been followed.

Practitioner Articles

Practitioner Articles describe the practical work, experiences, and insights of practitioners of academic integrity. All practitioner articles must be within the focus and scope of the Canadian Journal on Academic Integrity. Practitioner articles should be no more than 4,500 words (including tables and figures, but excluding references). If authors are unable to adhere to word count limits, authors are encouraged to contact the journal editors prior to submission. 

Articles submitted to the Practitioner's section of the journal will be edited, but will not undergo peer review.

Peer-reviewed Articles

Research 

Research papers report empirical studies addressing significant research questions in academic integrity. Grounded in pertinent literature and theories, research questions are answered by data that are systematically collected and analyzed. All research papers must be within the focus and scope of the Canadian Journal on Academic Integrity. Original research articles should be no more than 5,000 words (including tables and figures, but excluding references). If authors are unable to adhere to word count limits, authors are encouarged to contact the journal editors prior to submission. A statement is included in the body of the manuscript that data collection and research protocol has been approved by the local research ethics board.

Review 

Reviews may include, but are not limited to, articles that describe the systematic and substantial syntheses of literature for a specific topic, evaluate progress in specified topic, or critically assess an issue. All reviews must be within the focus and scope of the Canadian Journal on Academic Integrity. Original research articles should be no more than 12,000 words (excluding abstract, tables, figures, and references). If authors are unalbe to adhere to word count limits, authors are encouarged to contact the journal editors prior to submission. 

Articles published in the peer-reviewed section of the journal will undergo double-blind peer review.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright of their work.
 
Articles are published with a Creative Commons License: Attribution-Non-Commerical-NoDerivs-CC-BY-NC-ND
 
This allows your work to be redistributed unmodified for non-commercial purposes.

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