Journal of Contemporary European Research
Vol. 2
No. 1
2016
Application Deadline: 30 September, 2014
Contact: kathryn.simpson-2@manchester.ac.uk
Applications are invited for the guest editorship of a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary European Research<http://www.jcer.net> (JCER) to be published in 2016 (Volume 12, Issue 1) under the general supervision of the JCER editors.
Proposals should clearly relate to the work of the journal. The proposed issue should be for 8-12 articles of 7,000-8,000 words, plus an introductory, contextualising editorial of 3,000-5,000 words.
Proposals should include:
* Title of the proposed issue;
* Brief statement of the rationale for the issue and how each article relates to that rationale;
* Full contact details of the guest editor(s);
* Individual article details, including author names, titles and an abstract (300 words max.);
* Biography of each contributor (100 words max.);
* Schedule of work.
Proposers should indicate how far advanced the project is and whether any manuscripts already exist in draft versions. Please indicate in your submission any demonstrable previous experience of editing, and how you propose to manage the challenges presented by the task.
The successful guest editor(s) will be expected to take on the full editorial task (using the journal's online manuscript management system) up until the handover to copy editors. The JCER editors are available for advice and to ensure that standards are met; it is not their role to edit the special issue.
Editorial tasks of the guest editors include the following:
* Suggesting reviewers (2 per paper);
* Managing communications with contributing authors and JCER Editors;
* Managing revision processes;
* Ensuring all contributing authors meet deadlines.
The papers must be reviewed (and revised) according to JCER standards in time to be passed to the JCER editors for final approval prior to publication. Proposers and authors should be aware that this can be a tight timetable to manage and publication will not be delayed to accommodate 'late' articles.
Special issue editors should be prepared to remove contributions from the issue should they fail to meet the required standard or to fit with the vision of the special issue editors. Authors should be made aware of this. The JCER editors reserve the right to reject any articles that do not meet the required standards of the Journal.
Proposals should be submitted to Kathryn Simpson (UACES Student Forum) by the deadline of 30 September 2014. Email to: kathryn.simpson-2@manchester.ac.uk<mailto:kathryn.simpson-2@manchester.ac.uk>.
Proposals will then be considered by a selection panel comprised of members of the JCER Editorial Board and the UACES Student Forum Committee. The decision of the selection panel will be final.
