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Publication Manuscript: Journal Selection

Onax F. Garcia

Liberty University

EDUC798-D02

Dr. Jillian Wendt

Publication Manuscript: Journal Selection

The International Journal of Multicultural Education is a peer reviewed which offers open access articles for scholars, practitioners and students who have an interest in multicultural education. The driving force behind the journal is to promote equity, justice and cultural tolerance among diverse students and minority groups. The journal publishes three types of articles including a) empirical research reports that highlight multicultural education as well as applying qualitative research methods, b) conceptual and theoretical articles which integrate comprehensive literature review on multicultural education and c) praxis articles that highlight on multicultural education practices based on solid theories and literature (IJME, 2019). The journal has an expansive and advanced data base and international indexes including Scopus, Ebscohost, ERIC and ESCI and is accessed in over 100 countries making it a very popular and impactful journal (IJME, 2019).

The Relevance of Journal to Research Topic: Multicultural Education and the Role of Teachers

The journal offers the best platform to submit my publication manuscript because it solely targets research on multicultural education trends and practices. Given that it is an international journal it offers a wider perspective of cultural differences and how they impact and can be integrated into the school curriculum and classroom setting. Specifically, the journal is requesting educators to submit papers for the Social Issue 2020 on matter regarding multicultural education and has offered a healthy number of topic suggestions which are very relevant. The topics mostly have to do with media however, this can be transferable into the classroom given that majority of students consumes significant information from the media which impacts how they interact with their peers. In addition, my research focuses on bring fresh view in what entails multicultural education and emphasizing on the role of teachers, the journal offers the best platform in terms of tools, resources and opportunities for the research proposal to be reviewed and rated as relevant to the research field.

One of the articles published in the journals’ site includes:

Chang, H., Pak, S. Y., & Sleeter, C. E. (2018). Multicultural education: Using past to build our future. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 20(1), 1-4.

Submission Guidelines

The journal offers guidelines for article submissions (IJME, 2019): a) One must first register with the IJME and selects the author profile. b) There is need to use the article template when preparing the manuscript before submitting directly to the website as well as the author confirmation note. c) The scholarly articles submitted need to meet the word count of between 4,000 words and 6,000 words based the three article categories presented in the website. d) The articles need to be in the Microsoft Word document format as well as the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. e) Ethical standards must also be adhered to if the study involves study of human respondents. f) The articles need be in formal and simple English as well as foreign language to cater to the international audience. g) The abstract must be in between 75 to 100 words in English and a designated language. h) One also needs to complete the metadata including author bio and keywords. i) All external sources applied into the article must also be correctly cited and there is a no plagiarism rule as the journal has an originality checking tool. j) The criteria used to select articles include strength and relevance, originality and will then be taken through a double-blind review by review panelists who have an expertise on multicultural education.

Reference

International Journal of Multicultural Education. (2019). About the journal: Submissions. International Journal of Multicultural Education. Retrieved from https://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions .