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  • 2017-2018 Call for Submissions

    2017-10-19

    For the fifth consecutive year, the Journal of Mason Graduate Research (JMGR) is offering all graduate and professional students at George Mason University the opportunity to publish their work in an interdisciplinary, open-access venue. Please register and submit your work to journals.gmu.edu/jmgr. While submissions are welcome year-round, special priority for this yearââ¬â¢s volume will be given to manuscripts received by January 31, 2018.

    This journal is open to all graduate and professional students at George Mason University, regardless of study area. JMGR provides GMU and the broader academic community a quality, peer-reviewed, open access journal of graduate and professional student research. Manuscripts are published using the Open Journal System (OJS) hosted by Mason Publishing Group. Authors publish through JGMR at no cost. JMGR publishes online issues each academic year, and submissions are welcome on a rolling basis.

    Academic publishing is important to your success in graduate school. Publishing benefits you by:

    1. increasing the quality of your research through multiple peer reviews,
    2. preparing your thesis or dissertation for academic defense,
    3. attracting public recognition to your intellectual contributions in your field,
    4. allowing others to build on your work, and
    5. advancing your career goals (publish donââ¬â¢t perish!).

    JMGR seeks to provide all Mason graduate and professional students opportunities to be exposed to the peer review and publication process while providing opportunities for Mason faculty to perform service to the university through academic contributions and mentorships. Students retain eligibility to publish up to 6 months after graduation. In addition to thesis and dissertation material, students should consider submitting research conducted for term papers or other classwork.

    Author & Submission Guidelines

    The Journal of Mason Graduate research is a refereed journal.à Its editorial staff relies on the advice of an editorial board composed of Mason graduate students. The staff reviews all submissions and assigns those that meet style and topic guidelines to at least two reviewers for evaluation. Reviewers include members of the editorial board and other graduate students who have a background in the topic addressed by the submission.

    The Journal accepts manuscripts of 4000-7000 words, book reviews of 1500 words, and art submissions of original work.à Below are guidelines of each submission type and a review of the submission process including all required documents.

    Manuscript Guidelines

    Please submit manuscripts to the journals electronic submission site:àManuscript must be 4000-7000 words, with 12-point Times New Roman text, double spaced (including references, footnotes, and endnotes).àà Manuscripts should be formatted using theàPublication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th editionà(APA), theàChicago Manual of Style, 15th editionà(CMS), or theàMLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition. Please submit all documents as a MS Word document. PDFs will not be reviewed.à Submit manuscripts for consideration with one-inch margins all around, paragraphs indented five spaces, and pages clearly numbered in the upper right-hand corner.

    All author information must be removed from the manuscript submission.à

    Sections in a manuscript may include the following (in this order): (1) Title page, (2) Abstract, (3) Text (with tables and figures), (4) Notes, (5) References, and (6) Appendices.

    1)ààà Title page contains a complete title of the manuscript, without author information

    2)ààà Abstracts of 150 words and up to 6 keywords can be placed on the title page

    3)ààà Manuscript text should be double spaced, between 4000-7000 words

    4)ààà Notes (i.e. endnotes) can be included after the text and before references

    5)ààà References must be formatted according to one of three styles above with complete information

    6)ààà Appendices must be correctly labeled and must be central for the readability of the manuscript

    Articles must be written in English. Use a clear readable style, avoiding jargon. If technical terms or acronyms must be used, define them when first used. Use non-racist, non-sexist language. Authors should refrain from using language that is demeaning to a persons' age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language or socioeconomic status. Furthermore, authors are required to adhere to George Mason Universityââ¬â¢s Code of Student Ethics. Failure to adhere to these guidelines will result in an automatic rejection.

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    Authors must be current Mason graduate students at the time of submission.à Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproduction of any illustrations, tables, or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Any information included that does not adhere to this policy will be submitted to the appropriate office (Office of Academic Integrity and/or Provostââ¬â¢s Office) as an accusation of plagiarism and/or copyright infringement.

    Book Review Guidelines

    Please submit book reviews to the journals electronic submission site:àBook reviews must be 1500 words, with 12-point Times New Roman text, double spaced (including references, footnotes, and endnotes).àà Book reviews should be formatted using theàPublication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th editionà(APA), theàChicago Manual of Style, 15th editionà(CMS), or theàMLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition. Please submit all documents as a MS Word document. PDFs will not be reviewed.à Submit book reviews for consideration with one-inch margins all around, paragraphs indented five spaces, and pages clearly numbered in the upper right-hand corner.

    Art Submissions

    Art submissions will be accepted for original work. àAt this time, all art submissions for review must be emailed toàjmgr@gmu.edu as a JPEG photograph or PDF. Art submissions must include an attached MS Word document with a statement about the piece, minimum 200 words.

    Submission Process

    The review process for manuscripts is anonymous and blind-review. Therefore, authors should remove all material that is considered identifying information except for a cover page (as described below). As such, authors should not refer to themselves or any of their published work with identifying information. If an author cites himself, please use the name ââ¬ÅAuthorââ¬Â and publication date (Author, 2013). For co-authored publications, place ââ¬ÅAuthorââ¬Â in place where your name would appear in the citation.

    To submit an article for review, you will first need toàregister an account.

    When completing the registration form, be sure to note that you are an Author.à Once registered, under your user home page, you can click ââ¬ÅNew Submissionââ¬Â and follow the five-step process to post your article for review. The site will notify you once the submission is in the queue and you can track its process through the site. Please email Eric ââ¬ÅSiggyââ¬Â Scott (escott8@gmu.edu) if you have any questions about the log in or registration process.

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    Submitted articles are forwarded to a review committee composed of graduate students and mentoring faculty members. Each article will be reviewed by an editor and then by two peer reviewers. All reviews are conducted blindly, therefore for the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/email details plus short biographical note should be supplied on a separate cover sheet. Following the review, you will receive scores approximately three weeks after submission:

    1. Accept ââ¬âWill be published with no additional modification needed except minor grammatical and syntax errors.
    2. Revisions Required ââ¬â Publication meets some major requirements but revisions are needed. Once resubmitted, the manuscript will be brought straight to the Editorial Board for approval or rejection.
    3. Reject ââ¬â Manuscript does not meet major requirements and will not have the opportunity to resubmit.

    By submitting a manuscript, you agree that:

    • You are a current Mason graduate student.
    • You have properly attributed all sources.
    • JMGR has the priority/exclusive right to first publication.
    • JMGR and the author will retain a shared copyright to the publication.
    • You have not submitted this article or a section of this article to other journals.

    The Journal editor reserves the right to make editorial changes related to the appropriate style, grammar, and length of the manuscript.

    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.

    1. 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).
    2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
    3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
    4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; 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.
    5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelinesàabove.
    6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Reviewàhave been followed.
    7. Human subjects protection statement: If research involved human participants, a statement is required indicating that the George Mason University Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved the study. If IRB approval was not obtained, an explanation must be provided. More information about the IRB can be found atàhttp://oria.gmu.edu/research-with-humans-or-animals/institutional-review-board/

    Copyright Notice

    Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

    1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
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    2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
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    3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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    Read more about 2017-2018 Call for Submissions

  • 2016-2017 Call for Submissions

    2016-12-20

    For the fourth consecutive year, the Journal of Mason Graduate Research (JMGR) is offering all graduate and professional students at George Mason University the opportunity to publish their work in an interdisciplinary, open-access venue. From now through January 2017, JMGR is actively seeking submissions for its 5th volume. All research topics, in addition to book reviews, are invited.

    This journal is open to all graduate and professional students at George Mason University, regardless of study area. JMGR provides GMU and the broader academic community a quality, peer-reviewed, open access journal of graduate and professional student research. Authors publish through JGMR at no cost. JMGR publishes several online issues each academic year, and submissions are welcome on a rolling basis.

    Academic publishing is important to your success in graduate school. Publishing benefits you by:

    1. increasing the quality of your research through multiple peer reviews,
    2. preparing your thesis or dissertation for academic defense,
    3. attracting public recognition to your intellectual contributions in your field,
    4. allowing others to build on your work, and
    5. advancing your career goals (publish donââ¬â¢t perish!).

    JMGR seeks to provide all Mason graduate and professional students opportunities to be exposed to the peer review and publication process while providing opportunities for Mason faculty to perform service to the university through academic contributions and mentorships. Students retain eligibility to publish up to 6 months after graduation. In addition to thesis and dissertation material, students should consider submitting research conducted for term papers or other classwork.

    Manuscripts are published using the Open Journal System (OJS) hosted by Mason Publishing Group. Please register and submit your work to journals.gmu.edu/jmgr. While submissions are welcome year round, special priority for this yearââ¬â¢s volume will be given to manuscripts received by January 22, 2017.

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    Author Guidelines:

    Each manuscript must be formatted using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (APA), the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (CMS), or the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition. Each manuscript should contain: a title page with full title and subtitle (if any); an abstract of 150 words; and contain up to 6 keywords. Manuscripts should be between 4000-7000 words and book reviews must be at least 1500 words. Please submit all documents as a MS Word document. PDFs will not be reviewed.

    Any art submissions will be accepted for original work. At this time, all art submissions for review must be emailed to jmgr@gmu.edu. Art submissions must include an attached MS Word document with a statement about the piece, minimum 200 words.

    Articles must be written in English. Use a clear readable style, avoiding jargon. If technical terms or acronyms must be used, define them when first used. Use non-racist, non-sexist language. Authors should refrain from using language that is demeaning to a persons' age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language or socioeconomic status. Furthermore, authors are required to adhere to George Mason Universityââ¬â¢s Code of Student Ethics. Failure to adhere to these guidelines will result in an automatic rejection.

    Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproduction of any previously published illustrations, tables, or lengthy quotations. Any information included that does not adhere to this policy will be submitted to the appropriate office (Office of Academic Integrity and/or Provostââ¬â¢s Office) as an accusation of plagiarism and/or copyright infringement.

    The review process for manuscripts is anonymous and blind-review. Authors should not refer to themselves or any of their published work with identifying information except for the cover page (as described below). For self-citation, please use the name ââ¬ÅAuthorââ¬Â and publication date (Author, 2013). For co-authored publications, place ââ¬ÅAuthorââ¬Â where your name would appear in the citation.

    To submit an article for review, please register on our journal site: journals.gmu.edu/jmgr. To register, click on LOG IN at the top of the Welcome webpage, and then click on ââ¬ÅRegister with this siteââ¬Â below the Log In button. When completing the registration form, be sure to note that you are an Author, though you may also sign up to be a Reviewer as well. Once registered, under your user home page, you can click ââ¬ÅNew Submissionââ¬Â and follow the five-step process to post your article for review. The site will notify you once the submission is in the queue and you can track its process through the site. Please email Eric ââ¬ÅSiggyââ¬Â Scott (escott8@gmu.edu) if you have any questions about the log in or registration process.

    Submitted articles are forwarded to a review committee composed of graduate students and mentoring faculty members. Each article will be reviewed by an editor and then by at least two peer reviewers. All reviews are conducted blindly, therefore for the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/email details plus short biographical note should be supplied on a separate cover sheet. Following the review, you will receive one of the following scores approximately three weeks after submission:

    1. Accept ââ¬âWill be published with no additional modification needed except minor grammatical and syntax errors.
    2. Revise and Resubmit ââ¬â Publication meets some major requirements but revisions are needed. Once resubmitted, the manuscript will be brought straight to the Editorial Board for approval or rejection.
    3. Reject ââ¬â Manuscript does not meet major requirements and is ineligible for resubmission in current form.

    By submitting a manuscript, you agree that:

    1. You have properly attributed all sources.
    2. JMGR has the priority/exclusive right to first publication.
    3. JMGR and the author will retain a shared copyright to the publication.
    4. You have not submitted this article or a section of this article to other journals.
    5. The Journal editor reserves the right to make editorial changes related to the appropriate style, grammar, and length of the manuscript.
    Read more about 2016-2017 Call for Submissions

  • Volunteer with JMGR

    2016-05-24
    JMGR is now looking for volunteers for the 2016-2017 academic year. Open positions include: Secretary;  Marketing Director; Marketing/Social Media Assistant; Education & Social Sciences Section Editor; Arts & Humanities Section Editor; Science & Engineering Section Editor; Lead Copy Editor; Assistant Web Director; Copy Editors - APA, MLA, Chicago; Peer Reviewers - All Subjects. Read more about Volunteer with JMGR

  • 2015-2016 Call for Submissions

    2015-10-02

    In March, 2016,  the Journal of Mason Graduate Research (JMGR) will publish the first issue of its 3rd volume.

    JMGR provides Mason and the broader academic community a quality, peer-reviewed, open access journal of graduate and faculty research. The 3rd volume will focus on the theme of Addressing Complex Global Issues.

    The expected date of publication for the Journal is March 2016, using the Open Journal System (OJS). Please submit your work to journals.gmu.edu/jmgr by January 22, 2016.

    In March, 2016 the Journal of Mason Graduate Research (JMGR) will publish the first issue of its 3rd volume. Read more about 2015-2016 Call for Submissions