Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches(ISSN 1834-0806) is an international peer-reviewed journal from eContent, for timely publication of global research, scholarship, educational, researcher and practitioner perspectives on multiple, hybrid (outcome of unusual blending), synergistic (combined effect), integrated and cultural research approaches (be these Indigenous, institutional, or community based) including the Asian, Arctic, Pacific, Latin American and African regions, as well as European and North American. The journal's primary focus is effectively to combine various theoretical frameworks, methodologies and methods to address current research questions appropriately.

The journal covers:

Multiple, hybrid, synergistic, integrated, cultural, mixed qualitative and quantitative empirical research approaches
Theoretical and conceptual articles on methodological and ethical dilemmas and advances
Critical perspectives and proposals for the management of technical issues (eg, software development and data handling)
Discussion of the philosophical issues, practical problems and benefits associated with multiple, hybrid, synergistic, integrated and cultural approaches including theoretical frameworks, methodologies, data collection, management and analysis methods and the different forms of transformation and representation
Literature reviews - including those from theses - on methodological trends/advances
Articles on methodology education, technologies and learning techniques
Practitioner perspectives, experiences from the field and case applications of methodologies and results.

Section Policies

Editorial

Editorial submissions are sought from the editorial board of the journal for regular and special issues. Authors wishing to submit editorials should contact the Editorial Team.

Submissions for general issues

This section is for submissions for general issues only and they will be edited by the journal's editors.

Teaching Mixed Methodologies

This special issue 'Teaching Mixed Methodologies' (Volume 4/1) will be edited by a team of guest editors.

Mixed Methods in Psychology and Law and in Criminological Research

This special issue 'Mixed Methods in Psychology and Law and in Criminological Research' (Volume 4/3) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions 1 December 2009

Mixed Methods in the Health Sciences

This special issue 'Mixed Methods in the Health Sciences' (Volume 5/1) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions 1 March 2010

Vol 5/2 Hybrid General Issue + Education

Vol 5/3 Special Issue Mixed Methods in Business and Management Research

This special issue 'Mixed Methods in Business and Management Research' (Volume 5/2) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions 1 August 2010

Vol 6/ 1 (2012); General Issue

Vol 6/2 Special Issue - Mixed Methods Research in Education

This special issue 'Mixed Methods Research in Education' (Volume 5/2) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
Summary and call for papers of the issue.
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions 1 March 2011

Vol 7/1 (2013) Special Issue - Gender and Sexuality

This special issue 'Gender and Sexuality' (Volume 7/1) will be edited by a team of guest editors.

Call for Papers

Approved call for papers submissions appear in this section of the Journal.
New proposals should follow the guidelines regarding special issues.

Book Reviews

Submissions and proposals for book reviews should be made to this issue/section of the journal.

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted for publication are subject to a double blind peer review process.

Article formats include, but are not restricted to, traditional academic research articles, research design, case applications, literature reviews, approaches to teaching and learning, software advances and constraints, practitioner perspectives and advice for novice researchers.

Original articles informing multiple and mixed methodological research and practice are encouraged from a range of disciplines - including all health sciences, social sciences, anthropology, criminology, Indigenous and cultural studies, business studies, development studies, psychology, education, political science, organisational science, geography and history, the arts - and other related disciplines.

MRAdoes not ordinarily publish more than one article per author per volume, unless multiple authorship is involved.

Guidelines for manuscript reviewers

Authors generally agree that a good review process provides the following:

helpful assessment of the paper's strengths and diagnosis of problem areas
clear, constructive advice (in a friendly tone) on how to develop the paper. Without this, authors find it difficult to accept critique
promptness of review - while ideas are still fresh, and to assist completion and publication of the paper so authors can move on to other projects

Reviewers can provide comments via the Peer Review form or appended to their version of the manuscript.

This blind peer review process and information in manuscripts must have guaranteed confidentiality. To ensure this, reviewers are requested to not discuss the manuscript with another person.

Conducting a review

We expect reviewer's to bring to their reading of papers their full scope of experience, and advice on any aspect of the paper will be valued. Reviewers may find the following broad questions useful.

Is the paper well-grounded in the contemporary literature on the topic?
Does it make clear the contribution it aims to make to that literature? And succeed in making that contribution?
Does it present a coherent argument for its position, and are positions, propositions or hypotheses persuasively developed? Do conclusions follow persuasively from the argument?
Is written expression clear, concise and accessible to students and academics with an interest in this field?
Please highlight poor grammar or spelling. 'American' or 'English' spellings are acceptable, providing they are used consistently. It is not the reviewer's role to correct but helpful to identify errors.
Are heading levels appropriate and concise?
Has ethical clearance been shown for research papers? Are ethical processes followed included in the body of the article?
Are references accurate and timely, and consistent throughout? Do in-text citations appear in References, and vice-versa as appropriate?

How are reviews conducted?

We ask reviewers to:

register on OJS as a reviewer
access assigned manuscripts for review promptly
complete the online IMPP Invited Review form
make annotations on the manuscript itself - using Track Changes or highlighting your comments - then upload that document
submit a review recommendation.

Following receipt of all reviews, remarks are conveyed to the author(s) together with a summary report from the editor. The editor will correspond with authors and reviewers on any subsequent revision to the paper that may be requested, until a decision is reached on publication.

Publication Frequency

International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches publishes one regular issue of feature articles and two topic-based special issues per annum.

Access

Abstracted and indexed in:

ProQuest
PsychINFO
Thompson-Gale
EBSCOHost
Scopus
eBrary
CSA Illustrata
APAIS
Atypon-link.

Listed in:

Cabell's and Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
DEST Register of Refereed Journals.

Availability

International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches is available online to Institutional subscribers. Full-text online access is through Atypon Link, EBSCOhost, EJS, CNPIEC and CELDES.

Individual articles may be ordered on a Pay Per View Basis from Atypon-link.

Back-set hard copies of Volumes 1 & 2 are available in limited numbers.

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