International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - Open Call for Special Issues 2024
The editors welcome proposals for Special Issues covering any topics within the scope of the journal. The journal serves as a forum for experts from such disciplines as education, computer science, information technology, psychology, communications, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and business. Articles investigate how to design the technological settings for collaboration and how people learn in the context of collaborative activity. Thus, the papers included in Special Issue proposals may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and different methodological approaches. The major criteria in the review and the selection process concern the significance of the contribution to the area of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning and the studies' rigour.
Proposals for a Special Issue should have a well-articulated unifying theme and reflect, at an international level, the best work in a particular research area. Proposals may target either a well-established area or an important emerging area, in which future investigation may be boosted by publishing a set of excellent papers. We particularly encourage the submission of Special Issues exhibiting diversity in terms of regional and/or disciplinary representation.
Specifically, a proposal for a Special Issue should include:
- the name and address for communication of the guest editor(s);
- a 500-word rationale explaining the scope and significance of the proposed theme;
- a list of the authors of at least 6 contributions and 2 commentators, all with affiliations;
- a 1000-word abstract for each of the 6 contributions, including at least 5 key references;
- a preliminary time schedule for the preparation of the Special Issue;
- 10 possible reviewers of the single papers, who are not involved as authors.
The formatting requirements for the submissions will be the same as typical ijCSCL submissions. For this call, an author can be involved in only one paper. Proposals for Special Issues should be sent by July 15, 2024, directly to the co-editors-in-chief, Professors Michael Baker (michael.baker@telecom-paris.fr (this opens in a new tab)) and Peter Reimann (peter.reimann@sydney.edu.au (this opens in a new tab)). The full set of submissions will be reviewed by the journal’s Executive and Associate editors. The following criteria will be used in the review:
- Suitability of the topic for the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
- Overall quality of the proposal: originality and contribution to the field
- Theoretical background and rationale of proposal and individual papers
- Methodological adequacy of the individual papers
- Clarity and significance of the results
- Quality of discussion and conclusions
- Completeness of the proposal
- Guest editor(s)’ experience in editorial work
The proposal review process will take 6 to 8 weeks. Once the highest-quality proposal has been selected among those submitted, the Guest Editor(s) will be responsible for proceeding within the agreed timeline. Each paper will undergo a regular peer review process.
Please do not hesitate to contact the co-editors-in-chief for more information.
Michael Baker and Peter Reimann