Information For Librarians

The publication of articles is, on the one hand, determined by academic content and the value/validation of research and, on the other, the question whether articles are relevant to those involved or interested in matters relating to pedagogy and education.

Decisions by the editorial board on the publication of peer-reviewed articles are based on the professional assessment of a minimum of two specialist reviewers and authors’ responses to comments and suggestions. Reviewers enjoy full anonymity and care is taken that one of them, or both, have a doctorate. It is also attempted to ensure that the reviewers approach the task from different perspectives.

Reviewers’ comments on articles are submitted to authors usually with a decision as to publication or rejection. Articles can be provisionally accepted, on condition that professional criticisms are responded to. In such cases, authors resubmit their articles with amendments and in a cover letter explain their responses to reviewers’ comments. Then the article is reviewed afresh and, in many cases, new suggestions added or earlier comments reiterated before the article is finally accepted. Articles which fail to satisfy requirements regarding presentation and content are rejected.

The main rule is that articles have not been published elsewhere. Nevertheless, translations of previously published articles can be accepted if earlier publication is clearly established. Authors are required to provide relevant information if an article is based on their degree dissertation, written in cooperation with others or if the task of writing the article has received grants. The first author of an article is regarded as the main author and assumes responsibility for communication with the editor and potential readers of the article.

Peer-reviewed articles are placed in a special category in Netla’s catalogues and identified in the following manner: Peer-reviewed article published [date]. Other articles are usually reviewed by one person, but are otherwise subject to the same editorial processing as other reviewed articles. They fall into the category of edited articles in Netla catalogues and are identified in the following manner: Edited article published [date]