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The Reading Teacher is a peer-reviewed journal that provides research-based teaching ideas to literacy educators worldwide. RTs articles cover topics such as applying research to classroom practice, developing strategies to help struggling learners succeed, and using technology to enhance literacy development. RT is published online and in print eight times a year: monthly from September to May, with a combined December/January issue. It is received by more than 50,000 subscribers worldwide. Call for ManuscriptsThe editors of The Reading Teacher, Robert B. Cooter Jr. and J. Helen Perkins, welcome manuscripts for two theme issues to be published in 20092010:
Manuscripts must provide an appropriate blend of practical classroom application and solid theoretical framework and must appeal to RT's broad audience of classroom teachers, university researchers, literacy consultants, coaches, and policymakers. All manuscripts will be subject to peer review with no guarantee of acceptance. Appropriate submissionsRT welcomes well-written, original descriptions of research-based instruction that improves the literacy of children through age 12. Manuscripts must provide an appropriate blend of practical classroom application and solid theoretical framework. The journal editors will not consider book reviews, literary analyses, class projects, term papers, dissertations, endorsements of commercial products or services, previously published work, or manuscripts under consideration elsewhere. Your manuscript will be judged on its contribution to the field, timeliness, freshness of approach, and clarity and cohesiveness of presentation. The acceptance rate is approximately 10%. Before submitting your manuscript, familiarize yourself with articles published in RT to gain insight on the voice, tone, and format appropriate for the journals audience. Also, read the editors thoughts on their vision for the journal and some ideas for topics. |
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Manuscripts for full-length articles should run between 5,000 and 6,000 words, including all references and other materials. These should provide RTs practitioner audience with classroom ideas for literacy development, based on sound theory and research.
Teaching Tips, which are 1,500 to 2,500 words in length, focus on a single, research-based application for improving literacy that can be readily implemented by readers.
Any calls for themed issues will be announced in the journal and on this website.
Authors of accepted articles are required to assign their copyright to IRA. Written permissions are necessary for use of material from another copyrighted source (e.g., students writing samples, text or figures excerpted from another work, etc.). Releases must also be provided for use of any persons words or likeness. Refer to IRAs copyright information for details.
The primary style manual for IRA publications is the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically. Prepare the following files for uploading to our online manuscript tracking system. Text should be presented double-spaced in 12 point font, preferably in Microsoft Word; images should be submitted in tif or jpg format.
Cover letter, including your name and affiliation (as you would have them published) and your mailing and e-mail addresses. Any coauthors should be listed in preferred order, with name, affiliation, and contact information.
Abstract of 150 words, written in the third person and without citations.
Complete manuscript. Note that all in-text citations and corresponding references must be in standard APA format. Footnotes and appendixes should not appear. Instead, incorporate such material into the article text.
One blinded copy of the manuscript. To prepare this version, remove author names and affiliations from bylines, replace references to your own and to coauthors published work simply with Author (year) in text and in reference list (that is, delete publication titles), and mask any city, state, institutional affiliation, or links to personal websites.
Tables and figures in separate file(s), but with their content included in the total word count.
All manuscripts must be submitted online through IRAs Manuscript Central tracking system.
Go to the RT Manuscript Central site (will open in a new browser window)
Create an account if you havent done so already
Log in to your account
Click the Author Center link
Click on the blue star and follow the instructions provided
A confirmation e-mail will acknowledge our receipt of your manuscript
You can follow the progress of your manuscript by accessing your Author Center.
The review process includes a preliminary evaluation to determine appropriateness, double-blind peer review, and finally adjudication by the editors. All manuscripts are reviewed by two Editorial Board members; full-length manuscripts are reviewed by an additional guest reviewer. Acceptance is determined by the reviewers recommendations, available space, and balance of topics in upcoming issues. A decision is typically rendered eight weeks from the date of submission. Publication date of accepted manuscripts is determined primarily by the amount of material already awaiting publication.
Accepted articles are edited by our in-house staff to meet IRA style guidelines. Page proofs are sent to the author for final approval approximately six weeks prior to publication. Authors receive complimentary copies of the published journal in which their article appears.