Submission of articles/book chapters
International Conference on Intercultural Learning in the Digital Age: Building up Telecollaborative Networks
An optional extended paper or book chapter can be submitted for publication as a double-blind peer-reviewed contribution in:
- a) a volume edited by Comares (www.comares.com), which ranks 11th on the ILIA-CSIC Scholarly Publishers Indicators List of the most prestigious publishing houses worldwide;
- b) The Eurocall Review (ISSN 1695-2618, https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/eurocall), an indexed journal;
or
- c) a IULMA Monograph published by the University of Valencia (www.iulma.es).
Author Guidelines
Full articles/book chapters should follow the guidelines below.
Authors are kindly requested to send their anonymous submissions to itecla@uv.es so as to start the reviewing process.
The article/book chapter should be named as follows:
iTECLA19-Name_of_chosen_publication_outlet-first_4_words_of_the title
E.g. 1: submission of article for publication in The Eurocall Review:
iTECLA19-Eurocall_Review-Understanding_virtual_exchange_projects
E.g. 2: submission of book chapter for publication in Comares:
iTECLA19-Comares- Understanding_virtual_exchange_projects
E.g. 3: submission of book chapter for publication in a IULMA Monograph:
iTECLA19-IULMA- Understanding_virtual_exchange_projects
Before being reviewed, each submission is first checked for:
- Relevance
- Originality/substance (i.e. the paper brings something new to the field)
- Indication, where appropriate, of rigorous data collection and analysis
- Bibliography (i.e. up-to-date and relevant)
- Language (non-native speakers of English are advised to have their article proof-read by a native speaker prior to submission)
- Form (i.e. compliance with manuscript requirements, structure and style appropriate to an academic international publication)
- Plagiarism
If any of the above is deemed unsatisfactory, the editors will notify the authors that their paper/book chapter is not suitable for publication at this time.
Interactive features: Authors may include any type of media they wish in their articles/book chapters (audio, video, animations,…).
Graphic aides: Tables, figures, photographs, graphics, or other digital files which are necessary for comprehension are encouraged. They should include reference citations. Please include them in the text where they should appear AND provide any graphics separately as high resolution files (.JPG, .PNG, .TIFF, etc.).
Title: The title of the article/book chapter should be brief and allow readers to identify the topic and content easily.
Author(s): Please provide complete affiliation and e-mails of all authors.
Abstract: Please provide an abstract of approximately 300 words. The abstract should include the scope and intention of the paper/book chapter, with a concise description of the methodology, supporting theories, general results, and main conclusions.
Keywords. Please provide up to six key words of your choice.
Length: Papers should not exceed 5000 words (including abstract, references and appendices).
References: Authors should follow the rules of APA Style
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.
- Provide a completely anonymised version of the manuscript.
- Provide high quality graphics.
- Provide a fully edited version of manuscript with complete author and co-author information.