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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.
  • Authors are expected to adhere to the guidelines specified in the Seventh Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA7) unless otherwise indicated.
  • Manuscripts must not exceed 15 single-spaced pages, excluding references.
  • Do not include a cover letter or title page.
  • Begin the document with the title aligned to the left, capitalizing major words.
  • Following the title, include an abstract of up to 250 words summarizing the study’s purpose, methodology, key findings, and actionable recommendations.
  • Other than directed, do not include active hyperlinks, headers, or footers.
  • Insert page numbers centered in the footer of each page.
  • Use Times New Roman typeface in 11-point font size.
  • Maintain one-inch margins on all sides.
  • Indent the first line of each paragraph by ½ inch using the tab function.
  • Create tables using the “Table” function.
  • Place tables and figures near the relevant text.
  • Create lists using the “Bullets” or “Numbering” functions.
  • Utilize the special character function for Greek letters and mathematical symbols.
  • Use personal pronouns (“we” or “I”) when referring to the author(s) to provide clarity.
  • Include a DOI for all works with a DOI, regardless of whether you used the online or print versions. Follow the current recommendations of the International DOI Foundation to format DOIs in the reference list, which, as of this publication, is as follows: https://doi.org/xxxxx.
  • Place appendices at the end of the document, starting each on a new page.
  • Submit the manuscript as an MS Word file (.doc, .docx, or .rtf).

Author Guidelines

Journal of Agricultural Education

Manuscript Preparation and Submission Guidelines 

Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing manuscripts for review for publication in the Journal of Agricultural Education (JAE). Manuscripts that deviate from these guidelines will not be reviewed.

North Central AAAE Conference

1. Indicate, in the top right header, the following:
• Discipline Area (e.g., Agricultural Communications; Agricultural Leadership; Extension Education; School-
Based Agricultural Education; Teacher Education, OR Scholarship of Teaching and Learning/Higher
Education)
• Desired Presentation Format (e.g., Paper, Poster, or Either Paper or Poster)
2. Prepare abstract in MS Word format using Times Roman or Times New Roman 12-point font and set all margins at
one inch
3. The abstract should be no more than 2000 words in length, including all tables/figures but excluding references
4. Center the bolded title of abstract at top of the first page; capitalize first letters of words in the title
5. Single-space abstract; but double-space between paragraphs, headings and text, tables and text, etc.
6. Prepare abstracts for blinded review, DO NOT put your name or other identifying information on/in the abstract
• *e.g., instead of your university’s name use [University].
7. Start the body of the abstract immediately following the title (with bolded, centered headings as suggested
below). Suggested abstract section headings: Introduction; Theoretical/Conceptual Framework; Purpose and
Hypotheses, Objectives, and/or Research Questions; Methods/Procedures; Findings/Results; Conclusions,
Recommendations, Discussion/Implications; and References (or another appropriate format for historical,
philosophical, or qualitative/interpretive research)
8. Use “Table” function to prepare tables rather than tabs and spaces. Place Tables/Figures within the body of the paper
as closely after their first mention in text as possible
9. Use “insert, page numbers” in MS Word to number all abstract pages, including the first page; center number
at the bottom of each page. Do not use other footers, headers, or footnotes
10. Follow manuscript style guidelines as specified by the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (7th ed.), except as modified above. Per the manual, italicize the names of journals, statistical
symbols, titles of tables, etc.; do not use the underline feature in above areas. Turn off all hyperlinks of URL
references

Southern AAAE Conference

General Guidelines for ALL Abstracts:

• Prepare manuscript in Microsoft Word format.

• Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.

• Set all margins at one inch on Microsoft Word.

• Remove your name or other identifying information on/in manuscript. *For example, use [university] instead of your university’s name.

• Single-space manuscript; but double-space between paragraphs, heading and text, table and text, etc. Include tables and figures in page count; do not include references in page count.

• Center the bolded title of submission at the top of the first page; capitalize only first letters of words in the title.

• Use “Table” function command to prepare tables rather than tabs and spaces.

• Place Tables/Figures within the body of the paper “shortly” after their first mention in text.

• Use “insert, page numbers” command of MS Word to number all manuscript pages, including the first page; center number at bottom of each page. Do not use other footers, or footnotes.

• Follow manuscript style guidelines as specified by the APA Publication Manual (7th ed.), except as modified above. Per the manual, italicize the name of journals, statistical symbols, titles of tables, etc.; do not use the underline feature in above areas. Furthermore, turn off all hyperlinks of URL references.

Western AAAE Conference

Format

  1. Authors are to submit an abstract rather than a full paper
  2. The abstract is to meet these general guidelines, with additional details provided by the research conference chair in the call for abstracts:
    1. Five, single spaced pages, inclusive of tables and figures
      • References not included in the page count
    2. Headings and other guidelines will generally align with those used in recent W-AAAE research conference calls

 

Review and Selection Process

  1. Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of five W-AAAE members
    1. Selected by the W-AAAE Research Committee
  2. Panelists will represent the following disciplines, with one “at large” member:
    1. Agricultural communications
    2. Agricultural leadership education
    3. Agricultural teacher education
    4. Extension education
  3. Each panelist is to review all abstracts submitted and the panel is to come to consensus regarding the following decision choices for each abstract:
    1. Accept as an abstract presentation
    2. Reject

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