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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • We prefer to receive files in Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) or a compatible format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Submission Requirements:

We prefer to receive files in Microsoft Word (.doc) or a compatible format.

Format for Bibliographic References:

All bibliographic references should conform to the APA 7 (American Psychological Association) referencing system.

Articles should not exceed 10,000 words; commentaries and issue pieces should be 4,000 words, and book reviews 1,000 to 2,000 words. The page length includes the References section. All text, including quotations and bibliographic references, should be double-spaced.

Review Process

Publishing decisions are made within 90 days based upon recommendations of reviewers through a double-blind review process.

Articles that are resubmitted after requested revisions are reconsidered in terms of compliance with reviewer criticisms.
To facilitate the review process, the title page should not include the author’s name or institutional affiliation. On a separate page, include the title, author name and affiliation, and e-mail address.

Peer Review Process

This journal uses a double blind peer review system. Manuscripts are blindly reviewed by at least 2 reviewers with expertise appropriate for the article submitted.  The reviewers are asked to rate and comment on the following elements:

 

·      Theoretical Framework

·      Methodology (if applicable)

·      Originality of Topic

·      Scholarly Rigor

·      Organization

·      Review of the Literature

·      Overall Quality

·      Related to Peace Education and Social Justice

Reviewers are required to make one of the following recommendations:

  • Accept without revision
  • Accept with minor revisions
  • Resubmit with major revisions
  • Reject

Potential conflicts of interest will be identified and managed in recruitment of reviewers from UT with appropriate expertise for evaluation of the work.

Articles

Section default policy

Book Reviews

1,000 to 2,000 words

Copyright Notice

Once a paper is accepted, authors are asked to assign copyright to In Factis Pax in accordance with the provisions of Creative Commons.
See
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Authors may reuse the material in other publications with permission from the editor of In Factis Pax.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders to reproduce any illustrations, tables, figures, or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.

The editor will require each author to submit an agreement letter acknowledging agreement to publish the submission and that the submission is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.

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