Proposal for a special issue
Length:You have flexibility regarding the number of submissions involved into a special issue, although 8-15 submissions is most common. The word limit for one article (but introduction article) is 3500-5000 words.
Article type: One AJA special issue currently includes Instruction article for the special issue, Review, Opinion pieces, and Research articles. (The Opinion pieces and Research articles are optional types. It depends on the guest editors' choices.)
Introduction (Editorial): the introduction article should sell the topic to readers. It will explain why the topic deserves a dedicated issue and why it is something that the reader should spend their time on. An introduction will discuss the articles in the special issue.
Reviews: A number of reviews which put the research in a wider context and be written in a style that will make them accessible to readers in a wide range of disciplines are extremely beneficial to the volume.
Opinion pieces: An opinion piece should be written as a perspective, not a formal review. It should be of interest to a broad readership and at the cutting-edge of science. A brief review and critique of past and current work should be given, but the author's own outlook on the subject should be included, in addition to their view on new directions in the field and how it should progress. The author does not have to agree with conventional thought, but should present both sides of any debate.
Research articles: the current research in the field.
Author qualification
We hope to involve internationally recognized leaders in this field to contribute articles of the high quality to special issue. Besides the principal invited author, one to two co-authors are allowed.
Guest Editors are responsible for ensuring the quality of the scientific content of the manuscripts via the peer review process.
1) Name, affiliation, address, email, and web page of each Guest Editor;
2) The specific title for Special issue (try to make as short and snappy as possible):
3) Proposed Aims and Scope, giving an overview of the Special Issue's intended focus:
4) A selection of recent literature relevant to the proposed issue;
5) List of potential topics (articles) and contributors (if you are not sure whether the author will accept to contribute, we suggest you to give at least two author names to each title in case someone will decline):
6) The definition of the subject matter, and role, of every article in the special issue.
Guest Editors should not simply leave each article to the discretion of its author, but rather give each author an idea of what their article should cover so that it fills into the issue as a whole. It may be important to spell out the boundaries of each article, to ensure both a complementary approach and the absence of overlap.
7). A proposed timeline and schedule which you think practicable: