Ohio Social Studies Review [OSSR]

Statement of Purpose  ∙  Contents  ∙  Executive Director  ∙  Co-Editor  ∙  Editorial Assistant  ∙  Editorial Board  ∙  Review Board  ∙  Frequency  ∙  Indexing/Abstracting  ∙  Submission Guidelines  ∙  Subscription

Statement of Purpose

• Provide an outlet for research and best practices in social studies

• Provide a forum for debate about the implementation of meaningful research and practice in social studies
   

Contents

• Editor’s Comments

• Research

• Practice

• Special Features [Current Issues; Educational Policy in Ohio]

Executive Editor: Frans Doppen

The Executive Editor’s responsibilities include:

• Select the Editorial board members

• Evaluate the performance of the Editorial Board

• Communicate with the Editorial Board

• Convene the Editorial Board

• Publish requests for proposals

• Preview and distribute submissions for review

• Consult with the Co-editor to accept or reject reviewed articles

• Write notification letters

• Accept or reject reviewer nominations

• Manage the budget

Co-editor: Nancy Patterson

The Co-editor’s responsibilities include:

• Follow up with reviewers to ensure timely completion

• Consult with the Executive Editor to accept or reject reviewed articles

• Supervise editorial assistant copy-editing and production of galley proofs

• Oversee final production
   

Editorial Assistant: TBD

The Editorial Assistant’s responsibilities will be to:

• Provide administrative support for the editors

• Produce galley proofs

• Communicate with authors regarding pre-production

• Oversee distribution and subscriptions

• Prepare and send notification letters
   

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board shall be composed of one teacher from each of the licensure area, one representative of the Ohio Department of Education, and one representative of Ohio Council for the Social Studies Executive Board. 

The Editorial Board members will be selected by the Executive Editor for a three-year term. They will meet bi-annually with the Executive Editor and the Co-editor. Their responsibilities will be to:

• Self-designate as either Research, Practice, or Special Features editors

• Finalize article selections for their chosen content areas

• Evaluate the editors

• Critique the journal and its review process

• Do long-term planning

• Discuss special features

• Discuss financial issues

• Nominate reviewers

• Recommend authors and recruit submissions for their chosen content area

Review Board
The Review Board shall be composed of teachers and professors nominated by the Editorial Board. It will consist of 8 members, 4 professors and 4 teachers. The Peer Review Board will be responsible for reviewing articles in accordance with OSSR guidelines within four weeks. Initially, the Review Board will consist of the following members of the OCSS Higher Education SIG:

• Tom Misco

• Scott DeWitt

• Alicia Crow

• Victoria Stewart

Frequency 
The Ohio Social Studies Review will be published bi-annually during the fall and spring. The Fall issue will be open submission, the Spring issue will be a special issue.

Indexing/Abstracting
The Ohio Social Studies Review will be indexed or abstracted in Current Contents: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Current Index to Journals in Education, Education Index, Educational Administration Abstracts, Multicultural Education Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and Sociology of Education Abstracts.
 

Submission Guidelines
Submissions form all social studies disciplines as well as from interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome. Each submission will be refereed using a double-blind peer review process. Submit manuscripts as a file attachment to the Executive Director at: doppen@ohio.edu

Manuscripts must conform to the following in order to be sent for peer review:

• Material must be original, accurate, meet submission guidelines, and not under consideration.

• All manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft .doc or .docx format.

• Style must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5^th edition).

• Use Times New Roman, size 12 font, double spaced.

• If graphics are used, use .gif or .jpg file formats embedded in the text.

• Recommended manuscript length is 1,500 to 5,000 words, excluding references.

• Following the title page, include an abstract of 200 words or less.

• At the end of the manuscript, include a biographical sketch of each author of 50 words or less.

·      Submit your manuscript with an email message indicating that it has not been published elsewhere, is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that copyright will be given to the Ohio Social Studies Review should it be accepted for publication.

Copyright: The Ohio Social Studies Review will retain the copyright of all published items.

Notification: The journal editors will acknowledge receipt of your manuscript and make every effort to complete the blind review process within eight weeks.

Subscription
The Ohio Social Studies Review is a membership benefit.
 

RFP
The theme for the first issue will be global/international education.