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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).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file 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

JNRRE Author Guidelines

 

Style & Format:

All manuscripts must follow APA 7th edition for formatting, citations, references, headings, tables, and figures.

Submit manuscripts as Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx), Open Office (.odf), or Rich Text Format (.rtf) files.

Use 12-point Times New Roman, double-spacing throughout, and 1-inch margins.

 

Manuscript Structure:

1. Title Page (Anonymized for Review)

Provide a separate title page that includes:

Manuscript title

3–5 keywords

Optional: total word count

Do not include author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or other identifying information anywhere in the anonymized manuscript.

 

2. Abstract (100–200 words)

A concise summary including purpose, methods, key findings, and implications.

 

3. Main Text

The manuscript should be organized into clearly labeled sections. Suggested structure includes:

Introduction: Overview of the problem, purpose, and significance

Literature Review or Theoretical Framework: Relevant research and conceptual grounding.

Methods: Research design, participants, data collection, analysis procedures, and ethical considerations.

Results / Findings: Clear and organized presentation of outcomes, with tables/figures as needed.

Discussion / Implications: Interpretation of findings, relevance for practice, policy, and/or future research.

Conclusion: Summary of key contributions study limitations, and directions for future research.

References: Must follow APA 7th edition with hanging indent.

Tables and Figures: Placed at the appropriate point within the manuscript.  Each table/figure must be numbered, titled, and referenced in the text.

 

Additional Guidelines

Length

Typical research manuscripts range from 6,000–8,000 words, including references. Shorter manuscripts (e.g., practitioner pieces) may range from 2,000–4,000 words. Due to the online nature of this journal, word limits are flexible.

 

Blind Review Requirements

Authors must ensure that all identifying information is removed from the manuscript text. For Self-citations, use “Author, year” during review if the authors identify the cited work as their own within the text.

 

Ethical Considerations

Empirical studies involving human participants should include a statement of institutional ethics approval or IRB review in the final (non-anonymized) version.

 

Generative AI Statement

If any material contained in the Contribution is the output of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, (a) such tools do not fulfil the role of, nor can they be listed as, an author of Contribution, (b) Author or Co-author will describe its use, transparently and in detail, in the methods, acknowledgement, or other section of the submission (no such description is needed for tools that are used to improve spelling, grammar, or for purposes of general editing), and (c) Author and each Co-author is responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by any GenAI tool and for referencing any supporting work on which that information depends. The final decision about whether use of an GenAI tool is appropriate or permissible lies with the Journal’s editor.

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Copyright Notice

Open Access & Copyright Policy (JNRRE Author Guidelines)

 

Open Access License

All articles published in The Journal of New Research in Rural Education (JNRRE) are made openly accessible under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.

This license allows others to:

Share, copy, and redistribute the article in any medium or format,

Provided that:

The original work is properly cited;

Use is strictly non-commercial; and

No modifications, adaptations, or derivative works are made.

Full license details: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

 

Copyright Retention

Authors retain full copyright to their work.

 

Upon submission and acceptance, authors grant JNRRE a non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, and archive the final version of the manuscript under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Authors are free to share and archive their published work (e.g., in institutional repositories, personal websites, or course materials), provided the published version is cited appropriately.

 

Rights Granted to the Journal

In addition to the public rights granted under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, authors also grant JNRRE the permission necessary to publish, disseminate, index, and preserve their work. This includes the right to:

 

Publish, reproduce, and distribute the article in print or digital formats;

Store and make the article available in online systems or databases;

Include associated materials such as supplementary files and metadata;

Enable indexing, text- and data-mining, and long-term preservation activities;

Use the article for non-commercial educational, archival, or promotional purposes related to the journal.

 

These permissions ensure that JNRRE can properly disseminate and preserve scholarly work while respecting the authors’ retained rights and the limitations of the CC BY-NC-ND license.

 

Artificial Intelligence, Text and Data Mining, and Archiving

To support indexing, preservation, and responsible use of digital scholarship, authors grant JNRRE the right to allow:

Text and data mining for non-commercial research and indexing;

Machine-readable processing, including the creation of searchable databases;

Use of the manuscript for training or improving non-commercial machine learning or AI systems (e.g., for discovery tools, metadata generation, accessibility enhancements);

Long-term digital preservation in repositories and archives.

 

These uses remain strictly within the limits of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license—meaning no derivative works may be created and no commercial applications are permitted without additional permission from the authors.

 

Commercial Use and Derivatives

No commercial uses or derivative works are allowed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Any party seeking permission for commercial use or the creation of derivative works must request approval directly from the authors.

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