nonprofit organizations that help foster a lifetime of service commitment beyond graduation; and lessons learned from a small village health fair to further transform lives and embrace diversity through cultural synthesis. These and other submissions to Student Voices have added spice to the JCES menu and more such submissions are encouraged. Book Reviews The review of timely books devoted to the scholarship of engagement is essential to the advancement of the field. From the outset, the editor and book review editor of JCES set an ambitious goal of five or more books to be reviewed in each issue. Classic reviews have included Fitzgerald, Burack, and Seifer (Eds.) the several volumes of the Handbook of Engaged Scholarship; the role of anchor institutions in community engagement for economic development; several books on how the notion of “service” has transformed into “engagement”; how engaging parents and other constituencies breathes life into K–12 schools; and many others.
JCES REVIEW PROCESS
Manuscript Receipt* • Editor scans for style and documentation standards; requests revisions if necessary • Editorial staff assigns manuscript number • Editorial staff sends acknowledgment email to corresponding author (usually, but not always, the first author) • Editor selects appropriate reviewers
First Review • • • •
Editorial staff sends manuscript to reviewers, with review form, return due date Editor reassigns manuscript if reviewer unable to complete review Editorial staff sends reminder email one week after due date if review not yet received Editor receives reviewers’ evaluation and rating forms
Editor Options
• Editor accepts manuscript (proceed to Edit for Publication) • Editor sends corresponding author the recommended revisions and requests resubmission • Editor rejects manuscript (end of process)
Revise and Resubmit Instructions
JCES REVIEW PROCESS
Manuscript Receipt* • Editor scans for style and documentation standards; requests revisions if necessary • Editorial staff assigns manuscript number • Editorial staff sends acknowledgment email to corresponding author (usually, but not always, the first author) • Editor selects appropriate reviewers
First Review • • • •
Editorial staff sends manuscript to reviewers, with review form, return due date Editor reassigns manuscript if reviewer unable to complete review Editorial staff sends reminder email one week after due date if review not yet received Editor receives reviewers’ evaluation and rating forms
• Editorial staff notifies author of publication decision • Editorial staff sends to corresponding author a letter regarding the decision, reviewer comments, manuscript with edits and tracked changes • Editorial staff requests resubmission within four weeks
Resubmitted Manuscript and Second Review
• Editor scans for compliance with reviewer evaluation; if necessary, author is sent request for further revision • Editorial staff sends to the original reviewers the revised manuscript, a copy of the original manuscript with editor’s and reviewers comments and tracked changes, the review form, along with a copy of the letter to the corresponding author • Editorial staff requests return of second review within 2 weeks
Editor Options Following Second Review • Editor accepts manuscript (proceed to Edit for Publication) • Editor accepts manuscript with minor revisions
Accept with Minor Revisions
• Editor sends corresponding author notification of decision to accept with minor revisions and requests a final revision within 2 weeks • Editor ensures minor revisions have been made (proceed to Edit for Publication)
Editor Options
• Editor accepts manuscript (proceed to Edit for Publication) • Editor sends corresponding author the recommended revisions and requests resubmission • Editor rejects manuscript (end of process)
Edit for Publication • • • •
Final editing and proof reading by editor and editorial staff Editorial staff sends proof to corresponding author Editorial staff negotiates editorial changes with corresponding author Editorial staff sends official copyright forms for corresponding author’s signature
Revise and Resubmit Instructions
• Editorial staff notifies author of publication decision • Editorial staff sends to corresponding author a letter regarding the decision, reviewer comments, manuscript with edits and tracked changes • Editorial staff requests resubmission within four weeks
Publication *Authors’ names on all documents viewed by reviewers, including manuscripts, letters, emails, and other identifying information, are masked throughout the process.
Resubmitted Manuscript and Second Review
• Editor scans for compliance with reviewer evaluation; if necessary, author is sent request for further revision • Editorial staff sends to the original reviewers the revised manuscript, a copy of the original manuscript with editor’s and reviewers comments and tracked changes, the review form, along with a copy of the letter to the corresponding author
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• Editorial staff requests return of second review within 2 weeks