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What are SAGE Research Methods Cases?

• Short and accessible accounts of research methods in the context of real research projects.

• Pedagogically focused to help students understand the practicalities of doing research.

• Introductory in tone: explanatory and jargon-free.

• Engaging: using examples and writing devices that reach out to the student reader and make research feel relevant, meaningful and useful.

How to get involved:

• E-mail: ailsa.dann@sagepub.co.uk , include:

1. Your name, institutional affiliation and professional position (student, researcher, lecturer etc.).

2. Your research topic, method and preliminary title.

3. Links to any relevant published work.

4. Preferred delivery date (note: we typically set 8 week deadlines)

• Write your case using the Format and Style Guidelines (below) and the Case Submission Template provided by SAGE. Submit via e-mail.

SAGE Research Methods Cases at a glance

• Cases should be 2000 – 5000 words in length.

• Cases will be peer reviewed and authors will be asked to respond to reviewer queries in a timely manner.

• Cases must adhere to the SAGE Research Methods cases guidelines. Cases that do not adhere to the guidelines will not be peer reviewed and will be returned to the author.

Will all cases submitted be published?

As with all academic products, the final decision about whether to publish a case study rests with SAGE and with its academic reviewers.

If you would like more information on the intended audience, coverage or content of the product, please feel free to contact ailsa.dann@sagepub.co.uk or michael.gill@sagepub.co.uk

Format and Style Guidelines

It is important that you conform to the specifications below when preparing your manuscript. Your case will be part of a unified collection, and following the guidelines below will ensure that every case is as coherent and useful as possible.

If your manuscript does not adhere to these guidelines SAGE will not take your case study forward for peer review. Please refer to the submission checklist below and sample case study to see how the case structure looks in practice. Please ensure you use the relevant Case Submission Template to write and submit your case.

Titling

• Please format the title in Title Case – this means using capital letters for the principal words.

• Choose a title that clearly illustrates your method or analytical approach and topic. SAGE has a strong preference for titles that reflect a similar format to the below:

Researching/Analysing/Doing/Studying (or similar) topic X using method Y

Or

Method Y: in the context of topic X

• In order to aid online discoverability of your case study, your title should be descriptive rather than creative. By this we mean that your title should be narrow enough that readers should be able to determine what your case study is about, and so your title should include specific key words and concepts discussed in the case.

Formatting

• Manuscripts should be submitted as a Word document, double-spaced throughout in 12pt Times New Roman.

• Please also use lots of headings, sub-headings and bullet lists in the main body of your case to add structure and to make your case easily discoverable online. Remember, most readers will read your case study on-screen, and so long paragraphs make for a difficult on-screen reading experience.

Style

• Pay close attention to the style and tone of your case. Use lots of rich examples and extracts to make sure you are providing the real story behind the research. We want cases to be engaging and interesting to a student reader.

• Manuscripts should be submitted in either American or British English. Citations, references, any published articles related to the research and lists of further reading should conform to American Psychological Association (APA) style, and should contain the digital object identifier (DOI) where available.

• Avoid using citations as exhaustively as you might in a journal article. Try to prevent your references from disturbing the flow of the text. For example, rather than alluding to Leon Festinger’s work on cognitive dissonance in a parenthetical citation, such as (Festinger, 1967), you can say something like:

As a part of his theory of cognitive dissonance, Leon Festinger (1967) proposed that media messages that appear to challenge an established belief would produce an aversive experience of dissonance, and that in order to prevent this experience, people would avoid hearing or seeing such messages.

• Do not include footnotes, endnotes, or appendices, but rather include the information within the main body of the text or as a figure.

Figures and tables

• Figures should only be used when appropriate to the discussion in the text, and not for general illustration or decorative purposes. Figures should be numbered sequentially, with their placement clearly indicated within the main text. An original, high-resolution image file should be provided for each figure, when available, rather than inserted into the Word document. These can be .jpg, .png, .tif or.pdf files.

• Each image and figure should include a caption.

• Tables should be embedded in the main Word document and numbered independently from the figures and images.

• If the figure or table is not your own unpublished work and requires permission for re-use, you must also include the credit line specified by the copyright holder.

Permissions and copyright

• As per the contributor agreement (signed once your case is accepted for publication), if you use any unoriginal material (including both text and images) then you must obtain permission to use it prior to submission. You must obtain non-exclusive rights to reproduce the material in all media in all languages throughout the world.

• If wish to include any data collected from research participants, please ensure that publication of this data is cleared with the participants, if not already obtained via the informed consent process.

• If you believe your use of previously published material qualifies for fair use or fair dealing for the purposes of criticism or review, please flag this with your editor when you submit your manuscript. There is more information on fair use and fair dealing on the SAGE website.

• You are responsible for clearing permissions and it is your responsibility as an author to warrant to SAGE that any permissions required are cleared and that no copyright is infringed by your case study. You also need to warrant to SAGE that the case is accurate and valid, and that you have not libelled any individual or organisation in your case.

If you have any queries about permissions, please check with a member of the Editorial team at SAGE: ailsa.dann@sagepub.co.uk or michael.gill@sagepub.co.uk

Pre-Submission Checklist

Please ensure that your case study contains all of the below elements before submitting to SAGE. See the relevant submission template for further details. If you do not have a copy of the submission template, please contact SAGE using the email addresses above.

1. Title θ

2. Author name(s) and affiliations, in the order they should be displayed θ

3.

i. Author biographies θ

ii. Relevant disciplines θ

iii. Academic level θ

iv. Published articles θ

4. A short abstract of around 250 words θ

5. A bulleted list of between 3 and 5 Learning Outcomes[1] θ

6. The main body of the case θ

7. Between 4 and 8 Exercises and Discussion Questions θ

8. List of Further Readings (no more than 6) θ

9. Links to relevant miscellaneous web resources, if any θ

10. A list of References cited in the text θ

SAGE Research Methods Cases: Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a journal article?

• No - cases are very different from journal articles and are not citable as such. You should be writing your case with a student reader in mind, rather than the wider academic community.

• You should be telling us about how you did your research. Cases are “warts and all” descriptions of how research is done in the real world.

• Your findings, while important, are not the key feature of a research methods case. We want to know how you went about your research, the decisions you took and your reflections on the process.

Is this a print book?

• No - cases will be published digitally on the award-winning SAGE Research Methods online platform.

• Each case will have a unique ISBN and DOI. However, cases will not be available as a printed volume.

How would I cite this work on my CV?

APA

[Contributor surname], [Contributor initial], ([Year]). [Case study title]. In SAGE Research Methods Cases. 2018. [DOI]

Harvard

[Contributor surname], [Contributor initial] [Year]. ‘[Case study title]’, In SAGE Research Methods Cases, SAGE Publications Ltd., viewed [date viewed], [DOI].

MLA

[Contributor surname], [Contributor first name]. “[Case study title].” SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd., 2018. SAGE Research Methods. Web. [date viewed].

Chicago

[Contributor surname], [Contributor first name]. “[Case study title].” In SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd., 2018. [DOI].

Can I write about any topic?

• In 2016/2017 we are accepting cases on research in PSYCHOLOGY and SOCIOLOGY.

Are cases peer-reviewed?

• Yes. Each case will be subjected to a peer-review process. This means that the decision to publish is based on the opinion of the reviewer.

• Our expert reviewers will assess cases on their pedagogical value i.e. whether the case will be accessible, interesting or informative for a student reader. Therefore, you should aim to appeal directly to your student reader.

Can I write about my PhD research?

• SAGE welcomes case studies based on PhD research. We would be thrilled to hear an account of your doctoral research journey.

• We are also happy to consider joint submissions from supervisors and students.

• Please remember that we are primarily interested in your personal research journey – sometimes this will deal with the rough as well as the smooth. There is no need to gloss over the difficulties and challenges.

I am an experienced researcher, why should I write a case study for SAGE?

• As an experienced researcher, you will very likely have already been through the ups and downs of the research process.

• We want to show both the challenges and rewards of research. The insights you have to share are invaluable for researchers setting out on their own research journey. Help us educate the next generation of research methods professionals and academics on what they should (and shouldn’t) do in their own research.

What are the direct benefits of writing a case for SAGE?

• If we publish your case you will be provided with 12 months free access to the SAGE Research Methods Cases platform.

• In addition, SAGE Research Methods Cases links directly to your relevant existing research. If you have already published your research in a journal, why not write a case for us about how you did this research? We can then link to your journal article and drive traffic towards your original research.

Is there a preferred template or style?

• Yes. All submissions must adhere to the submission template and guidelines provided by SAGE. This is to ensure consistency across the product and also minimizes the amount of work authors have to do in terms of revision and content development.

• Please make sure you follow this template. Cases that do not use the provided template will, regrettably, be rejected.

How quickly will my case be published?

• At the time of writing, we anticipate that Psychology and Sociology cases will be published in late 2017 or early 2018. However, you will be able to list your case as “Forthcoming” once it has cleared the production process.

What does the publication schedule look like?

• We typically ask authors to write their case within 8 weeks.

• Reviewing this first draft takes between 6 – 8 weeks.

• If your case study requires major revisions, we will then pass it on to our content development team who will work with you to revise your case study. If your case study requires minor revisions, we will send it directly back to you for revision. We typically ask for revisions to be returned within 3-6 weeks, depending on the level of revision required.

• Once resubmitted, upon reviewing and signing our publication agreement, your case will be passed to our production department. At this stage your case will be copy-edited and prepared for online publication.

My question hasn’t been answered here….

Please feel free to e-mail the SAGE Research Methods Cases Editorial team with any further questions you may have.

ailsa.dann@sagepub.co.uk michael.gill@sagepub.co.uk

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