Leadership and Policy in Schools

期刊简介：We invite manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Leadership and Policy in Schools for review. Submitted papers should align with the following journal scope as presented: Leadership and Policy in Schools aims to provide a high-quality forum for educational researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to publish analyses and research about how school leaders and educational policies utilize fiscal, material, and human resources to bring about change in education and effectiveness in schools in different global contexts. The scope of the journal will encompass studies about leadership, policy, and politics in primary and secondary educational environments. Studies that utilize school and community learning space as their primary unit of analysis are of particular interest. Such studies will include schools from diverse contexts in the public and private sectors. Studies of leadership in university settings will be desk rejected. The editors also welcome manuscripts from diverse disciplinary perspectives, including economic, political, historical, demographic, and financial analyses. In addition to original research papers, we will accept other features such as meta-analysis. Research scoping, innovative and provocative commentaries, thinking pieces, or conceptual papers stimulating timely debate around leadership and policy or ecological forces impacting K-12 education are particularly encouraged. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous, double anonymized peer review based on an initial editor screening followed by anonymous refereeing by three anonymous referees. As part of the submission process author/s will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal, that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you. The main text should be approximately 8,000-10,000 words (max 12,000), but online supplemental material has no word limit. Desk rejects While we receive numerous manuscripts that captivate our interest and exhibit promise, a significant portion undergoes desk rejection as they are not yet prepared for external review. Common reasons for desk rejections include papers failing to meet the journal’s scope (e.g., leadership and policy in a higher education setting), insufficient discussion of the study's rationale, an unclear conceptual or theoretical framework guiding the work, or inadequacies in the study's methodology. Concerns regarding data trustworthiness and transparency of empirical data collection can result in desk rejection. Furthermore, manuscripts failing to meet rigorous standards for data collection, analysis, or argumentation often face desk rejection. It is essential for results not only to be summarized but also interpreted in a discussion section. This section elucidates what readers can glean from the study, particularly in light of prior empirical and conceptual work on the topic. Some articles face rejection for being "out of scope," meaning they do not directly concern primary and secondary educational sites or have a narrow or peripheral focus deemed inappropriate for Leadership and Policy in Schools readership. The manuscript is more likely to be accepted if it: • aligns with the journal's scope • adheres to maximum text length limits • contributes to advancing or enriching an active field, making a compelling case for the research's relevance and importance • appropriately cites prior work on the topic • clearly articulates the study's purpose and research questions • thoroughly describes the methods employed • moves beyond mere summarization to engage in discussion and interpretation of the results • is meticulously prepared and adheres to the journal's submission guidelines • employs clear and concise language • upholds ethical standards Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous, double anonymized peer review, based on an initial editor screening followed by anonymous refereeing by three anonymous referees.

【译文】我们邀请符合学校领导力和政策的目标和范围的足够质量的手稿进行审查。提交的论文应符合以下期刊范围：《学校领导力与政策》旨在为教育研究人员、从业者和政策制定者提供一个高质量的论坛，发表关于学校领导者和教育政策如何利用财政、物质和人力资源来实现不同全球背景下学校教育和有效性的变化的分析和研究。该期刊的范围将涵盖有关中小学教育环境中的领导力、政策和政治的研究。利用学校和社区学习空间作为主要分析单位的研究特别令人感兴趣。此类研究将包括公共和私营部门不同背景的学校。关于大学环境中领导力的研究将被拒绝。编辑们还欢迎来自不同学科视角的稿件，包括经济、政治、历史、人口和金融分析。除了原始研究论文外，我们还将接受荟萃分析等其他功能。特别鼓励研究范围、创新性和挑衅性的评论、思考文章或概念性论文，激发围绕影响 K-12 教育的领导力和政策或生态力量的及时辩论。同行评审政策：本期刊的所有研究文章都经过了严格的双重匿名同行评审，该评审基于最初的编辑筛选，然后由三名匿名审稿人进行匿名审稿。作为提交过程的一部分，作者将被要求保证您提交的是原创作品，您拥有该作品的权利，您提交的作品是在《期刊》上首次发表，该作品没有被考虑在其他地方发表并且尚未在其他地方发表，并且您已经获得并可以提供复制不属于您的任何版权作品的所有必要许可。正文应约为 8,000-10,000 字（最多 12,000 字），但在线补充材料没有字数限制。虽然我们收到了大量引起我们兴趣并展现出前景的手稿，但很大一部分遭到了案头拒绝，因为它们尚未准备好接受外部审查。案头拒绝的常见原因包括论文未能满足期刊的范围（例如，高等教育环境中的领导力和政策）、对研究基本原理的讨论不充分、指导工作的概念或理论框架不明确，或者研究方法的不足。对数据可信度和经验数据收集透明度的担忧可能会导致桌面拒绝。此外，未能满足严格的数据收集、分析或论证标准的手稿常常面临桌面拒绝。不仅要对结果进行总结，而且要在讨论部分进行解释，这一点至关重要。本节阐明了读者可以从该研究中收集到的内容，特别是根据先前有关该主题的实证和概念工作。有些文章因“超出范围”而被拒绝，这意味着它们不直接涉及小学和中学教育网站，或者焦点狭窄或外围，被认为不适合学校领导力和政策的读者。如果稿件符合以下条件，则更有可能被接受： • 符合期刊的范围 • 遵守最大文本长度限制 • 有助于推进或丰富活跃领域，为研究的相关性和重要性提供令人信服的案例 • 适当引用该主题的先前工作 • 清楚阐明研究的目的和研究问题 • 彻底描述所采用的方法 • 超越单纯的总结，参与对结果的讨论和解释 • 精心准备并遵守期刊的提交指南 • 采用明确的内容简洁的语言 • 维护道德标准 同行评审政策：本期刊中的所有研究文章均经过严格的双重匿名同行评审，该评审基于最初的编辑筛选以及随后由三名匿名审稿人进行的匿名审稿。