Submissions

Author Guidelines

OPEN ACCESS-Online Publications Format

All the articles of the CJMQR will be published with open access. This means that the author (s) retain copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. The journal is paper-free, and articles are published online only. The journal will be hosted on the Open Journal System. That is, the journal has the right to publish the authors' work, display, store, copy, and reuse the content, and anyone can refer to the publication freely, given appropriate attribution to the author (s) and citing the CJMQR as the original publisher.

Length of Manuscript:

Suggested lengths of manuscripts are the following: original qualitative research studies articles 10000 words; critical commentaries 4000 words; debates about qualitative research 3000 editorials 2000 words

The Publishing Language:

Papers must be submitted, and they will be published only in English.

Language Editing Services

It is the responsibility of the authors to handle the language editing and ensure the paper is free of grammatical, spelling and other common errors. CJMQR will not offer language editing services.

 Article Processing Charges

According to the journal policy,  CJMQR charges no fees for publishing articles.

 CODE OF ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

The CJMQR will be compliant with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journals  Editors (ICMJE, http://www.icmje.org/ ), and the Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org/ ).

Pre-Submission:

Before you submit your manuscript, consider sending the Editor-in-Chief an email to identify interest in your topic. You will also find that the Editors-in-Chief is willing to assign you one of the editors from the editorial board who will guide you and suggest resources to you and introduce you to the peer review and publication process.

Please register for the journal at (https://cjmqr.ca/index.php/cjmqr). This is required for the online submission of your manuscript. Check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one.

The Canadian Journal of Multidisciplinary Qualitative Research is an online-only journal. This strategy significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. The expected time between submitting the manuscript and publishing it is expected to be between 8-16 weeks. Papers are accepted on the understanding that they may be subjected to editorial revision and peer review.

Preparing your manuscript (with prior permission from CJMQR)

• Formatting your article
  American Psychology Association's (APA) writing style is one of the most popular styles. When formatting your manuscript text, in-text citations, and references, please ensure you use the APA (2020, 7th ed.) reference style. 
• Title, keywords and abstracts
  You will be asked to supply a title, an abstract and keywords to accompany your article in Word format. There is no need to follow a specific template when submitting your manuscript in Word. However, please ensure your heading levels are clear, and the sections clearly defined.

• Artwork Guidelines
• Illustrations, pictures and graphs should be supplied in the highest quality and in an electronic format that helps us to publish your article in the best way possible. Please follow the guidelines below to enable us to prepare your artwork for the printed issue as well as the online version.

• Format: JPEG: Common format for pictures.
• Placement: Figures/charts and tables created in MS Word should be included in the main text rather than at the end of the document.
  Figures and other files created outside Word (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, TIFF, EPS, and PDF) should be submitted separately. Please add a placeholder note in the running text.
• Colour: Images supplied in colour will be published in colour online.

On Acceptance and Publication:

The Editor will keep you informed as to your article's progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent in Word format to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly.

Primary / Corresponding Author

The primary author takes responsibility for communicating with the Editor during the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process and ensures that the journal's administrative requirements, such as providing details of authorship and research ethics approval, are completed. The primary author is accountable for all aspects of the manuscript to ensure its accuracy and integrity. The primary author should be available after publication to respond to any requests from the journal for additional information should questions about the article arise from readers. These duties may be delegated to one or more co-authors, with the Editor being informed.

Authorship

Manuscripts should only be considered once all contributing authors give agreement. The primary author should carefully ensure that all those whose work contributed to the manuscript are acknowledged as contributing authors. This includes those who:

1. Made a substantial contribution to the concept or design of the manuscript, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of the data
2. Provided substantive feedback when the assignment was submitted for course work; and /or

1. Critically reviewed the manuscript before submission.

Peer Review Policy

Scholarly peer review (also termed refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field before a paper describing this work is published in the journal. The primary review will be performed by the assigned Editor; then, the assigned Editor will submit the manuscript to two reviewers to review the manuscript blindly. Once the reviewers accept reviewing the manuscript, they will be given four weeks to return their review and feedback to the Editor. The Editor will contact the corresponding author and give him/her three weeks to address the reviewers' comments only if minor or major revisions are needed. Three weeks more will be given to the reviewers again to read and make a decision regarding the revised manuscript. If one or both reviewers rejected the manuscript, the Editor would share the decision with the corresponding author.

General Guidelines for Authors Submitting

How to Submit your Manuscript

Please carefully read the editorial policies prior to submission. Direct your questions on the submission process to the Editor in Chief, Dr. Aldiabat (Khaldoun_aldiabat@cbu.ca) . Submit the manuscript through the online submitting system of CJMQR. 

Research Ethics

All manuscripts documenting human and / or animal studies must include in the methods section a statement that the relevant ethics committee or Institutional Review Board approval was obtained. Please provide the full name and institution of the review committee, as well as the approval number.

For research manuscripts, authors are also required to state in the methods section whether participants provided informed consent and whether the consent was written or verbal.

The CJMQR is committed to upholding the integrity of academic education and publishing processes. The journal takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other violations of best practices in publication seriously. Submitted manuscripts may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article is found to have plagiarized other work or included copyright material without permission, or where the authorship of the article is contested, the Editor reserves the right to publish a correction and retract the article.

Previous Publication

The author should disclose any prior publication of any section of the material to the Editor, who will make a decision regarding possible publication conflict.

Copyright

Authors will retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously will be licensed under Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously will be licensed under a Creative Common https://creativecommons.org/   that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

Permissions

The primary author is responsible for obtaining copyright holders' permission to reproduce any illustrations, diagrams, tables, figures, or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.

Acknowledgements

Author (s) may acknowledge individuals or organizations that provided advice and support (non-financial). However, any formally received research grants and funds will be listed separately in the Funding Information section (see below).

Funding Information

Author (s) must provide details of the sources of the research fund for all authors, including grant numbers. However, if no specific funding has been provided for research, the author (s) must provide the following statement: "This research received no specific grant or funding from any sector or organization."  

Author Contributions

A short statement should be provided indicating how each author contributed to the work using the author's initials letters, and contributions. For example, GB and RD conceived and designed the study. GB and EC conducted data gathering. HP performed statistical analyses. GB, RD and GB wrote the article.

Agreement 

If accepted, authors must agree to terms of the Publication Agreement, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon with the journal.

All authors published in the Canadian Journal of Multidisciplinary Qualitative Research retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under an International Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC-BY-NC 4.0), which means that anyone may share, copy, and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, as long as they credit the author and this journal.