How to Get an Article Published in The Career Development Quarterly

If you do not have access to electronic mail services, please send an original and three photocopies of the manuscript to Mark Pope, Ed.D., MCC, Editor, The Career Development Quarterly,

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in The Career Development Quarterly

The Official Journal of the

National Career Development Association

Presenter: Mark Pope, Ed.D., MCC, Editor

A presentation at the annual conference

of the National Career Development Association Chicago, Illinois , USA, July 8, 2006.

Keys to Publication in CDQ

Relevancy Importance Implications Story Precision Ethics Critique Humane

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The Career Development Quarterly

Executive Summary

ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION:

Mark Pope, Ed.D., MCC, Editor

The Career Development Quarterly

University of Missouri - Saint Louis

415 Marillac Hall

One University Boulevard

Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400

USA

Phone: 1.314.516.7121

Fax: 1.314.516.5784

E-mail: cdq@ncda.org

Web: www.ncda.org

PUBLICATION GUIDELINES:

Manuscript Length: 5-15 pages Copies Required: One

Electronic Submission: Yes, preferred

at cdq@ncda.org Format: Microsoft Word Manuscript Style:

American Psychological Association (5th edition)

CIRCULATION DATA:

Reader: Practicing Counselors

Frequency of Issue: Quarterly

Copies per Issue: 5,500

Sponsor/Publisher: National Career Development

Association

Subscribe Price: 55.00 US$ Individual

100.00 US$ Institutional

REVIEW INFORMATION:

Type of Review: Blind Review

No of External Reviewers: 3

No of In House Reviewers: 0 Time to Review: 3 Months or Less Reviewers Comments: Yes

Invited Articles: 0-5%

MANUSCRIPT TOPICS:

Career & Vocational Issues; All topics as related to Career Counseling; Individual and Organizational Career Development; Work and Leisure; Career Education; Career

Coaching; Career Management; Counseling & Personnel Services; Tests, Measurement

& Evaluation; Vocational Guidance; Vocational Psychology

Information on The Career Development Quarterly is available at www.ncda.org.

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Editor

Mark Pope

Division of Counseling & Family Therapy

College of Education

University of Missouri – Saint Louis

415 Marillac Hall

One University Boulevard

Saint Louis, MO 63121-4499

USA

Editorial Assistant

Wan Noorshuhada Mohd Isa

Editorial Board

Lynette Bikos (2007)

Seattle Pacific University

Charles Chen (2007)

University of Toronto

Robert Chope (2006)

San Francisco State University

Madonna Constantine (2007)

Columbia University

Rich Feller (2006)

Colorado State University

Lisa Flores (2007)

University of Missouri - Columbia

Jane Goodman (2006)

Oakland University

Paul Gore (2006)

ACT

Mary Guindon (2007)

Johns Hopkins University

Paul J Hartung (2006)

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of

Medicine

David Jepsen (2007)

University of Iowa

David Kaplan (2007)

American Counseling Association

John D Krumboltz (2006)

Stanford University

Richard Lapan (2007) University of Massachusetts - Amherst Kristin Perrone (2006)

Ball State University Gary Peterson (2006) Florida State University Erik Porfeli (2007) University of North Carolina - Charlotte Jeffrey Prince (2006)

University of California - Berkeley Lee Richmond (2007)

Loyola College - Baltimore Nancy Schlossberg (2006) University of Maryland – College Park Michael Shahnasarian (2006)

Career Consultants of America Marie Shoffner (2006)

University of Virginia Mei Tang (2007) University of Cincinnati Hsiu-Lan Shelley Tien (2007) National Taiwan Normal University Beverly Vandiver (2007) Pennsylvania State University

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Raoul Van Esbroeck (2007)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel W Bruce Walsh (2006)Ohio State University

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Information for Authors

The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ) invites articles regarding

career counseling, individual and organizational career development, work and leisure, career education, career coaching, and career

management Methodologies can include but are not limited to

literature reviews that make research accessible to practitioners, case studies, history and public policy analyses, qualitative research, and quantitative research that is of specific relevance to the practice of career development Each article should include implications for

practice because CDQ is concerned with fostering career development

through the design and use of career interventions

Regular manuscripts must be double-spaced throughout (including references) and must not exceed 26,700 characters (including spaces), 3,750 words, or 15 pages Occasionally, a longer manuscript may be considered Provide, but do not count, a cover page with each author’s name, position, and place of employment, and a clear abstract of

essential information of up to 100 words Authors should not place their names or other identifying information on the manuscript itself because all manuscripts are peer-reviewed with a blind reviewing system Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via e-mail as

an attachment to CDQ@ncda.org Manuscripts will be acknowledged by e-mail when they are received

Reports of demonstrably effective career counseling methods or programs are featured in the section “Effective Techniques.” Articles in this section describe theoretically based techniques that advance career development for people of all ages Qualitative or quantitative data providing evidence of the techniques’ effectiveness will be

included in these articles Manuscripts submitted to the “Effective Techniques” section should be double-spaced throughout (including references) and should not exceed 21,360 characters (including

spaces), 3,000 words, or 12 pages Such articles should contain (a) a brief review of the literature related to the theoretically based

intervention, (b) a clear description of the intervention, (c) a brief

report of data supporting the techniques’ effectiveness, and (d) a

summary

The “Personal Perspectives” section contains analyses of personal career development experiences and short editorials about critical issues in research or practice Articles prepared for this section should

be double-spaced throughout (including references) and should not exceed 12,460 characters (including spaces), 1,750 words, or 7 pages

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Responses to previously published articles appear in the “Reader Reactions” section These responses should be double-spaced

throughout (including references) and should not exceed 8,900

characters (including spaces), 1,250 words, or 5 pages

“Brief Reports” manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout (including references) and should not exceed 8,900 characters

(including spaces), 1,250 words, or 5 pages (excluding title page, an abstract of no more than 80 words, references, and no more than one table or figure) and should contain a clear and concise summary of the study (including rationale, objectives, design, instruments, sample, analyses, results, and implications for research and practice)

Manuscripts must be prepared carefully, such that ideas flow

coherently and writing is clear and concise Avoid jargon, acronyms, and sexist terminology Headings and subheadings should be used to structure the content Article titles and headings in the articles should

be as short as possible Use tables sparingly, include only essential data, and combine tables wherever possible Authors should submit no more than three tables or two figures with each manuscript The

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th

edition) serves as the style manual for CDQ Authors are encouraged to

reduce bias in language against persons on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, racial or ethnic group, disability, or age by referring to the guidelines in the fifth edition of the APA manual Authors must address the clinical significance of their results using effect size indicators, narrative analyses, or both

Authors who use lengthy quotations or adapt tables and figures from another source must secure written permission to do so from the

copyrighted source Manuscripts that include copyrighted material will

not be accepted for publication in CDQ until the author provides the

editor with written permission from the copyright holder

Submit all manuscripts electronically through e-mail to Mark Pope,

Ed.D MCC, Editor, The Career Development Quarterly at

CDQ@ncda.org If you do not have access to electronic mail services, please send an original and three photocopies of the manuscript to

Mark Pope, Ed.D., MCC, Editor, The Career Development Quarterly,

Division of Counseling & Family Therapy, College of Education,

University of Missouri–Saint Louis, 415 Marillac Hall, One University Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA, 1.314.516.7121 Be sure

to include your e-mail address on the title page of the manuscript Never submit material that is under consideration by another journal or that has been previously published About 10 weeks will elapse

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between acknowledgment of the manuscript’s receipt and notification

of its disposition After the final acceptance of an article, authors

should expect minor editing for style consistency Authors of

manuscripts accepted for publication will be asked to provide the final article electronically via e-mail, specifying word processing software that was used to prepare the manuscript (MS Word or WordPerfect 5.0

or later version is preferred) along with a txt file with no line breaks (e.g., popems.txt) After an article’s publication, all authors of articles and senior contributors to sections will receive a complimentary copy

of CDQ from ACA Publications.

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Manuscript Flowchart

1 Manuscript sent to editor via email at cdq@ncda.org

2 Identification number assigned to manuscript

3 Initial review by editor for appropriateness for CDQ and correct format

4 Manuscript assigned to three editorial board reviewers

5 Letter acknowledging receipt sent to manuscript authors

6 Letter of assignment sent to reviewers along with copy of manuscript

7 One week before review deadline, letter of reminder sent to reviewers

8 One week after deadline, telephone call placed to reviewers

9 When reviews received, editor makes decision on manuscript

a) accept with minor editorial revisions as indicated in the review

b) revise with encouragement to resubmit, manuscript requires revisions, some substantive, that are detailed in the review

c) revise with option to resubmit, major revisions, will require new full review d) definitely reject

e) reject, inappropriate for CDQ, perhaps appropriate for (specify journal)

10 Editor prepares letter to authors based on decision

a) If “accept as is”, proceed to journal preparation phase

b) If “revise with encouragement to resubmit”, send letter to authors detailing necessary revisions Editor-only review and then proceed to journal

preparation phase

c) If “not accept, resubmit with revisions”, send letter to authors detailing

necessary revisions, and return to “manuscript assigned to reviewers” May

be preferable here to assign to same reviewers

d) If “not accept”, send letter to authors

11 In the journal preparation phase, authors receive and must complete all required

documentation, including author information, releases, and permissions

12 Six months before publication date, the editor sends completed manuscripts for the

specific CDQ issue to American Counseling Association (ACA) Publications to production editors for typesetting and final copyediting

13 ACA Publications’ production editors communicate with authors on final editorial

queries and editing

14 CDQ sent to be printed

15 CDQ mailed to NCDA members, libraries, and other subscribers

16 CDQ is read, cited, and enjoyed by millions

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CDQ Review Form – Research/Empirical Manuscripts

(Quantitative/Qualitative)

Please review the enclosed manuscript and include a narrative critique on a separate page Then use a checkmark to indicate your rating of the manuscript with regard to the following criteria:

1 Relevance of topic to CDQ:

Excellent, extremely relevant to CDQ readers

Good, of interest to CDQ readers

Marginal, may be of interest to some CDQ readers

Poor, inappropriate for CDQ

2 Quality of the literature review

Excellent, little or no need to revise

Good, can be improved with revision

Marginal, requires major revisions

Poor, needs to be completely redone

3 Clarity/organization of rationale

4 Quality of design/methodology

Excellent, well-designed study

Good, some minor problems

Marginal, problems which may be serious

Poor, unsalvageable

5 Adequacy of data analysis

Excellent, appropriate analysis

Good, some minor problems

Marginal, requires reanalysis

Poor, inappropriate methods chosen

6 Appropriateness of the interpretation of the results and conclusions

7.Contribution to theory or practice

Excellent, important timely contribution

Good, could be improved with revision

Marginal, questionable contribution as written

Poor, little or no contribution

8 Quality of writing style

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Recommendation: Accept (minor editorial revisions as indicated in the review)

Revise with encouragement to resubmit (requires revision, some

substantive, that are detailed in the review) Revise with option to resubmit (major revisions, will require new full

review) Definitely reject Reject, inappropriate for CDQ (perhaps appropriate for

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CDQ Review Form – Conceptual Manuscripts

Please review the enclosed manuscript and include a narrative critique on a separate page Then use a check mark to indicate your rating of the manuscript with regard to the following criteria:

1 Relevance of topic to CDQ:

Excellent, extremely relevant to CDQ readers

Good, of interest to CDQ readers

Marginal, may be of interest to some CDQ readers

Poor, inappropriate for CDQ

2 Importance of topic to profession:

Excellent, addresses a vital professional issue

Good, addresses a professional issue of merit

Marginal, addresses an issue of uncertain importance

Poor, addresses an unimportant issue

3 Relation to previous literature:

4 Quality of conceptualization:

5 Contribution to practice:

6 Contribution to theory:

7 Quality of writing style:

Revise with encouragement to resubmit (requires revision, some

substantive, that are detailed in the review) Revise with option to resubmit (major revisions, will require new full

review) Definitely reject

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