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The Journal for Quality and Participation is a peer-reviewed publication. Articles published in this journal must address issues related to the human-side of quality. Our editorial review team is comprised of a cross-section of distinguished practitioners with backgrounds in quality management, techniques, and tools; human resource management; employee involvement, facilitation, and coaching; leadership theories and practices; the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award system for performance excellence, and the ISO 9000 series of standards. We also have two special teams of reviewers. The first works with the department Educators World, which deals with the thoughts and experiences of educators related to quality and change, as well as special supplements we provide for ASQs Education Division. The other team works with articles submitted for the department Stewardship and Sustainability, which addresses social responsibility. We publish articles that have not been published previously and currently are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. If an author has a previously published article that he/she believes is worth considering for publication after revision, he/she should include information on its history, including a copy of the original article, its publisher, and the name, volume, and issue in which it appeared. A letter granting permission to reprint the article from the original publisher also must accompany the article submission. Occasionally, we also approach an author directly and ask him/her to submit an article on a specific topic for a specific issue. These commissioned articles do not go through our standard peer-review process. Instead, each is assigned to a member of the editorial team for guidance through the publication process.
General-Interest Articles
Articles generally should range between 1,500 and 2,500 words and can include up to three charts, tables, diagrams, or other illustrations. Every general interest article published in The Journal for Quality and Participation also appears in the online version provided on ASQs website. In addition to the printed content, the website usually includes expanded information related to the article, such as sidebars on related topics; companion articles that include greater depth or alternative views; presentations; expanded charts, tables, diagrams, other illustrations, or photos; audio or video files; etc. Generally, the additional content should contain between 500 and 2,000 words. Authors are welcome to submit supplemental content to accompany their print articles, but we reserve the right to use materials from alternative sources. Any supplemental content should be differentiated clearly from the primary submission. Articles that do not contain supplemental content may be returned to authors for further development at the editors discretion.
Case Studies
Generally, a case study also appears in each issue. Case studies need to describe the exact issue or project and include detailed information on the process used, what worked and didnt work in
Departments
Each issue of The Journal for Quality and Participation currently features a variety of departments some in print and some online. Some are written by regular columnists and others are submitted by authors and go through the peer review process. Articles for most departments should be limited to 1,500 words. If additional information would be worthwhile to readers, departments that appear in print may include supplemental material for the online version of the publication. Occasionally, an author offers his/her own department for a year of publication. If you would like us to consider a new department, please submit a complete set of four installments. In lieu of that, please contact the editor at debhopen@nventure.com to make special arrangements. Articles for departments of this nature generally should be 1,500 or fewer words.
Helpful Hints
Our reviewers and readers usually view articles that include reference to an authors proprietary products or methods as advertising. Although we encourage authors to share their personally developed theories and application approaches, we ask that they refrain from using our publication as a marketing tool. Please take great care when including information of this nature in your article.
Submission Format
1. We accept only electronic submissions in Microsoft Word format. Send electronic copies of articles to debhopen@nventure.com. Include all of your contact information in a cover letter or your email message. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the immediate return of your submission. 2. Tables should be included at the end of the article and must be in Microsoft Word. Each table must be referenced in the article and labeled, such as Table 1: Team Members Project Roles. Do not embed .jpg, .tif, .gif, or tables in other similar formats in your article. 3. Drawings and other illustrations should be sent in separate Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Word files; each item should be included in a separate file. All drawings and other illustrations must be referenced in the article, and must be labeled, such as Figure 1: Pareto Analysis of Key Cost Drivers. Do not embed drawings and other illustrations in the article. Please do not use other software to generate your drawings or illustrations. Also, please do not embed .jpg, .tif, .gif, or drawings or illustrations in other similar formats in your article. 4. We can use photos with our articlesparticularly onlineif they enhance the articles content. If you choose to submit a photo with your article, it must be a high-resolution .jpg or .tif (at least 300 dpi and at least 4" by 6" in size). We cannot enlarge photos and maintain the required resolution. Photos should be sent in separate files and referenced in the article, which should include a complete caption with a left-to-right listing of people in the photo, when applicable. Do not include any text with the photo file. 5. Also submit a separate high-resolution electronic photo (at least 300 dpi) for each author. Author photos should be at least 1" by 2". The background should be unobstructed. We do not have the ability to edit the photo in any way. 6. Please include a 50- to 100-word biography of each author. Author-developed biographies must mention the authors place of employment, including a telephone number, website, and/or email address. We prefer that biographies focus on the authors work experience. We encourage authors who have published books within the past five years to include the names of one or two books. We do not have space to mention articles, speech titles, etc.
References
One of the most common errors weve observed with submitted articles is improper referencing. Two problems occur most frequently: information included without proper attribution in the references and formatting that does not meet our style requirements. The information in this section is intended to ensure your references adhere to our standards. The Journal for Quality and Participation uses its own reference style. All references should be numbered in the body of the text and a matching number should appear in the references section at the end of the article. Please do not use Microsoft Word endnotes or footnotes; we are unable to work with them and will return articles automatically for revision (without peer review) if these are present. Also, please do not include citations in the body of the text.
Examples
TYPE: Book, one author: Jim Collins, Good to Great, Harper Collins, 2001, pp. 27-28. TYPE: Book, two authors: T.M. Kubiak and Donald W. Benbow, The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, 2nd ed., ASQ Quality Press, 2009, pp. 69-70. TYPE: Magazine/journal article, one author: Thomas Stewart, Growth as a Process, Harvard Business Review, June 2006, p. 62. TYPE: Magazine/journal article, two authors: Mark C. Lee and John F. Newcomb, Applying the Kano Methodology to Meet Customer Requirements: NASAs Microgravity Science Program, Quality Management Journal, April 1997, pp. 95-106. TYPE: Website articles: Joanne Petrini, Social Responsibility and Sustainable DevelopmentInterdependent Concepts, www.ecolog.com/gartnerlee.news/3_article.htm. TYPE: Conference proceedings: Tito Conti, Quality and Value: Convergence of Quality Management and Systems Thinking, ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement Proceedings, Seattle, WA, May 2005, pp. 149-161.
When inserting the reference number in front of the reference information in the list at the end of the article, use the standard font size and format. Do include a period behind the reference number and a space after the period, as shown below: Correct: 1. Reference information Incorrect: 1Reference information Incorrect: 1.Reference information Incorrect: 1. Reference information