Submissions

The Journal of Economics Teaching is open to unique economic teaching techniques. All submissions must be submitted through Scholastica. The guidelines listed below must be followed.

Your submission should contain:

1. the name of the lead or primary author
2. the title of your paper
3. a statement indicating that you are not submitting simultaneously to another journal
4. a statement that your paper has not been published in whole or part in a journal or book.

The submission must include your manuscript in the following two separate Microsoft Word attachments, with DOCX extensions (see: “initial review”):

1. the abstract, including author information, and
2. the manuscript itself with the author information removed.

Initial Review

Cover Page:

The cover page must contain the paper title, the author(s), their affiliation, and at least five key words (tags).  The cover page must also provides complete correspondence information for the primary author including:

1. postal address, and
2. e-mail address.

Body of Paper:

1. The first page of the manuscript for review must contain the title of the paper and the abstract. Please limit the abstract to 100 words. No other information should be included on the first page.
2. The body of the text must be double-spaced using a 12-point font.
3. Placement for tables should be indicated in the manuscript.
4. Footnotes must be used rather than endnotes.
5. All pages except the abstract page should be numbered consecutively at the bottom of the page.
6. The references should be inserted after the main body of the paper in APA format. They must be followed by appendices, tables (one per page), and figures (one per page). All material must be part of the paper. Figures must also be included as separate files in vector format if possible (e.g. EPS, AI).

More details can be found in our style guide.

Website Information:

The author should indicate the target classroom environment (e.g. “Econ 101”) and topic area (e.g. “public goods”) in the initial submission.

Peer-Review Process:

The Journal of Economics Teaching is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Upon submission of your paper, the editor or associate editor will review it for suitability.  If your work passes this preliminary hurdle, it will then be sent out for double blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.

Policies

Publication Ethics Policy

JET is committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity in the publication process.

JET is a member of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and subscribes to its Principles of Transparency and Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing.

JET reserves the right to use plagiarism detection software to screen submissions.

Content published in this journal is peer reviewed (Double Blind).

Editors and members of the JET Board may submit their work to JET for consideration in the journal. Board members and editors who author papers must refrain from any involvement in the review process. To ensure anonymity in the review process, any submission by a member of the editorial team will be handled by either a JET Board member or a past editor outside the normal submission portal. In any case, the author must recognize that the assigned editor’s decision is final. Furthermore, to maintain anonymity of authorship, we request that articles under review at JET should, to the extent practicable, not be available online (for the duration of the review process, please remove author identification from sites like SSRN, and remove from personal webpages). If the article is accepted for submission, a note will be included acknowledging that the author was in no way involved with the editorial process.

No Board member or editor will have more than one article published in any single volume (currently three issues).

Publication Malpractice Policy

Any article found to be under review at another journal will be immediately rejected without possibility for review. Similarly, if an article is found to be plagiarized it will be rejected. If it is discovered after publication that an article has been plagiarized, it will be removed from JET’s website, and the author will be notified.

Correction/Retraction Policy

If, after publication, an author requests a correction, the Editor will consider the request. If the request is granted, a note will be added to the article in order to appraise readers of the change. Such addendums may be applied as Corrections to the original material, Retractions of material, or in extreme cases, Removal of the original material. In the case of Removal, the Board of Directors of JET will be consulted.

Use of Generative AI Policy

The Journal of Economics Teaching supports the use of Generative AI in promoting economic education.  We believe that AI can help encourage new ways of teaching and learning economics.  In terms of publishing articles at JET, there are a number of ways AI can assist authors with their work including: enhancing idea generation, improving readability and clarity, and assisting non-English language authors.

We also realize that AI can create problems with attribution, hallucination, and intellectual property rights among other concerns.  To this end, the JET Editorial Board and the JET Executive Board are providing the following policy to inform authors, reviewers, and editors of our expectations related to this technology and the publication process.

Authors:

Authors are responsible for the integrity of any manuscript they submit to JET.  Additionally, we presume that an author’s submission is an original work.  Therefore, the use of AI is expected to be ethical and in alignment with the standards of JET.

Any use of AI for content creation should be acknowledged.  This includes the name of the tool used (including version number), how it was used, and the purpose of the AI generated material.

Authors should not use AI as a replacement for traditional, rigorous research as AI has the potential to provide inaccurate responses.  Authors should be particularly aware that AI often provides non-existent resources, inaccurate statements, and biased conclusions.  It is the responsibility of the author(s) to validate any information provided by AI.

In any case of AI use, AI tools must not be listed as an author.  Current AI tools are not accountable for the information they share when prompted.  This is the exclusive responsibility of the author(s).

Prior to publication, authors will be required to sign a statement indicating their use of AI.  This will include an acknowledgment any use of AI for content creation, and whether AI was used in the editing process.  Responses will be included in a footnote on the first page of the published paper.  Using AI for grammar check will not be a detriment in the review process.

Editors (including copy editors):

Due to the extensive concerns about intellectual property rights, reviewers and editors must not upload submissions, including manuscripts, images, appendices, figures, or tables, into AI for any reason.  Failure to accede to this policy may violate the property rights of the rightsholder.

The use of AI to format references is permissible.  Upload the references to AI separately from the body of the paper.

Reviewers:

Reviewers are expected to maintain integrity in the review process.  As such, while review of articles can be assisted by AI, reviewers are prohibited from uploading any material sourced from JET into an AI.  Any summaries or comments about a paper must not be assisted by AI as this would involve uploading material.

Please reach out to the Editor, Brian O’Roark, at oroark@rmu.edu with any questions.

The “Teaching Notes” section is designed for unique teaching ideas that are not suited to the typical journal format.  Papers for this section of the journal will present ideas that are supported by webpages, media content, Excel worksheets, or other innovative technologies.  The Journal of Economics Teaching is able to host content from such papers.

Have more questions about writing a Teaching Note?

-To see three different types of notes, please read A Note on Teaching Notes. The full list of teaching notes is here.

Publishing and Submitting Guidelines for a Teaching Note

Teaching Notes submissions are expected to follow the following guidelines:

1. Your manuscript should be formatted in Times New Roman, 12 point font with double spacing.
2. An abstract of no more than 50 words should be provided, along with up to four key words.
3. The overall product should be no more than five pages in length double-spaced.  A lesson plan and supplemental materials do not count toward this page limit.  If your paper is longer than five pages, please submit it as a full-length article.
4. If your paper references a web page, please be sure to carefully copy the url address in your paper.
5. Please refer to JET’s style guide for more formatting guidelines.

All submissions are submitted through Scholastica. When you submit your Teaching Note, you will set up a free Scholastica account at the same time. Your submission should include:

1. The name of the lead or primary author, the title of your paper, up to four key words, and the abstract will be entered directly into a form on Scholastica.
2. Included on the cover page of your paper, a statement indicating that you are not submitting simultaneously to another journal.
3. Included on the cover page of your paper, a statement that your paper has not been published in whole or part in a journal or book.
4. Included in the introduction of the article, the author should indicate the target classroom environment (e.g. “Econ 101”) and topic area (e.g. “public goods”).
5. The manuscript itself with the author information removed will be uploaded as a Microsoft Word Document (with .DOCX extension) or as a PDF.
6. Any additional files should be uploaded separately in the “additional files” section. This includes PowerPoint slides, Excel files, or any other supplemental materials that accompany the teaching idea.
7. When you submit, you will be charged $50, but $40 will be refunded to you if you are a K-12 educator or a community college professor.

Please note that when you successfully submit, you will receive a confirmation email.

Peer-Review Process:

The Journal of Economics Teaching is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Upon submission of your paper, the editor or associate editor will review it for suitability.  If your work passes this preliminary hurdle, it will then be sent out for double-blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

Policies

Publication Ethics Policy

JET is committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity in the publication process.

JET is a member of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and subscribes to its Principles of Transparency and Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing.

JET reserves the right to use plagiarism detection software to screen submissions.

Content published in this journal is peer reviewed (Double Blind).

Editors and members of the JET Board may submit their work to JET for consideration in the journal. Board members and editors who author papers must refrain from any involvement in the review process. To ensure anonymity in the review process, any submission by a member of the editorial team will be handled by either a JET Board member or a past editor outside the normal submission portal. In any case, the author must recognize that the assigned editor’s decision is final. Furthermore, to maintain anonymity of authorship, we request that articles under review at JET should, to the extent practicable, not be available online (for the duration of the review process, please remove author identification from sites like SSRN, and remove from personal webpages). If the article is accepted for submission, a note will be included acknowledging that the author was in no way involved with the editorial process.

No Board member or editor will have more than one article published in any single volume (currently three issues).

Publication Malpractice Policy

Any article found to be under review at another journal will be immediately rejected without possibility for review. Similarly, if an article is found to be plagiarized it will be rejected. If it is discovered after publication that an article has been plagiarized, it will be removed from JET’s website, and the author will be notified.

Correction/Retraction Policy

If, after publication, an author requests a correction, the Editor will consider the request. If the request is granted, a note will be added to the article in order to appraise readers of the change. Such addendums may be applied as Corrections to the original material, Retractions of material, or in extreme cases, Removal of the original material. In the case of Removal, the Board of Directors of JET will be consulted.

Use of Generative AI Policy

Authors are responsible for the integrity of any manuscript they submit to JET.  Additionally, we presume that an author’s submission is an original work.  Therefore, the use of AI is expected to be ethical and in alignment with the standards of JET.

Any use of AI for content creation should be acknowledged.  This includes the name of the tool used (including version number), how it was used, and the purpose of the AI generated material.

Authors should not use AI as a replacement for traditional, rigorous research as AI has the potential to provide inaccurate responses.  Authors should be particularly aware that AI often provides non-existent resources, inaccurate statements, and biased conclusions.  It is the responsibility of the author(s) to validate any information provided by AI.

In any case of AI use, AI tools must not be listed as an author.  Current AI tools are not accountable for the information they share when prompted.  This is the exclusive responsibility of the author(s).

Prior to publication, authors will be required to sign a statement indicating their use of AI.  This will include an acknowledgment of any use of AI for content creation, and whether AI was used in the editing process.  Responses will be included in a footnote on the first page of the published paper.  Using AI for grammar check will not be a detriment in the review process.

Please reach out to the Editor, Brian O’Roark, at oroark@rmu.edu with any questions.

The journal charges a $50 submission fee that must be paid before the submission will be sent to reviewers.  If all of the authors are employed by a two-year institution or lower, the journal will refund the authors $25 after submission.  If all of the authors are employed by a high school, the journal will refund the authors $40 after submission.  There are no other fees for publication.

The Journal of Economics Teaching provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Full-text access to articles of the journal is presented on the official website in the Past Issues section.

The Journal of Economics Teaching is an open access journal, which means all its content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as they cite the source.  The journal licenses all newly-published articles under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0).  Prior to publication, authors will be sent a Copyright Transfer Agreement.

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