Penn State University Libraries - Refereed Journals Questionnaire

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Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library

Questionnaire

Please answer these questions as they apply to the typical practices you currently use for accepting the major articles for your journal. 

The questionnaire is intended to apply to feature articles not book reviews, exhibition reviews, shorter notices, and similar contributions.

Journal Title:  ________________________________________________

A. Unsolicited articles are not accepted.

(All articles are invited, commissioned, written by staff, etc.)
--Indicate your answer by writing TRUE or FALSE in this space.

B. Overall, the journal should be included in the following category:

-- Indicate your choice by writing TRUE in the blank space after the appropriate statement
-- Choose only one category

1) Editor Only 

(inclusion in the publication is determined solely by the editor and internal editorial staff.)

2) Peer Review

(articles are accepted by the editor after consultation with other professionals acting as independent readers.  By this we mean advisory board members or other scholars or professionals who read an article and comment to the editor on its merits.)

3) Blind Peer Review

(a specific form of Peer Review in which the names of authors are not usually disclosed to the independent readers.)

C. The methods above sometimes vary

(for special issues, guest editors, conference proceedings, etc.)
--Indicate your answer by writing TRUE or FALSE in this space. (Please explain)

D. Additional comments

(optional)

Please return completed questionnaire by post or email to:

Postal Address

Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library
The Pennsylvania State University
111 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802-1921
USA   

Email:  journalproject@psu.edu

We thank you for your participation.