[Air-L] (JCEA) CFP for Special Issues (Active Call)

[Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki]

Dear Air-l Subscribers,

Best wishes in 2024!

The JCEA (Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, Editor in Chief 
Professor Dr. Han Woo Park) is putting out an active CFP for Special 
Issue editors and themes. We strongly encourage you to submit your 
proposal for a Special Issue (at least five themed papers) and forward 
this information to your networks.

Here are the guidelines (in text). We look forward to receiving your 
proposals!

(Further submission information can be found at 
https://jceasia.org/submission)

The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia aims to publish one special 
issue per year themed around a current topic that is particularly 
salient at the moment. Special issues are handled by one or more guest 
editors and are comprised of papers that fulfill the same criteria of 
quality, originality, and scientific significance that are applied to 
regular papers. Prospective guest editors should have a strong 
background and network of contacts in order to successfully solicit 
papers, manage the peer-review process, ensure deadlines and maintain 
the journal’s high publishing standards.

Manuscripts for a special issue can be proposed by a guest editor or 
solicited by announcing a Call for Papers. Prospective guest editors 
must submit a formal proposal for a special issue to 
j.c.eastern.asia at gmail.com with the following information:

·    The title of the Special Issue.

·    A brief CV/s of the proposed guest editor/s.

·    A draft of the Call for Papers (300-500 words) that would include a 
statement of the Special Issue’s significance for the Journal of 
Contemporary Eastern Asia, the likely content to be covered and a list 
of topics for papers that would fit within the proposed theme.

·    A timeline. The editors will provide specific timeframes for 
distributing calls for manuscripts, recruiting authors and reviewers, 
and reviewing submissions.

The JCEA Editorial Board will consider the proposal and the proposed 
guest editors will be informed whether or not they will be allowed to 
proceed.

Guest editors should inform authors that since June 2023, the JCEA has 
adopted an APC (article processing charge) system on a sliding scale. 
More information about the APC is available at 
https://jceasia.org/submission.

Guest editors will be responsible for the submission, review, revision, 
and acceptance process with the assistance of the editor-in-chief and 
associate editors. Guest editors will also communicate deadlines and 
format to the contributing authors. If any conflict of interest between 
contributing authors, reviewers and guest editors exists, guest editor/s 
shall disclose that fact to the editor-in-chief to maintain the 
objectivity of the peer-review process. The final acceptance approval 
for each paper will be given by the editor-in- chief. The special issue 
should be completely themed with at least five papers. Guest editors 
will have to write a guest editorial (2-6 pages) describing the guest 
editor(s) intent on presenting the articles, addressing the issue at 
hand, and summarizing the article themes.

Guest editors are not paid for their work.

If you have any questions, please contact me via j.c.eastern.asia at gmail.com

Kind regards,

Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki, Special Issues Editor
Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia