Who Can Submit?
Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in The Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (JATMI) provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted and the submission has not been published in any other journal or publication.
Authors of accepted articles who have never been a member of ATMI will receive a year membership in ATMI.
Manuscript Submission
The Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction is the official journal of ATMI. JATMI primarily publishes full-length and brief reports of original research but also publishes methodological, review, and theoretical articles at all levels and across genres such as education, theory/composition, musicology, performance and music production, and music technology and music industry. Peer-reviewed, JATMI welcomes contributions from educators, researchers and practitioners who are working with technologies in primary, secondary, and tertiary music education settings as well as unique learning populations. Research should follow academically sanctioned methodology: experimental, case study, ethnographic, or historical.
Blind Review
All manuscripts are submitted to a blind peer-review process.
All submissions are blind peer reviewed by at least two editorial board members, and typically undergo revision until the final decision is made. Receiving a revise and resubmit decision does not mean that the manuscript will be published. Therefore, authors must ensure they are submitting a manuscript that contains no clues to author(s) identity. This includes, but is not limited to, information on the title page, text within the body of the manuscript, as well as citations that may reveal author identity.
Information about the authors will be listed on the Cover sheet which is to be submitted with the article, but as a separate document.
Ethical Guidelines
Authors are expected to follow ethical guidelines and are required to meet the following criteria:
- Submitted manuscripts must be original work.
- The manuscript should not be simultaneously submitted to any other publication.
- The manuscript should not have been published previously in any other publication either in substantially similar forms or with similar content.
- If human subjects were used, the research should adhere to Institutional Review Board requirements (IRB).
- All references to authors and institutions must be removed from the manuscript to ensure a blind review.
If you have concerns about the submission terms, please contact the editor.
Accepted Articles
If an article is accepted, the authors will be asked to sign an agreement/send an email agreeing to the terms of publication (see Appendix A). Then the authors will be asked to finalize all edits through the editors on the timeline noted in the acceptance letter and any continued correspondence.
Formatting Requirements
Format
Manuscripts are to be submitted electronically (in one attachment) in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx) and PDF format. Please use the Submit Article link on the ATMI website: http://www.atmimusic.com/
Articles will be published in PDF format initially as well as web based or Epub formats.
APA Style
In preparing manuscripts, authors should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Authors should use APA Publication Manual guidelines for nondiscriminatory language regarding gender, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic identity, disabilities and age or any other language that results in stereotyping and bias.
Manuscripts should follow the guidelines given below. Manuscripts that do not follow these guidelines will be returned.
Cover Sheet
A cover sheet with the following information should accompany the manuscript:
- contact information of all authors (address, phone, email, title, affiliation),
- title of the article,
- short bio for each person submitting (250 words),
- links to author websites/social media
- keywords for the manuscript for indexing purposes.
Length
Total word count should be no more than 4000 words, all inclusive; longer articles considered at discretion of editorial committee.
Title and Running Title
The first page of the manuscript should include the title of the article. All subsequent pages should include a running head and page number at the top of the page. The title on the title page should match the title that is on the cover sheet and the title on the submission portal.
Abstract
Following APA style, the abstract should provide a concise summary of the manuscript. It should contain the main research topic, research questions, information on participants and methodological procedures, results and implications written in a paragraph format. The abstract should be no more than 200 words.
Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be in-line with the text of the manuscript. The tables and figures should be labeled as indicated in the APA style guide. Tables and figures should be used to illustrate information in the text, not duplicate information.
Pictures and Graphics
For the final submission of the manuscript, all pictures and graphics should be provided in separate files and in high resolution.
Audio and Video
Provide links to any audio and video files in the text of your manuscript for the submission process. If accepted for publication, you will be asked to send the audio and video in mp4 format.
References
References should be included in the submitted manuscript, and should follow the formatting style provided in the APA Publication Manual. Authors should check to ensure all citations are provided in the reference list and that all references are complete.
Citations
APA guidelines for internal citations should be followed.
Copyright
ATMI holds the copyright for the journal itself. Each article is copyrighted by the individual author(s) and licensed/distributed under a Creative Commons – Attribution – Share-alike– Non-Commercial license.