Special Feature: Advice for Novice Researchers Who Wish to Publish Their Results

The JDE staff waits until all reviews are received; JDE's editor then considers the manuscript and the reviewers' recommendations (publish with high priority, publish if space is available, hold pending revision to be reviewed by either the in-house editors or by the original reviewer, or reject). "Have you addressed all the categories in which manuscripts are scored?" (NC) * Remember that tenure and promotion committees value peer-reviewed journals, so in selecting a journal, check to see that articles are reviewed by an editorial board. (BC) * Make sure to match the topic of the manuscript to the journal because some journals prefer qualitative studies, some journals do not publish anything but studies on emerging literacy, and some journals do not publish classroom research studies because they consider them not "rigorous" enough.