About this journal
Aims and scope
Multicultural Perspectives (MCP) promotes the philosophy of social justice, equity, and inclusion. It celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength that enriches the fabric of society. MCP encourages a range of material from academic to personal perspectives; poetry and art; articles of an academic nature illuminating the discussion of cultural pluralism and inclusion; articles and position papers reflecting a variety of disciplines; and reviews of film, art, and music that address or embody multicultural forms. Its main audience is K-12 educators, social scientists, governmental social service personnel, teacher educators, and those involved in multicultural education. MCP is published four times a year by the National Association for Multicultural Education. Many more manuscripts are submitted each year than can be published. Following the guidelines stipulated on the Instruction for Authors page will enhance the likelihood of the manuscript's acceptance. Articles are reviewed by a panel of reviewers under an anonymized review process.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 55K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.8 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.487 (2023) SNIP
- 0.274 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 17% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR
Kevin Roxas
Western Washington University
SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Alyssa Hadley Dunn
University of Connecticut
ASSISTANT TO THE EDITORS
Elizabeth Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Bernard Beck - Associate Editor, Media Images, Northwestern University
Maria Jose Botelho - Associate Editor, Guide to New Resources, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robin Brenneman - Associate Editor, Educational Film Reviews
Ming Fang He - Associate Editor, Guide to New Resources, Georgia Southern University
Helen Maniates - Associate Editor, Guide to New Resources, University of San Francisco
Cherly E. Matias - Associate Editor, Guide to New Resources, University of Colorado Denver
Isabel Nunez - Associate Editor, Guide to New Resources, Concordia University Chicago
EDITORIAL BOARD
Wayne Au - University of Washington, Bothell
Gloria Ladson Billings - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Li-Rong Lilly Chang - California State University, San Marcos
Christine Clark - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Carlos Cortes - University of California, Riverside
Alice Duhon-Ross - Walden University
Nancy Gallavan - Central Arkansas University
Geneva Gay - University of Washington, Seattle
Maureen Gillette - Northeastern Illinois University
Donna M. Gollnick - National Council for the Accreditation of College Teacher Education
Carl Grant - University of Wisconsin, Madison
William A. Howe - Connecticut State Department of Education
Evelyn Hu DeHart - Brown University
Kevin Kumashiro - University of Illinois at Chicago
Darren Lund - University of Calgary
Patricia Marshall - North Carolina State University
H. Richard Milner IV - Vanderbilt University
Sonia Nieto - University of Massachusetts
Valerie Ooka Pang - San Diego State University
Cornel Pewewardy - Portland State University
Francisco Rios - Western Washington University
Cinthia Salinas - The University of Texas at Austin
Christine Sleeter - California State University, Monterey Bay
Omiunota Ukpokodu - University of Missouri, Kansas City
Debbie Wei - Philadelphia Public Schools
Abstracting and indexing
Multicultural Perspective is Abstracted/Indexed in:
- EBSCOhost
- Academic Search Alumni Edition
- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Search Elite
- Academic Search Premier
- Academic Search Ultimate
- Advanced Placement Source
- Current Abstracts
- Education Research Complete
- Education Research Index
- Education Source
- Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
- Political Science Complete
- SocINDEX
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
- Elsevier BV
- Scopus
- ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
- ProQuest
- Education Database
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Online), Selective
- PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service), Selective
- Professional ProQuest Central
- ProQuest 5000
- ProQuest 5000 International
- ProQuest Central
- Research Library
- Social Science Premium Collection
- Taylor & Francis
- Educational Research Abstracts Online
- Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online)
Open access
Multicultural Perspectives is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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Society information
National Association for Multicultural Education
Society website: http://www.nameorg.org/
About NAME:
NAME is an organization that brings together individuals and groups with an interest in multicultural education from all levels of education, different academic disciplines and from diverse educational institutions and occupations. Educators from preschool through higher education and representatives from business and communities comprise NAME's membership.
To become a member of the National Association for Multicultural Education , complete the online membership application form.
[ www.viethconsulting.com/members/newmem/registration.php?orgcode=NAME]
For more information please contact [email protected]
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