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Special issue information
Call for special issue proposals
The Canadian Journal of Development Studies /Revue canadienne d’études du développement welcomes Special Issue proposals from researchers in the field. Guest editors for special issues manage the review process for their special issue, with full support from our editorial team.
Topics should be within the Aims & Scope of the journal. At present we particularly welcome proposals in: Post-COVID development; Southern paradigms of Development; the Poverty/Climate nexus; and Food and energy security. However, we encourage any topic that has the potential to advance research in the field and generate high-quality scholarship , providing we have not recently published an issue on a closely related area.
- Articles in a special issue can be in either French or English.
- As guest editor(s) you will be selecting suitable reviewers for the submitted articles using our online system; it is vital that you are aware of those working in the area concerned, internationally.
- All articles go through peer review.
- Articles developed from conference presentations or workshops can be considered as a Special Issue. However, they should not have been published elsewhere in their submitted form, either as a collection or as individual articles.
- When submitting an article, authors should follow the Instructions for Authors at the journal’s home page.
Before making a proposal, please look at the last few years of the published journal to ensure that you are not duplicating a topic covered recently as either a Special Issue or Special Section (a shorter collection within a journal issue). Please also consider whether your topic is likely to attract sufficient high-quality research – in particular consider whether the topic is too broad, or too specialized, to be of interest to potential authors.
Making a proposal
Special Issue proposals may be for an ‘open’ call, or for a ‘closed’ call. Closed calls are preferred: this is where the Special Issue guest editors have already identified and obtained agreement to submit an article from specific authors and have details on the proposed articles. In both cases, please prepare an initial proposal in the required format. If your proposal is of interest, we will invite you to submit a full proposal for consideration by the CJDS/ La Revue Editorial Board.
Further information
For a guide to the required proposal format, please contact the managing editor.
Please read the guidance carefully before sending your proposal.