2018 Autumn ICC Postg- Assessment-Zhu-SDU.pdf 

Manuscript Criteria 

The fitness of a manuscript for publication is carefully reviewed based on each of the dimensions listed below.

1. Significance/relevance to the chosen topic 
2. Conceptual framework (connections to relevant constructs in literature)
3. Methods (if manuscript is an empirical study)
   1. Appropriateness to questions
   2. Adequate description of methods (including data collection and analysis)
   3. Rigor of methods
4. Findings/conclusions are literature or data-based
5. Overall contribution to the field
6. Writing style/composition/clarity