1. Faith Maina Ph.D. (SUNY Oswego) Kefa Otiso Ph.D. (Bowling Green) Francis Koti Ph.D. (Northern Alabama)

2.  Purpose  Overview of peer review process  Elements included in quality review  Practice review

3.  Overview of Peer Review Process Editor in Chief Associate Editor Managing Editor

4.  Review Process Associate Editor Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Reviewer 3

6.   Specific (differentiate from the thousands of articles in the area)  Concise (15 words or less)  Variables (what exactly is being studied)  Participants (who is in the study)  Main title and subtitle (specific variables) Titles

7.   Concise (100-250 words)  Purpose of study  Research methodology (qualitative)  Instruments (interviews, surveys, content analysis, observations)  Results (only highlights) Abstracts

8.   Introduce the problem area  Establish its importance  Provide an overview of the relevant literature  Show how the current study will advance knowledge in the area  Describe specific questions, purposes in the last paragraph of this section Introductions & Literature Reviews

9.   Selective referencing (citing only important references)  Critical review (strengths and weaknesses of previously done studies)  Currency of the literature (published in recent years)  Limited use of direct quotes  Topic to topic (themes)  Coherent essay with logical transitions  Conceptual definition (brief) Literature Reviews

10.   Setting (study site)  Population (who resides in that site)  Sampling  Instruments  Procedure Methodology

11.   Sample Population/ only those who participated in the study)  Diverse (if this is significant to the research question)  Demographics (age, gender, level of education, job group etc.)  Size (if small, consider profiling each participant) Sampling

12.   Interviews (actual interview schedule)  Focus group interviews (organized around themes)  Content analysis (documents, videos, pictures etc.)  Observation (observation schedule) Instruments

13.   Entry into study site  Letters seeking permission from relevant authorities  Informed consent for participants  Administration of instruments Procedure

14.   Coding (method of analysis)  Trustworthiness  Member checking  Descriptions of observations  Clearly organized by themes (allow voice of participants to be heard through direct quotes) Analysis and Results

15.   Brief summary of purpose and highlights of results  Limitations (methodological flaws)  Link to literature (only work cited in the introduction and literature review)  Interpretation of results (offer explanation of unexpected findings)  Implications (what actions should be taken)  Future research (point to a specific direction) Discussion, Conclusions & Outcomes

16.   Only the work cited in the text  APA style References

17.  Practice Exercise

18.  For each one, rate the extent of appropriateness where 5 is the highest rating. N/A (not applicable) I/I (insufficient information to make a judgement)  Title Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain:  Abstract Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain:  Introduction Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain: Evaluating a Manuscript Practice Exercise

19.  Literature  Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain: Sample  Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain: Instrument  Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain: Review Cont.’

20.   Analysis Results Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain:  Discussion and Conclusion Very satisfactory 54321 Very unsatisfactory NA I/I Explain: Review Cont.’

22.  Role of Reviewer  Provide a rating (reject, invite major/minor revisions, accept)  Comments to authors  Professional and respectful tone  Corrective feedback  Confidential comments to associate editor