Analytics accepts manuscripts highlighting advances in analytics that hold the potential to strengthen research in the field. These manuscripts will focus on innovations in analytics related to research, teaching, and student learning, and their interactions. Of special interest are innovations associated with research strategies, educational measurement, corpus analysis, Large Language models, teaching tools, digital learning ecologies, curricular innovation, classroom instruction, and ethical interpretation and use of information.
Analytics publishes innovations of up to 10,000 words (approximately 40 double spaced manuscript pages, including references). As the section headings below reveal, these manuscripts do not follow the traditional research article genre. Rather, these manuscripts explore innovation (and can include links sandboxes, video, and data sets.
In submitting manuscripts, it is important for authors to realize that the journal aim—to advance multidisciplinary research at the intersection of educational measurement, massive data analysis, digital learning ecologies, and ethical philosophy—is best achieved when manuscripts reporting advances in statistical computing and graphical techniques are attentive to these areas.
Formatting References
References should be formatted using APA style. For instructions on formatting references, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition.
Formatting Text
Please adhere to the following guidelines for formatting article text.
The following titles should be used for the main section headings, and the issues below should be addressed for the corresponding sections.
Scopus Abstract
The Journal of Writing Analytics is indexed by Scopus. We therefore require an abstract of no more than 250 words.
Structured Abstract
The structured abstract (between 500 and 750 words) is categorized by subheadings. The structured abstract should present a comprehensive overview of the innovation in terms of identification of new methods, their exposition, their application, and directions for further research.
Identification of Innovation
The section positions the innovation under examination and explains its significance.
This section includes information on
Exposition of Innovation
The exposition identifies the research gap that the innovation will bridge. Special attention should be paid to the exposition of the identified gap and the ways the innovation will solve existing challenges.
Application of Innovation
The application section describes the usefulness of the innovation. Ideally, examples will be used with existing data sets so that readers will be able to quickly realize the force of the innovation. Methodology here is important so that other researchers may use the innovation on their own data.
Directions for Further Research
Authors should conclude the manuscript with directions for further research that the innovation yields. Special attention should be paid to the principles that will guide future research.
Reviewers' Expectations
See the Reviewer Guidelines for the review criteria used by reviewers of manuscript that address advances in statistical computing and graphical techniques.