MusPed:Research is a peer-reviewed series of scholarly publications within the field of music pedagogy. The series stems from the cross-disciplinary and multi-institutional research network Musikkpedagogikk i utvikling (MiU) [Music Pedagogy in Development] – established by NTNU’s Department of Teacher Education, the Department of Music, Nord University, and Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education – and is published by Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP.
Read the statues of the music research network MiU here.
The series will offer anthologies and monographs, all published Open Access, the first of which is due to be released in mid-2020. Click here to see all coming titles.
MusPed:Research will publish research on topics within music pedagogy. In particular, specific music pedagogical topics and questions will be considered, as well as topics in the intersection between disciplines, subject areas and research areas that are usually kept apart in educational and research contexts, yet are intertwined elements in music educational practices in early childhood institutions, schools, higher education and society at large. The series aims to contribute to new knowledge across alignments and traditions, and to inspire dialogue between researchers and educators from different cultures within the broad landscape of music education.
MusPed:Research has an open submission policy and welcomes ideas for scholarly anthologies and monographs on music pedagogical issues. Proposals will be assessed by the series’ Editorial Advisory Board, and one of the Board’s members will act as co-editor on accepted publications. All publications will be subject to independent peer review. For further practical information, please see the series’ Requirements and Standards for Project Descriptions and Manuscript Preparation.
All publications in the MusPed:Research series are published with the CC BY or CC BY NC licence.
Editor:
Elin Angelo, Professor of Music Eduction, Ph.D., NTNU, Department of Teacher Education
Editorial Advisory Board:
Jens Knigge, Professor of Music Education, Dr. Phil., Nord University
Morten Sæther, Professor of Music Education, Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education
Wenche Waagen, Professor of Music Education, NTNU, Department of Music
The series is published by NOASP, Cappelen Damm Akademisk. All content is published Open Access.
The series is open to all submissions of proposals and completed manuscripts.
Proposals should be sent at an early stage in the writing process, via email to the editor, with a project description as an attachment. If the project description is accepted, the manuscript, when completed, should be sent via email to the editor.
MusPed:Research practices ‘double-blind’ peer review, where neither referees nor authors are informed of one another’s identities. Prior to submission to the peer-review process, manuscripts are evaluated by the editor and advisory board, and once the peer-review process is concluded, the final decision regarding publication rests with the responsible editor.
All submissions are routinely checked for plagarism via Ithenticate.
The series publishes manuscripts in the Scandinavian languages and English. Anthologies comprised of articles in different languages are permitted. All manuscript submissions must be prepared in accordance with the standards set forth in the series’ Author Guidelines.
As an author in MusPed:Research you retain the copyright and full publishing rights for your article.
Elin Angelo (for the Editorial Advisory Board): elin.angelo@ntnu.no
Simon Aase (for the publisher): simon.Aase@cappelendamm.no
Author Guidelines for MusPed:Research
MusPed:Research is a scholarly series published by NOASP/Cappelen Damm Akademisk. Once a project has been evaluated, the author(s) will also be informed of the estimated publication fee. The publication fee is to be paid by the author/publishing fund at the institution the author is affiliated with.
All texts to be included in an edition of the series must be prepared in accordance with the two sets of instructions, as described below: 1) instructions for preparation and submission of a project proposal, sent in the initial phase of the project, and 2) instructions for preparation and submission of the finished manuscript. Authors and editors must follow these guidelines carefully.
Project descriptions are to be sent as attachments to an email to the editor. Project descriptions shall be identifiable, that is, not anonymized. MusPed:Research publishes anthologies comprised of 6-12 chapters and monographs of up to 300 pages.
The following must be included in the project description:
The series publishes manuscripts in the Scandinavian languages and English. Anthologies comprised of articles in different languages are permitted.
All anthology chapters and monographs must have an abstract of up to 150-250 words. The abstract should introduce the subject matter of the text, describe what has been researched and how, and state for whom/what the text has relevance. The abstract should be in italics and placed on the first page between the title and the keywords. If the article is written in one of the Scandinavian languages, the author must also include a translated English version of the abstract and the title. The English abstract (preceded by the English title) is to be placed between the title and the original abstract.
The manuscript must include 4-6 keywords, placed after the abstract and before the introduction. If the article is written in one of the Scandinavian languages, keywords should also be translated into English and included along with the English abstract and title.
Anthology chapters may be between 5-9,000 words in length. Text should be written in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font size, and 1.5 line-spacing. The left and right margins should be 2.5 cm wide, and text should be justified (with straight margins on each side). Use a hard return and indent with the tab key to indicate a new paragraph. Monographs may be up to 300 pages (in total, including references, etc.) and must also be formatted as described above.
Titles and headings should be simple, straightforward and refer to the main topic. Use no more than three heading levels. Sub-heading level 1 should be in bold, level 2 in italics.
Other non-textual content (such as figures, photos, illustrations, audio and video clips) should be placed in the manuscript precisely where the author would like it to be in relation to the text. All non-textual content should be appropriately numbered and have an explanatory title. These titles are to be in Times New Roman, 11 pt., and placed above the figure, photo or other content. For all other content included in the manuscript, the author must submit, along with the manuscript, written confirmation that rights necessary for use of the material have been secured.
Footnotes are permitted, but their use should be kept to a minimum.
Short, direct citations should be in quotation marks, as in these examples: “Music is found in all the situations of life, from everyday activities to the great rituals of chiefs and kings,” notes Christopher Small (1980, p. 50). Or: «Music is found in all the situations of life, from everyday activities to the great rituals of chiefs and kings» (Small, 1980, p. 50). A longer direct citation – over 40 words – should be in an indented paragraph offset from the text, with a blank line above and below, and without quotation marks.
With regard to in-text citations and reference lists, MusPed:Research follows APA style, see instructions here.
The author’s name, institutional affiliation and email address should be placed at the very end of the article.
MusPed:Research is a series of scientific publications. As such, editorial processes will be in keeping with standard practices for scientific publishing, and all potential publications will be subject to peer review. The responsible editor will send an anonymized version of the manuscript under consideration to at least one independent referee. If the referee(s) recommends publication, the author will be sent the referee’s(s’) specific comments and affords the opportunity to revise the text accordingly, prior to publication. After the final manuscript is typeset, the author will have the opportunity to proofread the first proof. All authors will receive a PDF file of the print-ready version of their own article.
The series MusPed:Research will be published Open Access in digital formats on NOASP/CDA, under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 International license. The license allows others to freely download, distribute, change, remix and build upon the author’s work, for commercial or non-commercial purposes, as long as the author is properly credited.
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