Cfp: Journal of Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science (JRDS)

Call for papers for new Special Issue on Mixed Methods

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science (JRDS) devoted to 'Mixed Methods'.

The guest editors of special issue 3.2. (2016):
• Anna Kuznik, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej-Zakład Translatologii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski: Anna.Kuznik@uwr.edu.pl
• Joan Miquel Verd, Departament de Sociologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: JoanMiquel.Verd@uab.cat

Suitable topics for submission by potential contributors include, but are not limited to:
• Differences and complementarities between quantitative and qualitative research
• Examples of studies carried out with the Mixed Methods approach
• Sequencing of research through time
• New technological tools and the older ones revisited
• New forms for presenting results
• Revision of methodological literature and studies connected with the Mixed Methods approach
• Methodological problems encountered in the crossing of all the fields covered by JRDS, dealing with the necessary connection of quantitative and qualitative research
-methodological challenges of carrying out studies in a multilingual and/or business contexts
• Interdisciplinarity with other fields, not mentioned here
• Ethical and legal issues involved doing a Mixed Methods research
• Methodological implications of knowledge transfer between universities and institutional or business sectors

The proposed time schedule for this special issue is as follows:
• 01/03/2016 - Deadline for manuscripts
• 31/05/2016 - Feedback from peer review (acceptance/ revision/ rejection)
• 15/09/2016 - Submission of final versions according to suggestions of referees
• 15/11/2016 - Feedback from proof-reading
• 01/12/2016 - Submission of final versions of proofs
• 15/12/2016 - Publication of papers in the journal website

The submission guidelines can be found at: [url=http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/JRDS/about/submissions]http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/JRDS/about/submissions[/url]

Submissions for articles (original research), previously anonymized, should have from 6,000 to 10,000 words (including all elements of text).

Submissions for book reviews should have from 2,000 to 3,000 words (including all elements of text). You can submit a book review directly to both guest editors of the special issue or you can send your book for review to one of the journal editors.

View the full details of this call for papers as a PDF here.