ABOUT JIR

Scope and Focus

JIR features theoretical and empirically-based research articles, case studies, and classroom innovations relevant to best practices in post-secondary instruction (including teaching, learning and assessment). Manuscripts must be supported with theoretical justification, evidence, and/or research; qualitative and quantitative inquiry methods are appropriate. Manuscripts must be appropriately grounded within relevant literature.

Target Audience

Manuscripts published in JIR are relevant to a broad audience of college faculty and administrators. Readers benefiting from JIR include full-time, part-time, face-to-face, hybrid, and online faculty. As a cross-disciplinary journal, JIR emphasizes topics and articles that are generalizable across a range of disciplines.

Indexing and Promotion

To facilitate article dissemination, JIR is indexed via:

• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• EBSCO host

To submit your manuscript for publication consideration, view the submission guidelines and link at: http://cirt.gcu.edu/jir/submissionguidelines. Deadline for submission  is February 1

Editorial Advisory Board

• Amber Dailey-Hebert, PhD, Park University, USA, AD[email protected]
• Amy Benton, PhD, Samford University, USA, 
• Ann H. Taylor, PhD, Penn State University, USA, [email protected] 
• Emily Donnelli-Sallee, PhD, Park University, USA, [email protected]
• Eric Klein, Ph.D, Ashford University, USA, [email protected]
• Jeff Cranmore, PhD, Grand Canyon University, USA, [email protected] 
• Melanie Meyer, PhD, John Hopkins University, [email protected] 
• Meredith Rae Critchfield, PhD, Grand Canyon University, USA, [email protected]
• Steven J. McGahan, M.S.Ed, University of Nebraska, Kearney, USA, [email protected]

Journal of Instructional Research (JIR) is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access.