臺灣師大特教系特殊教育研究學刊

Editorial Committee Establishment Policy

2006.12.19 Revised and approved by the fifth department affairs meeting
2007.1.16 Revised and approved by the fifth department affairs meeting
2007.10.2 Revised and approved by the first department affairs meeting
2008.5.13 Revised and approved by the seventh department affairs meeting
2011.1.3 Revised and approved by the fourth department affairs meeting
2013.4.2 Revised and approved by the fifth department affairs meeting
2013.5.28 Revised and approved by the seventh department affairs meeting
2013.6.18 Revised and approved by the eighth department affairs meeting
2015.10.13 Revised and approved by the second department affairs meeting
2017.3.7 Revised and approved by the sixth department affairs meeting
2020.2.25 Revised and approved by the fifth department affairs meeting

I. To encourage special education-related academic research and exchanges and to enhance the quality of submissions, this department established the “Editorial Committee for the Bulletin of Special Education” (hereafter referred to as the “Committee”).

II. The tasks of the Committee are as follows:
      1. Plan the editorial direction of the bulletin;
      2. Establish the bulletin’s review methods and operational flow;
    3. Edit, print, and distribute the bulletin;
    4. Perform other editorial related tasks.

III. The Bulletin of Special Education is published three times annually in March, July, and November.

IV. The Committee comprises 15 members, at most 7 from within the department and at least 8 from outside the department, and each member shall hold a 1-year-term. The Head of the Department shall be a de facto member. The editorial committee members must have a position of assistant professor or above and shall have expertise in either the gifted or the disability field. At least one expert in the gifted field from within the department and from outside the department, and two experts in the disability field from within the department and from outside the department shall be elected as committee members.

V. Members from this department shall be selected at the last department affairs meeting of the school year. Under the principle of dispersed expertise, at least two sitting members shall be retained and other member seats shall be filled based on votes or recommendations.

VI. Full-time teachers from the department shall make a recommend list of 12 extra-department candidates during the mentioned department affairs meeting. The candidates shall be appointed by the chief of the Department in priority order after receiving consultative consent from other members.

VII. The committee members include the editor in chief, executive editor, and assistant editor. One editor in chief shall be elected by the editorial members and hold the position for 1 year after appointment. One executive editor shall be elected by the editorial members and hold the position for 1 year after appointment. The assistant editor position shall be held by a teaching assistant from the department or an assistant for the bulletin, and shall be appointed by the Head of the Department. Please refer to the “List of Editorial Responsibilities” of this publication for the responsibilities of the editorial members.

VIII. When an editorial member is absent over the course of his/her term for various reasons, the department head shall assign a representative and re-elect a new editorial member, according to relevant rules and regulations, at a departmental affairs meeting following 1 month of absence. When the Editor-in-Chief is absent over the course of his/her term for various reasons, the department head shall assign a representative and re-elect a new Editor-in-Chief at a provisional editorial board meeting following 1 month of absence.

IX. For an effective review and editing process, the editorial board should be appointed in October and execute the review and editing of academic journals for the subsequent year. In the event of a transition between a former and new Editor-in-Chief, if the members of the review board have reviewed a manuscript and intend to submit it to the Editor-in-Chief for confirmation, the review board members shall consult and cooperate with the former Editor-in-Chief until the manuscript review process is complete. This process is not limited to the Editor-in-Chief’s term of office. In cases when a manuscript is still in process of review, the new Editor-in-Chief shall be responsible for the subsequent review process of the manuscript.

X. The committee shall hold meeting prior to the publication of a bulletin. The number of members attending meeting shall exceed one-half of the number of members for the entire committee.

XI. These measures, and their amendments, shall be implemented following approval during a department affairs meeting.

Table of Editor and Reviewer Responsibilities for the Bulletin of Special Education

	Term	Designation method	Responsibility
Editorial board member	One year	Recommended by participants of the department affairs meeting	1. Be present at the editorial board meeting. 2. Recommend editors-in-chief and executive editors. 3. Recommend review committee members. 4. Assume the duties of a responsible editor according to the respective submission field, such as pre-reviewing responsible manuscripts, reviewing controversial manuscripts, and providing written comments. 5. Assist in addressing controversial manuscripts and tasks related to editing.
Editor-in-chief	One year	Elected by members of the editorial board	1. Convene the editorial board of the bulletin. 2. Designate responsible editors to respective submission fields. 3. Pre-review manuscripts with the executive editor and the editorial board member responsible for the editing. 4. Choose review committee members with the executive editor based on the list suggested by the editorial board. 5. Confirm and process the initial review result with the executive editor.
Executive editor	One term	Elected by members of the editorial board	1. Pre-review manuscripts with the editor-in-chief and the editorial board member responsible for the editing. 2. Select review committee members with the editor-in-chief based on the list suggested by the editorial board. 3. Contact and send the review committee the manuscript. 4. Collect and organize reviewer comments. If the manuscript requires revision, the executive editor should notify the author accordingly. 5. Confirm and process the initial review result with the editor-in-chief. 6. Inspect manuscript revisions and related comments and explanations. 7. Organize comments concerning controversial manuscripts and submit them to the editorial board for discussion. 8. Inform the author of the review result. 9. Organize the digital files containing the final manuscripts that have passed the reviewing stage, and deliver the files to the assistant editor.
Assistant editor		Designated by the department head	1. Call for paper submissions. 2. Collect manuscripts and conduct format check. 3. Send manuscripts that pass the format check to the executive editor and notify the authors of manuscripts that do not pass the format check. 4. Manage affairs related to review fees. 5. Deliver the digital files containing the final manuscripts to a printing press for composition and printing. 6. Contact the author to conduct the first proof. 7. Complete tasks related to follow-up proof and printing. 8. Distribute and deliver the bulletin to the contributors, affiliated institutions, and advisors by mail .

Note 1: If a member of the editorial board is the contributor, the board member should avoid performing any review tasks related to the manuscript.
Note 2: If the editor-in-chief or executive editor is the contributor, the reviewers are selected by another party.