- Wrong journal
- Too long/short
- Journalism
- Extract from report/dissertation unadapted
- No clear topic
- Too little context
- Too little theory
- Clear gaps in literature
- Polemical
- Research not fully explained
- Failure to relate findings/conclusion to aims/theory/literature
- Language/style not checked
- Text not proofread
- Not 'situated' in comparative education
- Plagiarism/legal issues
For more information see:
Philips, D. (2015). Who gets published? Comparative Education, 51(3), 303-304.
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