Are there any particular research methodologies which the journal favours?
I don’t believe the journal has a bias in favour of, or is opposed to, any particular methods. For a number of reasons quantitative empirical studies are more common than qualitative studies. I think that has more to do with the difficulty of presenting qualitative research in a relatively short article than with a bias in favour of quantitative efforts. We are open to all methods. You welcome “thought pieces” or viewpoints. Can you say more about what is meant here and what makes a good article of this type? Whatever is submitted to the journal, I think the basic test is whether or not the article stimulates thinking and/or otherwise adds to the knowledge base. It is not necessary for an author to collect or analyse data to be published in the journal. To me, a ‘think piece’ is one where the author reports his or her informed views of some topic based on a review of the extant knowledge base. There must be an original contribution, however. It would not be enough to simply provide a r
