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Editorial

The editorial is a preface to the issue. It is written by the editorial team. The editorial introduces the contents of the issue and gives an overview of the main contributions.

Articles / Aufs?tze Science (full paper),

Contributions to this section should be no longer than about 7,000 words. Essays can be submitted on the author's initiative, suggested by the editors or recommended by professors. All papers will be peer-reviewed before a decision on publication is made. The abstract should be written in both German and English.

Usually, there are the following categories:

Qualitative or quantitative research papers that empirically explore and investigate a phenomenon, problems, or data, using different theoretical and methodological approaches. Research findings should be understandable to non-specialist readers.
Case studies: description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of a single case or group of cases. They should be rich in descriptive detail, but also interesting to a broader audience, pointing out what implications the case has for practice and scholarship (What can we learn from the case?).
Management Concepts: Description of an applied concept for a management function or a specific task or project. Ideally, the concept is novel and innovative, and it is useful for broad application. Basic literature on terms and concepts should be included.

Trends / Good Practice

Contributions to this section should be no longer than approximately 2,000-3,000 words.

These contributions describe either new, innovative trends in nonprofit management, which may not yet have been sufficiently researched, but which are becoming important in practice.

Furthermore, good practices can be described in this section, individual cases that show particularly good practices worth emulating.

Photos are welcome in these sections.

These contributions also go through the review process.

Peer Review Process

Publication process or peer review process

The Journal of Nonprofit Management is published on a university server and archived electronically.
The quality of the articles is assured by the editorial board and an anonymous peer review process.
This process is the same as for journals, which are edited exclusively by professors and produced by academic publishers.

All articles in the Journal of Nonprofit Management go through a process of academic quality control before they are published.

How does peer review work?

The peer review process is initially designed to provide quality assurance for the journal. It is also intended to guarantee error correction and improvement of texts, as well as to contribute comments and ideas from reviewers to enhance the content of the articles.

About the procedure:

The Editorial Board reviews the submitted articles and examines them with regard to the suitability of topic, content and the respective article format. If the article appears suitable, the Editorial Board selects 1-2 reviewers.

The reviewers decide along the systematic:

• Acceptance without revision
• Acceptance after revision
• Acceptance after revision and review by reviewers
• Rejection

Criteria for review include:

Consideration of the state of research and classification of the contribution in the disciplinary context.
theoretical foundation of the paper
scientific and/or social relevance,
methodological quality: appropriateness, level and seriousness of the empirical procedure
quality of the linguistic presentation
scientific and/or empirical innovation and topicality of the trends / good practices presented

This journal provides free access (open access) to its content, in line with the basic assumption that the free public availability of research benefits a worldwide exchange of knowledge.

A separate page has been created for the submission of contributions, where we go into more detail on your questions on this topic and describe the process in detail. There you will also find a compact checklist on this topic.

The journal is usually published with two issues per year, there is a call for articles per issue, which is published here on the site and also shared in the network. In this call for articles a main topic is named and also the deadlines for submission. In general, these are always 31.12. and 30.6. of each year.

Yes, the editorial office will contact the author. If the article is accepted without the need for changes, the author will receive feedback from the editorial team. The article must then be approved for publication. If the reviewers or the editors have suggestions for corrections and improvements, there will be information about the time period in which the text is to be edited.

Once the text has passed the editorial and review process, it is usually published. The Journal of Nonprofit Management reserves the right not to publish already accepted and edited texts without giving reasons.

Each author is responsible for the content of his/her text. This applies in particular to all ethical requirements for scientific texts, observance of copyright and avoidance of plagiarism. Published texts do not reflect the views of the editors and publishers. The author indemnifies the Journal of Nonprofit Management from all claims of third parties that may arise from violations of copyright protection.

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Publisher

Prof. Dr. Gesa Birnkraut

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Loer

Editorial office

Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
Albrechtstrasse 30

49076 Osnabrück

E-Mail: jnpm-redaktion@hs-osnabrueck.de

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