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As the scholarly journal for the National Council of University Research Administrators, the RMR is concerned with the broad range of issues affecting the administration of research and the changing research environment at the national and international levels. The RMR provides a forum for the dissemination of knowledge about the study and practice of the research administration profession. All issues are open to the public and accessible online.
Papers submitted to RMR are examined by at least two reviewers for originality and timeliness in the context of related research. Articles, Notes, Forums, and Case Studies submitted to RMR are shared only with peer reviewers on a double-blind basis during the review process. Book reviews are subject to editorial review. If not accepted for publication, RMR will not circulate the work further and will retain no publication or copyright claims. Reviews generally are completed in 30-90 days, with publication in the next available issue. Please submit revisions along with a list of changes and justification for changes made. Developing issues publish manuscripts on a rolling basis.
Authors retain the copyright to their work published in RMR and are encouraged to make their articles freely available under a Creative Commons license. RMR supports open access and recommends the use of licenses such as CC BY which allows for broad sharing and reuse with appropriate attribution.
Authors submitting a paper to RMR automatically agree to confer a limited, non-transferrable, non-exclusive license to RMR if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. This license allows RMR to publish a manuscript in a given issue.
To improve RMR’s open access characteristics we have adopted a Creative Commons licensing policy, giving the community the opportunity to freely spread contents under a Creative Commons 4.0 by-nc-nd license. The journal does not apply any article processing or submission charge.
Once their article has been accepted for publication, authors grant NCURA a non-exclusive license to publish their work in RMR, while retaining full copyright. This license allows RMR to distribute, archive, and promote the article, and enables authors to reuse and share their work, including under a Creative Commons license of their choice.
All of RMR’s current and archival content is available freely to anyone with Internet connectivity. RMR’s content is completely available in line with notions of open access as expressed in the Budapest Open Access Initiative and related statements and declarations.
RMR does not charge readers or their institutions for access. All authors and readers have the right to download, copy, distribute, modify, create derivative works and display the articles publicly in electronic, digital, or print form, provided that the post-print version of the articles are not sold for a profit and the first Publication by RMR, with a URL link and complete bibliographic details, is referenced. RMR has no article processing charges, page charges, or submission charges; we do not charge authors or their institutions for publishing their work and do not solicit or accept payment for contributions.
Research Management Review does not charge any article processing or submission fees. Our journal is fully sponsored to support equitable access to publication and dissemination of scholarly work.While all articles are openly accessible and reusable, users must properly attribute the work and comply with the licensing terms. Misrepresentation or plagiarism of open access content is strictly prohibited.This open access policy supports compliance with mandates from funding agencies, including those that require public access to research outputs. Authors are encouraged to review and align their submissions with funder policies as needed.All journal issues and articles are openly accessible via the NCURA website and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
RMR and NCURA preserve our journal content. By archiving all published material. We ensure that all our content remains accessible to a future generation of researchers. All journal issues and articles are archived via the NCURA website and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). The NCURA website and ERIC are used as the journal's repository of articles and issues.
The journal uses human and non-human audits to screen for plagiarism and collusion. Plagiarism occurs when taking others' ideas without proper attribution. Collusion occurs when human and/or non-human co-writers are enlisted without attribution. Non-human writers include large language model software such as ChatGPT. AI tools, including those based on machine learning or similar algorithms may be used on a limited basis. Any use of such tools must be fully disclosed and attributed in the manuscript. AI tools are not permitted to be listed as authors and cannot fulfill authorship responsibilities for RMR manuscripts. Authors must verify the accuracy and originality of their manuscripts and remain responsible for all work submitted. Authors should not present AI-generated text without proper vetting for errors such as hallucinations and fake references.
RMR does not charge publication fees.
The Institute of Education Sciences provides long-term preservation where past issues of the journal are currently archived.