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Information for Authors

The journal provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences which contribute to the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning for students from upper secondary/high school level through to university first degree level. A distinctive feature of the journal is its emphasis on the applications of mathematics and mathematical modelling within the context of mathematics education world-wide. The journal’s readership consists of mathematics teachers, lecturers, students, researchers and those concerned with curriculum development and assessment, indeed anyone concerned about the education of users of mathematics. Contributions to the journal are invited in two forms. Section A consists of peer reviewed articles which conform to the normal standards of an academic journal. Section B consists of contributions which may be more tentative, or eclectic in scope, such as ideas for problems, materials, expressions of controversial views etc. This is to encourage as wide as possible a range of authors, and the journal is keen to publish material contributed by both teachers and students.

1. Manuscripts should be submitted to either of the joint editors: Duncan Lawson or Honor Williams (Email TMA@chi.ac.uk) by email in either MS word or PDF format.

2. All submissions should be written in good English.

3. Authors must give an educational rationale for their work within the article.

4. Contributions are welcomed that uses mathematical techniques covered in school and first year undergraduate mathematics courses.

5. If possible, figures should be provided in a form suitable for publication, please see http://www.oxfordjournals.org/for_authors/ for more information.

6. The Editors will do everything possible to ensure prompt refereeing of submitted articles, and articles will be published as soon as
possible.

7. Copyright: Manuscripts submitted will be expected to contain original work and should not have been published in abridged or other form elsewhere. It is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors assign copyright to The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible.


In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance.

Funding Information

Details of all funding sources for the work in question should be given in a separate section entitled 'Funding'. This should appear before the 'Acknowledgements' section.

The following rules should be followed:

  • The sentence should begin: ‘This work was supported by …’
  • The full official funding agency name should be given, i.e. ‘National Institutes of Health’, not ‘NIH’ (full RIN-approved list of UK funding agencies) Grant numbers should be given in brackets as follows: ‘[grant number xxxx]’
  • Multiple grant numbers should be separated by a comma as follows: ‘[grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]’
  • Agencies should be separated by a semi-colon (plus ‘and’ before the last funding agency)
  • Where individuals need to be specified for certain sources of funding the following text should be added after the relevant agency or grant number 'to [author initials]'.

An example is given here: ‘This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [AA123456 to C.S., BB765432 to M.H.]; and the Alcohol & Education Research Council [hfygr667789].

Language Editing

Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for language. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.

Authors' Biographies

Details of authors' biographies for all contributors should be given in a separate section at the end of the manuscript, together with full contact details.