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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • I, the submitting author, warrant that I shall be the point of contact throughout the peer review and proofreading process (if applicable).
  • I warrant that we have strictly followed the Author Guidelines.
  • I am authorized by all co-authors to submit this version of the manuscript and to be their spokesperson during the review process and beyond.
  • This manuscript – or a very similar version – has not been previously published, or is under consideration elsewhere.
  • The submitted manuscript is original, and that neither it nor any illustration or supplementary material, or any part thereof, are in any way in violation of any existing original or derivative copyright.
  • The submitted manuscript contains nothing obscene, indecent, objectionable or libelous according to generally accepted norms.
  • Any interests that might impair the credibility of the manuscript are disclosed in the cover letter to the Editor, that may be uploaded as supplementary material during step four of the submisssion process.
  • If submitting a research article, I, the submitting author, confirm that the research meets ethical guidelines, including adherence to the legal requirements of the study country. I confirm that all necessary consents and approvals have been obtained, and that the research and publication has been approved by the relevant ethics committee/review board where this is required.
  • A title page and cover letter should be uploaded as a separate document. See
    Author Guidelines    .

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted to Nordisk barnehageforskning should strictly follow the specifications in Author guidelines.

  1. Before you submit your manuscript, we ask you to read the guidelines closely. Articles that do not follow the formal requirements will be returned to the author.
  2. The manuscript should not exceed 8000 words. This includes summaries, bibliography and any tables and figures.
  3. In addition to the manuscript, the author must submit a summary (brief) of a maximum of one page. This summary is in addition to the maximum length of the manuscript.
  4. Manuscripts may be written in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or English. 
  5. At the stage of submission, all articles must be thoroughly edited and proofread.
  6. All authors must fulfil our criteria for authorship. Please see our list of criteria.

Copyright Notice

Authors contributing to Nordisk barnehageforskning (Nordic Early Childhood Educational Research) retain the copyright of their article but agree to publish their articles under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License.

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