JATMI Submission Directions

Thank you for considering a submission to the Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction.

To submit an article to JATMI, follow the steps outlined below.

1. From the journal’s homepage, click the Submit Article link in the sidebar. You will be prompted to log in with an email address and password.  (If you don’t have a bepress account, you will need to create one.)

2. Submission Instructions appear first. Information required for submission and other important guidelines are outlined. Click Continue.

3. The Submission Agreement appears next. You must click Accept to continue.

4. Confirm your contact information. Click Continue.

5. If applicable, enter co-authors as follows:

  • Enter co-author’s email address, and click Add author. If you do not have an email address or do not want emails sent to the author regarding the status of the manuscript, click Add author and leave the email address field blank. We would prefer that all authors have an email address indicated.
  • Next, enter the co-author’s name and affiliationClick Add to list of authors. Repeat these steps for each co-author.
  • A drop-down menu next to each author’s name allows you to re-order the authors. Delete authors by clicking the Delete button next to the name. To edit an author’s name or affiliation, click the Edit button next to the name.

6. If the names and affiliations of the authors are entered exactly as they should appear on the published manuscript, click Continue.

7. Complete the submission form and then press Submit. More on the submission guidelines are found on the ATMI website. The submission form fields include:

  • Article title: Please enter as you want it to appear in the journal
  • Short Title: This is the running title you put in your document. Limit: 65 characters.
  • Keywords: Indicate keywords that would help in finding your article with a search engine.
  • Discipline: Enter one or more disciplines from the list provided. Music can be found under Arts & Humanities -> Music
  • Document type: Choose from the list of types provided (article, book review, technology review, response to article, video presentation). Accepted articles will appear in the journal under these titles.
  • Abstract: Following APA style, the abstract should provide a concise summary of the manuscript. It should contain the main research topic, research questions, information on participants and methodological procedures, results and implications written in a paragraph format. The abstract should be no more than 200 words.
  • Cover page footnote: leave blank
  • Full text submission: upload your article here. Please upload the article in Microsoft Word format.
  • Cover letter: Upload the JATMI submission cover sheet.

8. You will then view an on-screen message, confirming that your submission is complete. You can preview the submission, make corrections, and upload associated files (e.g., sound files, associated video files). Supplemental files will display by default upon publication.

9. When finished, click Log out. The submission is now complete.

As soon as the manuscript is submitted, an email will notify the editor(s) of the submission, and the editorial process begins.

To review your submissions, you can go to the JATMI website and click on “My Account” in the footer.