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Editorial Standards for Journal of School Safety Leadership

Submissions and published content must:

  • Address topics directly relevant to school and campus safety and security, including threat assessment, emergency preparedness, physical security, mental health integration, policy, law, technology, and leadership practices
  • Be applicable to practitioners, administrators, policymakers, or researchers who hold responsibility for school safety at the campus, district, state, or national level
  • Reflect current, evidence-informed practice-  submissions should draw on research, data, or documented field experience published or validated within the past 10 years. Exceptions apply to foundational works, landmark case studies where no comparable newer examples exist, longitudinal datasets, and governing policy documents that remain the authoritative source
  • Clearly identify the author's credentials, organizational affiliation, and any relevant disclosures, including conflicts of interest
  • Meet standards of factual accuracy and be supported by cited sources, direct practitioner experience, or documented case evidence
  • Be written for a practitioner-facing audience,  accessible to working school safety professionals, while maintaining rigor appropriate for a professional journal

Submissions and published content must not:

  • Serve primarily as promotional material for a specific vendor, product, or commercial service. Content authored by industry representatives is not automatically excluded, but must provide substantive educational or policy value independent of any commercial interest
  • Make unsubstantiated claims, present contested findings as settled, or omit material context that would affect how a reader interprets the work
  • Reflect partisan political advocacy. Policy analysis and legislative commentary are welcome; content that functions as campaign or advocacy material for specific candidates, parties, or ballot measures is not
  • Disclose sensitive operational security details,  such as specific school site vulnerabilities, access control configurations, or law enforcement response protocols,  that could create risk if widely distributed
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