Evaluation Criteria for COPPR Submissions
The Program Committee will review all submissions to COPPR. Each submission that passes the minimum bar should be evaluated using the following dimensions. Those submitting a paper, roundtable, open session, or pre-conference workshop should consider the following evaluation criteria that the Program Committee will ask.
- Fit with COPPR
- Does the submission engage with policy process theories or concepts (old, new, emerging) or in developing relevant methods?
- Does it demonstrate potential for productive scholarly exchange?
- Do the keywords capture the essence of the submission to help place the submission into a panel?
- Clarity and Coherence
- Is the research question, argument, or purpose clear?
- Are the methods or approach intelligible?
- Developmental Stage and Readiness
- For a Traditional Panel paper, is the submission sufficiently developed to support a panel discussion?
- For a Workshop Panel paper, does it show a clear direction and capacity for refinement?
- If the submission is already published as an article, book, or book chapter it will not be accepted on a panel.
- Contribution and Interest
- Does the submission offer something of potential interest to the policy process community?
- Is it theoretically, methodologically, or substantively engaging?
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