"The Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (JWM) is launching a new article type: Research Interrupted — designed to spotlight meaningful and robust STEM education research that was prematurely terminated due to recent shifts in federal funding priorities. JWM recognizes the immense intellectual and emotional labor that you, as researchers, invest in these important projects, and we want to create a platform to elevate the insights from these projects so they can be shared, valued, and built upon.

Research Interrupted articles will be shorter in length than our traditional articles (under 4,000 words), with abbreviated literature reviews. Peer reviewers will receive guidance to calibrate the same quality standards for traditional JWM articles to the nature of the interrupted research. To reduce financial burden on authors, we have negotiated a reduced Gold Open Access APC with our publisher (from $1,500 to $750 for verified terminated projects). Green Open Access remains free of charge.

JWM recognizes it has been a difficult year for our communities, and we are here to support you. We are now accepting Letters of Intent to submit (LOI) through December 31, 2025. LOIs will indicate that authors plan to submit a full manuscript before December 2027. This is not a special issue; instead, Research Interrupted articles will be incorporated into future issues of the journal, following the same process as traditional JWM articles."

For more information, please see the full announcement