Writing Quality Manuscripts for the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the components of a quality Clothing and Textiles Research Journal (CTRJ) manuscript from the perspectives of different categories of scholarship including qualitative or quantitative data analyses. The expectations for the content and quality of the typical manuscript sections are discussed. These sections commonly include the introduction, review of literature, method, results, and conclusion, although terminology may vary according to varied disciplinary norms. The conceptual or theoretical framework segment is also discussed. Overall, conceptual terms should be used consistently, key concepts/variables should be defined, the manuscript should be clearly and logically organized, and the writing should be clear, careful, and logical. Ethics and intellectual property rights are discussed as is the CTRJ review process.