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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://ldr.lps.library.cmu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Language Development Research</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (LDR) is soliciting nominations,
including self-nominations, for a new Editor-in-Chief. As an independent open-science journal </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0A0A0A;background:#FEFEFE">(ISSN 2771-7976) founded in 2020</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">,
LDR<i> </i>publishes empirical and theoretical investigations of language development, broadly construed. Submissions are peer-reviewed, and if accepted, are published fully open-access with no publication fees. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The work of the Editor-in-Chief is supported by a team of Action Editors and a 30 member Editorial Board. The incoming Editor-in-Chief’s term is set to begin in March 2025 for
a duration of up to five years (non-renewable). <b>The deadline for nominations is July 1, 2024.</b> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please note, although LDR is seeking nominations for an Editor-in-Chief, joint applications for Co-Editors-in-Chief are also welcome. Letters of interest and questions regarding
the position can be sent to Patricia Brooks (</span><a href="mailto:patricia.brooks@csi.cuny.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">patricia.brooks@csi.cuny.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">),
Head of the LDR Editorial Board, and Danielle Matthews (</span><a href="mailto:danielle.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">danielle.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">),
Member of the LDR Editorial Board and Co-Chair of the Search Committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">LDR is committed to publishing “any empirical or theoretical paper that is relevant to the field of language development and that meets our criteria for rigour, without regard
to the perceived novelty or importance of the findings.” The Editor-In-Chief is responsible for screening submissions for relevance to the journal and compliance with Open Science policies and for assigning an Action Editor. Upon acceptance, the Editor-in-Chief
is responsible for checking that the final manuscript conforms with LDR guidelines, obtaining a DOI, publishing the manuscript, and adding it to the Directory of Open Access Journals.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please reach out if you have interest and share with your colleagues.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">All best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Danielle Matthews and Patty Brooks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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We encourage publishing through Language Development Research (<a href="https://lps.library.cmu.edu/LDR/">https://lps.library.cmu.edu/LDR/</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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