Call for submissions: Using AI for Research
Guest post by Elsie Elder, Associate Editor, Sage Research Methods
The Sage Research Methods editorial team is pleased to announce that we are now accepting proposals for our next collection, Using AI for Research.
This collection will provide social and behavioural science researchers and students with urgently needed clear, critical, practical guidance for using AI across the research lifecycle. It will address Understanding & Evaluating AI Use in Research, and the use of AI tools for Literature Review and Evidence Synthesis, Research Design and Planning, Data Collection and Management, Analysis and Interpretation, and Writing and Dissemination.
Using AI for Research will provide learners with resources that help them use AI critically and effectively. This includes understanding when not to use AI and how to recognise and manage its limitations, alongside its potential to enhance and expand what researchers can do, opening new ways to generate insights and work more efficiently across the research lifecycle.
If you have used AI in your research, we’d like you to share your advice and experience through one of our articles. Your article could be a case study, guide, teaching dataset, or video interview or tutorial. Each text-article will bepeer-reviewed prior to acceptance for publication.
Case Study (2,000-5,000 words):Write about the experience of conducting a specific research project. Focus on the methodological and practical challenges, key decisions, and lessons learned. You can find an example here: Learning Engagement in Academic Writing Classes Via Translanguaging Among English Majors: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study
Guide (2,000-4,000 words):Provide an accessible overview of key research methods, principles, skills, and practices, drawing on your research (and, where relevant, teaching) experience. You can find an example here: How to Critically Evaluate Information Sources
Video interview or tutorial (10-15 minutes): In a remotely recorded interview or tutorial – with support from a producer, videographer, and editor – explain and demonstrate a method, principle, skill, or practice. You can find an example here: Null Hypothesis Significance Testing: An Introduction to P-Hacking
Teaching Dataset (2,000 – 4,000 words): Share a real research dataset with an accompanying instructional guide, giving students hands-on practice working with and analysing data (guide up to 4,000 words). You can find an example here: From Data to Decisions: Using Large Language Models as Analytic Partners to Analyze Qualitative Data
There are many advantages to publishing in Sage Research Methods:
Pedagogical impact: shape how AI is used in research practice
It reaches a global audience through academic library subscriptions worldwide
It is a peer-reviewed and award-winning resource
No fee is required to publish
An honorarium is paid for published articles
You will receive two year’s free access to the resource
We will be accepting submissions through till October 2026. For further information, you can visit our website or complete our online form to register your interest.
We look forward to hearing from you!