European Journal of ePractice

The ePractice Journal invites you to become an ePractice.eu member (membership is free of any charges) and submit your position papers, research findings, case experiences, challenges and factors to one of our upcoming issues: http://www.epractice.eu/en/journal/upcoming, thus contributing to a successful implementation of eGovernment, eHealth or eInclusion services in Europe and beyond.

Type of material and style

The following types of material are published in the journal: research papers and case studies that help towards promoting, sharing and re-using knowledge, experiences and lessons learnt. The style and terminology used and the ideas expressed should be clear and accessible to everybody. Such clarity should not be detrimental to the depth and precision of contents. Note that the ePractice journal discourages submissions that promote a specific commercial product or service.

Peer-review or editorial review

Depending on the issue, the papers will be peer-reviewed or reviewed by the ePractice editorial team. In either case, this means that papers will be evaluated by an expert or experts in the subject and editing. The authors will be asked to update their papers and re-send a second version of their paper. In certain cases, a third version of a paper will be required. The revision of papers is an important step towards the publication of a paper.

Download our instructions for peer-review here.

Article structure

• Language: English
• Title: The title should be no longer than 15 words.
• Abstract: Every submission must include an abstract of 200-300 words in English. The abstract shall present the main points of the paper and the author's conclusions.
• Keywords: 3-6 descriptive keywords need to be included.
• Key sentence: A single sentence which stands out in the article.
• Full texts: Full texts must be of 2 000-6 000 words divided into chapters with indicative subtitles. The word limit may be extended in exceptional cases.
• Graphics: The text may be enriched with non-textual data, such as pictures, tables and figures. Graphs and images must be included in the article but also as separate files. The pictures should not exceed 500 pixels in width.
• Conclusion: all papers should include a conclusion.
• References: Download here the citations instructions. 
• Author profile: All authors must have or create a public profile on ePractice with full details including a profile picture ePractice.eu/people.

Submission of the material

• Texts should be sent in electronic format, preferably .DOC, .RTF or similar to editorial[AT]epractice.eu.
• Graphs and images must be included in the article but also as separate files. Each graph or image must be clearly named (eg. Figure1, graph3).
• Should the images used have copyrights, it is the responsibility of the author to obtain the necessary permission.
• If the submission exceeds 3 MB, please send the file(s) in a compressed (ZIP) format.

Copyright policy and responsibilities

Authors remain responsible for the content of what they submit for publication. The editors reserve the right to edit the contents, to publish or reject the material submitted and to select the publication time. If the material is published in another place prior to publication in European Journal of ePractice, the author must seek permission for republication and inform the editors of any necessary citation information.

The views expressed are purely those of the authors and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on its behalf is responsible for the use that might be made of the information provided.

The texts published in this journal, unless otherwise indicated, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivativeWorks 2.5 license. They may be copied, distributed and broadcast provided that the author and the e-journal that publishes them, European Journal of ePractice, are cited. Commercial use and derivative works are not permitted. The full license can be consulted on http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/deed.en.

Articles published in European Journal of ePractice should be referred to according to the following format:

Author's last name, first name (year of publication). Article title. European Journal of ePractice, Issue number. [Direct link to the article]

Example of reference: Darcy, Jonathan (2007). The Integration of eServices. European Journal of ePractice, Nº 2. [http://www.epracticejournal.eu/articles/1234].

Contact information

Email: Vassilia.Orfanou@eurodyn.com with a copy to ePractice@eurodyn.com