ევროპისმცოდნეობის ქართული ჟურნალი
Guidelines for article
submission/
Authors should
submit articles in English language, at any time, electronically to the
following E-mail address:
helpdesk.ies@tsu.ge
. No fees are charged for submission or
article processing, however translation into Georgian may inquire some costs
unless the author provides the high quality translation on itself.
The submitted
articles should:
·
be
written concisely, with clear structure, introduction, main body, findings and
conclusion.
·
conform
to the style conventions of the journal (see below).
·
be
between 3500 to 7000 words in length, references included.
·
Be
written in UK English and include an abstract (summarizing the article as a
whole, including its aim, a clear description of its findings) of 250-300
words.
·
The
abstract should include at least five key words.
·
contain a brief bibliography indicating
academic qualifications and current professional position , E-mail address,
telephone/mobile phone number.
·
contain
a written assurance that the article has not been published, submitted or
accepted somewhere else.
References/Bibliography
Both APA and
Chicago styles are accepted. The references can be provided as footnotes.
However, if references are provided in the main body of text, the surname of
the first author and year of publication in brackets, and the relevant page
number, if applicable (following the “Harvard style”) should be provided. For
instance, “…
the principle developed into a
rule applicable to new entities simultaneously acceding to independence (Fabry
(2010) 66)”.
At the end of the article under
the heading “Reference”, full particulars of the cited sources should be
provided, alphabetically ordered by the first author’s surname, as follows:
Journal articles:
Foellesdal A & Hix S ‘Why
There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik’
(2006) 44 no 3
Journal of Common Market
Studies 533-562. (44 no 3 is the volume number, 533-562 the page number. If
there are more than seven co-authors provide the names and initials of the
first three authors, then “et al.”).
Books:
Rosamond B (2000)
Theories of European Integration New
York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book chapters:
Hillion Ch ‘The EU’s
Neighbourhood Policy towards Eastern Europe’ in A Dashwood & M Maresceau
(eds)
Law and Practice of EU External
Relations (2010) Cambridge University Press 309-333.
Electronic resources:
EUI, Robert Schuman Centre,
Reforming the Treaties’ Amendment
Procedures. Second Report on Reorganization of the European Union Treaties (2000),
available at https://www.eui.eu/Documents/RSCAS/Research/Institutions/2ndrapportUK.pdf
(last visited
06 February 2014)
For multiple works by the same
first author, list alphabetically by subsequent authors:
if authors are identical, list by date; if
authors and dates are identical, arrange alphabetically by title, setting the
dates as, e.g. “2015a” and “2015b”. List all authors when there are 6 or less;
when 7 or more , list only the first 3 authors followed by “et al.”
Editorial Process
All the
submitted articles are subject of review by the board of editors. The editorial
board may reject articles on the basis of poor writing skills, outdated
research or the research out of scope of journal, as well as the focus
including
the lack of clarity about the
research question and insufficient clarity about the method of analysis, style,
inadequate data to support interpretations,
weak discussion, depth of analysis and research,
or ignoring guidelines . The accepted submissions
are subjected to the peer review by at least two experts in the
field. The articles may be rejected on
a peer review phase as well.
