Instructions for Authors

The Journal of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association

All submissions should be made online at European Early Childhood Education Research Journal Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review”. 

Articles submitted to European Early Childhood Education Research Journal should not be under consideration by any other journal, or have been published elsewhere, and the letter accompanying the submission of any manuscript should contain a clear statement to this effect.

Articles should be original, normally around 2500-5000 words in length, and written in a clear, straightforward style, avoiding technical jargon wherever possible.

Typescripts should be double spaced with a margin to the left. Please include the following information on the cover page of the manuscript: name(s) of author(s), address where work was carried out. An abstract/summary of around 100-150 words should be supplied on a separate page.

To allow for anonymous refereeing, all submissions must be properly formatted for blind reviewing and authors' names and institutions should only appear on a separate page that accompanies the manuscript.

Electronic Submissions. We prefer to receive manuscripts produced with Microsoft Word in a PC format, but can translate from most other common word processing programs as well as Macs. Do not save your files as "text only" or "read only".

Footnotes should be avoided. Subheadings should be used, particularly in longer articles.

Figures or artwork should be supplied in a finished form, suitable for reproduction, as these cannot be redrawn by the publishers. All pages should be numbered. The full address (including email) of the author who will check proofs and receive correspondence should also be included.

Proofs will be sent to authors if there is sufficient time to do so. They should be corrected and returned within three days. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.

Free article access: Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

Copyright. It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to EECERA. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as the original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised.

Authors retain a number of other rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies documents. These policies are referred to at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authorrights.pdf for full details. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.