Content

A paper may comprise empirical studies, using acceptable research strategies including survey, case study, experiment, archival analysis, history and so on; it may contain theoretical studies aimed at advancing current theory or adapting theory to local conditions, or it may arise from theoretical studies aimed at reviewing and/or synthesizing existing theory.

Concepts and underlying principles should be emphasized, with enough background information to orient any reader who is not a specialist in the particular subject area.

Preparation of scripts

1. Papers may be between 5000 - 8000 words in length including figures, references and appendices. The Abstract should be between 300-500 words in length. As well as appearing at the top of your paper, this abstract will be located on the contents screen for readers to peruse before they download the full paper.
2. Papers must have been closely scrutinized for typographical and grammatical errors. If English is not your first language then your paper should be proof-read by an English-speaking person, preferably one with experience of writing for academic use. Spelling should follow the Oxford English Dictionary.
3. Key words. Within the journal Web Site there will be a search facility to look for papers that have been published and your keywords will be used in conjunction with this. Therefore please include at least six words or short phrases that highlight the topics covered by the paper.
4. The Harvard referencing convention is a requirement, i.e. within the body of the text the surname and year of the reference, for example (Smith 2002), and then at the end of the paper the references should be listed alphabetically as follows:
• Nugus, S. (1999) Financial Planning with Spreadsheets, Kogan Page, London, pp160-165.
• Nugus, S (1999) "Successful Web marketing techniques", Journal of Web Marketing, Vol 1, No.1, pp1-4.
• Nugus, S. (2002) "Successful Website Evaluation", [online], MCIL, http://www.mcil.co.uk/7-site-review-homepage.htm
• Please ensure that references are complete, i.e. that they include, where relevant, author’s name, article or book title, volume and issue number, publisher, date and page reference.
• A full and clear guide can be found at http://www.ex.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.htm Papers not using this convention will not be published.
5. End notes are not accepted and footnotes are discouraged.
6. Tables, graphs and illustrations should be drawn using a suitable drawing package. Colour may be used. Place all diagrams and tables where you wish them to appear in the paper. Ensure your diagrams fit within the margins and are resizable without distortion.
7. Papers should be submitted as a .doc or .rtf attachment by email to the Journal co-ordinator, Anna Soutar at submissions@ejel.org

Manuscripts must not be sent in .pdf format, and should not be zipped.

Review procedure

Following Editorial recommendation, papers are submitted to a double-blind review process before publication. Commentary by reviewers will be summarized and sent by email to authors, who can choose to revise their papers in line with these remarks. Re-submitted papers should be accompanied by descriptions of the changes, so that the desk-editor can easily see where changes have been made.

Copyright

1. The submission of a paper will imply that, if accepted for publication, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in any language, without the consent of the Publisher. Before publication, authors will be asked to complete a copyright release, giving the publisher permission to publish the named paper in a specific issue of this Journal. Overall copyright ownership of the paper however, remains with the author/s.
2. It is the authors' responsibility to obtain written permission to quote material that has appeared in another publication.

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