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Education and Research Data Series (ERDS) is open access online journal. Its scope is not restricted to certain areas or research domains. The journal selectively publishes original and previously published stuff - journal articles, research papers in conference/event collections, research reports, etc. Journal metadata

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• Aims and scope
• Profile
• Guide to authors
• Online submission
• Contact
• Terms and conditions
• F.A.Q.
• Call for papers

• Aims and scope

  ERDS invites original and already published research papers. All content is open accessed and licenensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. In case you submitted  paper is selected to be republished in ERDS, then the it would have the following features:

  • Reference and relevant links to original article source are provided 
  • Information about author and original source is retained
  • Access to the content is full and free of charge

• Profile

  The contents of all articles in ERDS will be available for full online access

• Guide to authors

  Sample article

  • Please read the following guidelines  and use the sample article format for submission of your paper since only articles formatted accordingly may be accepted.

  Quality control

  • Submissions to PIEB and MHSJ 
    Papers accepted undergo quick review and quality control by Editorial board. Editorial decisions are final and do
    not assume any references and written reviews. Articles should not be exact repetition of previously published papers. In case of previously published, authors should prove the considerable adjustment has been  made and value added in their submissions.
  • Submissions to BEH and ATI 
    Papers accepted undergo quality control by Editorial board and peer reviewers. All research articles in these journals undergo peer review process, based on initial editor screening and anonymous expertise of reviewers. Articles previously published, those under consideration by another journal, and those with a pre-existing copyright may not be submitted. Author must ensure that about half of the paper contents or core idea has not been published anywhere else.  In other words authors should prove the considerable adjustment made and value added in their submissions.

  Language

  • Articles must be written in English or Russian.

  Title

  • Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations.

  Author names and affiliations

  • Full names should be provided. Please indicate  affiliations of the author. Indicate  the authors\\\' affiliation addresses below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the Author\\\'s name and in front of the appropriate address.

  Contacts

  • Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.

  Abstract

  • A concise abstract should briefly state the purpose of the research and the main results. An abstract must be presented in English and separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.

  Classification codes and keywords

  • Provide at least one standard UDC code and also JEL code  for economics-related article and up to 5 additional keywords.

  Illustrations

  • Graphics should be done in MS Word and must be editable.

  Tables

  • Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and printed on separate sheets. Any manuscript which does not conform to the above instructions may be returned for the necessary revision before publication.

  Footnotes

  • The use of footnotes should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals.

  References

  • References to publications should be as follows: “Nelson (1992) noted that...” or “This problem has been studied previously (e.g., Smith et al., 1969)”.
  • The author should make sure that there is a strict one-to-one correspondence between the names and years in the text and those on the list. The list of references should appear at the end of the main text. It should be double spaced and listed in alphabetical order by author\\\'s name.
  • Examples of what references has to look like:
    • For monographs
      • Hamilton, J., King, R., 2006. The Economic Impacts of Financial Liberalization: Evidence from the Capital Markets, North-Holland, Amsterdam.
    • For contributions to collective works
      • Mayer, T., Meltzer, H., 1999. “Money supply”, in: Friedman, B.M., Hahn, F.H. (Eds.), Handbook of Monetary Economics”, Vol. 1. North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 357-396.
    • For journals
      • Griffiths, W., Judge, G., 1992. “Testing and estimating location vectors when the error covariance matrix is unknown”, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 54, pp.121-138.
      • Nordhaus, W., 2004, “Retrospective on the 1970s Productivity Slowdown”, NBER Working Paper No W10950, December.
    • For bulletins
      • ECB, 2004., “Labor productivity developments in the euro area: Aggregate trends and sectoral patterns”, ECB Monthly Bulletin, July.

      Submission fee payment

      • Standard submission & service fee structure is differentiated as following: PIEB – 100 Euro; Peer-reviewed   BEH and ATI – 150 Euro; MHSJ – 200 Euro.
      • All fees are due only after accepting the paper by Editorial Boards (for PIEB and MHSJ) and positive expertise review (for BEH and ATI).
      • The fee provides compensation of a range services related with expertise, scientific and technical editing, printing, electronic storing and web-managing. All papers are printed online (with corresponding online ISSN) and in print form (with corresponding Print ISSN).
      • The fee is also subject to guarantee the sending one printed copy via standard air mail to first author of the published article.  If also other authors would like to have a print edition, please contact us at publications@pradec.eu, the fee for aditional issue may vary between 20-30 EUR per issue in respect to mailing costs.

      Payments options

      • You will receive an invoice with several payment methods you can choose after letter of acceptance.

      Important

      • Payments  must be done only after final letter of acceptance of a paper to publication.

      Electronic submission

      • Papers must be submitted electronically to publications@pradec.eu. For any further information please contact us.

• Online Submission

• Contact

  Main office address

  Editorial and publishing department
  Prague Development Center s.r.o. 
  Borivojova 1081/40
  130 00 Praha 3 - Zizkov
  Czech Republic
  IČO:28970781 
  Zapsána v obchodním rejstříku, 
  vedeným Městským soudem v Praze oddíl C, 
  vložka 156803
  
  

  E-mail

  For communication related to submission of a paper please use:
  publications@pradec.eu
  You can use direct online contact form below

• Terms and conditions

  • All rules and requirements relevant to the chosen type of submission are read and understood. Sending submission means accepting by the author/submitter all responsibility related with editorial and publishing conditions
  • Submission technical requirement are read and accepted in designing and preparing the research paper
  • Please note that scientific editing might change format and correct the writing to make it conventional with editorial policy
  • Responsibility for facts and opinions presented in the contents of journals, electronic and/or printed rests exclusively with the authors, other submitters if there is relevance. Their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views of publisher or editors, affiliated or partnering with journals and with authors institutions.
  • Note that we accurately approach to editing all papers accepted to specific journal/volume and editorial work and related communications with journal/volume authors may create reasonable gap between online publication and printing of whole volume
  • F.A.Q. must be visited if there is additional reason in clarifying editorial policy. The editors can contact editors via email when it is accepted
  • Neither the publisher nor the editors can be held responsible for errors or any consequences arising from the use of information contained in this journal.
  • Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the author.
  • The version of an article which is published online is considered the final and complete version. Even though it is possible to correct this version, our policy (in common with other publishers) is not to do so, except in very limited circumstances.
  • Website content, information, or terms and conditions may revised without formal notice. We cannot guarantee that this website will be updated on a regular basis or otherwise provide the most current or accurate information that may be available.
  • No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by anymeans, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrival system, without written permission from the copyright owner

• F.A.Q.

  How can I download a pdf file when pdf link on your site is inactive?

  In the beginning all volumes appear first as a list with names of articles and authors. At this stage the articles can have relevant abstracts and keywords, but not a pdf documents in a final version. In this phase, papers were only selected selected and are pending for review and other editorial procedures. Articles in pdf are available for download only after final updating - when they already passed the whole editorial process and are agreed with the authors. When this process end, the link becomes active and pdf available for download.

  How I can find the requirements and deadline for paper submissions?

  On main page you need to click on respective Call-for-paper link and the pdf will be downloaded. Please also check the page “Paper submision”.

  In what format should be the paper submitted to journal?

  Please use the sample article format for submission of your paper since only articles formatted accordingly may be accepted.

  How long should the article be?

  The average length varies from 7-10 pages for not peer-reviewed to 10-20 for peer-reviewed journals. Specific length details can be found in pdf Call-for-papers that are easily downloadable from homepage.

  Is it possible to access published articles?

  You can easily download from our website the pdf version of published articles.

  Do you charge readers to access to publications?

  We do not charge any fees for access of readers to our journals and articles as we follow open access publication model.

  Do you charge authors for publications?

  We charge authors at optimal cost and in differentiated structure counting for costs necessary for expertise, reviews, editing, web-related services, promoting indexing and other related services. Please find more details in “Paper Submission”. Additional cost might be required to cover postal delivery and additional copies of printed journals.

  Authors submitting their articles accept responsibility for making the necessary fee payment arrangements. We may request, in case of need, the formal institutional letter when charges are to be paid by institution.

  When the author should pay the respective fee for publication?

  Payments must be done only after final letter of acceptance of a paper to publication. You will receive an invoice with several payment methods you can choose from the letter of acceptance.

  Do you send author(s) a hard copy of printed journal?

  We send one printed copy via standard air mail to first/main author of the published article. Conditions for post delivery depends on type of journal. Some of our journals may require additional post delivery fee in the amount 10 EUR. In such a case, you would be notified beforehand.

  If I need more than one copy how I can order it?

  If other authors would like to have a print edition, please contact us at publications@pradec.eu, the fee for additional issue may vary between 20-30 EUR per issue in respect to mailing costs.

  Are your journals peer-reviewed?

  We offer both for peer-reviewed (BEH and ATI) and not peer-reviewed research journals (PIEB and MHSJ). Peer-reviewed journals represent conservative and conventional academic approaches in research publishing. They assume that paper must undergo scrutiny by anonymous or independent experts.

  Not peer-reviewed journals (PIEB and MHSJ) also undergo expertise, though experts are part of editorial or advising board members. Send us your article, we quickly review it if we think that we may send it to our reviewers, we may send it back with comments. If you accept those comments, we then send the article to reviewers and that is the moment you are required to pay the fee for publication in reviewed journal.

  What type of articles do you accept for publications?

  We publish mainly research works which are descriptions of original research findings. Review articles which discus and generalize findings of research works are also accepted. We do not publish book reviews.

  Are your journals registered with ISSN? What are the ISSNs of your journals?

  All our journals are entitled by respective ISSN and E-ISSN codes. In case a journal has both ISSN and E-ISSN, it is published both in online and print which is the case of all our journals. Online publications come first and printing follows them with lag of up to two months. Please note that a journal cannot have E-ISSN assigned until first issue is out.

  Can I put charts in article and what are requirements to their format?

  Pictures and graphs are special subject to editorial consideration. We seek to keep their quantity optimal and only necessary in content. We kindly ask authors to provide us with black-and-white and editable (technically –to make necessary adjustments regarding formatting) charts, also black-and white schemes or photos as the journal is printed in black and white color scheme.

  If submitted paper, how it can be withdrawn by an author from editorial cycle and printing?

  Authors submitted their papers can withdraw their submissions within 2 subsequent calendar weeks. In case authors wish to withdraw paper her/his submission, they should notify in formal way with explaining reason to publications@pradec.eu Requests on submission withdrawal after 2 weeks until the online printing of a corresponding paper will cost to the applicant a withdrawal fee in sum of 50 Euro. Any withdrawal letter after online printing of article is not acceptable.

  Do you send author(s) a hard copy of printed journal?

  We send one printed copy via standard air mail to first/main author of the published article. Conditions for post delivery depends on type of journal. Some of our journals may require additional post delivery fee in the amount 10 EUR. In such a case, you would be notified beforehand.