European Countryside

Instructions for Authors

Instructions for authors

The recommended maximum length of papers is 60,000 symbols. Enclosures (preferable colour ones) of maximum size A4 are unlimited.

Manuscripts in English have to be complete, it means including abstracts, references and graphics. The editors reserve the right of the language review. The manuscripts should be delivered in an electronic form (floppy 3.5´´, CD, e-mail). If the paper exceeds 2 MB, use uschovna service [http://www.uschovna.cz/en/]. In relevant cases, a paper copy with location of enclosures and other remarks of the author is recommended.

The manuscripts should be delivered in MS Word Programme. Text should not be formatted. Paragraphs should be separated by the key enter. The interspace between two words is formed by exactly one keystroke. Bullets and remarks below the line are accepted when they are created electronically.

The manuscripts should have the structure as follows: Under the title of the paper, the name(s) of the author(s) without titles are to be given. Abstract (800 symbols maximum) and keywords (3-10) follow. It is recommended to divide the paper by subtitles in a common structure if passable (introduction, theoretical and methodological background grounded in international literature, empirical knowledge, conclusion and discussion, acknowledgements, references). Additional data about the author(s) are to be given after the paper: name(s), academic and scientific title(s), affiliations including mailing address, e-mails of authors.

In order to strengthen not only the unity of Europe but also its diversity, the abstracts in the native language of the author(s) or the country in which the investigation was made will be published. The author(s) are kindly asked to deliver both English and the native language abstracts. The author(s) are fully responsible for the language and content of the non-English abstracts.

Quotations in the text should be marked by the name of the author and the year, e.g. … the difficulties were explained by Vitásek (1970) or … with paleotectonic structural elements (Karásek, 1991).

The papers should be delivered in the definitive form, it means including graphic enclosures. Additionally, the graphical enclosures (maps, cartograms, schemes) are recommended to be delivered in separate files. Images should be delivered in .jpg or .eps formats, graphs in MS Excel including the source table. Tables are to be handed in MS Excel. Colour photographs are optimum in the electronic form with resolution of 600 dpi. All enclosures have to be numbered, described and should introduce the source.

References
Reference linking is the most significant benefit of electronic publishing. It allows readers to extend their reading experience immensely. That is why it is important to pay very much attention to the references. They should be cited completely and correctly and properly structured.
The references in alphabetic order are introduced behind the paper in shortened quotation. If the author is not known, the issue is ordered according to the first word of the title.

Quotations of web documents have to contain the doi index if available! More information about the Journal can be found on http://www.european-countryside.eu/

Editorial Policy

European Countryside is an international on-line scientific journal focusing on rural research. It publishes theoretical and empirical articles, considering the multi-functional rural development, regional aspects of rural problems and results of individual disciplines directed towards the countryside. The journal concerns European rural investigations. European Countryside supports European integration processes, collaboration of European experts and the idea of Europe of Regions. Publishing in European Countryside is open for experts from universities, research institutes and other scientific institutions regardless of their nationality, ethnicity or religion. The Journal publishes individual articles, mono-thematic issues, conference papers, articles based on theses or research reports. Only technical criteria as quality, language level and technical competence are decisive for accepting or refection of the article. The Executive Board of the Journal decides on the base of at least two independent reviews. The review process is confidential. The acceptance of the article for publication is conditioned by payment of the publication costs by the authors or their institutions as a rule. On the other hand, all published articles are at disposal free of charge to the widest spectrum of readers.