Sections

 

1. Commentary (1000-2000 words; no more than two authors): These are written and commissioned by the Editors. These would be reporting on the recent developments or short pieces on matters of contemporary relevance on topics and knowledge areas included in the Aims and Scope.
2. Perspectives (2000-4000 words): These will capture unique highlights, interdisciplinary framing, and interpretation of the author(s) using an appropriate analytical lens on the existing bodies of work that are of general interest to EES readers.
3. Review Essay (4000-6000 words): These are unique, insightful, and exhaustive syntheses (including critiques) of knowledge that have shown significant progress in the recent past within the domains included in Aims and Scope. These submissions do not report original research or contain analysis of unpublished data.
4. Research Paper (5000-8000 words): These would be contributions that address substantive research questions based on original analyses of theoretical or empirical nature (using primary and secondary data), contribute new insight(s) and provide new findings in the relevant knowledge domain areas and issues included in Aims and Scope. Must report theoretical or empirical original research.
5. Short Research Communications (upto 1000 words, single author): It will consist of unique objectives, nuanced research questions, methodologies, and preliminary results (if available), in relevant knowledge domain areas and issues included in Aims and Scope.
6. Insights from the Field (upto 1500 words; no more than two authors): These would typically encapsulate observations and insights from on-the-ground-field work/ experience. It would be a recording of learnings from the field, in an ethnographic accounts tradition, which the author(s) consider to be significant but not yet complete enough to comprise a research paper. Contributions shall be academically, analytically and methodologically rigorous. Younger researchers and practitioners are particularly encouraged to consider submitting in this section.
7. Book Review (800-1200 words; single author only): It offers a critical evaluation of the content, quality, novelty and significance of a book that is likely to be of broad interest to EES readers. Typically they are commissioned by the Editors. However, for unsolicited book reviews, details about the book may be sent to the journal email address before preparing the review. The communication must indicate why the work would be of interest to EES readers and why the proposer is well suited to write the review. Word limit can exceed in case multiple books are combined or in the case of an edited volume.
8. Discussion (1000-1500 words; single author): This section will include (a) comments on works published in EES and (b) responses to such comments from the author(s), if any.
9. In Memoriam (750-1500 words): These are written and commissioned by the Editors. These would be pieces on the lives and works of pioneers in the areas and domains included in the Aims and Scope.
10. Reports (800-1500 words): These would be synoptic coverage of conferences, workshops, seminars, meetings, symposium, for general dissemination.
11. Collections: A collection will consist of only the following types of contributions: research papers, commentary, and review essays (‘articles’) woven around a theme (and well-connected sub-themes, if any). Word count and other attributes, and the peer review process of the articles in the collection will be same as the regular submission.

Regardless of number of articles, all inclusive total word count shall normally not exceed 40,000 words. The peer-review process will take place through the journal management system as per the Editorial Policies. Articles will be uploaded by the authors against a specific Section created for this Collection.

(I) An Editor or an Associate Editor will serve as the Collection Editor (CE). CE can serve as a Guest Editor in case the journal makes an open call inviting submissions. Editors may also assign this responsibility to someone who is not a member of Editorial Board. In such cases CE will assist the Guest Editor.

(II) Not more than two established academics can propose a Collection.

(II.1) The proposal should answer some key questions:

(1) How the collection fits with the Aims and Scope?

(2) How do the articles individually and collectively contribute to the existing knowledge about the field/ domain/ area/ issue in focus?

(3) How comprehensive is the coverage of the key intellectual issues in the field through this proposed set of articles?

(4) What is the intellectual justification for bringing a set of articles together in a collection?

(5) How are the interdisciplinary aspects addressed by the articles and the collection?

(II.2) The proposal will consist of the following:

(1) The name[s], affiliation[s] and a short bio (200 words) of the proposers who will serve as the Guest Editor[s]

(2) A long abstract (1500 words) of the introductory essay, including the title of the proposed Collection [this will serve as the base for the Introduction in the final form] with a clear indication of the theme (and sub-themes, if any) around which the Collection is weaved and the justification of choosing such a theme (and sub-themes, if any).

(3) Long abstracts (up to 750 words) of proposed articles, including the title; author name[s]/affiliation[s]; a short bio of each author (100 words). The same author should typically not be listed in more than one article. Guest editors cannot be authors in more than one article other than the introduction.

(4) Name of the EES Editor whom the Guest Editor(s) would like as the CE.

(5) Timeline in a tabular form with the following:

(i) Expected completion date of each article draft to be sent to the CE.

(ii) Proposed names of 3-5 peer reviewers for each article in line with the Editorial Policies and Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement of EES. CE may seek advice/ input from the Guest Editor(s) where reviews are divergent or where particular concerns arise. The Guest Editor(s) may wish to add additional refereeing criteria that will help ensure coherence among the papers as a collection.

(iii) Expected date of submission of the complete set of papers on EES portal. All papers must ideally be submitted within one year from the date of approval of the proposal. It will be the responsibility of the Guest Editor(s) to track submissions via communication with authors.

(III) General information:

(III.1) The post-acceptance component of the publication process will follow the EES Guidelines. Language correction in case of non-English speaking authors will be taken care of by the Guest Editor(s) and will not be the responsibility of EES.

(III.2) The Guest Editor(s) will serve as the primary authors of the Introduction to the Collection. This will be similar to the Introduction to an Edited Book, in both form and content. CE may serve as co-authors. No additional co-authors are permitted for the Introduction. The introduction will weave together the contributions of the individual articles into an accessible narrative that advances our understanding of the topic under discussion. It will also inform readers of how the papers are connected with each other (against common themes, or sub-themes, if any), be it convergence or divergence of views. This will be reviewed by one of the Editors of EES.

(III.3) The CE will maintain the right to refer any single paper to alternative or additional peer assessment and to refuse any paper that are not recommended for publication by alternative reviewer(s). Additionally, EES reserves the right to refuse an entire Collection or (a set of) articles as submitted at any point in time during the submission and publication assigning suitable reasons for the same.