ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH
ABSTRACT AND PAPER ACCEPTANCE POLICY
- ATINER’s conference organization, book
publications, abstract acceptance policy and paper acceptance for
publications in one of our books is consistent and aspires to serve our
MISSION statement. Our mission is to make ATHENS a place where academics
and researchers from all over the world meet to discuss the developments
of their discipline and present their work. To serve this purpose,
conferences are organized along the lines of well established and well
defined scientific disciplines. In
addition, cross discipline conferences are also organized because they
serve the mission of the Institute.
- We never organize conferences that emphasize a
specific theme within one discipline. Our constitution does not permit the
organization of such conferences. There are many such excellent
conferences, most of them rotated around the world and around cities of
the same geographical area. However, there are two exceptions to this
policy. First, we can help other associations and organizations that want
to organize a conference in Athens but this cannot be an annual permanent
event. A good example is the conference on Brand Management we organized
in 2009 on behalf of The Centre for Research in Brand Marketing with a leading role played by our
Academic Member and Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow Dr.
Cleopatra Veloutsou. Second, academic members
can take the lead and organize a specific mini-conference as part of one
of our general conferences. Successful examples are the mini conference on
history as part of the Politics Conference organized by Nick Pappas,
Professor of Sam Houston State University and the mini conference on the
violence against women as part of the Sociology conference organized by
Dr. Susan Caringella, Professor of Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Academic members of ATINER
are welcome to take the lead and organize such mini conferences.
- Following the general (non-thematic) nature of
all our conferences, we never invite keynote speakers to our conferences
and unfortunately our association cannot cover any cost of participation,
including the registration fee.
- Our abstract acceptance policy is based on three
criteria (one is sufficient to be accepted): (a) the academic credentials of the
scholar (b) his/her institutional affiliation and (c) Ph.D. Students
wishing to present part of their doctoral thesis. An effort is made to
keep a weighted balance, both countries and level of academic career of
the contributor (Ph.D. Students, Researchers, Lecturers, Assistant
Professors, Associate Professors, Professors, etc). If none of these
conditions are met, then a proposal is evaluated based on the entire
paper. In the latter case, we ask for paper submission. In this case, the
paper is accepted for presentation NOT for publication. Due to large
number of abstracts we receive, we do not
supply reviewers’ comments on their decision (acceptance or rejection).
For the papers, we do provide reviewers’ comments to the authors. For all
our conferences, we issue three calls (first, second and a final) with
approximate deadlines 7 months, 4 months and 6 weeks before the conference
dates. The acceptance rate of the second and final call depends on the
number of participants registered as a result of the first call.
- An effort is made to have researchers from as
many countries as possible. Preferences are given to non-Greek institutional
affiliates. The Institute organizes a number of events and conferences in
the Greek language where Greeks from Greece can present their work. Greeks
from Greece are more than welcome to chair sessions and help us with
editing and reviewing the papers to be presented and published, pending
that they have the academic credentials to do so. Please note that the
Institute is following the United Nations Nomenclature of Country Names.
This applies to both programs and publications.
- Acceptance to present DOES NOT guarantee
publication. All papers submitted are evaluated according to standard
methods of independent blind review process by two referees. It is then up
to the editor to decide what paper will be included in his/her volume.
Rejection by a specific editor is not the final word. Another editor might
find the work of interest and suitable for his/her book. Editors are drawn
from the world community of academics and researchers. Preferences are
given to academics and researchers who have not edited a book with ATINER.
The decision to choose editors is the responsibility of the President of
the Institute. We do not publish conference proceedings as such. Books are
published based on papers presented at any of our conferences, if they
form a common theme. Conferences are not thematic but books can be drawn
from a very specific area of research. Please consult the publication
paper guidelines available on http://www.atiner.gr/docs/Paper_Guidelines.htm
- All papers presented at our conferences are
blindly peer reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Papers NOT
PRESENTED by their authors and only by their authors are not
considered for publication and they do not appear in the program or the
abstract book. Reviewers are selected among the academic members of the
Institute and non-related to Institute academics and researchers. An
attempt is made to homogenize the review process and reviewers decisions
are based on (a) Research Design, (b) Theoretical Background (c) Review of
the Relevant Literature (d) Significance of Themes (e) Relevance of Themes
(f) Clarity and Communication of Arguments Presented (g) Clarity of
Conclusions and (h) Overall Quality of Analysis. In cases that the 2 referees
have different opinions, the editor decides whether the paper is accepted
or rejected.
- All our books are produced after the conference
and they can take from a few weeks up to two years to appear, excluding the time required for printing and binding. Contributors receive an electronic version of their paper. Each
editor receives one complimentary copy of the book.
- Rarely do we publish book-length manuscripts. In
this case part of the cost must be covered by the author(s). Upon receipt
of proposals or manuscripts, the materials may be sent to two external
referees, and their comments are then consulted, and a decision is arrived
at, for publication. If a work is approved for publication, we begin the
publishing process by producing proofs. When proofs are approved by the
author, we send the book to press. Printing takes from one to three
months. The book is listed in a number of databases including
Bibliographic Data Services which offers the Greek national Library
cataloguing in publication service. Flyers are sent to all major and
specialised libraries as well as to specialist bookshops.
If you have
any inquiries, suggestions or need further information please send us an email
at atiner@atiner.gr