Editorial 6/06

Editorial June 2006

Dear readers of the European Integration online Papers!

We are proud to present a complete re-launch of the EIoP website!

When we at ECSA-Austria planned what later became the EIoP, the Internet was quite a different place from today. Among other things, HTML pages used to be static and editorial software was still in its infancy. Hence, publishing the EIoP was and still is so far a lot more work than it needs do be. However, in the meantime, various initiatives came up with editorial software that makes the demanding task of running such a journal much more convenient. We tested quite a few of them and settled with an open source product developed by the Public Knowledge Project with the name of "Open Journal System" (OJS). From now on, EIoP will run on OJS.

While both all previously published articles (volumes 1-9) and the new ones (from volume 10 onwards) will be available via the known Internet addresses, EIoP users will enjoy a number of new features. EIoP readers can use the reading tools, which offer a comprehensive guidance through each article. For example, you will be able to export the metadata of an EIoP article in the import format of bibliographic software, such as EndNote or ReferenceManager. For our EIoP authors and referees, this will mean that the whole editorial process will be managed online via the new software. Authors will submit their manuscripts online; referees will give their opinions via the system. The advantage is: authors can track their submissions online; and referees have everything they need (manuscript, guidelines, forms, etc.) available in their personalised section of the EIoP webpage.
OJS supports the editorial team throughout all phases of the editorial process and enables task sharing and access to all necessary documentation asynchronously and independent from the present location of the members of the team. This will ease our task enormously and make the editorial process even faster and more efficient than before!

Speaking of the team: I am pleased to welcome and to introduce the newly appointed managing editor Patrick Scherhaufer, a political scientist working at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna. He has already acquired experience with editorial processes in similar projects in the field of European integration research, including the EUROGOV papers. Please address all correspondence from now on to him at eiop@eiop.or.at.

Although we have tested the software extensively over the last months, we expect minor problems as soon as we administer the first submissions and publications. We hope that you will be patient with us and give us constructive feedback where needed.

There is one last point I want to mention in this editorial: the new software gives readers the option to register on the site. We encourage you to do so as soon as possible. While the old EIoP subscribers list will be available for quite some time, we plan to shift completely to the new subscription system in the medium term. Please show your continued interest in this journal by registering with the new system and unsubscribing from the old list. Many thanks in advance!

Michael Nentwich
editor-in-chief

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