Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submitted paper is original, has not been published in the past and is not currently submitted for evaluation and publication elsewhere.
  • The paper has been formatted on the template provided by the journal and follows the submission guidelines.
  • All authors approve the submission of the paper for publication in the journal DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN. They also approve the exact content and form of the submitted paper, as well as the exact order in which their names appear in the paper.
  • The Authors understand that the papers published in the journal DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence. The authors reserve the copyright of their work, while the journal gets the right of first publication. Third-party licensees are allowed to use the published paper immediately after publication as they wish, provided they retain the defined by the license copyright formalities, regarding the reference to its author(s) and its initial publication in the journal DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN.

Author Guidelines

FORMATTING OF PAPERS

The maximum extent of each paper depends on its type (see, TYPES OF PAPERS below).

Authors must format their work in the relevant TEMPLATE provided by the journal and follow the style, formatting, and submission guidelines detailed in it.

Authors are also encouraged to upload, together with their manuscript, "Complementary files" (e.g., data, research instruments, additional methodological details, or results) which would enhance the recognition and dissemination of their work.  

Authors must remove any information that will lead to their identification (names, institutions, laboratories, bibliographic references, etc.) when submitting their work for evaluation. This information will be added in the final stage before the work is published.

TYPES OF PAPERS

DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN publishes papers that fall into the main categories listed below.

Empirical research papers: They are the most common form of papers published in DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN. Empirical research papers, to be accepted for publication, must be original and contribute to the advancement of the field in which they are ascribed, via the application of Multivariate Data Analysis - Analyse des Données (AD) methods. Empirical papers may vary significantly in length, depending on the methodology or nature of the research results they present. However, their extent cannot exceed 10,000 words (including the abstract, tables and graphs, appendices, but excluding bibliography). In exceptional cases (e.g. reporting of results from multiple studies), a paper of up to 12,000 words may be accepted, upon a reasoned request to the Editor.

Theoretical research papers:  This is a form of papers that focus on new theoretical advances in the field of Multivariate Data Analysis - Analyse des Données (AD). Theoretical papers cannot exceed 8,000 words (including the abstract, tables and graphs, appendices, but excluding bibliography). In exceptional cases (e.g. reporting of results from multiple studies), a paper of up to 10,000 words may be accepted, upon a reasoned request to the Editor.

Special sections / issues: This is a form of joint publication of many papers which focus on a common subject. These papers are published simultaneously in a special section of the journal. The Editorial Committee of the journal may announce a call for papers on a specific topic in order to edit and issue a special tribute (see current announcements). The journal also accepts proposals from researchers who want to propose a specific subject, as well as to compile and edit, as guest editors, the papers of a special section/issue. Each special section/issue must contain at least six (6) full papers, two commentaries of about ten (10) pages each, and an Introduction by the guest editor. Researchers interested in editing a special section/issue of DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN should submit a proposal containing the following information: (1) Title of the Special Section, (2) Summary - Purpose, (3) guest editor(s) Name(s), (4) Authors names, (5) Title and abstract of each paper, (6) Names of two commentators, and (7) timetable for the implementation of the special issue. Upon approval of the proposal by the Editorial Committee, the guest editor coordinates the peer-review process by external reviewers (through the eJournals platform of the Hellenic Documentation Centre) and submits all the peer-reviewed papers of the special section/issue to the Chief Εditor within the agreed deadline. Some papers of the special section could potentially be rejected by the Editorial Committee of the journal after the review process. The Editorial Committee makes the final decision on the publication of the special section/issue. In the event that a special issue is not approved for publication, the papers that have been positively evaluated may be published as individual papers.

Book reviews: These are short reviews of new books with particular theoretical importance. The extent of a book review cannot exceed 2,000 words (excluding bibliography).

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish their work to DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN should agree with the following terms:

  1. The journal adopts a Golden open-access policy. The authors are not charged with any submission, processing or publication costs. These costs are waived by the Greek Society of Data Analysis. 
  2. Papers published in DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ΝοDerivatives 4.0 International. The authors reserve the copyright of their work, while the journal gets the right of first publication. Third-party licensees are allowed to use the published paper immediately after publication as they wish, provided they retain the defined by the license copyright formalities, regarding the reference to its author(s) and its initial publication in DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN.
  3. Authors have the right to enter into different, additional contracts and agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of their work, as published in this journal (e.g. submission to an academic depository), provided that the first publication in DATA ANALYSIS BULLETIN is recognized and properly cited.
  4. The journal permits and encourages authors to submit their work online after it has been accepted for publication, as this can lead to a productive exchange of scientific findings and ideas, as well as to faster and greater dissemination and indexing of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). 

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