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European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ)

The EECERJ, the Journal of EECERA, is one of the most prestigious early childhood journals in the world. It is one of only four early years journals indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information. The ISI is highly selective of the journals in the citation databases and indices it maintains. EECERJ is located in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). EECERJ is peer reviewed, scholarly and is particular interested in research which has application. Abstracts are in English, French and German.

EECERJ is issued four times annually and now is in its 18th year of publication. It has become a world leader in the field. EECERJ is published by Taylor & Francis.

Organization: EECERA Administration

EECERA is a voluntary association wholly owned by its Membership and administered under the usual protocols of a charity with Board of Trustees elected by an Electoral College.

The Electoral College consists of all those members who have been Conference Chairs, who are on the EECERJ Editorial Board, who have been Editors of Special Editions of the EECERJ, who are Convenors of active EECERA SIGs, who are active Country Coordinators and all current and former Trustees.Executive decisions are taken by majority vote of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees are supported by two current Emeritus Trustees who do not vote and two part-time administrators.

Conferences

EECERA Annual Conference is the largest and most significant early years' research conference in Europe, regularly attracting more than 600 researcher delegates from all over the world. The EECERA Conference is hosted in a different European city each year by a local university or early years network and to encourage networking and cross-national collaborations, includes a full social program. The local knowledge and the EECERA organizational structure mean that each conference is unique but of consistent quality.

Conferences have been hosted by a variety of institutions, local and national government agencies, NGOs and charitable bodies but the Scientific Committee appointed for reviewing the Conference papers is always linked to an academic institution. The EECERA Trustees are particularly open to conference hosts who in the participatory spirit of the Association make collaborative cross-sector links to stage the conference.

Most delegates will make a short symposium paper presentation in a themed group of three papers, but there are a number of other ways in which to participate in Conference including posters, self-organized symposium, SIG symposiums or simply being a delegate. Invitations to deliver keynotes speeches are considered highly prestigious and EECERA attracts internationally renowned leaders in their field.