The Enfances Families Generations (EFG) Journal only publishes original articles.

Submitted texts should not be under any form of peer review process by another journal. All manuscripts are subject to a preliminary evaluation by the Journal’s publishing team or the Publishing Committee for thematic issues. All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review by at least two experts in the field. The evaluation criteria include: interest and originality of the subject, the quality of the conceptual framework, the methodology and documentation used, quality of writing, and the structure of the article. The article evaluation grid is available for review in PDF format (French only).

The following publication rule apply to all issues:

• Guest editors are only allowed to write the introduction for thematic issues. They may not publish an article in the same issue as an author or co-author

Summary articles focusing on knowledge transfer may be submitted by researchers or practitioners. These articles distinguish themselves from scientific articles by means of their approach which emphasizes on broad conclusions from the research and their implications for practice. These texts are subject to the same evaluation protocol and the same quality criteria as scientific articles.

Practical information for authors who would like to publish in the Journal is given below and includes: editorial guidelines, stylistic rules and formatting guidelines, bibliographical standards and access to online submission forms. Authors must ensure that their articles follow these guidelines and standards before submitting to the Journal.

Articles may be submitted in English. If the manuscript is accepted after the peer review process, the author must provide a high-quality French translation. Both versions will be published on our website.

Authors may submit articles in response to a Call for Papers or as a spontaneous entry.To submit a manuscript for a Call for Papers, authors must comply with the subject matter and objectives specified in the Call for Papers as published on our website as well as the stated deadline (current Call for papers).

General Guidelines

Articles must be between 50,000 and 60,000 characters including spaces and footnotes and excluding the abstract and bibliography.Ideally, the text should be edited with Word (doc) or Open Office (odt). If you are using another software platform, please save the text in .rtf format or an equivalent. Authors must include a title and a six-paragraph abstract (Research Framework, Objectives, Methodology, Results, Conclusions, Contribution) in their manuscript. This summary must be between 1,500 and 2,000 characters including spaces.

The submission must contain a list of 4 to 10 keywords to identify the content of the article. Before submitting your keywords, please consult the list of keywords specific to the journal. Choose your keywords from this list when they match the content of your manuscript and only submit new keywords if you do not find matching ones in this list.

The book being subject to review must have been published less than 5 years ago. The journal provides a list of available books, though other new works may also be suggested. Translations of books are accepted as well as books published in a foreign language.

The book review must to be written in French.

The book review must situate the work in its disciplinary field, specify the general treatise of the book (theoretical framework and methodology, quality of the writing and originality of the approach), the intended readership and its contribution regarding current knowledge. In addition to providing a brief summary, it must also state the major contributions and limitations of the book.

To maintain the critical nature of these reports, authors should not be in a conflict of interest that could taint the integrity of their judgment (e.g. a book written by a colleague).

The book review must be between 7,000 and 10,000 characters, including spaces. Long quotations from the text are to be avoided, as are too many references to other works.

The Journal editorial team receives and evaluates all submitted texts. They may suggest, where appropriate, changes to be made. Reports accepted for publication will be posted on the Journal’s website.

The text must be in a standard font (e.g. Times New Roman, 12 point), single spaced, paginated and left aligned with margins of 2.5 cm.

The article’s title is subject to a 20-word limit. The hierarchy of titles and sections must be clear. This can be done using styles (Title 1, Title 2, etc.) or using the international numbering system (1.; 1.1.; 1.1.1.; etc.). Under no circumstances should titles be capitalized.

All acronyms (CNRS, etc.) must be defined on their first occurrence.

Short quotations must be inserted in the text and enclosed in quotation marks. Quotations of more than four lines are to be detached in a separate paragraph, with a space before and after, and they must be enclosed in quotation marks. Passages omitted from citations will be indicated by three suspension points in square brackets […] and any additions or modifications must also be identified using square brackets.

Tables and figures inserted in the text must immediately follow the first paragraph where reference is made to them. They are to be identified using a short title and numbered in Arabic numerals. All figures must also be submitted in JPEG format with excellent resolution (300 dpi) in a separate document.

Regarding the use of photos and images, the author is fully responsible for obtaining the rights of reproduction if the author does not own the photo or the image. Additionally, authors must have permission to publish photos of people or private places.

All documents cited in the work must appear in the list of references. The bibliography must only include references cited in the text.

An EndNote bibliographic style for the Enfances, Familles, Générations Journal is available for download. Presentation standards are also described in a PDF file.

Authors must respect these bibliographic presentation rules.