For EGOV2025, we have three special issues planned:
A conference specific Special Issue in Government Information Quarterly. The research papers of highest quality will be invited to this special issues.
Fast-track publication in eJournal of e-Democracy and Open Government (JeDEM), for full research papers of high quality and practical importance.
The track chairs of the AI, Data Analytics & Automated Decision Making Track will guest edit a special issue with enhanced versions of the best papers from this track in the Journal of the Knowledge Economy (Springer Verlag – Social Sciences Citation Index).
Past Special Issues
Papers from the conference are included in the following issues of JeDEM:
Category 1 – The most innovative research contribution or case study. Awards the paper with the most out-of‐the‐box and forward-looking idea and concept. Relevance is more important than rigor.
Category 2 – The most compelling, critical research reflection. Awards the paper with the most compelling critical reflection on and discussion of a relevant research topic.
Category 3 – The most promising practical concept. Awards the paper delivering a concept or solution with the highest potential to have a high impact in e-government implementations and applications.
Nominations are made by the track chairs, based on the reviews. The Best Paper Awards is organized by a committee, consisting of:
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, University of Granada, Spain
Noella Edelmann, University for Continuing Education, Austria