Second Anniversary

Mihaela Chraif
Vlad Glaveanu

EJOP Editors



“The difficult things of this world must once have been easy; the great things of this world must once have been small. Set about difficult things while they are still easy; do great things while they are still small. The Sage never affects to do anything great, and therefore he is able to achieve his great results.”
(The Sayings of Lao-Tzu,
Lionel Giles translation [1905], Miscellaneous sayings and precepts)

It is still alive in our memory the first schedule and the first plan to develop a scientific journal. From a dream, a desire became reality in the virtual space of the net-communication: Europe’s Journal of Psychology!
As students- publishing we faced many hurdles during the time but providing good image, improving the sections of our journal with Conference presentations, European events, pictures and enlarging our collaboration with Associate Editors, renowned psychologists from many countries we gain our credibility and respect in publishing!
One important point that made us develop and provide better quality information was the united spirit of the team. We worked and still work as one entity, cooperating and we can say that the key of our success, that we are very proud of, is the communication and understanding.
Our readership has grown substantially and also their positive feedbacks! Since our first issue the positive feedbacks were a moral support for our team to continue the scientific work and not to give up. We are indeed proud to be one of the very few providers of free psychological information. Started as a pro bono project, EJOP is seriously intended by its editors to remain this way and also open for any other cooperation. We wanted for EJOP to be a meeting place, a space where knowledge can be shared. The key words: proficiency and openness.
It is often for people to consider the project they are involved in as a baby they have seen growing and helped develop and “raise”. For all of us forming the editorial team, EJOP is much more than a journal and preparing each number is much more than a task. It is at the same time a joy and a commitment.
And these two years that we are celebrating now mean more than simply another anniversary. Developmental psychologists link the two-years-age with the progress of self-awareness and self-consciousness. This may be a metaphor but it clearly represents the way we perceive our work up to this point. After two years of existence, Europe’s Journal of Psychology starts to construct an obvious identity, to become aware of its role for both students and professionals in the field of psychology.
For the years to come we wish what every two-years-old would: to grow further. For us, this means publishing high quality materials from students and professionals from Europe and worldwide, promoting the journal and receiving suggestions about how we can improve our work.
We thank everyone who helped our team, the members of the Scientific Committee, every author and, most of all, express our gratitude for our readers, which ultimately represent the reason for continuing this project in the years to come.

Happy birthday EJOP!