Manuscript Submission Guidelines
- Authors should note that texts submitted for publication to the journal Serbian studies must be original, not published previously, or submitted for publication elsewhere. We inform you that we have a strict policy of screening for plagiarism.
- Text should not exceed 32 pages with 1.800 characters. In exceptional cases, the Editorial Board can accept manuscripts which exceed the above range.
- The papers are to be sent by email as a separate (attached) document via e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].
- Before sending the papers to reviewers, the Editorial Board reserves the right to pre-select the submitted papers in accordance with publishing and quality policy of the journal. After the Editorial Board pre-selection, the decision to accept papers for publishing implies reliance on two or more reviews and can therefore take several months.
- The papers that are submitted must be anonymous. In accordance with that, personal data (name, surname, academic affiliation, post address, email address) are named in the email. The paper itself should not contain any information (name, surname, academic affiliation, gratitude, conferences where the paper was first presented, etc.) which would indicate to the reviewers who the author of the paper may be. All this data will be added later after the paper is accepted for publication. The authors are also asked to delete the data from File Properties.
- If the author(s) does not have copyrights for (someone else’s) text and illustrations used in the paper, the permissions must be obtained from the copyright holder, and a copy of each letter should be provided with the final manuscript submission.
- Center for Serbian Studies is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability, it will then be double blind peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. The Editorial Board reserves the right to refuse manuscript sent for publication without explanation or mentioning shortcomings for rejection (in cases where the manuscript needs to be modified).
- There are no charges for articles, no submission charges, and no surcharges based on the length of an article, figures or supplementary data.
Structure
Each paper should contain: 1. Title; 2. Abstract; 3. Key words; 4. The main text; 5. Footnotes (as citation system of abbreviated references within the main text); 6. Title of the summary; 7. Summary.
This does not apply for the reviews of books, exhibitions etc. and similar short contributions, which only have 1. Title; 2. The main text; 3. Footnotes (if there are any) 4. Name of the author(s).
Each paper should contain: 1. Title; 2. Abstract; 3. Key words; 4. The main text; 5. Footnotes (as citation system of abbreviated references within the main text); 6. Title of the summary; 7. Summary.
This does not apply for the reviews of books, exhibitions etc. and similar short contributions, which only have 1. Title; 2. The main text; 3. Footnotes (if there are any) 4. Name of the author(s).
- Abstract - up to 250 words which gives a short overview of the text
- Key words (from 5 to 8)
- The Main Body of the Article - can be divided into several chapters and include subheadings. Subheadings in the text give in the following format: Times New Roman 12 pt, italic, bold, line spacing 1,5, without numbering.
Text formatting
- The text should be typed in a processing program Word, only in font Times New Roman 12-point size (12 pt).
- All margins set to 25 mm, page size to A4 paper and the text typed with double-sided alignment (justified) and line spacing 1,5, without sharing words.
- After each punctuation mark is only one blank character. Number all pages consecutively in the bottom right-hand corner, beginning with the title page.
Rules of citation
Please also observe carefully the following requirements for notes and references:
Footnotes should be indicated by numbers subscribed after punctuation. Page ranges follow the style: 1–9, 11–19, and 100–109. Give full reference of the work you have quoted in the first relevant footnote (optionally accompanied by abbreviations to be used later). References should be listed as follows:
Please also observe carefully the following requirements for notes and references:
Footnotes should be indicated by numbers subscribed after punctuation. Page ranges follow the style: 1–9, 11–19, and 100–109. Give full reference of the work you have quoted in the first relevant footnote (optionally accompanied by abbreviations to be used later). References should be listed as follows:
- For a book: Reference should consist of initials and last name of author(s), title of book (italicized), place and year of publication of book, with a comma between. For example: L. Guymer, Curing the Sick Man: Sir Henry Bulwer and the Ottoman Empire 1858–1865, Dordrecht, 2011, 155–158.
- For a journal article: Reference should consist of initials and last name of author(s), the title of the article (italicized), the journal title (full or abbreviated name), place of publication (as needed), number (Arabic numerals), year of publication in brackets and cited pages. For example: H. Temperley, The Treaty of Paris of 1856 and Its Execution, Journal of Modern History, Vol. 4, no. 3 (1932), 387–414.
- For an article in Proceedings: Reference should consist of initials and last name of author(s), the title of the article (italicized), the title of the Proceedings, place and year of publication of book, with a comma between and cited pages. For example: G. R. Berridge, Dragomans and Oriental Secretaries in the British Embassy in Istanbul, Ottoman diplomacy–Conventional or unconventional, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York, 2004, 151–166.
- For a published sources: Reference should consist of initials and last name of author(s), the title of the work (italicized), initials and last name of editor(s), place and year of publication of book, with a comma between and cited pages. For example: The Parliamentary Diaries of Sir John Trelawny 1858–1865, ed. T. A. Jenkins, London, 1990, 258.