Journal of Balkan Studies

Aims & Scope

Journal of Balkan Studies contains original scientific publications. All published articles, except editorials, are subject to a double blind peer review process. Aim and Scope -Journal of Balkan Studies' articles are primarily requested to comply with the academic rules of the theoretical and methodological framework. The content is expected to be methodologically consistent, appropriate and systematic, based on a theory, it is likely to question the theories or to produce a new theory. - Journal of Balkan Studies includes perspectives that analyse the present and prioritise the future, taking into account the past about North Macedonia, the Balkans and the world, with its consistent, reliable arguments. - Journal of Balkan Studies prioritises methodological, intellectual, historical, theoretical, literature studies and discussions for the region, and gives importance to the production of local knowledge. - Journal of Balkan Studies prioritises knowledge production for the region. It also encourages texts that develop new approaches / imagery to global, intellectual, methodological, historical questions and problems of people and societies. - The number of Balkan Studies Journal can be thematic or published on the basis of articles covering many different topics. - The Journal of Balkan Studies values the fact that the produced information is applicable to people, societies, the world and a future perspective. The aim of the Journal is to contribute to science by publishing high quality publications of scientific importance. For this purpose, original research articles, reviews, case reports, book reviews and letters to the editor are published. Journal of Balkan Studies; centres the Balkans and the disciplines of history, political science, international relations, is an independent, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access and online journal. Articles should describe original data not previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles that are deemed suitable for Journal of Balkan Studies submission rules and the scope of the journal are sent to at least two referees who are experts in their fields for scientific evaluation. The Editorial Board members of the Journal of Balkan Studies, who discuss the suitability of the manuscript, then take into account the comments of the referees on each submission. The final decision for all submitted articles belongs to the Editor-in-Chief. The Editorial Board of the Journal of Balkan Studies is committed to comply with the criteria of the C ommittee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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