Publishing requirements
apa style
REQUIREMENTS TO THE PAPERS:
Original, unpublished texts with a maximum length of up to 30,000 characters are accepted for publication.
In-text citations and the bibliography at the end of the text should follow the Apa style example guidelines.
Size: up to 15 standard pages
Format: type Times New Roman; 12 pt; 1.5 line pitch; 2 800 characters per page (incl.)
Abstracts in English language: between 200 and 250 words.
Translated title of the paper in English language.
Key words
Bibliography
Information about the author: e-mail address, institution, Orcid ID
The editorial board receiving paper submissions would inform in 30 days only the authors whose paper have been accepted to be published.
Submission
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the e-mail to the editor at bf@balkanistica.com
Authors are advised to follow the Publishing requirements in preparing the manuscript before submission.
REVIEW AND PUBLICATION PROCESSA full double-blind refereeing process is used that comprises of the following steps.
- Paper is sent to 2 reviewers for review.
- The reviewers’ recommendations determine whether a paper will be accepted; subjected to resubmission with significant changes; rejected.
- For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
- Acceptance letter will be providedto the author(s)
- Author(s) will be notified about the possible date of publication.
- One copy of the published journal for each article will be sent to the author(s).
- The review process takes maximum one mounth.
COPYRIGHT Copyrights for articles published in Balkanistic forum are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work.