Author Guidelines
The journal publishes works resulting from individual and group research in the field of social sciences. It is issued in both print and electronic form three times a year – in April, August, and December.
The journal publishes original scientific papers, review papers, short or preliminary communications, scientific criticism and polemics, professional papers, reviews of publications, etc.
Manuscripts may be submitted in Serbian or in other languages.
Manuscripts should be sent to the following email address: fsavetnik@gmail.rs
Conditions for Publication
All manuscripts undergo an anonimous peer review process. Only papers that receive positive reviews will be considered for publication.
Authors are required to submit a signed and scanned declaration stating that the manuscript has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere and that it does not involve plagiarism or self-plagiarism, in whole or in part. The declaration form can be downloaded from the journal’s website.
Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with these instructions; otherwise, they will not be considered for publication.
The maximum length of a manuscript is 30,000 characters with spaces, including footnotes and endnotes, but excluding the title, abstracts in Serbian and English, and the reference list.
Exceptionally, manuscripts exceeding this limit may be accepted if the Editorial Board deems them scientifically, professionally, or informatively justified.
Standards for Manuscript Preparation
A manuscript must include:
- author or co-author information,
- title,
- abstract and keywords in Serbian (or in English if the manuscript is written in Serbian),
- main text,
- references,
- English translation of author information, title, abstract, and keywords.
Manuscripts must be prepared in Microsoft Word, A4 page format, with 2.54 cm margins on all sides, Times New Roman font, size 12, and single line spacing.
Author information must include: full name and surname; full name of the institution; and a footnote linked to each author indicating possible contact information.
The title of the paper is written in uppercase letters, while subtitles are written in lowercase letters, centered and in bold.
The abstract (Bold) should contain 150–200 words and be written in italics.
Keywords (Bold) should include 5–10 terms and be written in italics.
The main text is written in regular style, justified alignment, with single line spacing.
Subheadings are not numbered and are written in bold, centered.
Explanatory notes related to parts of the main text are given in footnotes.
Illustrations (tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs, drawings, etc.) should be submitted separately from the main text, with titles written in italics.
Sources of quotations are given in parentheses after the quotation marks, while full bibliographic information is provided in the reference list at the end of the paper.
The reference list, written with a capitalized heading and lowercase entries, must include complete bibliographic details for each cited publication in its original language and script. References are listed in the order in which they appear in the text.
If the manuscript is written in Serbian, it must include English translations of author information, title, abstract, and keywords, following the same instructions. The terms Abstract and Keywords are used for the English versions.
