Submissions

Author Guidelines

The ESeS Editorial Office accepts for consideration manuscripts in English. Manuscripts in .doc, .docx and .rtf format should be sent to the electronic address of the editorial office (etnologia.slovaca@gmail.com). For manuscripts undergoing peer review, in addition to the full version of the manuscript, an anonymized version is required where information that may identify the author(s) is removed. Deadline for submission of manuscripts to the editorial office: 30 August.

Rubrics

Major Articles & Research Reports

Articles and research reports present the results of empirical research which are interpreted using theories of the social sciences and humanities. The text must contain a clear argument, must be structured in accordance with it, must contain a brief description of the theoretical theses and methods used and must present the conclusions resulting from the empirical research and the theoretical interpretation. The text should be 18,000 – 45,000 characters long, including bibliography, footnotes and appendices. It must contain an abstract in English of 200 – 300 words and 5 – 7 keywords. Manuscripts go through peer reviewing process.

Essays

The texts present the authors’ views on important issues in the social sciences and humanities; they do not necessarily contain the results of the authors' empirical research. They must include critical arguments on current research issues in the social sciences and humanities, or address important academic issues, including the work of academic institutions. The text should be in the range of 5,400 – 36,000 characters, including a list of references and footnotes, and must contain an abstract in English of 200 – 300 words and 5 – 7 keywords. Manuscripts go through peer reviewing process.

Discussions

The texts in this section are reflections of at least three authors on a specific issue. Like essays, they must include critical arguments on current research issues in the social sciences and humanities, or address important academic issues, including the work of academic institutions. The text of each author should be in the range of 5,400 – 36,000 characters, including the bibliography and footnotes, and must contain an abstract in English of 200 – 300 words and 5 – 7 key words.

Personality

This section includes interviews with important personalities of the academic sphere or overviews of professional activities of such personalities with a critical evaluation of their works. The text should be in the range of 5,400 – 36,000 characters, including a list of references and footnotes.

Reviews

The reviews are intended to inform about new or otherwise important publications in the field of social sciences and humanities, including exhibitions and expositions, with a critical evaluation of their content. The range of a review is 3,600 – 9,000 characters, including spaces and footnotes.

Book Essays

Book essays are critical reflections on several publications that deal with the same issue (at least three titles). The scope of the essay is 14,000 – 28,000 characters, including spaces and footnotes.

News

These texts inform about important events in the academic sphere (conferences, symposia, professional meetings, etc.), and about life anniversaries, or deaths of important personalities, with an evaluation of their professional activities and works. A text ranges from 3,600 – 9,000 characters, including spaces and footnotes.

Form of manuscripts

The texts should be written in Times New Roman, 12, 1.5 spacing (footnotes: Times New Roman, 10, 1.0 spacing). Guidelines for citations and references can be found here.

The title page should contain (or send the completed form of manuscript):

• the title of the paper (including English version of the title);
• the name and email of each author, their academic degrees, current position and professional affiliation as well as the address of the academic institution where the author works;
• any disclosures or acknowledgements;
• a total word count and the number of tables and/or figures included. The number of tables and figures (in total) must not exceed ten. Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. Figures or photos should be submitted as separate files in TIFF, JPG format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi or in EPS format with a resolution of at least 800 dpi; only placement indicators should appear in the main text. Each table and each figure must be accompanied by a description/title and a source; this data should be sent in a separate file.

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