Sarajevo Social Science Review [SSSR] announces the call for papers

April 20, 2016 / Wednesday @ 8:34

Sarajevo Social Science Review [SSSR announces the call for papers for it’s Spring/Summer 2016 issue. Manuscripts can both in English and B/C/S languages be accepted. The journal publishes research papers covering all fields within social sciences, while scientific communication, research notes and book reviews are also welcomed. All manuscripts undergo a peer review process (except book reviews).This issue introduces a thematic section that will focus on the issues of populism. Questions to be explored include whether populism is only a matter of strategy, political communication or ideology, populism on the political right vs. left, nationalistic or any other kind of populism. We invite all authors who have been dealing with the populism in a broader sense to contribute to the thematic section of the journal. Case studies and comparative studies, as well as theoretical pieces are welcomed. In addition we encourage students to submit abstracts of their master or doctoral thesis, revised to fit journal guidelines. SSSR is indexed in Central Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) and EBSCO (Political Science Complete). Please note that already published articles and articles submitted elsewhere will not be considered. The deadline for full paper submission is May, 23rd 2016.

Papers are to be sent via e-mail in word format to the e-mail-address: valida.repovac.niksic@fpn.unsa.ba.

 

INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORS

Papers that will be published in the SSSR should meet the following criteria:

  1. Size – including notes, literature, and graphics – of the paper should not be longer than 6000 words using the font Times New Roman, size 12 and line spacing 1.5. No header is needed and the pages do not need to be numbered.
  2. Every paper should contain an abstract/a summary consisting of 150-200 words explaining the main ideas of the paper and 4-6 key words.
  3. The cover sheet needs to include information on the author first and last name, his/her title and place of work, e-mail address) in the top left corner.
  4. In-text references should be used with last name of the author(s), year of publication, and, in cases of direct citations, the page number; e.g. (Parsons, 1975), and (Etizioni and Lawrence, 1992: 256). References like „ibid“and „op. cit“ are not to be used.
  5. Notes with additional information, comments or digression, should be marked with Arabic numerals in the text and listed as endnotes (at the end of the paper). Footnotes should not be used.
  6. The bibliography, following after the endnotes, but before annexes, has to include all cited texts or text referred to in the paper in alphabetical order according to the authors’ family names. Books by the same author have to be listed in chronological order. If more than one book by the same author is published in a certain year, then letters (a, b, c, d, etc.) have to be added after the year of publication to make sure that the references are clear.
  7. Graphical features (graphs, diagrams a.s.o.) have to be high resolution data, which is numbered – marked with a number according to their position in the paper. Tables and graphs should have a heading of their own, which indicates content; the source has to be given below the table or the graph. Pictures, diagrams, graphs, schemes and similar graphical features can be marked as pictures, followed by their numbers and headings. The tables are limited to one page DIN A4. Tables, diagrams, pictures and similar graphical features should be handed in in the original format (excel, jpeg etc.) for quality reasons.
  8. Full references should be provided in accordance with ASA style.
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