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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).  
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Each manuscript proposal MUST include:

ARTICLES

• The full name and email address of EVERY author on the article.
•  Job title/position and institution.
• An abstract of approximately 150-300 words. The abstract should state clearly the thesis of the paper and the argument(s) made in support of the thesis.
• Keyword

Body of the text

Bibliography

Language: Authors should send their papers in English language only

 

BOOK REVIEWS

- Basic informations of the Autor of the review

- Informations about the book which is under review (Autor, Year of publishing. Title. Place of publishing: Publisher.), number of pages est.

- The Book can be published on one of the Balkan languages or some of the world languages (English, German, French, Russian est.)

- The Book should refer or reflect the region of the Balkans and be based in some of Social Science disciplines (Political Sciences, Law, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology est.)

- The publishing date of the book should not be more then five years old

- We strongly encourage young researchers, PhD or MA students to take part in Book review section

 

Language: Authors should send their book reviews in the English language only.

 

Referencing and style

In Balkan Social Science Review you should use APA citation style.


Citation and References Policy

1. Accurate Citation of Sources:
Authors must ensure that all references listed in the reference list are directly cited in the text of the manuscript. Each reference must correspond to a specific in-text citation to ensure clarity and establish a transparent scientific citation network.

2. Distinction Between Cited and Further Reading Sources:
If authors wish to include additional sources for background or further reading that are not directly cited in the text, these should be clearly categorized under a separate section titled "Further Reading" or "Additional Bibliography." These sources should not be included in the primary reference list.

3. Submission Checklist Requirement:
Before submission, authors must confirm that:

  • All entries in the reference list are matched with in-text citations.
  • Any uncited works intended for general background are properly listed in a separate section outside the primary reference list.

4. Editorial Compliance Check:
Manuscripts that fail to meet this requirement will be returned to the authors for revision prior to peer review.

Length:

The ideal manuscript length is a minimum of 6,000 words and a maximum of 8,500 words of text, without the reference list (bibliography). 

The book review should be approximately 1,500 words of text.

 

Procedure

All submissions based on the active call for papers are subject to the following reviewing process that is presented in chronological order:

1. Initial screening of the paper is conducted by the editors of the Journal. Please be advised that the paper may be rejected by the editors before sending the paper for full peer review due to one or several of the following reasons:

  • It fails the technical screening which includes elements that are suspected to be plagiarized, the manuscript is not complete, the figures are not complete or clear enough, the article does not conform to the Author’s Guideline of the Journal
  • the paper does not fall within the aims and scope of the Journal
  • the procedure and / or the analysis of the data is seen to be defective
  • it is incomprehensive in terms of language, structure, figures
  • the paper is not of interest to the readers of the Journal
  • the paper lacks usage of relevant literature
  • the submission is not consistent with the journal's policy
  • priority is given to authors that are new and haven't published in the previous issue or issues of the journal                                                                       

2. Proofreading review of the paper which is provided by a native English speaker who also has the competencies to evaluate the paper from a methodological aspect and suggest improvements for our authors. Based on the opinions of the proofreading reviewer, the editors may decide to reject the paper in this phase of the reviewing process, due to the following reason: the English language does not meet the criteria of the journal.

3. A full peer review process that involves two independent reviewers who have expertise in the field of the subject of the paper. The Journal uses a double-blind reviewing process. The evaluation of the paper provided by the reviewers is given in a form available in our published PEMS. Based on the two reviews, the editors are responsible for the decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The editors’ decision is final.

Editorial

BALKAN SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW

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Permissions

Authors are expected to obtain permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. BSSR will not be held accountable for any copyright infringement caused by the authors.

Copyright
The content offered in the BSSR remains the intellectual property of the authors and their publishers respectively. University “Goce Delcev”- Shtip, R. Macedonia and BSSR keap the right to promote and re-publish the texts.

 

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