Euxeinos. The Journal of the Swiss Academic Association for East European Studies

Article Types

Euxeinos welcomes submissions in the following categories:

Individual Articles
Welcoming contributors from scholars across disciplines who engage in research on Eastern, Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe, fostering diverse methodological approaches and perspectives within the field.
All articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process.
Contributions should not exceed a maximum length of 8,000 words.

Thematic Clusters
Welcoming contributors from scholars across disciplines who engage in research on Eastern, Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe, fostering diverse methodological approaches and perspectives within the field.
Proposals for thematic clusters, comprising a maximum of five articles, should be directed to Co-Editor Dr. Alexander Meienberger.
Please note that essays are only accepted as part of edited volumes treating thematic clusters and will not be considered independently.
Essays are not peer-reviewed but will undergo evaluation and approval by the editorial board.

Book Reviews
We are happy to accept requests for book reviews, written by scholars based at Swiss academic institutions.
Requests for book reviews should be coordinated with Prof. Dr. Olena Palko.

Conference Reports
Reports on academic conferences held in Switzerland are welcome.
Prospective contributors are encouraged to contact Dr. Alexander Meienberger for submission details.

Submission requirements

Language, Style and Citation
Euxeinos accepts submissions only in English. The editors prefer British English. The chosen variety of English must be used consistently.
All type of texts must be written according to the Chicago Manual Style 17 Edition.
Euxeinos uses endnote citations, please use the Chicago Manual Style 17 Editions, the type of citation is Notes.
Euxeinos has its formatting template, so articles should be kept simple: fonts Times New Roman, single-spaced, and using italics and bold print only where necessary. Minimal hyphenation is preferred.
All article titles must be fully capitalized.
Manuscripts must be submitted in Word format.
Before submission, ensure your paper includes all required sections: a title and an abstract in English, German, French and Italian (maximum 150 words), 5–8 keywords, and the main text. Additionally, remove all personal information, such as your name, email address, and affiliation.
Once your article is approved for publication, you will be notified. For the final publication, please provide an author biography (maximum 100 words) including your affiliation, degree, and a selection of recent publications.

Transliteration / Romanization
All non-English words and names must be Romanized into English according to the Library of Congress romanization tables.

Foreign Words and Abbreviations
All non-English words should be in italic script, and along with all non-English names, they should be spelled with accents and diacritical marks included.
Abbreviations should be given in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in brackets.
If a quoted publication is not in English, please give an original title and an English translation too.
Special Attention
Please check the references systematically to ensure that all works cited in the text are also listed in the reference section, and vice versa.
Please be sure to obtain written permission for the use of material (e.g., maps, figures) for which the copyright is owned by others.

Headings
All headings begin flush left and should follow the following numbering system:
1 First-level heading
1.1 Second-level heading
1.1.1 Third-level heading. Run-on text.
Never begin numbering sections with “0” (“0” should not be used anywhere in section numbering).
In the headline and the running text, for all titles in English, headline-style capitalization is used: capitalize the first and last words and all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinating conjunctions (if, because, that, etc.). Lowercase articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions (regardless of length). The “to” in infinitives and the word as in any function are lowercased.

Dates, Numbers and Symbols
Dates should be written as follow: 1 February 1965, 15 June 2015, 30 November 1865
Centuries should be written as follows: In the 16th century, 19th century.
All numbers greater than 10 should be expressed in numerical form rather than words.
Please use symbols for %, $ and £.

Quotation and Quotation Marks
Quoted matter more than 50 words should be presented as a single-spaced block quotation.
Double quotation “marks” for:
-Quoted matter up to 50 words
-Do not use quotation marks to emphasize a word
-You can, however, use quotation marks around a word or words used in an ironical sense
Simple quotation ‘marks’
-Quotes within quotes
“I’m not sure what she means by ‘quantamental investing,’” he said.
Please always use rounded quotation marks (“. . .”) not “straight” ones.
An ellipsis (…) within continuous text is usually indicated by three points, a fourth should be added at the end if the ellipsis finishes a sentence.

Dashes
Spaced EM-dashes are used as parenthetical dashes (“text — text”). Please do not use double hyphens.
Unspaced EN-dashes should be used between inclusive numbers, e.g., 153–159, 1975–1979.
Please use EN-dashes (not bullets) for any unnumbered lists.

Tables, Figures, and Illustrations
Please provide us always with copyrights for all pictures you show in the article even if you took them from the internet or Wikipedia.
Information presented together in rows and columns should be labelled as “Tables”.
Graphs, line drawings, photographs and the like should be labelled as “Figures”.
Photographs and scanned images should have a good resolution.
Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively throughout the text.
Table captions should appear directly above the table; figure captions should appear directly below the figure.
Photographs and other illustrations should be submitted separately, a preferable image format is JPG.

Editorial and Peer Review Process

After submission, manuscripts undergo an initial check for completeness, formatting, and compliance with the journal’s style guide. Following this, the editorial team conducts a preliminary assessment of the paper’s quality and relevance. Suitable manuscripts are then forwarded for double-blind peer review, ensuring that both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the evaluation process.

Publication Details

While we aim to complete the peer review process as quickly as possible, please bear in mind that reviewers give their time voluntarily. There may be occasions where several reviewers are invited before the required number can be arranged, or when a reviewer fails to deliver a review and the invitation process needs to start again. There are no charges to be expected for the author. The author needs to follow all the requirements of the styleguide and provide information on the author at the end of the paper.

Copyright

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