Each year, Slovak Ethnology / Slovenský národopis publishes two or three calls for thematic issues on current topics in ethnology, social/cultural anthropology and related disciplines. Besides problem-oriented scientific studies, the journal also publishes research reports, essays, discussions, overviews, book reviews and book essays.
The magazine provides space for critical columns on the presented articles. The studies, materials, essays, debates and overviews undergo anonymous peer review by international experts.
Call for papers
Call for the special issue of Slovak Ethnology/Slovenský národopis, volume 70, number 2/2022, on the topic Rituals as instruments of social regulation. The guest editors of the issue are Vladimír Bahna (Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK) and Konrad Talmont-Kaminski (University of Bialystok, PL). For more information GO HERE.
Call for the special issue of Slovak Ethnology/Slovenský národopis, volume 72, number 3/2022, on the topic of Gossip, Rumours and Conspiracy Theories at the time of crisis. The guest editors of the issue are Elżbieta Drążkiewicz (Institute for Sociology of SAS) and Zuzana Panczová (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of SAS). For more information GO HERE.
Call for the special issue of Slovak Ethnology/Slovenský národopis, volume 69, number 4/2021, on the topic of Professional, Academic, or Public Engagements and Entanglements of Intangible Cultural Heritage Research. The guest editors of the issue are Kristin Kuutma (UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Tartu, Estonia) and Anita Vaivade (UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage Policy and Law, Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia), co-chairs of the Working Group ‘Cultural Heritage and Property’ of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF). For more information GO HERE.
Editorial staff
Main editor
Deputy editor
Editors
Vladimír Potančok
Soňa G. Lutherová
Editorial board
Regina Bendix (Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany), Michał Buchowski (Adam Miczkiewicz University of Poznań, Poland), Dušan Deák (Comenius University of Bratislava, Slovakia), Ingrid Slavec Gradišnik (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Juraj Hamar (Comenius University of Bratislava, Slovakia), Hana Hlôšková (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia), Miloš Hubina (Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand), Gabriela Kiliánová (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia), Ullrich Kockel (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh and University of Ulster, United Kingdom), Eva Krekovičová (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia), Sam Pack (Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA), Vladimir Penchev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria), Dragana Radojičić (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia), Klaus Roth (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany), Peter Salner (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia), Martin Šimša (National Folk Culture Institute, Czech Republic), Davide Torsello (University of Bergamo, Italy), Zdeněk Uherek (Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Czech Republic), Elena S. Uzeneva (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Helena Wulff (University of Stockholm, Sweden)
Guidelines for contributors
The guidelines for contributors are here.
Publication ethics
and malpractice statement
Slovak Ethnology requires the high standards of publication ethics and prevention of publication malpractice. It publishes ethics guidelines for the authors, the reviewers, the editors and for the publisher to follow. You can find them online here. The journal accepts only original manuscripts which have been not published or submitted to another publisher before, should be written from stated authors, include no unlawful statements, do not infringe the rights of others, and quote the sources appropriately. The review process is anonymous. The reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to reviewed articles. The judgments should be objective. The editors and the publisher have to take all steps to ensure the quality of published articles. In case of problems, our editors work with the Publishing Ethics Resource Kit developed by Elsevier.
Open Access Statement
The journal Slovak Ethnology/ Slovenský národopis is Open Access according to BOAI definition and the contributions are licensed under CC-BY. The content is freely available on the public internet, permitting any users to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. The content could be adapted for any purpose, even commercially.
Guidelines for reviewers
More information on peer review and guidelines for reviewers are online here.
Address for subscribers
SAP - Slovak Academic Press, s. r. o.,
Bazová 2,
821 08 Bratislava
e-mail: sap@sappress.sk
Digitalization of the Journal
Volumes 1953-2012 were digitized by the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI). Accessibility of these volumes is in progress, particular full-texts are published only if the Institute of Ethnology SAS has got a licence pursuant to Act No. 618/2003 ("Copyright Act").
The Bibliography of the Slovak Ethnology (1953-2002) is accessible online HERE.
