Submissions

Author Guidelines

The manuscripts submitted to Mundo Eslavo must be written in English, Spanish or any Slavic language and must not be under review for publication by another journal, accepted and/or published elsewhere. Authors whose native language is not the language of the contribution should have their manuscripts read by a qualified native speaker before submission. Contributions should be submitted in a Microsoft Word (.doc) format on our website. The name of the attached file and the email subject should be “author’s surname-type of submissions” (e.g.: jones-review.doc).

Type of submissions

Mundo Eslavo publishes 1) full-length articles 2) reviews of books (not more than three years old).

Length

The length of articles should be between 5,000 and 9,000 words, including abstract, notes and references. An article exceeding the length limit will be returned to the author. The reviews of books should not exceed 3,000 words.

Style

The manuscript should be submitted on the website of the journal and and should be double-spaced throughout (including notes and references). The font should be 12 pt Times New Roman. Only the left hand margin should be justified. Text in bold should be avoided, except in the title and subdivisions of the text. Use only double quotation marks, with the exception of translations, when single quotation marks should be used. Please do not insert line breaks in the text or special spacing for formatting. The paragraph break should be indicated by an extra line space rather than an indentation at the beginning of a paragraph.

Article title

The title must be appeared in the language of the contribution, following by a translated version in English. The font should be 12pt Times New Roman bold.

Author’s full name

The author’s full name should appear after the title in bold, followed by the affiliation, and e-mail address. The font should be 12pt Times New Roman.

Abstract

An abstract of 200-250 words must be submitted in the language of the article, followed by a translated version in English. The font in the abstract should be 10pt Times New Roman.

Keywords

Five keywords must be included in the language of the article, and a translated version in English. The font in the keywords should be 10pt Times New Roman.

Notes

Endnotes are not allowed. Footnotes should be kept to an absolute minimum and be as brief as possible. They should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers and indicated in the text by a raised number before any punctuation marks. The font in the endnotes should be 10pt Times New Roman. Please avoid figures, diagrams and tables in footnotes.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements should be presented under a separate heading at the end of the article, before the References.

Figures and diagrams

Figures and diagrams should be included in the text in the position where they are to appear only in image format (jpg, gif, png).

Citations in the text

The citations within the text should provide the author‘s name, the year of publication of the paper or book, and, if necessary, the page references, e.g.: “Wierzbicka (1999: 25) discusses...”; “Wierzbicka (1999) have reported that…”; "... (Wierzbicka, 1999: 25)".

References
Please list all works in the References that have been cited in the text. Do not list works that have not been cited. Citation of a reference as “in press” or “forthcoming” implies that the item has been accepted for publication. The font should be 12 pt Times New Roman.

References should follow the style used by the American Psychological Association (APA, last edition).

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Template:

Article title

Article title (in English)

Article title (in Spanish)

Author’s full name

Author’s affiliation

E-mail address

Abstract

Text

Keywords: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3, keyword 4, keyword 5.

Abstract (in English)

Text

Keywords (in English): keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3, keyword 4, keyword 5.

1. Introduction

Text

2. Methods

Text

3. Results

Text

4. Conclusions

Text

Acknowledgements

Text

References

Text

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Reviewing and Evaluating

Mundo Eslavo is a doubled blind peer-reviewed journal. The articles and reviews which are received are sent to two specialists in the field to be blind reviewed. If the reports of both referees are positive the paper is accepted. In case one of the reports is negative, the paper is sent to a third specialist referee who decides on its possible publication.

Timing and contact information

Upon receipt of paper submission, the author of the article will receive an e-mail of confirmation within 3-5 working days. In case of any failure in receiving confirmation email please re-contact the editors.

The review process may take around 2 months.

Notification of the result of review is sent via e-mail. If corrections are proposed by the reviewers, the author should send to the editors the article with all the corrections within 7 days.

Submission declaration

Authors should obtain permission for any copyrighted material used in the submission. Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously, and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out.

Submission checklist

Ensure that the following items are present prior to sending it to the journal for review:

• Translated version in English of the article title
• Author’s full name, affiliation, and e-mail address
• Abstract, and a translated version in English
• Five keywords, and a translated version in English
• All figure captions (in image format)
• All tables
• References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web)

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dr. Tamara Gorozhankina, the Secretary of the journal Mundo Eslavo, at journalmundoeslavo (at) gmail (dot) com.