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About the magazine

PUBLISHER
Ethnographic Society of Slovakia
ID Number: 00178811

Etnologické rozpravy / Ethnological Debates is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published once a year by the Ethnographic Society of Slovakia. The articles are accepted in Slovak, Czech and English language.

Etnologické rozpravy / Ethnological Debates are indexed in CEEOL, DOAJ, ERIH PLUS

Etnologické rozpravy / Ethnological Debates publishes research findings in ethnology and sociocultural anthropology, as well as other related areas of scientific research and practice. They publish problem-oriented theoretical, overview, empirical (material) articles, as well as professional essays, interviews, reviews, and reports. Individual volumes are usually published as thematically open issues, or with a priority theme. Articles go through peer reviewing process.

The journal has been published twice a year since 1994 as a continuation of the professional non-periodical bulletin Národopisné informácie / Ethnographic information (founded in 1969), which was published by the Slovak Ethnographic Society (now the Ethnographic Society of Slovakia) and the Ethnographic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (now the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences). Later, the Slovak National Museum in Martin also became a co-publisher. Currently, Etnologické rozpravy / Ethnological Debates is published solely by the Ethnographic Society of Slovakia. The original functions of the periodical were informative (aimed at informing members of the scientific community and the Slovak ethnological community) and professional (based on the publication of scientific and professional contributions in the field of ethnology). Since 2004, the publication of the journal has focused on single-theme issues, and since 2018, the concept has focused on narratives as an essential part of ethnological and anthropological research. The magazine was published in print until issue 1/2021.

Since issue 2/2021, Etnologické rozpravy / Ethnological Debates has been a fully (and exclusively) electronic internet journal applying the principle of open access. Since 2026, it has been published once a year.


STATEMENT OF THE OPEN ACCESS



Ethnological Debates is a scientific journal published once a year with open access journal according to the definition of BOAI. Individual authors' texts are subject to a public license [CC BY]. The content of the journal is freely available on the public Internet. Any user of the public Internet is free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles without seeking prior permission from the journal publisher or author. The contents of all issues since 2/2021 may be used for any purpose, including commercial use.

All contents of Ethnological Narratives from issue 2/2021 onwards are freely available to readers under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license

All the contents of Ethnological Debates up to issue 1/2021 are freely available to readers in academic and university libraries.

A bibliography of previous issues is available in the Digital archive of journal.

Authors retain the copyright of their papers without restrictions.

There are no publication-related fees for authors.


EDITORS

Juraj Janto (main editor) Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts

Alexandra Bachledová Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts

Kristína Cichová Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Diana Kmeťová Miškovičová University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Arts

Michal Uhrin Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts


E-mail: etnologicke.rozpravy@gmail.com

Editorial address:
Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
Gondova 2
811 02 Bratislava
Slovak Republic


EDITORIAL BOARD

Dita Andrušková Záhorské Museum in Skalica

Jana Ambrózová Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts

Martina Bocánová University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Arts

Daniel Drápala Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts

Katarína Koštialová Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Arts

Katarína Popelková Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology

Blanka Soukupová Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Humanities


INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Nevena Škrbić Alempijević (Croatia)
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Martin Brocki (Poland)
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

Dmitrij Funk (Russia)
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Ethnology

Chris Knight (Great Britain)
University College London, Department of Anthropology

László Kürti (Hungary)
University of Miskolcs, Institute of Applied Social Sciences

Rajko Muršič (Slovenia)
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

Andrei Znamenski (USA)
University of Memphis, Department of History


PUBLICATION ETHICS

The Editorial Office of the journal Ethnological debates accepts original articles which have not been published and are not in press or under consideration for publication by another publisher at the time of submission, as well as revised English versions of articles, originally published in native languages. In the latter case author(s) should inform the Editorial Office about original publication.

In case of ethical problems arising in the process of peer reviewing the editors use the principles of Publishing Ethics Resource Kit.


PEER REVIEWING

After the manuscript is submitted, the Editorial Office should confirm its receiving by email. All the manuscripts are reviewed by the editors who in course of two weeks would inform the authors about further procedure which can include modifications of the texts according to the editors’ comments. The Editorial Office does not accept the manuscripts which do not correspond to the journal’s scholarly orientation, do not answer the basic criteria of scholarly text, or are ethically challenging. The decision should be approved by the Editorial Board.

The texts of articles are thoroughly reviewed by two independent reviewers. In this process the Editorial Office follows the rules of mutually anonymous peer reviewing. The reviewers should be competent in a relevant field of study. The editors also take in consideration personal or institutional issues that can influence the reviewers’ decisions.

The reviewers are asked to give opinion on scientific qualities of the text (argument, references, ethnographic data, originality, contribution to the field) and on formal aspects (language, writing style, quotations, format). If reviewers’ opinions radically differ, the editors ask a third scholar to review the paper in question.

On the basis of the reviews the manuscript is either accepted for publication, returned to the author for reworking or fully rejected. The author is expected to respond to all the reviewers’ comments – whether they accepted the comment or not, and if not, they should give a logical justification.

The editors are competent to consider whether the author’s modifications are sufficient and whether the author’s response was sufficiently substantiated. If the editors consider it is not, they further communicate with the author. In case of disagreement, they offer their opinion to the Editorial Board.
The final decision on accepting / not accepting the manuscript is made by the Editorial Board.

If the author objects against the decision of the Editorial Office or does not consider the reviewer’s comments to be applicable, they can explain their objections in a letter to the Editorial Board. The reviewer and the editors should be informed about the letter and the Editorial Board should make the final decision and substantiate it in the response to the author.


GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

The editorial office accepts abstracts of articles and essays until January 31. Following the acceptance of abstracts, the full texts of articles and essays, as well as other contributions, must be submitted by March 31.

Contributions must be submitted in electronic form in Word format (.docx) and must include the author’s contact details and a list of sources used. All materials should be sent to the editorial office’s email address (etnologicke.rozpravy@gmail.com). In the case of studies and essays, an abstract in English and 5–7 keywords in Slovak (or Czech) and in English must also be included. Texts are published in the language in which they were submitted for peer review.

Texts should be written in Times New Roman, font size 12, with 1.5 line spacing. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page (Times New Roman, font size 10, single-spaced). The list of sources used should be placed at the end of the text in alphabetical order and titled References.

Text template

Text Editing and Citation Style


RUBRICS

Articles
Theoretical, review, or empirical (material-based) articles must have an appropriate structure, including clearly formulated objectives, an overview of the current state of the issue, a description of methods and sources, arguments or specific theses, the presentation of data with their interpretation, and conclusions. The text must be between 27,000 and 45,000 characters (15–25 standard pages), including the bibliography, footnotes, and appendices. It must include an abstract in English of 200–300 words and 5–7 keywords both in the language of the text and in English. Articles are subject to a peer-review process.

Essays
Essays address selected topics at a professional level in the form of an overview, summary, discussion, etc. The text must include clearly defined objectives, a description and presentation of the issue, relevant arguments or specific theses, and must make use of appropriate scholarly sources. Essays may also focus on the presentation of an important personality and their professional work in the academic sphere or in practical fields, as well as on an event, publication, project, and similar topics. The text must be between 9,000 and 36,000 characters (5–20 standard pages), including the list of references, footnotes, and appendices. It must include an abstract in English of 100–200 words and 5–7 keywords both in the language of the text and in English.

Interviews
Interviews with prominent figures may focus on their professional lives and work (usually on the occasion of a jubilee), or they may aim to present a specific project, publication, or issue related to the person in question.

Reviews
Reviews are intended to inform readers about new or otherwise significant publications in the fields of the social sciences and humanities, including exhibitions and expositions, and to provide a critical evaluation of their content. The length of a review is 3,600–9,000 characters (2–5 standard pages), including spaces and footnotes.

News
These texts inform about important events concerning the the ethnological community, including professional and social events, anniversaries, and deaths. News items range from 1,800 to 7,200 characters (1–3 standard pages).


CALLS FOR PAPERS

Ethnological Debates, Volume 33 (2026)
Priority topic: movement
Call for paper

We invite you to publish in the 33rd volume of Ethnological Discussions. The priority topic of the journal in 2026 will be movement. We welcome scientific and professional texts that reflect on this issue in various contexts, e.g., transport and traffic, human mobility, relocation, commuting, migration, transport of objects, movement in dance, sports, rituals, gestures, as well as social mobility, cultural exchange, etc.
The editorial board also accepts other theoretical, material, and overview studies and essays from ethnology, sociocultural anthropology, and related disciplines, as well as discussions, interviews, reviews, and reports from the professional community.

Deadline for submitting abstracts of studies and essays: January 31, 2026.
Deadline for submitting texts: March 31, 2026.
Please send abstracts and texts to the editorial office: etnologicke.rozpravy@gmail.com and to the editor: juraj.janto@uniba.sk.

Updated guidelines for authors will be available from February 2026 at: https://nss.sav.sk/en/ethnological-debates/guidelines-for-authors/. From 2026, Ethnological Debates will be published once a year.