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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.
  • Submitted manuscripts should not be longer than 30 pages (10000 words) neither shorter than 16 pages (5000 words).
  • Manuscript should be written in Microsoft Office Word program.
  • Page Size should be standard A4 format.
  • Fonts should be in Times New Roman form.
  • Font Size should be 12.
  • Line spacing should be 1,5 lines.
  • Font Size in footnotes should be 11.
  • Abstracts in English should have no more than 200 words.
  • Footnotes are preferred over endnotes.
  • Abstract should be followed by 5 to 6 key words.
  • Separate list of references should be given at the end of manuscript. Items in the list of references are to be same as quotations in footnotes but without page references.

Author Guidelines

The Politics and Religion Journal is first world-wide peer–reviewed academic journal to publish original scholarly articles focusing on the relation between religion and politics. Besides, PRJ also publishes book reviews related to the subject of ”politology of religion” and other similar disciplines, as well as academic critical views and scholarly polemics. The Politics and Religion now accepts only electronic submissions via OJS system. You can also submit your work on the following E-mail address: politikologijareligije@yahoo.com. There is no submission fee or publishing fee.  

Complete submission includes several documents:

1. Main Document – Anonymous

Submit a separate file containing the main document. Please omit name(s) of author(s) elsewhere in the manuscript, except when citing previous work. Self-citations should always be done in third person. The journal will review all manuscripts for anonymity and may make changes if necessary. Manuscripts needing substantial changes will be returned to the authors.

2. Title Page
Submit a title page containing the following information: 1. Title, 2. Abstract and keywords, 3. Acknowledgments  and 4. Author's information (current affiliation and position).

3. Author's short bio
Submit a short bio of 3-4 lines, including areas of expertise and recent relevant publications.

4. Signed author's statement

 

Politics and Religion Journal does not accept manuscripts that are under review elsewhere, previously published, or already committed for publication. All manuscripts are going to be checked for plagiarism prior to the review process. Submitted manuscripts are to be reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers in a double-blind peer review process. This process usually lasts between 2 and 4 months. The Editorial Board gives priority to the submissions written in English. The peer review process will start only if the submitted manuscript is formated and written according to our instructions for contributors. 

Form of citations

1. Books: Author (Family name and First name), Title of Book (italic), Publisher of Book, Place of Publication, Year of Publication, page(s).
For example: Weber Max, The religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, The Free Press, New York, 1959, p. 5 (or pp. 5–7).

If book has several editions, the number of respective edition is to be placed after the publisher.
If footnote is quoted, after page’s number fn and number of footnote are to be placed. If book of several authors is quoted, their names are to be separated by comma. If book or article of more than three authors is quoted, only the Family name and First name of first author are to be mentioned followed by abbreviation et alia (et al.) in Italic form. For example: Rex, John et al.


2. Chapter in the edited book: Author (Family name and First name), Title of Article, Title of Book (italic), Publisher, Place of Publication, Year of Publication, page(s).
For example: Samardzic Radovan, Aristocratic Vertical in Serbian History, in: Serbs in European Civilization, Samardzic Radovan & Duskov Milan (eds.), Nova & Serbian Academy of Art and Sciences, Institute for Balkan Studies, Belgrade, 1993, pp. 233–258.

3. Journal article: Author (Family name and First name), Title of Article, Title of Journal (italic), Volume and Number of the Journal, Place of Publication, Year of Publication, page(s).
For example: Rex John, Substitutes for Religion in the Modern World, Politics and Religion Journal, Vol. I, No. 1/07, Belgrade, 2007, pp. 18-39.
If the title of journal is too long, in first citation of that journal its abbreviation is to be quoted in brackets in order to be used in subsequent citations. For example: Politics and Religion journal(PRJ)

4. Newspapers and Magazines: Author (Family name and First name), Title of Article, Title of Newspaper or Magazine (italic), Date of Publication, page(s), Place of Publication. For example: Wieviorka Michel, El pape basico de la sociologia, La Vanguardia, 4. Septembre 2008, p. 15, Barcelona.

5. Short Articles: (Without data on author), Title of Article, Title of Newspaper or Magazine (italic), Date of Publication, page, Place of Publication.
For example: El pape basico de la sociologia, La Vanguardia, 4 Septembre 2008, p. 15, Barcelona.

6. Short News: Title of Newspaper and Magazine (italic), Date of Publication, page, Place of Publication, Year of Publication.
For example: La Vanguardia, 4 Septembre 2008, p. 15, Barcelona.

7. Internet sources: Author (Family name and First name) or the name of document, Title of quoted text, Precise Web Site Address (italic), Date of accessing (in brackets).
For example: Sundal Fatma, What has happened in AKP years in Turkey: The Condition of Islamism, Turkish Islam Synthesis and Islamist Violence, http://www.politicsandreligionjournal.com/PDF/broj%203/01_fatma_sundal.pdf (accessed 11. 11. 2008).

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