Note for Contributors

We welcome the submission of original manuscripts in English, of about 35-100 pages (including endnotes and/or references), in triplicate to the address below. Articles should be double-spaced throughout, including notes and references, and should bear the title of the contribution. All pages, including notes, references and tables should be numbered to facilitate editorial preparation. Authors’ name and identifying references should be removed from two copies. The third copy should be accompanied by a title page specifying the title of the article, the name(s) of the author(s), and the address and email of the contact person. 

Tables and figures should be typed on separate sheets and not included as part of the text. Tables and figures should be numbered consequently by Arabic numerals, and their approximate position should be indicated in the manuscript. All tables and figures must have title legends. 

Endnotes and references should be numbered sequentially. In the references, full details should be given (author’s name and initials, date of publication, title of book or journal article, place of publication, publisher and page number(s) if appropriate. Titles of journals should be given in full. The notes and references should be at the end of the manuscript. 

If an article is accepted for publication, the MS Word file version of the article must be submitted in order for us to prepare the manuscript for publication in a timely fashion. It is the general policy of the editors not to publish translations of articles already published in foreign languages.

The Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers are copyrighted, but the editors are eager to consider manuscripts which may form part of larger or later work. Should part or all of a paper appear subsequently, the editors request only the acknowledgement of the work’s earlier appearance in the Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers.

Ten off prints of each paper will be provided free of charge to the first-named author of articles. Further off prints, in minimum quantities of 50, can be purchased by contacting the editors.