Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers

The series editors invite scholars to submit original English-language manuscripts in view of publication. We aim to publish around five papers a year and offer submitters exceptionally rapid response. Unlike journal publishing, our occasional papers are published individually, as soon as the review process is completed and the papers are accepted. Not having to wait for an entire journal issue to be completed eliminates the usually long delay separating the acceptance of the paper and its appearance in print. This kind of publishing ensures that new ideas, theories and investigations are promptly disseminated and made available to the academic and policy-making community, giving scholars the tremendous advantage of having their materials emerge in a timely fashion. The papers are published in both electronic and hard-copy versions, and are regularly advertised and represented at national and international conventions related to communist and post-communist studies.

We accept manuscripts of roughly 35-100 pages that are longer than the usual journal articles but do not warrant their publication as an individual monograph. All submissions are promptly sent out for review and decisions are based on the reports of two referees. The refereeing process is completely blind, with the names of the reviewers and the author being fully protected. Reviewers are asked for both an overall evaluation of the manuscript and specific comments and suggestions which are passed on to the authors. The editors endeavor to complete the refereeing process within the span of a four-month period.

The Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers series offers scholars from both social sciences and humanities a flexible, efficient and recognized vehicle for publication of high quality manuscripts. The editors welcome submissions or queries to:

Notes for Contributors:

We welcome the submission of original manuscripts in English and French, of about 35-100 pages (including endnotes and/or references), in triplicate to the above address. 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 article is accepted for publication, the 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 that should be accessible to most of an educated readership.

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