About the Journal

Review of Croatian History is a scholarly journal intended to publish articles in English (and other major languages) related to the Croatian history. The first issue was published in 2005. All articles are subject to quality control through initial editorial review, while scientific papers are subject to text-matching controls and a strict review process that includes at least two double-blind reviews by anonymous reviewers.

The Review of Croatian History is referenced in the following publications and databases: Scopus; Croatian Bibliography, Series B; Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL); Portal of Croatian scientific and professional journals (HRČAK).

The Review of Croatian History belongs to the A1 category of journals, which are considered of equal quality to journals with internationally-recognised peer reviews.

The Review of Croatian History has an electronic and a printed form. It supports open access, meaning that the entire contents of its electronic edition are accessible freely, without a fee for the users or their institutions.

Sending Manuscripts

Our call for papers is always open, and manuscripts can be sent to the editorial board throughout the year, exclusively through submission site. The journal does not bill the authors for the expenses of receiving, reviewing, or publishing their works. No royalties are paid.

The editorial board of the Review of Croatian History accepts all papers that have not previously been published elsewhere, except research results published in the form of summaries and previously exhibited at a scientific conference (which should be highlighted in a note). Exceptionaly, the editorial board can approve the publishing of a translated paper in English that has been pre-published in Croatian, if it fits the journal's scope by its quality and innovative approach.

We kindly ask the authors of papers that are subject to the review process to remove from their text all information that could reveal their identity (name and surname, project information), and also to remove identity information from the properties of their electronic document. Upon submission, the paper is automatically linked to the author who submitted it; if there are multiple authors, all need to be linked to the paper during submission. 

Review Process

Accepted texts must be of a quality that meets the scientific and professional standards of the journal.

An editor may reject an article without external review if he or she believes the topic of the article lies beyond the focus of the journal, if the author does not respect ethical norms, if the article is of poor quality, or if it does not meet the conditions for sending articles to the journal. The editorial board secures two independent peer reviews for each scientific paper that passes editorial evaluation.

The Review of Croatian History applies the double-blind review process typical of the humanities, in which the editor does not disclose the identity of the author or the reviewer. The editorial board strives to conduct the review process as quickly and efficiently as possible, but this is largely subject to the availability and responsibility of the reviewers and the quality of received manuscripts. Authors will be informed of the results of the review process, and are obliged to revise their paper according to any instructions, suggestions, demands, and remarks made by the reviewers and editors, and mark all such changes. The revised texts will be made available to the reviewers upon their request. Reviewers give their opinion about the quality of the manuscript and suggest a category for the paper, while the final decision regarding the category is made by the editor-in-chief and the editorial board. Categories for papers include: original scientific paper, preliminary communication, review paper, and professional paper. The category of the paper will be indicated upon publishing. Authors can request that specific persons do not review their paper, which the editor shall take into consideration and may accept provided that the request is substantiated.

Publishing Ethics

The Review of Croatian History advocates the promotion of the highest ethical publishing procedures and maintenance of the integrity of scientific work.

The authors are responsible for the originality and authorship of their manuscript and need to behave in line with the ethical principles and rules of scientific integrity for authors of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE).

In case of suspicion of unethical scientific procedure (plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data manipulation, redundant manuscripts, donated/unmerited authorship, etc.), the editorial board shall act in accord with the ethical guidelines of the international association Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), in line with the recommendation of the Ministry of Science and Education.