Journal Description, Aims & Scope

CROATIAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW publishes theoretical, empirical, and methodological articles of general interest for sociology and related disciplines, with an emphasis on articles that contribute to better understanding of topics relevant for the context of Croatia, the West Balkans and, more generally, Central and Eastern Europe. The journal also welcomes propositions of thematic issues. The accepted contributions fulfill the requirements of academic relevance and scientific excellence, which are confirmed by two positive blind peer reviews.

The journal also publishes book and conference reviews, as well as shorter essays / critical discussions / educational or popularization texts in the “Forum” section.

Articles are published in Croatian or English. Under certain circumstances, the editors can decide to publish articles in other languages.

First year of publication: 1971
Frequency (annually): 3
Scientific disciplines and subdisciplines:Social Sciences; Economics; Law; Political Science; Sociology; Psychology; Demography; Humanistic Sciences; Ethnology and Anthropology

The Croatian Sociological Review is a fully open access journal (listed in DOAJ). The Croatian Sociological Review charges no article submission, processing or publication fees to authors. All processing and publishing related expenses are covered by the publisher. The author (or authors) is the copyright holder and retains all publishing rights (CC BY). By giving consent for publication, authors delegate the right of first publication in print and in electronic format to the journal.

In regulation of the standards of ethical conduct and relations of all parties involved in the publication process (authors, editors, reviewers and the publisher), Croatian Sociological Review adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics's (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/Best_Practice.pdf).

Publication of the journal is financially supported by Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia.