Balkanistic Forum

Aims & Scope

"Balkanistic Forum" is published since 1992 as a yearly edition of the “Seminar for Balkan Studies and Specialization” to the South-Western University “Neofyt Rilski” Blagoevgrad.

Since 1995 it is published in thematic issues -3 issues per year.

The main task of the Journal is to provide free forum for discussing important historical and present problems of the Balkans in European and wider context.

It is designed as an interdisciplinary journal uniting the efforts of specialists in History, Sociology, Literature, Anthropology, Linguistics, Culture Studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.195

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21465

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	21

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Does István Bibó’s Concept of the „Misery of Small States” Carry a Message for the Western Balkans Today?

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Zoltán, Szilárd

• Science and Festivity. The Cult and Idealization towards the Images of St. Cyril and Methodius and Some of their Students in Some Countries in the Black Sea Region during 1945-1990

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Elena

• Social Media Escapism: Exploratory Study of the use of Digital Media by Tirana University Students of English Language

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Iris

• „You Do Not Hear The Cry of the People to Whom You Owe So Much…“: The Image of the Bulgarians in Russian Pan-Slavism of the 19th Century

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Konstantin

• Yugoslav Totalitarian Society, Discrimination Against Albanian and Bulgarian Minorities in Macedonia

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Arsim, Veli

• Is the glass ceiling inaccessible? The educational situation of Roma youth in Hungary

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Veronika, Tímea

• International Management of Fishery in the Black Sea: Yesterday, Present and Tomorrow

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Gabriela, Damir, Kamil

• Blood and Power/ Person and State: Mykola Khvylovyi "Blue November"

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Svitlana

• Feminist Mobilizations for Peace: The Bulgarian Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1918–1952)

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Georgeta

• Technology of Dissidence: Action, Passion, Gaze

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Daniela

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