Central European Journal of International and Security Studies

Aims & Scope

Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS) is a quarterly journal that publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles across the entire field of International Relations and International Security.

CEJISS is a pluralist journal.

It favours a variety of theories and methods used as well as topics and geographical areas covered.

Nonetheless, CEJISS is primarily (but not exclusively) interested in drivers of the contemporary world’s change – from geopolitical shifts, nationalist resurgence and regionalisation to environmental and technological changes.

Rather than specialising in a particular theme, it prefers to understand the broader impacts and mutual entanglements of these processes.

CEJISS publishes articles focused on Central and Eastern Europe, the region of its primary focus, as well as on other regions and the global international system.

It is open to inter-disciplinary, cross-thematic and trans-regional works discussing international aspects of politics and security.

CEJISS also welcomes policy-relevant articles.

However, please note that all articles must meet the usual research standards (they need to be research articles in the first place).

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Ukraine at War: Resilience and Normative Agency

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Yulia

• Small States in Great Power Politics: Understanding the “Buffer Effect”

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Ksenia

• Regionalism in World Politics: Interrogating the Relevance of the Economic Community of West African States in Global Political Economy

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Chikodiri, Chukwuemeka, Ejikeme Jombo, Christian C

• Revisiting the Causes of Russian Foreign Policy Changes: Incoherent Biographical Narrative, Recognition and Russia's Ontological Security-Seeking

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Tanya

• Looking for Stepan Bandera: The Myth of Ukrainian Nationalism and the Russian ‘Special Operation’

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Maryna

• Western Orientalism Targeting Eastern Europe: An Emerging Research Programme

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Mart

• Small Powers, Geopolitical Crisis and Hypersecuritisation: Latvia and the Effects of Russia’s Second War in Ukraine

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Māris

• Did Germany Contribute to Deterrence Failure against Russia in Early 2022?

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Jonas

• ‘A Decolonising Moment of Sorts’: The Baltic States’ Vicarious Identification with Ukraine and Related Domestic and Foreign Policy Developments

  Citation: 6

  Authors: DovilÄ—

• Progressive and Regressive Securitisation: Covid, Russian Aggression and the Ethics of Security

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Thomas