Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana

Aims & Scope

"Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana" has been published since 2007.

It is the only Russias international journal on Slavic historical studies with the international editorial staff and the international editorial board.

The aim of the journal is to publish the results of the latest research in the history of the Slavic and Balkan nations, introduce new sources, and review the most interesting up-to-date books in the field of Slavic Studies.

When selecting materials the editors adhere to the following principles: - the novelty and the importance of research; - originality of research: publication in the journal should be the first one for all materials; full or partial reprinting of the already published texts is not allowed; - high standard of research – articles go through the process of anonymous peer-reviewing by both the members of the editorial board and other scholars from around the world; - academic response to the research; forums, debates and discussions on the issues causing the greatest response in todays historiography; - the significance of the research for the history of the Slavic peoples.

Preference is given to the publication of sources, articles containing new data and concepts, or an entirely new interpretation of known scientific problems; - the scale and the fundamental nature of the research.

Preference is given to the materials suggesting a solution to a major academic problem; - the international character of research.

The journal offers its pages to the authors from all countries.

We prefer to publish articles in the original language (Russian, English, German, all Slavic languages), except where the translation into a more widespread language will help expand readership.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, 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

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

APC Details

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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.

• Kosovo myth in Contemporary Serbian and Albanian historiography: Stages and the main trends

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Evgeniy A.

• The Project of the partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between Russia and the Holy Roman Empire: The Cracow roll-message from 1576

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Aleksey Aleksandrovich, Konstantin Uryevich, Vyacheslav Nikolayevich, Iskra

• Imagining Romania spatially and bodily: «national locus» and «national body» as inventing traditions of Romanian identity in the second half of the 19th century

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Maksim V.

• Military revolution and state capacity of Jagiellonian states at the turn of the Middle Ages in European context

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Piotr

• How to study the history of Eastern Europe today?

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Alexander Ilyich

• Slavic Ethnonyms in the Bavarian Geographer: A Historiographic Linguistic Analysis

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Predrag

• «It is best of the accessible»: quality of imported consumer goods of the USSR from the socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (1950s – 1980s)

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Elena D.

• Liubech castle: In search of symbols and meanings

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Ihor Viktorovich

• Made in Yugoslavia: Goods from the «Sunny Side» of communism

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Å ilj Ivana

• Frontier research in present-day Russia: Shaky boundaries of the academic dialogue

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Dmitriy Vladimirovich