Scientific journal Serbian Political Thought is devoted to political theory. Serbian Political Thought is also an interdisciplinary journal. The breadth of political theory and practice implies knowledge in the field, not only of narrowly understood political science, but also of philosophy, sociology, psychology, law and economics. Serbian Political Thought journal was launched in 1994, and in 1996 the first issue of the magazine in English was published. Serbian Political Thought journal publishes original, previously unpublished papers: original scientific papers, review papers, reviews and book reviews. Serbian Political Thought is an open access journal and does not charge any processing or submission fees. Papers must be written in Serbian / English / Russian / French, with summaries in Serbian / English. The Journal has three volumes in Serbian and one in English per year. The Journal also has special volumes. The journal Serbian Political Thought publishes papers in the following fields: political theory, political philosophy, political sociology, political economy, law. The Journal is indexed in the electronic databases of the scientific journals C.E.E.O.L. (Central and Eastern European Online Library) and ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences). Digital copies of the volumes of the Journal are archived in the Digital Repository of the National Library of Serbia. EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to Serbian Political Thought will be published. The Editor-in-Chief is guided by the Editorial Policy and constrained by legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to decide not to publish submitted manuscripts in case it is found that they do not meet relevant standards concerning the content and formal aspects. The Editorial Staff will inform the authors whether the manuscript is accepted forpublication.
Authors warrant that their manuscript is their original work, that it has not been published before and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Parallel submission of the same manuscript to another journal constitutes a misconduct and eliminates the manuscript from consideration by Serbian Political Thought. In case a submitted manuscript is a result of a research project, or its previous version has been presented at a conference in the form of an oral presentation (under the same or similar title), detailed information about the project, the conference, etc. shall be provided in a footnote. A paper that has already been published in another journal cannot be reprinted in Serbian Political Thought. It is the responsibility of each author to ensure that manuscripts submitted to Serbian Political Thought are written with ethical standards in mind. Authors affirm that the manuscript contains no unfounded or unlawful statements and does not violate the rights of third parties. The Publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Reviewers are required to provide written, competent and unbiased feedback in a timely manner on the scholarly merits and the scientific value of themanuscript. The reviewers assess manuscript for the compliance with the profile of the Journal, the relevance of the investigated topic and applied methods, the originality and scientific relevance of information presented in the manuscript, the presentation style and scholarly apparatus. Reviewers should alert the Editor to any well-founded suspicions or the knowledge of possible violations of ethical standards by the authors. Reviewers should recognize relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors and alert the Editor to substantial similarities between a reviewed manuscript and any manuscript published or under consideration for publication elsewhere, in the event they are aware of such. Reviewers should also alert the Editor to a parallel submission of the same manuscript to another journal, in the event they are aware of such. 6 Reviewers must not have conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the funding sources for the research. If such conflicts exist, the reviewers must report them to the Editor without delay. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the Editor without delay. Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not use unpublished materials disclosed in submitted manuscripts without the express written consent of the authors. The information and ideas presented in submitted manuscripts shall be kept confidential and must not be used for personal gain.