Submission Guidelines

Journal of comparative politics invites all scholars and researchers of the Central and Eastern European area and beyond to submit papers for consideration. All topics of comparative social and political import within the spectrum of the social sciences and humanities, interdisciplinary or not, are welcome.

Please send your submissions in WORD format (.doc) to either of general editors ( miro.hacek@fdv.uni-lj.si or peter.csanyi4@gmail.com) with the words “JCP Article Submission” in the subject line.

• Maximum word length: 7500 words though exceptional papers which go beyond this limit might also be considered.
• All manuscripts must be accompanied by an abstract of up to 150 words stating precisely the analytical problem under consideration, the method of argument addressed to the problem and the conclusions reached by the author(s). Also add up to five key-words.
• Since manuscripts are sent out anonymously for editorial evaluation, the author’s name and affiliation should appear only on a separate covering page.
• Up to 100 words of biographical paragraph describing each author’s current affiliation, research interests, and recent publications related to his or her article, and address should accompany the manuscript.
• Formatting standard: Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition, UK English.
• All submission copies should contain current author/s contact information.
• Once selected, the author/s will be contacted by a member of the editorial team.
• For an example of adequately edited article, click here.

Note on Editorial Policy 

The Journal of comparative politics staff reserves the right to edit any and all submissions as necessary for publication. Authors will retain full future copyright over their submissions. Previously published works without restricted copyright are welcome for submission. All submissions must follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, concerning punctuation, citation and bibliography format, etc. While the staff will cooperate with authors in reviewing edits prior to publication, Journal of comparative politics will determine all final editing decisions.

Co-publishers

        Alexander Dubcek University Trenčín
        Department of Political Science
        Študentská 2
        911 50 Trenčín, Slovakia

        University of Ljubljana
        Faculty of social sciences, CAAPPI
        Kardeljeva ploščad 5
        1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Indexing and publishing frequency

Journal of Comparative Politics (JCP) is published twice a year, in January and July.

Articles appearing in JCP, are abstracted and indexed in following bibliographical databases: EBSCO, International Political Science Abstracts, ProQuest Political Science, International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS), JournalSeek, UlrichsWeb and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).