Slavia Meridionalis

About the Journal

Slavia Meridionalis is an international scholarly journal with an interdisciplinary profile, which presents the results of research on the literature, culture, history and languages of South Slavic countries, as well as their dynamic interactions with other regions and cultural areas. A clearly defined field of interest, specified for each thematic volume, allows for a comprehensive exploration of problems by scholars of various disciplines, including history, literary studies, cultural studies, linguistics, sociology, and anthropology.

The interdisciplinary and international profile of the journal is guaranteed by the Editorial Board, composed of eleven renowned scholars representing various disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, and various academic and research centres in Poland and Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Serbia, and the United Kingdom. The journal also cooperates with approximately 150 reviewers, half of whom are affiliated with foreign centres (e.g. in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States). Papers are published in all Slavic languages and English, as well as in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

The journal has been highly respected in the international community of Slavists and Balkanists for more than thirty years. The first volume appeared in 1994 (originally in print). Since 2014, the journal has been published exclusively in open access. It is indexed in databases, including Scopus, Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics), and European Reference Index for the Humanities Plus (ERIH Plus). Points awarded for publication according to the List of scholarly journals and peer-reviewed international conference materials, issued by the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Poland: 70.

The publication of two issues of the journal Slavia Meridionalis, 22 (2022) and 23 (2023), was co-financed from the funds of the state budget (Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Poland) under the programme “Development of Academic Journals”, pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of 3 August 2021 (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1514); Contract No. RCN/SP/0421/2021/1 (22 December 2022); amount of co-financing: PLN 61,928.50; total cost of the project: PLN 71,633.14.