Policies

Focus and scope

Národopisný věstník/Ethnographic Journal is the peer-reviewed scholarly ethnological journal, published in print and online, open-access format. Founded in 1906 and issued by the top professional institution of Czech ethnology, the Czech Ethnological Society, the journal publishes high-quality scholarly articles in the fields of ethnology, sociocultural anthropology, and history. The journal focuses on studies of traditional folk culture of the Central European region, current cultural forms developing from folklore traditions and topics in the field of historical ethnology and publishes articles in Czech, Slovak, Polish, German and English languages.

Publication frequency

There are a total of 2 issues per year, published on 30 June and 15 December.

Section Policies

Peer review process

Manuscript submissions are first evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and Editor (in case of any doubt, the Editorial Team will consult with the Editorial Board).

Texts declared to be Articles and Material Articles are subject to the review liability. The review involves anonymous assessment of the contribution by two opponents. The selection of the reviewer (domestic or foreign) is based on the theme of the text to be assessed and specialisation of the reviewer. Persons excluded from the review include experts from the author’s site, members of the editorial office of the Národopisný věstník journal or persons that might be in any potential conflict of interest in relation to the reviewed text or its author. The review is confidential, the editors are bound to protect anonymity of the reviewers as well as the authors during the review proceeding. All reviews must be objective, without personal criticism of the authors, which is considered inappropriate. On the basis of recommendations of the opponents the manuscript is accepted for publication, returned to the author for rewriting or rejected completely. In the case of contradictory opinions of the two reviewers a third review is commissioned. In the case of continuing doubt the final decision is taken by the Editorial Board of the journal.

The Editorial Team works closely with reviewers and authors to guarantee a swift review and publication process. The final decision is presented and approved by the Editorial Board.  Authors have a maximum of up to six months to rework their essay after receiving feedback. After this period expires, the text will be excluded from editorial processing.

An article or Material Article shall include the title of the paper, an abstract, keywords, and all relevant contact information - e.g. a mailing address, phone numbers where we can reach you, an e-mail address, etc. In the anonymized version of the manuscript any identifying references to the author(s) must have been removed prior to submission.

Acceptance of objections of the reviewers and formal standards required by the Editorial Team conditions publication of all texts. Contributions not meeting the abovementioned formal aspects may be rejected by the editors even without review. Authors are advised that the review process may take several weeks to months, depending on the type of the text. Authors of contributions in the Articles, Material Artiles sections are given 1 copy (in printed form).

Open access policy

Národopisný věstník/Ethnographic Journal is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

The journal’s goal is to foster leading research in ethnology and sociocultural anthropology by maximizing the free exchange of scholarly knowledge. Národopisný věstník / Ethnographic Journal provides open access to all of its content. The journal is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Vital Information for Authors:

1. Fees: There are no article processing charges (APC) for authors or for article submissions.
2. Copyright Owner: The author. The owner of the employee work is the author's employer.
3. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
4. Self-Archiving: The author may archive pre-print, post-print, and publisher's versions (PDF) of their article, but must provide the journal title, volume, issue, pages, DOI, and link to the journal website.
5. Content freely available on the journal website: Immediately upon publication.

Indexing, abstracting and archiving

Národopisný věstník/Ethnographic Journal is regularly indexed and abstracted in Scopus, AIO, CEJSH, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS.

Publication ethics and malpractice statement

COPE general guidelines http://publicationethics.org/

In compliance with the Ethical Code of the Czech Ethnological Society and other rules of ethics (Publishing Ethics Resource Kit /PERK/, Ethics in research and publication, Code of Conduct společnosti COPE) the editorial office of the Národopisný věstník / Ethnographic Journal recommends to the authors to:
- publish their contributions in the spirit of critical research with the aim to extend the current scientific knowledge

- publish true and authentic data and research results processed in the top professional standard

- comply with the principles of scientific publication including explicit references to relevant published literature, in compliance with the correct quotation style and standards specified by the editors of the Národopisný věstník, and observing the ban of plagiarism.

The editors of the Národopisný věstník journal are prepared to follow and assure compliance with all aspects of publication ethics and operatively communicate with the authors / reviewers / readers in cases of potential errors in the published texts or suspected violation of publication ethics and practice (complaints concerning authorship, plagiarism, data falsification, breach of research standards, presentation of fake research results etc.). In the case of need the editorial office is prepared to publish corrections, explanations, notifications of text withdrawals or apologies.

The editor and the publisher are bound by the liability to take all necessary steps to assure continuous professional quality of the published texts. Potential issues are discussed at the meetings of the collective authority of the publisher, the Editorial Board of the Národopisný věstník journal.

Publication Decision

The Editor-in-Chief of Národopisný věstník / Ethnographic Journal is responsible for determining which articles submitted to the journal are to be published. The Editor-in-Chief follows the reviewers’ recommendations and his/her decision must always be approved by the Editorial Board. The Editor-in-Chief must also follow the journal’s policies and legal requirements, such as those regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

Equal Opportunity

Every manuscript will be reviewed based on intellectual content without regard to the author’s age, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, country of origin, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

All manuscripts submitted for peer-review are kept strictly confidential. The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Team must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, or other editorial advisers, as appropriate.

Zero Tolerance for Ghostwriting

Ghostwriting occurs when a person has substantially contributed to a publication, but his/her participation as a co-author is not revealed or his/her role is not acknowledged in the acknowledgements included in the publication."Guest authorship" ("honorary authorship") occurs when an author’s/co-author’s contribution to a published work has been scant or none-existent, and yet he/she is listed as the author or co-author of the work.

All authors must substantially contribute to the research the results of which they intend to publish. Existence of authors substantially contributing to the published research but not explicitly mentioned in the publication, or on the other hand authors mentioned but in fact not involved in the particular research, is considered violation of the publication ethics and practice.

In order to counteract ghostwriting and guest authorship, the journal’s Editorial Team and Editorial Board have introduced the following principles:

1. Authors are required to reveal their own specific contributions to a particular work (i.e. providing their affiliation and specifying the nature of their contributions).
2. Authors are required to provide a financial disclosure (i.e. reporting their resources of financing the publication and any contributions from academic research institutions, associations, and other bodies).
3. Information specified in points 1 and 2 should be provided in the declaration enclosed with the manuscript (non-anonymized version).
4. The Editorial Board and Editorial Board will document all instances where the priciples of scholarly ethics have been violated and infringed upon and notify appropriate bodies and authorities.

Multiple, or Concurrent Publication

The editorial office only accepts original texts resulting from research or documentation. The office only accepts contributions not yet published in printed or electronic format. Publication elsewhere should not even be scheduled for the review period of our journal. Non-original contributions will be rejected by the editorial office without review. Texts sent by their authors for review to more periodicals at the same time may be rejected too.

Acknowledgement of Sources

The authors are required to comply with the ethical approach to the subjects of the research including efforts to obtain consent of the subjects of the research with publication of the research results, consideration of circumstances that might negatively affect the subjects of the research after publication of the research results, and reduction of these potential effects, for example by making the research results anonymous. It is recommended to emphasize the contribution of the research subjects to the overall result published, in the case of their consent with listing of their names.

The text of the submitted contribution must include the home institute of the author, and is recommended to include clear specifications of the relationship and liabilities towards the employer assigning the research to the author including basic data of the employer, plus names of all collaborators, students and volunteers in the sequence of their share in the published result and with clear specification of their roles in the research, or in the alphabetical order in the case of identical contributions of more participants. The authors should guarantee having obtained permissions to use the copyright protected materials used by them.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Copyright

During the submission process the authors are asked to agree to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which will apply to the submission if and when it is published by this journal.

Reviewers

Promptness

Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or who knows that it will be impossible for them to perform a prompt review must immediately notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

Confidentiality

All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editors.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly and provide supporting arguments.

Acknowledgementof Sources

Reviewers should identify any relevant published work that has not yet been cited by the authors. Any statement containing  an observation, derivation, or argument that has been previously reported must be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and another published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for one's own personal gain. Reviewers must not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.