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How can I submit my article to a Journal?

All IBU journals share the same submission process and guidelines. Please visit the page for the journal you want to submit your paper to and start the submission procedure.

How can I contact Balkan Journals?

For any general inquires related to IBU Journals you can contact the IBU Press team. In case you have a inquire for a specific journal please contact the Secretary of the respective journal.

What are the formatting and publishing rules for your journals?

All IBU journals follow the same formatting style and publication policy. For the Article Template and Publication Policy please go to Instructions tab of the journals webpages.

I published an article in one of your journals. Can I share the PDFs of it?

We ask authors not to share or upload PDFs of their work. Instead, we ask you to share the link to the article on our host’s page. Our articles are published Open Access, so they are free to read anywhere. Sharing this link lets us track the usage and impact of your article and helps support the Journal you published in.

I published an article in one of your Journals. Who owns the copyright for this?

All our articles are published Open Access. This means that the author retains the copyright for their work. Content published in the journals can be reproduced, posted, transmitted or distributed in whole or in part by the author with an appropriate citation to the journal. The authors transfer the editing right to IBU Journals.

I want to republish/translate/reprint some of an article. Can I?

All our articles are published Open Access. This means that the author retains the copyright for their work. Content published in the IBU Journals can be reproduced, posted, transmitted or distributed in whole or in part by the author with an appropriate citation to the journal. The authors transfer the editing right to IBU Journals.

I would like to archive my article in my university libraries repository. Can I?

Thank you for wanting to archive the research published in our journals! If you would like to archive some of our material, please get in touch with the IBU Press team.