Instructions for the authors:
Studia Historica Nitriensia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published semiannually. It features original contributions and research results from authors in the fields of history, archaeology, museology/museography, and related disciplines that explore historical aspects of various phenomena and events. The publication deadlines are June 30 and December 31. Each submission is anonymously reviewed by two independent reviewers. Authors will be informed of the review results and the decision of the scientific board within 6 months of submission. Authors also agree to have their contributions published in the following databases: CEEOL – Central and Eastern European Online Library; CEJSH – The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities; EBSCOhost; and SCOPUS. All content is freely accessible without any charges to the user or their institution, and there is no fee for publication. Further information on the publishing process is included in the journal’s code of conduct. The contents of individual issues of the journal are freely available to readers under the Creative Commons CC BY NC 4.0 license.
Contributions can be sent electronically or by post:
electronically to: shnnitra@ukf.sk
by post to: Studia Historica Nitriensia – Editorial Board (redakcia), Department of History of the Philosophical Faculty of CPU (Katedra histórie FF UKF), Hodžova 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic
Each contribution must include:
title in Slovak and English languages
author’s name
affirmation and brief bio
abstract in a foreign language (English) – min. 5-7 lines – max. 15 lines
5-6 key words in Slovak and English languages
personal identifiers in databases: ORCID ID, WOS Researcher ID, SCOPUS Author ID
text itself
If the text is written in English or German, the title of the contribution as well as the abstract must be provided in Slovak.
For the section of studies, the editorial board accepts contributions of 40 pages max.
The editorial board reserves the right to publish the contributions in other sections of the journal (perspectives, materials, discussion).
Reviews should contain 3-10 standard pages. Shorter contributions shall be classified as annotations.
Figures (resolution of min. 300×300 dpi, colour/black and white), tables and graphs must be submitted in a separate file. They shall be placed in the text by the graphic designer. Figures, tables and graphs must be numbered, with captions and stated source. The text of the contribution must contain the references to specific figures, tables and graphs.
The text of the contribution must contain the references to specific figures, tables and graphs.
Each text sent must contain a final list “List of sources and literature” divided into: – Archives; Editions of sources (or Published sources); Periodicals; Monographs and collections as a whole; Studies and articles in journals and anthologies, chapters in collective monographs; Legislation; Unpublished works; Internet sources.
Each contribution (regardless of the field of study) must include footnotes and meet the following standards:
font: Times New Roman, 12
justified
footnotes in the following form:
Referring to a monograph:
1HEČKOVÁ, Janka. Rimania & Germáni na strednom Dunaji. Nitra 2005, p. 56.
2PEŠEK, Jan – BARNOVSKÝ, Michal. Štátna moc a cirkvi na Slovensku 1948 – 1953. Bratislava 1997, 311 pp.
Referring to a whole collection of papers:
4WIEDERMANN, Egon (ed.). Studia Historica Nitriensia 15. Nitra 2010, 424 pp.
Referring to a study in a collection or a joint work:
6KIČKOVÁ, Adriana. Nadežda Konstantinovna Krupská (1869-1939). In RUMAN, Ladislav et al. Desivé dejiny. Nitra 2002, p. 431-435.
Referring to a study published in a periodical:
7PALÁRIK, Miroslav. Osudy pamiatok pochádzajúcich zo židovského majetku za druhej svetovej vojny. In Historický časopis, 2011, vol. 59, no. 3, p. 515-534.
Referring to a previously mentioned work:
8HEČKOVÁ, Rimania & Germáni …, p. 37.
Referring to an electronic source:
10KUCIANOVÁ, Anna. Personálie v elekronickej súbežnej Slovenskej národnej bibliografii. In Bibliografický zborník 2000 – 2001 [Online]. Martin 2005, p. 136-139. Avaiable online: <http://www.snk.sk/nbuu/Zborník_2000_2001.pdf>; 30.06.2024.
p is short for page
Information like volume of a journal, numbers of collections of papers are written in Arabic numerals.
If the documents in the editions are numbered, it is necessary to write the number of the document, together with the pages
Referring to an archive source:
exact name of the archive, name of the studied fund or the years which the agenda of the fund comes from, number of the carton with the document, document’s signature and characteristics
The Slovak National Archive in Bratislava (hereinafter referred to as SNA in BA), fund (f.) Ministry of Education and National Edification (Ministerstvo školstva a národnej osvety) (MŠANO), 1939 – 1945, carton (c) 52, u. no. 785. Regulation of the Ministry of Education and National Edification for the administrators of public schools from 12 April 1941.
Referring to a contemporary press:
Slovák, 5. 12. 1938, p. 3, article title.
Note: If it is a daily, we state the date of the issue, if it is a different periodical, we state the year, volume, issue, page, title of the article. If the article has its author and we want to emphasize the fact, we also state the name, title and In.
Referring to an antique source:
In the note, state the name of the author in the most frequently used form (CAESAR, TACITUS, SUETONIUS), title of the work in Latin (although the original was written in another language, e. g. Greek), number of the book, chapter and paragraph, if marked.
TACITUS. Annales II, 46.