Focus and Scope 

Exchange and popularization of knowledge on the past and contemporary times of states and nation in the Balkans. The periodical retain an interdisciplinary approach within the general field of humanities. The issues contain articles from a variety of domains, such as history, ethnology, art history, politics, and other humanistic ranges. The content is published in English, Russian, French, German, the Slavic languages of the Balkan Peninsula and in Polish. Moreover, the journal contains reviews, reports and biographies of great scholars interested in the Balkan issues. 

Peer Review Process 

Each paper is refereed by two mutually independent reviewers. Since papers are submitted in languages not spoken in Poland, at least one of the referees is affiliated to a foreign academic institution. The requirements that should be met are specified in the review form (formularz recenzji). Please, note that each review results in an eventual statement as to the acceptance / lack of acceptance of the paper.

Reviews have a written form and are prepared in compliance with double-blind peer review model. It implies that both referees and authors do not know each other’s identities. Assisting staff will, then, take care of removing authors’ names from the metadata (document properties). Temporarily, for the purposes of reviewing process, authors’ names, addresses and e-mails, will be deleted also from submitted files that are sent to reviewers.

Reviewers’ names will be revealed not later than six months after a print version is issued.

Review form

An open-access policy 

Rules of ethics 

The „Balcanica Posnaniensia. Acta et studia” (BP) journal applies the rules of publishing ethics in line with the guidelines of the COPE Committee on Publication Ethics. 

DUTIES OF THE BP EDITORIAL BOARD 

• The BP editorial board takes responsibility for the editorial process, uses the principle of academic accuracy and verifies the texts submitted to the journal both in terms of content and in terms of compliance with the rules of publishing ethics. In the event of serious doubts regarding ethical issues, the editorial office reserves the right to reject the text at the editorial stage or withdraw the text from print.
• By receiving a submission, the editorial board commits itself to: issue and notify publication decision within a reasonable time span, to comply with Fair Play rules and norms, to respect principles of confidentiality, to help authors and reviewers identify and disclose (potential) conflicts of interest, to take punitive measures in case of the violation of the present norms.
• The editors of the journal apply the principles of equality, neutrality and independence: race, sex, religion, origin, citizenship or political beliefs of the authors in no way affect the evaluation of the texts.
• The positive decision about the publication of the text comprises the following elements: the compliance of the text with the scientific profile of the journal, opinions of reviewers regarding the scientific value of the work, reliability and originality of the approach to the problem, methodology used, editorial and linguistic correctness, and others.
• The rules for qualifying texts for publication are transparent, the procedures applied ensure high substantive and editorial quality of the publication.
• The BP editorial office uses all available means to prevent plagiarism and the publication of false data. In the case of suspicions of unfair practices (plagiarism, falsification of research results), the editorial office will investigate the matter and reserve the right to reject the text at the editorial stage or withdraw the text from print.
• The BP editorial board of SHO takes actions to counteract the phenomena referred to as “ghostwriting” and “guestauthorship”. All detected or reported cases of the above-mentioned behavior and related conflicts of interest will be checked by the editorial board.
• The BP editorial office ensures the confidentiality and security of personal data and unpublished texts.

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

• By accepting to evaluate a paper, reviewers commit themselves to comply with standards of objectivity, to keep the peer-review procedure confidential, to disclose any conflicts of interest, to respect punctuality.
• The review should be in line with the principles of scientific accuracy, with properly justified comments and suggestions. The reviewed text may not be used by the reviewer in any way until its publication. It is the duty of the reviewer to report and indicate to the BP Editorial Board any significant similarities of the reviewed text to other works.
• The review has the shape of the unified form, accepted by the journal’s editors. All reviewed papers and their reviews are confidential, the reviewer works on the article anonymously, without involving any third parties in the publishing process.
• The reviewer should not have any relationship with the author(s) of the text. If it is suspected that the text sent for review was written by a person with whom the reviewer has a personal or professional relationship, he/she should notify the editors and resign from reviewing.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS 
The authors commit themselves:

• to submit only their own original texts for publication in BP. All data and information taken from the work of other scientists, used in the preparation of the work, should be indicated in a way that clearly indicates their origin.
• to not submit the text that have already been published in other journals or books, or that have been submitted to other editorial offices. The submitted works are checked using an anti-plagiarism program. In case of suspicion of plagiarism, the matter will be investigated and the author asked for explanations.
• to inform the BP editorial board about all entities that took an active part in the creation of the submitted publication. Authors submitting multi-author texts for publication are required to disclose the role of individual authors in its creation (including their affiliation and information about who is the author of the concept, assumptions, methods, protocol, etc. used to create the text).
• to expose all manifestations of ghost authorship, guest authorship and courtesy authorship.
• to make all efforts to submit the text in due language shape and to avoid fundamental errors, both in contents and in references.
• to keep in touch with the editors by the time the text will be definitely accepted or rejected.

BP EDITORIAL PROCESS

• Submission of the text by the Author (together with statements regarding consent to the rules of ethics and related to the open access system)
• Decision of editors on compliance or non-compliance with the journal’s profile.
• Removal of the author’s identification data from the text.
• Evaluation of the text by two independent Reviewers (double blind reviews).
• Sending the opinions of the Reviewers to the author of the text.
• The Author’s response to the opinions of the Reviewers.
• The Editor’s final decision to accept or reject the text for publication.
• Technical edition and language proofreading of the text.
• Final approval or rejection by the Author of the text.
• Publication of the text. 

                                                       REVIEWERS 

REVIEWERS in 2022
Marcin Bohm, University of Opole, Poland
Jacek Bonarek, Jan Kochanowski University, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Dana Caciur, Institute of History "Nicolae Iorga”, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Cătălina Chelcu, A.D. Xenopol Institute of History, Iasi, Romania 
Agnieszka Chwieduk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Bojan Dimitrijević, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Agata Domachowska, Mikołaj Kopernik University, Toruń, Poland
Andrzej Dubicki, University of Łódź, Poland
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Lucyna Harc, University of Wrocław, Poland
Filip Jakubowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Grzegorz Jawor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Urszula Kicińska, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland Tomasz Klimkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Ewa Kocój, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Rafał Kosiński, University of Białystok, Poland
Anna Kotłowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Helena Krasowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Krzysztof Krysieniel, WSB University, Chorzów, Poland
Andrzej Krzak, University of J. Długosz , Częstochowa, Poland
Marzanna Kuczyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Tomasz Kwoka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Mirosław Leszka, University of Łódź
Miloš Luković, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Agim Mamuti, University of New York in Tirana, Albania
Kirił Marinow, University of Łódź, Poland
Dariusz Milewski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland 
Ewa Nowicka, Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland 
Anna Oczko, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Uğur Özcan, University of Istanbul, Turkey
Maria Pandevska, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Dušan-Vladislav Paždjerski, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Łukasz Różycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Jarosław Rubacha, University of Olsztyn, Poland 
Gintautas Sliesoriunas, Institute of the History of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Stanisław Sroka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Jan Stradomski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Marek Wilczyński, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland Jacek Wojnicki, University of Warsaw, Poland
Dariusz Wybranowski, University of Szczecin, Poland
Lilia Zabolotnaia, National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova 
Aleksandra Zdeb, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland 

REVIEWERS in 2021 
No. 2 
Damir Agičić, Zagreb University, Croatia 
Tadeusz Czekalski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland  
Kazimierz Ilski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Anna Jagiełło-Szostak, University of Wrocław, Poland 
Jan Jurkiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland   
Tomasz Klimkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Rafał Kosiński, Uniwersytet of Białystok, Poland 
Ivica Lučić, Zagreb, Croatia  
Kirił Marinow, University of Łódź, Poland  
Mirosław Nagielski, Warsaw University, Poland  
Magdalena Rekść, University of Łódź, Poland  
Joanna Rękas, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Edward Skibiński, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Mateusz Sokulski, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland  
Witold Szulc, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Paweł Wawryszuk, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland  
Dariusz Wybranowski, University of Szczecin, Poland  
Lilia Zabolotnaia, National Archaeology and History, Museum of Moldova, Kishinev, Moldova 
Michał Zwierzykowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Piotr Żurek, University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland 

No. 1
Dana Caciur, Institute of History "Nicolae Iorga”, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania 
Tadeusz Czekalski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Piotr Dahlig, Warsaw University, Poland 
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland 
Emir Filipović, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Maciej Forycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Grzegorz Jawor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland 
Tomasz Klimkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Helena Krasowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Marzanna Kuczyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Mirosław Leszka, University of Łódź
Miloš Luković, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia 
Kirił Marinow, University of Łódź, Poland 
Dariusz Milewski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland 
Krzysztof Nowak, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 
Ewa Nowicka, Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland 
Anna Oczko, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Maria Pandevska, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia 
Marko Pijović, Zagreb, Croatia 
Joanna Porawska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Zbigniew Przerembski, University of Wrocław, Poland 
Maciej Salamon, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Stanisław Sroka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Piotr Wróbel, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Piotr Żurek, University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland 

REVIEWERS in 2020 
Nikica Barić, Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, Croatia 
Jacek Bonarek, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland 
Ewa Domańska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland 
Mirosław Dymarski, University of Wrocław, Poland 
Maciej Forycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Dorota Gil, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Tomasz Klimkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Anna Kotłowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Marzanna Kuczyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Tomasz Kwoka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Mirosław Leszka, University of Łódź, Poland 
Srđan Mićić, Institute for Modern History of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia 
Dariusz Milewski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland 
Olimpia Mitric, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Moldova 
Krzysztof Nowak, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 
Anna Oczko, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Kiriakos Papoulidis, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Magdalena Rekść, University of Łódź, Poland 
Mateusz Sokulski, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 
Lilia Zabolotnaia, National Archaeology and History Museum of Moldova, Kishinev, Moldova 

REVIEWERS in 2019 
Damir Agicić, University of Zagreb, Croatia 
Tadeusz Czekalski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland 
Mirosław Dymarski, University of Wrocław, Poland 
Maciej Forycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Anna Kotłowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Helena Krasowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Marzanna Kuczyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Nikola Minov, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia 
Srdjan Mićić, Institute for Modern History of Serbia,  Belgrade, Serbia 
Krzysztof Pietkiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Magdalena Rekść, University of Lodz, Poland 
Stanisław Sroka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Jolanta Sujecka, University od Warsaw, Poland 
Victor Tvircun, Bucharest, Romania 
Teresa Wolińska, University of Łódź, Poland 
Piotr Wróbel, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Dariusz Wybranowski, University of Szczecin, Poland 
Lilia Zabolotnaia, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Moldova, Moldova 

REVIEWERS in 2018 
Nikica Barić, University of Zagreb, Croatia 
Magdalena Bogusławska, University of Warsaw, Poland 
Tadeusz Czekalski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland 
Mirosław Dymarski, University of Wrocław, Poland 
Maciej Forycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Danuta Gibas-Krzak, University of Opole, Poland 
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Magdalena Koch, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Anna Kotłowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, , Poland 
Marzanna Kuczyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Lilla Moroz-Grzelak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Zdzisław Pentek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Raimonda Ragauskiene, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania 
Jarosław Rubacha, University of Olsztyn, Poland 
Gabija Saurokaite, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania 
Jolanta Sujecka, University of Warsaw, Poland 

REVIEWERS in 2017 
Nikica Barić, Zagreb University, Croatia
Zbigniew Darasz, Warsaw University, Poland 
Krassimira Daskalova, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria 
Małgorzata Dąbrowska, University of Łódź, Poland 
Ewa Domańska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Mirosław Dymarski, University of Wrocław, Poland  
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
Loukianos Hassiotis, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece  
Jerzy Hauziński, Pomerianian University, Słupsk, Poland  
Grzegorz Jawor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland  
Agnieszka Kastory, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Magdalena Koch, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Ewa Kocój, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Anna Kotłowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Andrzej Krzak, Jan Długosz Academy, Częstochowa, Poland 
Nikos Marantzidis, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 
Lilla Moroz-Grzelak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland  
Eleonora Naxidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece  
Patrycjusz Pająk, Warsaw University, Poland  
Jarosław Rubacha, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland  
Maciej Salamon, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Izabela Skórzyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Jolanta Sujecka, Warsaw University, Poland  
Witold Szulc, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Piotr Wróbel, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  

REVIEWERS in 2016  
Tadeusz Czekalski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland  
Mirosław Dymarski, Uniwersytet od Wrocław, Poland  
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland  
Jerzy Hatłas, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Ewa Kocój, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Anna Kotłowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Marzanna Kuczyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Miloš Luković, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia  
Lilla Moroz-Grzelak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland  
Bożena Muszkalska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Krzysztof Nowak, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland  
Zbigniew Przerembski, University of Wrocław, Poland  
Jarosław Rubacha, Uniwersity of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland  
Stanisław Sroka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Irena Stawowy-Kawka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Jolanta Sujecka, Warsaw University, Poland  
Piotr Wróbel, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Lilia Zabolotnaia, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Kishinev, Moldova 

REVIEWERS in 2015  
Ewa Bujwid-Kurek, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Tadeusz Czekalski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland  
Artur Kijas, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Lilla Moroz-Grzelak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland  
Zdzisław Pentek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Aleksander Posern-Zieliński, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Jarosław Rubacha, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland  
Irena Stawowy-Kawka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Jolanta Sujecka, Warsaw University, Poland  
Piotr Wróbel, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Dariusz Wybranowski, University of Szczecin, Poland  
Lilla Zabolotnaia, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Kishinev, Moldova 
Bogusław Zieliński, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 

REVIEWERS in 2014 
Tadeusz Czekalski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Maciej Czerwiński, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Kazimierz Dopierała, Academy of Security, Poznań, Poland 
Jarosław Dudek, University of Zielona Góra, Poland 
Maciej Franz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland  
Dorota Gil, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Ryszard Grzesik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland  
Artur Kijas, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Ewa Kocój, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Miloš Luković, Serbian Academy of Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia 
Lilla Moroz-Grzelak, Polish Academy od Sciences, Poland 
Mirosław Nagielski, Warsaw University, Poland 
Irena Stawowy-Kawka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 
Jolanta Sujecka, Warsaw University, Poland  
Elżbieta Znamierowska-Rakk, Warsaw University, Poland 

REVIEWERS in 2013 
Mirosław Dymarski, University of Wrocław, Poland  
Jerzy Hauziński, Pomerianian University, Słupsk, Poland 
Artur Kijas, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, Warsaw University, Poland 
Irena Stawowy-Kawka, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland