Publisher: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Masarykův ústav

Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Střed | Centre is a peer-reviewed journal focused on studies of the society, culture and politics in Central Europe of the 19th and 20th centuries. The journal is ecumenical in its selected methodological and disciplinary approaches and strives to give space to scholars working on the broad field of social sciences and humanities, who are involved in studies of the given period and geographical area. Střed /Centre aims at interconnecting the extensive and simultaneously rather fragmented field of research dedicated to Central Europe from the viewpoint of various disciplines. Therefore it publishes original studies from individual fields, particularly studies with the ambition to step over the border defined by disciplinary divisions and to connect more disciplines in a productive dialogue. As a peer-rewieved journal Střed | Centre was founded on January 1, 2009 and is issued twice a year. It is oriented on monothematic issues presenting inter-related scientific essays. Topics of individual issues are published on the journal web page well in advance. Střed | Centre comes out twice a year, in April and October, and is included in the list of peer-reviewed non-impact periodicals issued in the Czech Republic.

Manuscript Studies

Studie o rukopisech

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Manuscript Studies is a specialized codicological periodical that has been published since 1962. It was established at the instigation of the Commission for the Cataloguing and Study of Manuscripts at what was then the Central Archive of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences as an independent forum for codicological studies. Apart from codicology, which is often described as the science of manuscripts, Manuscript Studies is also open to other auxiliary historical disciplines (particularly paleography) and other fields involving manuscript research (philology, art history, literary history, musicology and legal history).

Manuscript Studies presents the latest information on manuscript findings, analyses of their texts and catalogues of smaller manuscript fonds. It also deals with bibliological subjects, particularly the history of libraries and book fonds. It informs the specialist public of foreign bohemica and it also deals with methodological issues. In addition to reviews of the latest codicological literature, a chronicle and reports, a regular feature is the bibliography of domestic codicological output. Although Manuscript Studies is primarily a platform for Czech codicology, it is possible to publish contributions not only in Czech, but also in other languages, particularly German, English and Latin. Contributions should be accompanied by a brief English abstract and a more extensive résumé in German.

Since Volume XXXVII–XXXVIII (2009), Manuscript Studies has been a peer-reviewed journal. All contributions included in the Articles, Short Articles, Materials and Manuscript Bohemica from abroad an anonymous on both sides review procedure. Every contribution is assessed by two reviewers and on the basis of their statement the manuscript is accepted for publication, returned to the author for rewriting or entirely rejected. If the text is substantially rewritten then another review procedure round takes place. The final decision on publication of the text is in the hands of the journal's Editorial Board.

Studies in the History of the Academy of Sciences

Práce z dějin Akademie věd

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

A peer-reviewed specialist journal (published since 1. 11. 2009), which loosely follows on from Práce z dějin Československé akademie věd [Studies in the History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences], Series A, Volumes 1-4 (1986–1992), Práce z dějin Akademie věd [Studies in the History of the Academy of Sciences], Series A, Volumes 5-6 (1997–1997) and Práce z Archivu Akademie věd [Studies from the Archive of the Academy of Sciences], Series A, Volumes 8-9 (2005-2007).

Journal abbreviation: PDAV

This journal focuses on studies in the history of research institutes, particularly the Czech Academy of Sciences and its predecessors. It presents texts on the life and work of leading scientists and scholars. It deals with the source base on the history of science, the selection, processing, presentation and utilization of institutional and personal archive fonds and collections, records management and editorial activities. It also deals with more general topics from archive-keeping, the history of science and scholarship, social reflections of science, science policies and the development of relations between university and non-university science within the broader international context.