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Latvijas
Vēstures Institūta Žurnāls
(Journal
of the Institute of Latvian History)
About the
journal
Latvijas Vēstures Institūta
Žurnāls (The
Journal of the Institute of Latvian History) publishes
articles aimed at extending and expanding the comprehension of
processes and events in the territory of Latvia and the other
Baltic states from the earliest times to the present day, as
well as developments elsewhere that relate to the past of
Latvia and the Baltic region.The journal presents original,
previously unpublished contributions in the field of the
humanities, particularly history. All the scholarly articles are
double-blind peer-reviewed. Established in 1936 and published
up to 1940, re-established in 1991. Published twice a year (a
quarterly journal until 2017).
The Journal is indexed in the following
data bases: EBSCO database Academic Search Ultimate (as of
2012) and SCOPUS (as of 2021).
ISSN 1025-8906. Electronic publication:
ISSN 2592-8791
The journal is
published by the University of Latvia Press.
The Journal of the Institute of
Latvian History is an open access Journal licensed
under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Dr.
hist. Eva
Eihmane
email:
eva.eihmane@lu.lv
Asoc. prof. Ph. D.
Kari Alenius,
Finland
Asoc. prof.
Dr. hist. Daina Bleiere,
Latvia
Assoc. prof. Hum. m. dr.
Audronė
Bliujienė, Lithuania
Prof. Ph. D.
Lazar Fleishman,
USA
Prof. Ph. D.
Jörg Hackmann,
Poland
Ph. D.
Magnus
Ilmjärv,
Estonia
Prof. Dr. hist.
Aleksandrs Ivanovs,
Latvia
Prof. Dr. hist.
Ēriks Jēkabsons,
Latvia
D. Phil.
Matthew
Kott, Sweden
Cand. Hist. Sci., Doc.
Mikhail Kovalev,
Russia
Imants Lancmanis,
Latvia
Prof. Ph. D.
Eero Medijainen,
Estonia
Prof. emer., Ph. D.
Andrejs Plakans,
USA
Prof. Dr. habil. hist.
Aivars Stranga,
Latvia
Hum. m. dr.
Žilvytis
Šaknys,
Lithuania
Assoc. prof. Ph. Dr.
Luboš
Švec,
Czech Republic
Asoc. prof. Ph. D.
Ieva Zaķe,
USA
Dr. hist.
Guntis Zemītis,
Latvia
Ethics guidelines
The editor, authors, and reviewers
of the journal have a responsibility to comply with the
standards of publishing ethics. The responsibility of the
journals editorial board is to prevent violations of
publishing ethics. The guidelines for the editor, authors and
reviewers of the magazine are based on COPEs Code of Conduct
for Journal Editors.
Editorial process
The editor makes the decision to
publish an article based on the conclusions of reviewers. The
editor ensures that articles are reviewed anonymously and
objectively, and that the decision to publish an article is
made solely on the basis of the articles content. The editor
must ensure the confidentiality of the peer-review process.
Principles and requirements
The Editorial Board of the
peer-reviewed publication Journal of the Institute of Latvian
History does not tolerate plagiarism or other unethical
behaviour and will refuse any manuscript that does not fulfil
these standards.
- The
Editorial Board must disclose any conflicts of interest.
- The
Editorial Board must evaluate manuscripts only for their
intellectual content.
- The Editor-in-Chief is responsible
for forwarding the manuscript to two reviewers for blind
peer-review. Each of them makes a recommendation to
accept/reject or modify the reviewed manuscript.
- The
Editorial Board is responsible for making decisions concerning
publication of submitted manuscripts and certifies that any
commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial
decisions.
Review process
The reviewer ensures confidentiality
during the peer-review process and remains objective when
reviewing articles. The reviewer determines whether references
for all of the used sources have been provided in the article.
If the reviewer is not sure of his/her competence in reviewing
the particular article or finds himself/herself in a conflict
of interest, he or she informs the editor so that another
reviewer can be appointed.
Principles and requirements
- Reviewers must certify the absence of any
conflict of interest and evaluate manuscripts solely for their
intellectual content.
- Reviewers must keep information
pertaining to the manuscript confidential.
- Reviewers
must bring to the attention of the Editor-in-Chief any
information that may provide grounds for rejecting publication
of a manuscript.
- If the reviewer feels that it is not
possible to complete the review process, he/she must inform
the Editor-in-Chief immediately to enable assigning another
reviewer.
Guidelines to Authors
Authors comply with the guidelines
for article submission available
here. Authors ensure that their
submissions are completely original. Submission of work that
is fully or partly submitted/published elsewhere is
prohibited. Authors have an obligation to provide references
indicating all of the sources used in the article. The
manuscript authorship is limited only to those authors who
have provided a significant contribution to the creation of
the article.
Principles and requirements
- Authors must confirm that their
submission is their original work, has not previously been
published and is not currently being considered for
publication elsewhere. Submitting the same manuscript to
produce more than one publication constitutes unethical
publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. However, if the
author and editors agree to secondary publication, then the
secondary publication must include a reference to the first
publication.
- If the authors have used the work of
others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.
- Authors must also be ready to provide all the necessary
additional data relating to their manuscript.
Detailed description of the peer
review process
The articles are submitted to the
journals editor-in-chief to assess whether the article meets
all the formal requirements (these are described in detail on
our website). The editor selects two peers to conduct a
double-blind review, if necessary, in consultation with the
members of the editorial board. Two main criteria are strictly
taken into account in the selection of reviewers. First of
all, the reviewer must not have any conflict of interest with
regard to the author of the article, which means that they
must not represent the same institution. Secondly, the
reviewer must be an expert of the respective field and hold a
doctoral degree. The editor-in-chief seeks the corresponding
reviewers not only among local but also foreign researchers.
Since the journal publishes articles about the Baltic
region, it is often possible to attract Lithuanian and
Estonian researchers who have a passive knowledge of the
Latvian language. If the article is published in English, then
the peer for a blind review is primarily sought abroad amongst
the best specialists in the field. The invited reviewers have
no knowledge of who the author of the articles is, and vice
versa. The editor-in-chief is the intermediary in
communication between authors and reviewers within the
anonymous peer-review process.
If the reviewer
agrees to review the article, he / she receives the article,
as well as the reviewer's form with standardised questions
with structured response alternatives (yes / no answers), as
well as a space for his / her written evaluation in a free
form where he / she can indicate all the positive and negative
aspects of the article, as well as to provide the final
assessment of whether the article is recommended for
publication or not, and to note whether the article requires
minor or major additions / corrections. On average, one month
is given for preparation of a review. Subsequently, the author
is also given about a month to improve the article. Depending
on the circumstances, it is also possible to permit a longer
time for improvement of the article. If necessary, the revised
version of the article is coordinated with the reviewers. The
decision regarding this is made on a case-by-case basis by the
editor-in-chief. At all stages of article assessment, the
editor can consult the editorial board to arrive at decisions.
There is no publication fee for
authors aspiring to publish their articles in the Journal. To
promote scholarly research, all publication costs are covered
by the Institute of Latvian History.
Purchase and Journal
The printed version of the Journal can be purchased from the
publisher, the University of Latvia Press (apgads@lu.lv).
All the articles published in the journal can be
accessed freely.
Mailing address
Kalpaka bulvāris 4, room 125, Riga LV-1050, Latvia.
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