PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Accepted for publication are studies up to 120,000 characters; articles up to 60,000 characters; messages up to 18,000 characters; reviews and feedback up to 12,000 characters.
The materials submitted should be in Bulgarian, English or Russian.
I. Requirements for the text preparation:
1. The materials should be submitted in electronic version as Word documents with font Times New Roman, size 12 pt, line spacing 1.5.
2. The title is written in the language of the article, in capital letters, centered, without abbreviations, in size 14 pt, Bold. The next line contains the name and surname of the author(s) without abbreviations, with initial capital letters and subsequent lowercase letters, size 14 pt, Bold, Italic.
3. The title of the article in English is written in one blank line, in capital letters, centered, without abbreviations, size 14 pt, Bold. The next line contains the name and surname of the author(s) without abbreviations, transliterated in Latin, with initial capitals and subsequent lowercase letters, size 14 pt, Bold, Italic.
4. The abstract in English (Abstract🙂 (up to 1000 characters with spaces) is located in one empty line, with font size and style 12 pt, Italic.
5. On the next line, write the keywords (Keywords:) (up to 10 in number), in English, with font size and style 12 pt, Italic.
6. A single blank line follows the main text of the material with Justify alignment. The use of Bold font is allowed only for possible subtitles. Italic is used for titles of books/monographs, journals, collections and editions of sources. When quoting, Italic is used only in cases where the foreign text is not surrounded by quotation marks.
7. Cited studies are indicated in the text, placed in simple brackets, as follows: the surname of the author, the year of publication and the relevant page(s). For example: (Ivanov 2012: 35–36); (Ivanov, Petrov 2015: 5–6) – for two; (Ivanov et al. 2010: 33; Ivanov et al. 1999: 45) – by several authors; (Petrov 2006a: 8–11) – for more than one publication in the same year by one author.
When referring to images or other illustrative materials: (Ivanov 2012: 16, fig. 3; Petrov 1997: 45, fig. 2).
When specifying catalog numbers or tables: (Ivanov 2012: 16, no. 3 or table 3).
8. If explanatory or other notes are necessary, they are placed under a line: (Footnotes) in Times New Roman font, size 10 pt, without spacing (Line spacing “single”). Numerical references to footnotes are placed after the quotation marks and before the punctuation marks. E.g. “citation”1, 1, 1. If citation is necessary in the explanatory notes, the same rules are followed as in the main text.
9. The sources used are indicated only in footnotes.
When citing archival documents: ЦДА – София, ф. 108К, оп. 2, а.е. 2560, л. 2.
When citing a newspaper: Newsp. Работническо дело, бр. 109, 15 май 1947 г., 3.
When citing primary sources, the names of ancient authors and works are indicated according to Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon (LSJ) and Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD) as follows: Hdt. 2.4; Cic. Div. 1.13.23.
When citing corpus publications: ГИБИ II: 71 – 72.
9. References in the text to illustrative material are placed in parentheses: (обр. 1). For materials in English: (fig. 1), font Bold. A list of illustrations is presented in a separate file with brief text information about the corresponding illustration.
10. Acknowledgments (if any) are placed after the end of the main text.
11. After the main text is applied References.
12. When using specific abbreviations in the scientific apparatus, it is also applied Abbreviations.
Examples:
ГИБИ IV: Гръцки извори за българската история. Том IV. София: БАН, 1961.
ЦДА: Централен държавен архив.
BHR: Bulgarian Historical Review, Sofia.
13. Summary in Bulgarian (with title and author, up to 3000 characters with spaces) and Keywords in Bulgarian are placed after the References and the Abbreviations only for articles in a foreign (non Bulgarian) language!
14. At the very end, the authors add brief information about themselves: title, scientific degree, first and last name, ORCID, place of work and e-mail.
15. Illustrations are submitted in a separate electronic file (.tiff, .jpg, .png) in a resolution of no less than 300 dpi.
II. Requirements for the References
In the References are presented in alphabetical order, first, the Cyrillic editions, then the Latin or other editions. All non-Latin editions are also written in Latin transliteration, in square brackets […], immediately after the original title. Only scientific studies, including those available on the Internet, are cited. (Archival sources, newspapers, and Internet sources are cited only in footnotes. The same applies to written primary sources, which are cited only by the name of the author or the document, and not with a bibliographic description of their contemporary edition.)
- Collections and translations of primary sources
Гюзелев 2000: В. Гюзелев. Извори за средновековната история на България (VІІ – ХV в.) в австрийските ръкописни сбирки и архиви. Том І. София: Главно управление на архивите, 2000. [V. Gyuzelev. Izvori za srednovekovnata istoria na Bulgaria (VІІ – ХV v.) v avstriyskite rakopisni sbirki i arhivi. Tom І. Sofia: Glavno upravlenie na arhivite, 2000.]
Ксенофонт 2016: Ксенофонт. Атинската държавна уредба. Лакедемонската държавна уредба. Превод от старогръцки Мирена Славова. София: Изток – Запад, 2016. [Ksenofont. Atinskata darzhavna uredba. Lakedemonskata darzhavna uredba. Prevod ot starogratski Mirena Slavova. Sofia: Iztok – Zapad, 2016.]
2. Books/Monographs
Божилов, Гюзелев 2004: Ив. Божилов, В. Гюзелев. История на Добруджа. Том 2. Средновековие. Велико Търново: Фабер, 2004. [Iv. Bozhilov, V. Gyuzelev. Istoria na Dobrudzha. Tom 2. Srednovekovie. Veliko Tarnovo: Faber, 2004.]
Спасов 2008: Л. Спасов. България и СССР 1917 – 1944 г. (Политико-дипломатически отношения). Велико Търново: Фабер, 2008. [L. Spasov. Bulgaria i SSSR 1917 – 1944 g. (Politiko-diplomaticheski otnoshenia). Veliko Tarnovo: Faber, 2008.]
3. Publications in volumes with articles
Марков 1977: Г. Марков. Деветнадесетомайският режим между Франция и Германия. – В: Доклади и съобщения от Първата национална конференция на младите историци. София, 1977, 316 – 324. [G. Markov. Devetnadesetomayskiyat rezhim mezhdu Frantsia i Germania. – V: Dokladi i saobshtenia ot Parvata natsionalna konferentsia na mladite istoritsi. Sofia, 1977, 316 – 324.]
4. Publications in scientific periodicals
Марков 2002: Г. Марков. Балканското решение на Източния въпрос 1911–1913 г. – Македонски преглед, ХХV, 2002, 4, 7 – 28. [G. Markov. Balkanskoto reshenie na Iztochnia vapros 1911 – 1913 g. – Makedonski pregled, XXV, 2002, 4, 7 – 28.]
Mitrev 2008: G. Mitrev. On Skotoussa and „Scotusaei liberi“ from the Valley of the Struma/Strymon River (SW Bulgaria). – Arhaeologia Bulgarica, XII, 2008, 2, 47 – 58.
5. Electronic editions of scientific publications on the Internet
Carey 2006: B. Carey. Warfare in the Medieval World (2006).
http://web.archive.org/web/20110805095555/http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/carey.htm (available on 20.11.2016).