Instructions for authors



INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
 
  1. The journal „Vojnoistorijski glasnik“ (Military Historical Review) receives unpublished articles and scholarly contributions (reviews, essays, notes) dealing with military history with a special emphasis on the history of Serbia, Yugoslavia and the Balkans.
  2. Articles are published in Serbian Cyrillic or English. Articles should be no longer than 45,000 characters, including footnotes and other additions. The text should be submitted in MS Word, font is Times New Roman size 12, with 1.5 spacing. Footnotes are without spacing, font size 10.
  3. All received manuscripts are subject to a double-blind external peer review process. To be accepted the manuscript needs to be deemed publishable by two anonymous reviewers. Based on their reviews, the editors are informing the authors if the manuscript was accepted, conditionally accepted, deemed for revision or rejected.
  4. Submitted article manuscript should contain the following elements in this order:
  • Name, surname and scholarly title of the author (Times New Roman, font size 12). The name of the author is written in capital letters. Manuscript cannot be authored by more than three persons. The author’s year of birth must be stated as well, for the catalogization procedures of the National Library of Serbia.
  • Name and the address of the author’s institution (font size 12).
  • Name and the address of the author’s institution (font size 12).
  • Electronic address of the author (font size 12).
  • Title of the manuscript (Times New Roman, font 14, block letters, bold).
  • Acknowledgements and project affiliations (if applicable) should be placed in an asterisk footnote to the title.
  • Abstract (1000 characters, font size 11, in the language of the manuscript), accompanied with up to 10 keywords.
  • Manuscript text, written in Times New Roman, font size 12. Text can include chapters and subchapters, with titles in italics, font size 12.
  • Footnotes (Times New Roman, font 10, single space), formatted in Chicago style.
  • list of References (in alphabetical order, without archival sources), font size 12, formatted in Chicago style.
  • Summary in English, including author’s name, full affiliation and title of the manuscript, (font size 11, no more than 2.000 characters).
  • Keywords in English (up to 10 terms, font size 11).
  1. Tables, graphs, photos and other additions should be located in an adequate position in the text and accompanied by a numerical number of a figure and an adequate description.
  2. Manuscripts which do not contain these elements will not be scrutinised for review.
  3. Detailed instructions regarding citing sources and literature are available in the text below. They follow the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.
  4. The articles should be of up to 40,000 characters, with spaces and footnotes (the editorial board reserves the right to publish articles of larger size, if necessary).
  5. Manuscripts are to be submitted in an electronic form to the journal’s email address vig@mod.gov.rs
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REFERENCING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHICAGO STYLE
  1. Referencing archival sources
When referencing archival sources, rules and recommendations of respective archives are to be followed. We advise quoting from general to particular (from the archive, its collection and sub-collection to a box, archival unit, dossier and page). The complete name of the archive and collection should be stated when mentioned for the first time and shortened afterwards. When a specific document is quoted in the footnotes, it is accompanied by the author's name (person or institution), title, number and date. Only the name of the archive and collection is used in the bibliography.
EXAMPLES: Архив Југославије (АЈ), фонд 130, Савезно извршно веће (СИВ), фасцикла 1, архивска јединица 2, Next: АЈ, 130-1-2
Војни архив, Пописник 3, кутија 223, фасцикла12, документ 8. Next: ВА, П-3, 223-12-8
Дипломатски архив Министарства спољних послова Републике Србије (ДА МСП), Политичка архива (ПА), САД, 1966, фасц.160, досије 15, сигн.41036. Next: ДА МСП, ПА ....
Дипломатски архив Министарства спољних послова Републике Србије (ДА МСП), Политичка архива (ПА), Индија, 1955, фасц. 24, досије 36, сигн. 41989. Next: ДА МСП, ПА,
Архив Србије (АС), фонд Центални комитет Савеза комуниста Србије (ЦK СKС), Управа за агитацију и пропаганду, фасц. 10, Извештај о школама у НР Србији и Београдском универзитету, јун 1949. Next: АС, ЦK СKС,…
Архив САНУ, Историјска збирка, Заоставштина Александра Белића, 14386, АБ/ИВ – 1421
  1. Referencing monographs
Monograph of a sole author
Footnote (F): Name and surname of the author, Book title (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page number.
EXAMPLE: Dragan Bogetić, Jugoslovensko-američki odnosi: 1961- 1971 (Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju, 2102), 25.
Bibliography (B): Surname, name of the author. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Bogetić, Dragan. Jugoslovensko-američki odnosi:1961-1971. Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju, 2012.

Monograph with two or three authors
F: Name and surname of the author and name and surname of the author, Book title, (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page number.
EXAMPLE: Dragan Bogetić i Aleksandar Životić, Jugoslavija i Arapsko-izraelski rat 1967.(Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju, 2010), 85.
B: Surname, name of the author, and name and surname. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Bogetić Dragan i Aleksandar Životić. Jugoslavija i Arapsko-izraelski rat 1967. Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju, 2010.

Monograph with four or more authors
If the monograph has four or more authors, the bibliography lists all the authors, and footnotes list only the first of the authors, followed by „i dr.“ (i drugi), or „et al.“, if the book is written in a foreign language.
F: Name and surname of the author i dr., Book Title, (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page number.
EXAMPLE: Christoph Neumayer et al.,Bošnjaci u carskoj službi: Bosanskohercegovačke trupe u austrougarskoj vojsci.Histroija i uniforme od 1878. do 1918. godine (Wien:Verlag Militaria, Edition Stefan Rest, 2008), 120-134.
B: Surname, name of the author, and name and surname, and name and surname, and name and surname. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Neumayer, Christoph, Erwin Schmidl, Hermann Hinterstoisser, Helmut Wohnout. Bošnjaci u carskoj službi: Bosanskohercegovačke trupe u austrougarskoj vojsci. Historija i uniforme od 1878. do 1918. godine.Wien:Verlag Militaria, Edition Stefan Rest, 2008.
 
Editor, translator – primary responsibility
F: Name and surname, ur., gl i odg. ur., prev., prir., Book Title, (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page number.
EXAMPLE: Momčilo Pavlović, prir., Dokumenti CIA o Jugoslaviji 1948 – 1983 (Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Univerzitet u Beogradu-Fakultet bezbednosti, Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije, 2009), 235.
B: Surname, name, ur., gl i odg. ur., prev., prir. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Pavlović, Momčilo, prir. Dokumenti CIA o Jugoslaviji 1948 – 1983. Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Univerzitet u Beogradu-Fakultet bezbednosti, Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije, 2009.
In the case of multiple editors and translators, the same rules are applied as with the authors of monographs.
 
Editor, translator – secondary responsibility
F: Name and surname of the author, Book Title, ur., gl. i odg. ur., prev., prir. Name and surname (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page.
EXAMPLE: Džon Luis Gedis, Hladni rat: Mi danas znamo, Zoran Hamović, prevod Predrag Simić (Beograd: Klio, 2003), 157.
B: Surname, name of the author. Book Title, Editor, Translated by Name and Surname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Gedis Džon Luis. Hladni rat: Mi danas znamo. Zoran Hamović, prevod Predrag Simić. Beograd: Klio, 2008.
 
E-book:
If the book is available in several formats, the version used in the contribution should be referenced. It could be stated in the bibliography that the book is available in other formats as well.
F: Name and surname of the author, Book Title (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), http://adresa (date of last access).
EXAMPLE: Branislav Nušić, Autobiografija (Beograd: Kreativni centar, 2001), http://www.антикварнекњиге.com/електронскекњиге/ detail-item_39(accessed 13. 10. 2008)
B: Surname, name of the author. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. http://adresa. (date of last access). Also available in print and on CD-ROM.
EXAMPLE: Nušić, Branislav. Autobiografija. Beograd: Kreativni centar, 2001. http://www.антикварнекњиге.com/електронскекњиге/ detail-item_39(приступљено 13. 10. 2008). Also available in print and on CD-ROM.
 
  1. Referencing edited volumes
Referencing an article from an edited volume:
F: Name and surname of the author, „Article Title“, u: Title of Edited Volume, urednik Name and Surname (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page.
EXAMPLE: Slobodan Selinić, „Jugoslovenski predstavnici u Čehoslovačkoj 1945-1949“, u : Jugoslovenska diplomatija 1946-1961, urednik Slobodan Selinić (Beograd: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije, 2012), 135-159.
B: Surname, name of the author. „Article Title“. U: Title of Edited Volume, urednik Name and Surname, pages. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Selinić, Slobodan. „Jugoslovenski predstavnici u Čehoslovačkoj 1945-1949“. U: Jugoslovenska diplomatija 1950-1951. Urednik Slobodan Selinić, 135-159. Beograd: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije, 2012.
 
Referencing a chapter from an edited volume:
F: Name and surname of the author, „Chapter Title“, u: Title of Edited Volume, urednik Name and Surname (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page.
EXAMPLE: Dubravka Stojanović, „Uspon i pad detanta 1969-1980“, u: Rađanje globalnog sveta 1880-2015, urednik Milan Ristović (Beograd, Čigoja štampa, 2015), 330-341.
B: Surname, name of the author. „Article Title“. U: Title of Edited Volume, urednik Name and Surname, pages. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Stojanović, Dubravka. „Uspon i pad detanta 1969-1980“. U: Rađanje globalnog sveta 1880-2015. urednik Milan Ristović, 343- 362. Beograd: Čigoja štampa, 2015.
 
Introduction, Afterword
F: Name and surname, Introduction/Afterword u Book Title, Name and surname of the author (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page.
EXAMPLE: Miroljub Kljajić, Predgovor u Autobiografija jednog maturanta 1941, Miodrag V. Mihailović (Čačak: Međuopštinski istorijski arhiv, 2012), 7-8.
B: Surname, name. Introduction/Afterword u Book Title, Name and surname of the author, pages. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.
EXAMPLE: Kljajić, Miroljub. Predgovor u Autobiografija jednog maturanta 1941, Miodrag V. Mihailović 7-8. Čačak: Međuopštinski istorijski arhiv, 2012.
 
Encyclopedia Entry
F: Name and surname of the author, „Title“, u: Encyclopedia, volume, (Place of publication: Publisher, year), pages.
EXAMPLE: Čedomir Popov, „Marković, Svetozar“, u: Srpski biografski rečnik, 6, Mar-Miš, (Novi Sad: Matica srpska, 2014), 204-209.
B: Surname, name of the author, „Title“. U: Encyclopedia, volume, pages. Place of Publication: Publisher, year.
EXAMPLE: Popov, Čedomir. „Marković, Svetozar“. U: Srpski biografski rečnik, 6, Mar-Miš, 204-209. Novi Sad: Matica srpska, 2014.
  1. Referencing journals and articles
Article from a printed journal:
F: Name and surname of the author, „Article Title“, Journal Title, Year of Issue, Number, Issue (Year), page.
EXAMPLE: Aleksandar Radić, „Vežba Avala-Jugoslovenska odbrana od Varšavskog pakta 1968. godine“, Istorija 20. veka, XXIV, br.2, (2006), 99.
B: „Article Title“, Journal Title, Year of Issue, Number, Issue (Year), pages.
PRIMER: Radić Aleksandar. „Vežba Avala-Jugoslovenska odbrana od Varšavskog pakta 1968. godine“. Istorija 20. veka, XXIV, br.2, (2006), 87-104.
Footnotes should state only the page or pages used in the contribution, whereas the bibliography should state the entire number of pages in the contribution.
If the article has more authors, the same rules are applied as with the authors of monographs.
 
Text from the daily and periodical press:
F: Name and surname of the author, „Text title“, Press Title, date, page.
EXAMPLE: Aleksandar Belić, „Oko Trsta“, Politika, 17. 9. 1945, 1.
If the text is not signed, the reference should start with its title.
B: The bibliography should not contain all the texts from the press. The title of the periodical and the span of years which were used would suffice, stated after the section containing published sources. If some text is of particular importance, it should be referenced in the bibliography in the following manner: Surname, name of the author.
If it is a specific and particularly important text, list it in the bibliography as follows: Surname, author’s name. „Text title“. Press Title, date and page.
EXAMPLE: Belić, Aleksandar. „Oko Trsta“. Politika, 17. 9. 1945, 1.
 
Text in an online journal:
F: Name and surname of the author, „Text title“, Journal Title,  number, issue (year of publication), pages, (date of last access). DOI number.
EXAMPLE: Konstantin V. Nikiforov, „Modernization mixed with nationalism“, Balcanica, XLV, (2014), 443, (accessed 28. 7. 2015). DOI:10.2298/BALC1445443N.
B: Surname, name of the author. „Text title“. Journal Title, number, issue (year of publication), pages, (date of last access).
EXAMPLE: Nikiforov, Konstantin V. „Modernization mixed with nationalism“, Balcanica, XLV, (2014), 443-451, (accessed 28. 7. 2015). DOI:10.2298/BALC1445443N.
If the journal has no DOI number, http://adresu is to be stated as well as the date of access.
  1. Referencing of MA and PhD dissertations
F: Name and surname, „Dissertation title“ (Type of work, University, Faculty, Department, Year)
EXAMPLE: Mr Ivana Dobrivojević, „Selo i grad. Transformacija agrarnog društva Srbije: 1945-1955 “(PhD dissertation, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Filozofski fakultet, Odeljenje za istoriju, 2011)
B: Surname, Name. „Dissertation title“. Type of work, University, Faculty, Department, Year.
EXAMPLE: Dobrivojević, mr Ivana. „Selo i grad. Transformacija agrarnog društva Srbije: 1945-1955 “. Doktorska disertacija, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Filozofski fakultet, Odeljenje za istoriju, 2011. 
  1. Referencing the Multimedia 
Audio record:
F: Name and surname of the author, Title, Producer – media type.
PRIMER: Josip Broz Tito, Tito nam govori, PGP RTB 1977 – gramofonska ploča
B: Surname, name of the author. Title. Producer – media type.
PRIMER: Broz, Josip Tito. Tito nam govori. PGP RTB 1977 – gramofonska ploča.
 
Visual record:
F: Title of film, media, reditelj Name and Surname (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year).
EXAMPLE: Variola vera, DVD, reditelj Goran Marković (Beograd: Vans, 2005).
B: Title f film. reditelj Name and Surname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Media EXAMPLE: Variola vera. Reditelj Goran Marković. Beograd: Vans, 2005. DVD.
  1. Referencing the interviews (oral history)
EXAMPLE: Interview with Latinka Perović, Belgrade, Rep. of Serbia, 12.05.2007.
  1. Referencing e-mail and SMS
EXAMPLE: Aleksandar Petrović, e-mail sent to the author 18.11.2015.
  1. Referencing after the first reference in the text
Works should be referenced firstly in their complete form in the footnote, where after the first reference short form will be applied:
– for works written in Serbian language, repeated reference will be marked with Isto (if repeated in the following footnote) or n.d. (if repeated later in the text, as long as this is the only work of that author). When the author’s name is directly repeated, Isti/Ista is to be used.
EXAMPLE: footnote no. 5. Đoko Tripković, Jugoslavija-SSSR: 1956-1971(Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju, 2013), 35.
footnote no. 5. Isto, 36.
footnote no. 22. Đ. Tripković, n.d., 100.
 
– if the contribution is in a foreign language, term Ibid. is to be used (if repeated in the following footnote) or op. cit. (if repeated later in the text, as long as this is the only work of that author). When the author’s name is directly repeated, the term Idem. Is to be used.
EXAMPLE: footnote no. 5. David Holloway, Stalin and the Bomb: the Soviet Union and Atomic Energy: 1939 – 1956 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994), 45.
Footnote no. 6. Ibid.
Footnote no. 16. D. Holloway, op. cit., 50.
 
– if several works of the same author are used, each one should be referenced in its short form.
EXAMPLE: Đ. Tripković, Jugoslavija i SSSR…, 217.
Golan, The secret conversations.....67.
Bogetić, „ Kiparska kriza 1974…,“115.

Remarks:
When quoting literature in a scientific apparatus, respect the script on which the quoted work is published.
In the basic text, the names of the months are written in letters, and within the quotations of the Arabic numerals.