Author Guidelines

Technical requirements

1. Articles,translations and book reviews may be contributed.

2. Articles written for SOPHOS – a Young Researchers' Journal: include the results of scientific research from an interaction of diverse scientific disciplines,namely: Philosophy, Sociology, Linguistics, Psychology, Architecture, History of Arts, and Literature, i.e. various disciplines related to humanities and social sciences.

3. The article sent has never been published and is not being sent to other journals.

4. Articles and translations should include no more than 15 – 20 pages ( approx. 8000 words), while book reviews should not exceed 3 – 5 pages (approx.1500 – 2000 words).

5. Articles written in standard Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian language using 12pt New Times Roman font, A4 paper size (210 x 279 mm), 2.5 cm margin (right, left, and bottom) and 3 cm top margin with line density 1 space.

Formal organisations of contributions

I - Articles

Articles must be done according to the standards of indexed journals in Europe and the world. The AIMRAD structure of a scientific article (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion) should be used in compiling articles.

Articles should contain the following elements:

Title

The title of the paper is written in capital letters without highlighting the parts in italics or bolding. If the title of another text appears in the title, then that part is placed under quotation marks. The title must be directly related to the topic of the paper and reflect the content of the entire paper and not one part of it.

Data on authors (authors) and institutions

Data on the author (authors) contain the name and surname of the author, data on the institution with which he is connected, place, address, e-mail address. No academic degree or professional title is written in front of the name or after the surname.

Abstract

Articles must contain a thematic summary (summary) with keywords. The thematic summary is a concise form of work (approximately 10 lines) in which the goal, methods and results of the work are briefly described. The abstract and key words are written in the mother tongue, after which they are also given in English.

Key words

The article lists the key words that have the role of index of terms and index of names and serve for library classification of the text as well as for faster and easier research of the topic by the users of the journal. Keywords must be related to the content of the text (topic, topics) and not to its form. Keywords are listed below the abstract. A minimum of five (5) and a maximum of eight (8) keywords are listed.

Key phrases

In addition to keywords, the article can also contain key phrases, syntagm, complex terms, which determine the topic of the text as complex technical terms. Key phrases are listed below the key words and must be used in the article itself as technical terms.

Introduction

The article must have an introduction marked with a number (1) and comprise  a brief overview of previously published relevant papers (theses) from the same thematic area, overview of materials and methods, presentation of evidence, hypothesis/hypotheses  of the whole paper, objectives, expected results, exposition plan of the topic by chapters.

If the article is based on a hypothesis that is by definition completely new in the given scientific area, the introduction must explain the methodology and methodological point of view that has logical possibilities for constituting the scientific argumentation of such a new idea.

Chapters and capitals

The main text must be divided into chapters and chapters marked with decimal numbers starting from (1.0) (2.0)… for chapters and (1.1.), (1.2.)… (2.1.), (2.2.)… . for capitals.

Conclusion

Articles must have a conclusion that is logically derived from the thesis and argumentation used in the paper. The conclusion states the results that have been proven in the argumentation and discussion of the paper. The conclusion may indicate additional possibilities for future research on the topic of the article. A concise form of the conclusion (results) must also appear in the abstract of the paper.

Bibliographic references

The content and bibliographic notes in the text should be clearly differentiated. Content notes describe and clarify the text in more detail. They are written below the footnote at the bottom of the text. Bibliographic notes refer to citations - ie. to the precise part of the text quoted from another publication. They are inserted into the text and contain the name of the author, the year in which the cited work was published and the page on which the cited part can be found (Frege, 1964, 88). Complete information about the source or a specific bibliographic reference can be found in the list of sources. References given in the list of references at the end of the article must also be written in English.

II - Translations

The journal is publishing translations from any foreign language. The translator must use a critical edition of the original text. The translation should state in the footnote the name of the author of the work, the original title of the article, bibliographic data on the source from which the text was taken, the exact number of pages that the text occupies in the original. The name and surname of the translator are stated: (1) on the back page of the journal, (2) in the contents of the journal, (3) at the end of the translated text. The translated text can be (according to the decision of the editor) sent for editing to an expert from the field to which the translated original belongs. The name and surname of the translation editor are published at the end of the translated text below the name and surname of the translator.

III - Book reviews

Book reviews can have a title derived from the topic the book deals with, or they can refer directly to the title of the book being presented.  Below the title, all information about the author of the book and the book being reviewed must be given in parentheses (author's name and surname, book title, publisher, year of publication, place of publication, number of pages). The review should be divided into paragraphs and may have subheadings inserted. The name and surname of the reviewer and all other author's data about him are stated (1) on the back cover of the journal, (2) in the contents of the journal, (3) at the end of the text of the review.