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Focus and Scope

Romano Džaniben is the only Czech Journal of Romani Studies whose contributions are subject to a peer-review process and which is published both in print and online in a freely accessible format. It was founded in 1994 and is published by the registered association of the same name, Romano Džaniben. The journal accepts, for peer review, studies and material dealing with Roma society, history, language and culture in the broadest sense. The journal also accepts review articles, i.e. more comprehensive reviews that take into account the broader context of the topic of the reviewed publication. Each issue of the journal also features (in non-peer-reviewed sections) a diverse range of interviews, personal profiles, memoirs, book reviews and discussions.

By submitting an article for consideration for publication in the journal, the author agrees to the license terms.

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Publication Frequency

There are a total of 2 issues per year, published on 30. September and 31. December.

Open Access Policy

Romano Džaniben aims to promote cutting-edge research in the field of Romani studies and to facilitate the free exchange of scientific knowledge. To this end, the editors provide open access to all content under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which allows anyone to copy, distribute, adapt, and use the content, including for commercial purposes, provided the original author, title, source, and license are properly credited.

Related information for authors:

● Copyright - the copyright owner is the author.

● Fees - authors do not pay any fees for processing or submitting manuscripts.

● self-archiving - the author can archive the version before and after printing as well as the publisher's version (PDF). However, this must include the journal name, year, issue, pages, DOI and a link to the journal website.

Indexing, Abstracting and Archiving

Romano Džaniben will seek regular indexing and abstracting in the international databases in 2025/ 2026.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The editors agree with and follow the general guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics: http://publicationethics.org/

For more information, see the Publication Ethics tab.

For more information about the editorial board and editorial team, see the Editorial Board tab.

 

Specific guidelines for authors

Text formatting

In your text, use Times New Roman font, size 12, double-spaced, justified alignment. Footnotes and longer quotations indented in the text should be in font size 11. Quotations longer than two lines should be indented separately.

Language

We publish texts in Czech, Slovak, and Romani. Upon agreement, texts may also be submitted in other languages. Such texts will be translated and published in Czech.

The article must contain

- title

- abstract in the language of the text and in English (both max. 250 words)

- keywords in the language of the text and in English (3–6 words)

- information about the author (e-mail, job title, institution/workplace, ORCID).

Citation standard

We follow the APA citation style (7th edition), which uses in-text citations (author–date). We apply this style to texts from all academic disciplines, although specific conventions may vary in some fields (e.g., in historical studies, footnotes for citations are sometimes preferred).

Basic rules

- citations in the text are enclosed in parentheses: (Author, year, p. xx)

- the list of references is sorted alphabetically by the surname of the first author

- if there are several works by the same author from the same year, they are distinguished by lowercase letters:

(Hübschmannová, 2000a), (Hübschmannová, 2000b)

- titles of books, journals, and edited volumes are written in italics, other elements (e.g., article or chapter titles) in regular font.

- in the bibliography, English titles use sentence case—capital letters only for the first word and proper nouns.

 

References in the text

One author:

(Hübschmannová, 1993)
Hübschmannová (1993) states that ...

(Matras, 2002, p. 59)
(Guy, 1998, p. 16–17)
(Guy, 1998; Hübschmannová, 1993, 2000; Matras, 2002)

 

Two authors

(Marushiakova a Popov, 2020)

 

Three or more authors

(Sadílková et al., 2018)

 

List of references

Authors

In the list of references, unlike in the text, we always list the names of all authors, even if there are three or more. All authors are listed, separated by commas, with "a" before the last name:

Sadílková, H., Slačka, D. and Závodská, M. (2018). Aby bylo i s námi počítáno: Společensko-politická angažovanost Romů a snahy o založení romské organizace v poválečném Československu. Muzeum romské kultury.

Bibliography order

We sort the references alphabetically by the last name of the first author/editor; if the author is the same, sort chronologically (older → newer texts).

 

Sentence case

In accordance with APA style, we use sentence case in bibliographic references – for English titles, we capitalize only the first word and proper names (The time of the Gypsies, not The Time of the Gypsies).

 

DOI/URL

If a DOI exists for the text, it is given in full at the end of the record (https://doi.org/...).

 

Examples of references

Book

Hübschmannová, M. (1993). Šaj pes dovakeras – Můžeme se domluvit. Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého.

Stewart, M. (1997). The time of the Gypsies. Westview Press.

Book chapter

Grill, J. (2015). Historické premeny štruktúry medzikultúrnych vzťahov: Formy spolužitia v prípade Tarkoviec na východnom Slovensku. In T. Podolinská and T. Hrustič (Eds.), Čierno-biele svety: Rómovia v majoritnej spoločnosti na Slovensku (s. 146–171). Veda.

Sadílková, H. and Závodská, M. (2021). Asserting a presence in the public sphere: Autobiographies by two Romani Holocaust survivors in Communist Czechoslovakia. In C. Donert (Ed.), The legacies of the Romani genocide in Europe since 1945 (s. 183–213). Routledge.

Dissertation

Guy, W. (1977). The attempt of Socialist Czechoslovakia to assimilate its Gypsy population [PhD thesis]. University of Bristol.

Mižigár, M. (2016). Romové v Písku: případová studie poválečného osídlení [Bachelor’s thesis]. Univerzita Karlova.

Edited volume

Marushiakova, E. a Popov, V. (Eds.). (2022). Roma portraits in history: Roma civic emancipation elite in Central, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe from the 19th century until World War II. Brill.

Podolinská, T. a Hrustič, T. (Eds.). (2015). Čierno-biele svety: Rómovia v majoritnej spoločnosti na Slovensku. Veda.

Article

Olivera, M. (2012). The Gypsies as indigenous groups: The Gabori Roma case in Romania. Romani Studies, 5(1), 19–33.

Kobes, T. (2012). „Naši Romové“ – difrakční vzorce odlišnosti východoslovenského venkova. Romano džaniben, 19(2), 9–34.

News article

Elšík, V. (2005, May 23). Romové, etnicita a radikální konstruktivisté. Literární noviny, (21), 6.

Online source – periodical (regular publication of texts)

Berkyová, R. (2025, September 15). Holocaust survivors' memories are not just about trauma, but also about perseverance and strength. Romani voices must be equal in this discussion. Romea.cz. https://romea.cz/en/opinion/renata-berkyova-holocaust-survivors-memories-are-not-just-about-trauma-but-also-about-perseverance-and-strength-romani-voices-must-be-equal-in-this-discussion

Online source – non-periodical (single-published text)

ERGO Network. (2024). Monitoring of the situation of Ukrainian Roma refugees in Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Romania, Moldova and Slovakia. https://ergonetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FINAL-REPORT-ERGO-Network-Ukraine.pdf