Submissions
Author Guidelines
Submission Guidelines
Review and publication process
Aims and scope
Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe is a double-blind peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary area studies journal, founded by Corvinus University of Budapest in 1979. The journal publishes original research articles and book reviews in social sciences, broadly defined, which focus specifically on Central and Eastern Europe or have strong relevance for social and economic development in this region.
Society and Economy seeks in particular to provide an international forum for scholars working in the Central and Eastern European region, although we welcome submissions from any member of the international research community. While the journal is multidisciplinary and the editors will consider any high-quality submission fitting into social sciences, papers in economics, business and management, political science, international relations, and sociology are particularly encouraged.
Manuscript preparation
Each manuscript should be sent in two separate documents.
The first document should be the title page, including the following information: title of the paper, name of the author(s), affiliation of the author(s), ORCID ID(s), the email address of the corresponding author. Please also include acknowledgements, declarations on funding, and statements on ethical approval, conflict of interest and data availability.
The second document should contain the anonymized paper itself. The name of the author(s), or any information allowing the identification of the author(s) should not be included in this second document. If there is excessive self-citation in the paper, this should be removed for the purposes of the review.
Both files should be in docx/doc, rtf or odt format. Please note that we do not currently accept submissions in pdf or LaTeX.
The second document, i.e. the main anonymous text, must include the following:
- An abstract of no more than 200 words
- Two to six keywords
- One to three JEL codes
- The main text of the article.
- A statement on the use of AI, detailing the tools that were used and the purpose they were used for (see section on Use of generative AI).
The text should have an ‘Introduction’ and a ‘Conclusions’ section, as well as a References section. All section titles should be numbered consecutively (For example, 1. Introduction, 2. Data and Methods, 2.1. Data Sources, etc).
Authors can use any font, line spacing, margin size they are comfortable with, as long as the document has a clean and consistent layout.
Tables and Figures should be included in the main text, approximately where they should be located in the typeset version. Tables and Figures should always be referenced and explained in the text, but should also be sufficiently clear to be understood without reading the text. They should also be numbered consecutively, have informative titles, and their sources should be provided as well. Figures should be submitted separately as well in xls, jpg, bmp, tif or other widely used image format. Note that they should be of sufficient quality for printing.
Notes serve to supplement the main text; authors are requested to use them only if necessary. Lengthy footnotes should most definitely be avoided.
The length of main text should be between 6,000 and 9,000 words, including everything (the title, the abstract, the keywords and JEL codes, notes, the list of references, and appendices). Any submission above the 9,000 word limit will automatically be sent back to the authors. Authors will be given an additional 2,000 words following peer review to address reviewer comments, allowing the length of final accepted manuscripts to go up to 11,000 words.
Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct English. There is no preference towards any regional standard of English, as long as the article is consistent in using the spelling and vocabulary of one.
Referencing
Society and Economy uses in-text references, in an (author last name, year) format.
If a publication has two authors, please include both last names and separate them with a long dash (e.g. Smith – Taylor 2023).
For three of more authors, please only include the last name of first author, followed by ‘et al.’ (e.g. Smith et al. 2023).
If there are multiple sources in a single reference, separate them using a semi-colon. If they are from the same author, only add the year (e.g. Smith – Taylor 2023; 2024; Miller – Cartwright 2025). Please avoid ‘citation inflation’, i.e. using a large number of references to back up a single point.
Please list all references at the end of the paper. These can be in any format for the initial submission as long as the formatting is consistent and all relevant bibliographic information is provided. Please note however, that for accepted papers, the authors will be requested to deliver a version where the list of references is formatted according to the American Psychological Association's citation style seventh edition (APA7). Examples of formatting using this style can be found here: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf
Please especially note that authors are required to provide Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for all entries in the list of references. These should be formatted as hyperlinks (https://doi.org/...) rather than just the number.
All entries in the list of references much be cited in the main text, and all citations in the main text should have a corresponding entry in the references.
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online manuscript submission and peer review platform at https://journals.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php/SocEc/login
We do not accept submissions by email.
Review and Publication Process
Manuscripts which meet the requirements around formatting described above, and fit into the profile of the journal, will first be read by the editors, who will decide whether to submit the paper for anonymous peer review or request clarifications and changes from the author(s).
Each paper will then be reviewed by two anonymous reviewers. The review process is double blind: both the reviewers’ identity is hidden to the authors, and the authors’ identity is hidden to the reviewers. Based on the reports of the reviewers, the editors will make a decision on whether to accept or to reject the paper, or to ask for revisions. Due to the nature of this process, we request authors to allow up to 12–14 weeks for a first decision to be made on their paper.
Authors are given up to 3 months to revise their manuscript, should the editors require revisions. After receiving the revised manuscript from the author(s), the editors will make a final decision on it, taking into consideration the revisions made, the original peer reviews, and potential consultation with the peer reviewers. This may take an additional 3 to 4 weeks.
The editors aim to publish accepted papers as quickly as possible, and no later than 6 weeks after acceptance.
We understand that this is a long process, but it is required to ensure the quality of the papers we publish. We know that it can be frustrating if reviews or decisions are delayed, but such delays do happen. We request patience from authors, and ask that they rest assured that their paper is being dealt with.
We are unable to accommodate requests for expedited peer review and publication under any circumstances.
Licensing and author fees
Society and Economy has been a gold open access journal since 2019, with all papers published under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License.
This means that readers can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of all articles, or use and adapt them for any lawful purpose, even commercial, provided appropriate attribution to the original source is given.
Authors retain the ownership and further rights related to their article, while they grant Corvinus University of Budapest an irrevocable nonexclusive license to publish the article in electronic form.
Society and Economy does not charge submission fees or article processing charges under any circumstances. Publication is therefore completely free for authors. If you receive an email asking you to pay a fee to publish in Society and Economy, it is likely fraudulent.
Use of Generative AI
Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe allows submissions where authors have used Generative Artificial Intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, ethically and responsibly.
The use of AI in research and scholarly publishing must adhere to principles of transparency, accountability, and research integrity. Unethical uses of AI include, but are not limited to: the generation of substantial manuscript content without appropriate disclosure or author oversight; fabrication or falsification of data, analyses, images, or results; plagiarism, including AI-assisted paraphrasing intended to obscure original sources; and the inclusion of fabricated or unverifiable references.
Additional non-ethical practices include the manipulation of figures or visual data using AI without explicit disclosure; misrepresentation of methods, analyses, or authorship contributions; reliance on biased or unvalidated AI outputs; and breaches of data protection or confidentiality through the use of sensitive or proprietary data in AI systems without consent.
Please note that an AI tool cannot be listed as an author of a paper. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all content, irrespective of any AI-assisted tools employed, and are thus liable for any breach of copyright or publication ethics.
Authors who use AI tools during their research and/or the writing of a manuscript, including in the literature search, data collection and data analysis, the production of images or graphical elements, must be transparent in disclosing this fact. If generative AI or AI-assisted technology have been used, the paper should include the following statement:
During the preparation of this paper, the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.
In case authors used AI tools as part of their research methodology, they should also provide the relevant details in the Methodology (or similar) section of the paper, describing how the AI tool was used and which tool was used.
Thematic or special issues
Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe welcomes proposals for thematic or special issues. Please contact the editor-in-chief with short proposals, including title, a 500-word rationale and description, and an indicative list of papers. Thematic issues with a clear unifying theme are preferred, although issues based on papers from a specific conference will also be considered.
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration for publication at another journal.
- The submission includes at least two files: a title page and a fully anonymized main text. Both files are in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF document file format.
- The text is consistently formatted. All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Its length is below 9,000 words.
- Where available, DOIs for the references have been provided.
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