Information For Authors
Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.
If you prefer to submit your manuscript by email, you will find instructions on how to do so below.
This document has been meticulously compiled to meet the specific needs of Tereni and is based on the principles established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the recommendations of the Council of Scientific Editors and ALLEA (All European Academies). The aim is to ensure the integrity, transparency, accountability and credibility of scientific publishing.
Having a central role in the publication process, the Editorial Board recognizes the ethical responsibilities of all individuals involved in the publication process. Consequently, the Editorial Board is committed to promoting these guidelines among all those involved in the creation and publication of scholarly works in Tereni.
AUTHORS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Authors are solely responsible for the integrity and originality of the work submitted. Practices such as ghost authorship, gift authorship, and guest authorship will be strictly sanctioned when identified. Each author must approve the final version of the manuscript prior to submission for publication, and any disputes regarding authorship must be resolved prior to submission for publication.
Upholding originality is a fundamental ethical obligation for authors. Plagiarism, whether direct copying, paraphrasing without citation, or self-plagiarism (reusing one's own already published work), is strictly prohibited. Editors shall comply with the relevant policies on plagiarism and copyright infringement. Appropriate measures will be taken to detect cases of plagiarism and research misconduct, and authors will be notified of manuscript rejection accordingly. Any form of fabrication or falsification of data is a serious breach of ethical conduct and undermines the credibility of the research. In the case of a confirmed violation of the journal's ethical guidelines, the Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the manuscript and revoke the author's privilege to publish in Tereni for up to 5 years.
Transparency in the presentation of research is essential. Authors should provide full and transparent information about their methods, sources and analysis in their work. It is imperative that authors consistently and appropriately acknowledge others' contributions to their research.
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and Language Learning Models (LLM) in the research process, including data analysis, manuscript writing, statistical modelling, or any other use case, should be clearly described in the study.
All data presented in the manuscript is available online and must be reported accurately and transparently. If the author is asked to disclose all or part of the data used in the study, he or she should be prepared to comply with this request if possible. In case the text includes data and information from fieldwork (e.g. interviews, observations, field diary, etc.), the author(s) should respect the principles of informed consent, anonymity and confidentiality according to ethical standards in anthropology. The inclusion of such data and information must be clearly indicated in the text. Authors are responsible for ethically coordinating the presentation of sensitive information.
Conflicts of interest may be potential, perceived or actual. Personal, political, financial, academic or religious considerations can affect objectivity in many ways. Authors should disclose them to avoid the appearance of bias in the study results. Financial conflicts may include, for example, grants and funding from governmental or nongovernmental organizations received to conduct the research, while nonfinancial conflicts may include personal relationships or academic rivalries. Authors have the right to submit a manuscript presenting research funded by any institutions and organizations, and they must declare this in an appropriate and visible part of the article in order to minimize the possibility of conflicts of interest and to ensure objectivity, transparency, and academic integrity.
Authors have an obligation to avoid all forms of wrongdoing in their work, including but not limited to plagiarism, manipulation of data, and failure to disclose conflicts of interest. In the event of allegations of wrongdoing, authors are expected to cooperate fully with any investigation conducted by the Editorial Board of the journal or any other organization affiliated with the journal.
Withdrawals or corrections may be necessary in cases of wrongdoing to ensure the integrity of scientific publications. It is the author's responsibility to inform the journal editors or publisher promptly of any significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published work and to work with them to correct or retract the article. If a third party notifies the editors or publisher of an error or inaccuracy in a manuscript, it is the author's responsibility to either revise the article or prove the accuracy of the original article. Corrections are allowed for minor errors that do not affect the overall conclusions, while retractions are warranted when serious issues are involved, such as confirmed plagiarism or fabrication of data. Authors are encouraged to participate in peer review discussions after publication of an article to ensure a transparent and open dialogue about their research.
Authors have the right to appeal editorial decisions if they believe that the review of their work was biased or based on incorrect evaluation. The appeal procedure is described below (link).
GUIDELINES ON PROCEDURES AND RULES FOR TEXT SUBMISSION
When submitting material for publication, authors must have read the rules and policies of the journal, as well as the responsibilities and obligations described above. By submitting their text, they are also submitting a declaration (link) accepting responsibility for any subsequent breach.
The Editorial Board decides when to begin preparations for a particular issue of Tereni, assigns a responsible editor for that issue, and notifies the International Advisory Board. Members of the International Advisory Board may, within two weeks, express an opinion and/or an objection. In such a case, the Editor-in-Chief shall collect the opinions of all the members of the International Advisory Board and convene a meeting of the Editorial Board to inform the members of the various opinions. The final decision is taken after discussion and agreement of the Editorial Board.
Upon decision for a thematic or special issue, a call for publication is uploaded on the journal's website and promoted through social media posts and other channels of academic communication, with a clear deadline for submissions (at the discretion of the Editorial Board, 3 to 6 months).
If an issue with papers from a scientific conference is to be published, the deadline for submission to the editorial address is announced during the conference itself (at the discretion of the Editorial Board, 1 to 3 months) and an announcement about the forthcoming issue and the deadlines is uploaded on the journal's website. Papers not presented at the conference may also be accepted for such an issue; they are published in a separate section of the issue or a supplement, at the discretion of the Editorial Board. Similarly, an issue may include texts received outside the official announcements.
All deadlines described below begin after the end of the announced submission period for the upcoming issue.
Tereni uses Quick submit functionality and the text is sent by the author(s) to the e-mail address of the journal (tereni@clio.uni-sofia.bg) or thrugh the “Send a manuscript” section on this website. Upon receipt, the Editor-in-Chief reviews it within one week and informs the author(s) whether it has been accepted for peer review. If the manuscript does not meet the requirements for layout, formatting, citation, etc., it may be returned with a motivated rejection immediately.
If the manuscript meets the formal requirements, the Editor-in-Chief anonymizes it and refers it to the responsible editor for the particular issue. Within ten days, he or she reviews it and appoints two reviewers, specialists in the relevant field, to whom he or she will refer it. The reviewers are required to reply whether they accept the text within one week and, if the reply is positive, to prepare and send a review within one month. In case of refusal or declared conflict of interest, the responsible editor should turn to another reviewer and follow the same procedure within the same time limits.
The editor is required to examine the reviews (and any comments on the text) upon their reception, to send them to the Editor-in-Chief and to anonymize and send them to the author(s) within one week. The latter has the right to edit his/her text and return it within two weeks to the Editor-in-Chief, who examines the text and the reviews and assesses readiness for publication within two weeks, thereafter he/she forwards it to the Technical Editor, no longer anonymized. The technical editor carries out a final review and, if necessary, technical editing and formatting and sends the text to the issue editor within one month. If the Editor-in-Chief and/or the Issue Editor have comments on the text in this process, he/she/they have the right to request that the author(s) proceed to further editing.
When all the texts for the issue are ready, the editor in charge organizes the issue, prepares the table of contents and introductions within one month, then sending everything to the Editor-in-Chief, who reviews and moves the issue for publication on the website within three weeks.
Upon uploading the journal to the website, each author is automatically requested to confirm authorship by the ORCID system, which they are required to do as soon as possible. Authors are required to monitor communication channels and respond promptly to questions and/or problems that arise. In the event of lack of communication with the author(s) and/or failure to meet the deadlines set by this document, the Editorial Board has the right to suspend preparation of the manuscript and/or refuse publication. In this case, the author(s) will be notified by email and all documents related to this text will be removed from the journal's website.
In case of disagreement with the decision(s) of the reviewer(s) and/or editor(s), the author(s) has the right to appeal. The appeal process includes a formal request from the author to the responsible editor and/or the Editor-in-Chief by email, accompanied by a detailed explanation of the grounds for appeal. The notified Editor will convene a meeting of the Editorial Board to discuss the case. If the appeal is upheld by the Editorial Board, the manuscript will be re-reviewed by independent reviewers. If the Board decides that the appeal is unfounded, it will issue a motivated refusal. The final decision is communicated clearly and transparently to the author(s).
The author(s) have the right to retract their text or request a correction in the circumstances described above (link). For this purpose, they need to write a motivated request to the Editorial Board, which will decide on the case at a meeting and will take the necessary action in accordance.
The Editor-in-Chief has the right, after discussion with the editorial board, to extend some of the deadlines mentioned above when circumstances make it objectively necessary (illness of one(s) of the participants in the process, necessary additional editing of one(s) of the texts, appeal procedure, etc.).
TEXT INSTRUCTIONS
When submitting a manuscript to the editorial board of Tereni, authors should first ensure that all the requirements outlined here have been met. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will not be accepted for peer review or publication.
Together with the text, the author sends a signed declaration (link) confirming that:
- The manuscript has not been previously published and is not being considered for publication by another journal.
- The author has not relied on the assistance of ghost authorship, gift authorship and guest authorship.
- The file provided is in Microsoft Word format (.docx).
- The text shall comply with the formatting and layout requirements given below.
- The text complies with the stylistic and bibliographical requirements set out below.
- By submitting the manuscript for publication, the author has acknowledged his/her rights and obligations and agrees to the journal's publication policy, the use of the personal data provided by the author as necessary for the publication process as described above.
All manuscripts submitted to the editorial address are first evaluated by a responsible editor and only if they meet the preliminary requirements are they sent for double-anonymous review.
Technical requirements
The editorial board of the journal accepts for publication articles and research with original ideas, developments and new research hypotheses, as well as discussions, short scientific reports and reviews. Texts presenting well-known theoretical positions, concepts or definitions freely available from other sources are not welcome.
Tereni accepts for publication materials in Bulgarian and English of high linguistic quality and written in sound scholarly style, respecting academic ethics.
Formatting: text should be formatted in Microsoft Word, with normal page margins (0.98" on all sides); no pagination, Times New Roman 12 point font, Normal, Justified, Line Spacing 1.5, except where specifically noted otherwise. Footnotes should use font size 10 point; texts in Old Bulgarian should use Cyrillica Bulgarian 10U (or one of the variants of Cyrillica Bulgarian, such as Bukyvede: 12 pts), texts in Greek should use Times New Roman. To facilitate the publication process, authors are advised to use italics and bold only and underlining should be used for hyperlinks only. It is recommended to avoid the use of special styles or tabs in manuscripts submitted for publication. The use of standard units of measurement from the International System of Units (SI) in Latin is recommended. Appendices (graphs, tables, illustrations, etc.) should be suitable for processing with the above cited software.
The title page should include the title of the article, first and last name of the author(s), degrees and titles, academic position, work/institutional address, academic email address, and ORCID profile, as well as an abstract (up to 1,000 characters) and five to seven keywords. All of the above should also be provided in English (if the article is originaly in Bulgarian) after the main text and after references and appendices.
Text formatting:
HEADING /14 points, UPPERCASE, Centered, Bold/
Academic position and degree NAME OF AUTHOR /14 points, Centered/
institutional affiliation(s) /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/
work/institutional address /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/
academic email address /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/
ORCID profile /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/ Each author is required to have a personal ORCID profile,
(other profiles) it is also recommended to add another profile in e.g. ResearcherID/WoS, Scopus, etc. These profiles are necessary for authors to present their work and materials to the international academic community. The personal ORCID number will be displayed on the title page of the article.
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Summary (up to 1,000 characters):
Keywords (5 to 7):
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Main text - Times New Roman 12 point, Normal, Justified, Line Spacing 1,5
References cited - see below for submission guidelines
Annexes (if any) - see instructions below.
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For the texts in Bulgarian the following should be added on a separate page
ENGLISH TITLE
HEADING /14 points, UPPERCASE, Centered, Bold/
Academic position and degree NAME OF AUTHOR /14 points, Centered/
institutional affiliation(s) /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/
work/institutional address /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/
academic email address /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/
ORCID profile /12 points, Left aligment, Normal/ Each author is required to have a personal ORCID profile,
(other profiles) it is also recommended to add another profile in e.g. ResearcherID/WoS, Scopus, etc. These profiles are necessary for authors to present their work and materials to the international academic community. The personal ORCID number will be displayed on the title page of the article.
blank line
Summary (up to 1,000 characters):
Keywords (5 to 7):
Empty row
Main text - Times New Roman 12 point, Normal, Justified, Line Spacing 1,5
References cited - see below for submission guidelines
Annexes (if any) - see instructions below.
Citation requirements in the main text:
In order to ensure a standardized way of referencing in publications, a basic requirement for submitted texts is that they strictly follow the Harvard style citation pattern, which uses in-text citation in parentheses with the author's last name and year of publication separated by a comma: (Tepavicharov, 2019) (Boas, 1995). When referring to an individual part or idea of a text, conveyed in summary, the author's surname, year of publication, and page(s) are in parentheses: (Tepavicharov, 2019, p. 16) (Boas, 1995, pp. 8-9). More detailed instructions can be found here: (link)
When citing one's own field material, the initials of the respondent (or another way of referring to the respondent, preferably anonymizing, presented in the introductory part of the text) and the year in which the information was recorded: (A. B. 2024) are placed in parentheses. If more details are needed, they are given in a footnote. In an appendix to the text, a (anonymized) list of the informants cited and information about them (age, sex, place and time of recording the information, etc.) is provided.
When citing archival sources, full information on them is provided in a footnote - archive, fonds, inventory, archival unit, sheet, year... A list of cited archival units is added after the text, according to the guidelines below.
Footnotes: Times New Roman 10 point, Normal, Justified, Line Spacing 1. If footnotes refer to other author(s), the same rules apply as for in-text citation (in parentheses).
Images, figures, tables: if fewer than 10, they should be place in the appropriate places in the text. If more, they should be added as the last appendix, and their place in the text is indicated in round brackets, e.g.: (Fig. 1, Appendix 3) and each indication should have a short title. When using images, the text should indicate the author (of the image), place and date of capture, a description of the content, and location/publication/storage information (e.g. archive with specific archive number, personal archive, etc.). Numbering of figures and tables should be in Arabic numerals. Columns and rows of the table should have an explanatory heading. If they are based on data from other studies, this should be specified and cited as required. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain permission to cite publications and publish images protected by copyright law in Bulgaria and/or other countries. All images must have a minimum resolution of 150 dpi.
Cited works - includes all authors and materials cited arranged alphabetically, without numbering. The arrangement is in alphabetical order of authors' last names. Cyrillic titles should be given first, followed by titles in Latin and, after that, titles in languages other than Cyrillic and Latin (e.g. Greek, Arabic, etc.). Internet sources and cited archival, field, and other materials should follow. After these, the bibliography in transliterated Latin is arranged in a separate paragraph (see below for a list of transliteration resources). For more information: (link).
For archival material: last name and initial, year (if available). Title (if available). Fund (no. and name), inventory, archival unit, sheet/inventory no... Archive, location.
Appendices - Illustrative material that is too lengthy or otherwise unnecessarily burdensome for the main text may be presented in appendices. If these are figures, tables, photographs or other images, they should be numbered, titled and their location in the text clearly indicated. Lists of archival material, respondents, etc. may also be presented in appendices to avoid describing them in detail in the text. For example, only the respondent initials and the year of recording are given in the text in round brackets, e.g., (A.B., 2010) or (1, 2010),, and detailed respondent information is be provided as a list in the appendices:
Annex 1: Respondents:
- А. B. (or 1); 75 (or born 1950); female; secondary education; retired; originally from Sofia
- В. G. (or 2); 41 years old; male; higher education; psychologist; native of Bozhurishte
- D. E. (or 3); 40 years old; higher education; investigating police officer; native of Sofia
Etc.
Similarly, only illustrative field information may be cited in the text, and larger portions of interviews (or entire interviews) may be appended after the text.
When appendices are more than two pages long, they are not numbered and their length is not comprised in the length of the paper.
For all other cases not described in the guidelines, authors are required to refer to the BDS ISO 690-2021 standard and follow its guidelines for citations.
Transliteration Standards:
- Transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet with Latin letters - in accordance with the Transliteration Act, promulgated in Official Gazette No. 19 of 13 March 2009.
- Russian Cyrillic transliteration - see at
- Serbian Cyrillic transliteration - see at
- Transliteration of Greek letters with Latin letters - see at
