1. General information
The journal »Zagreber germanistische Beiträge« publishes scholarly and professional articles,
reviews of academic books, and reports from scientific conferences in the field of German
studies (linguistics, literary studies, and the methodology and didactics of teaching German as a
foreign language).
Articles are published in German, except in exceptional cases where publication in English may
be permitted. Scholarly articles must be accompanied by an abstract and keywords in German,
English, and Croatian (up to 700 characters).
All scholarly and professional articles undergo a double-blind peer review process. Submissions
by authors affiliated with the publishing institution are reviewed exclusively by international
reviewers. The editorial board reserves the right to reject submissions that do not meet scholarly,
linguistic, or formal standards.
The journal does not charge authors any fees for the processing or publication of their
manuscripts.
2. Technical and Formal Guidelines
Length of submissions:
Scholarly articles and professional contributions: up to 50,000 characters (including spaces,
footnotes, and references)
Book reviews and reports: up to 15,000 characters
Abstracts: up to 700 characters
Text formatting:
Font: Times New Roman; size 12; line spacing 1.5; quotations longer than four lines should be
set off and indented (font size 10, line spacing 1, without quotation marks); excessive formatting
should be avoided.
3. Language and Ortography
The text must be linguistically and stylistically well edited. The use of spell-checking tools is
recommended. Submissions with significant linguistic deficiencies will be returned to the authors
for revision.
Double quotation marks (» «) are used for quotations and titles of periodicals.
Single quotation marks (› ‹) are used for quotations within quotations and for the emphasis of
terms.
Italics are used for titles of works and for moderate emphasis.
Bold type is used only for subheadings within the text or for word lists in linguistic analyses.
Square brackets are used for editorial additions or omissions within quotations.
A non-breaking space (Ctrl + Shift + Space) should be used for percentages, currencies, and
paragraph signs.
An en dash (–) is used for ranges and inserted sentence elements.
Footnote numbers are placed after punctuation marks.
4. References and Citation of Sources
References are provided in footnotes. Upon first citation, a shortened form is used (author’s
surname and title in italics), followed by the page number.
Examples:
Grimmelshausen: Simplicissimus, p. 30.
Fleming: Klagegedichte, p. 15.
Repeated references are indicated by ibid.
The list of references follows at the end of the article and consists of an alphabetical list of entries
(by authors’ surnames), which must be formatted as follows:
Monographs and books
Surname, first name: title. Edition. Place: publisher year.
Example:
Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von: Simplicissimus teutsch. In: Werke in drei Bänden. Bd.
I/1. Hg. Dieter Breuer. Frankfurt/M.: Deutscher Klassiker Verlag 1989.
Chapters in books
Surname, first name: title. In: title of the book. First name surname of the editor (ed.). Place:
publisher year, pp. x–z.
Example:
Fleming, Paul: Klagegedichte über das unschuldigste Leiden und Tod unsers Erlösers Jesu Christi. In: idem:
Deutsche Gedichte. Hg. J. M. Lappenberg. Bd 1. Stuttgart 1865, pp. 15–27.
Journal articles
Surname, first name: title. »Journal title«, volume (year), issue, pp. x–y.
Example:
Lovrić, Goran: Peter Handke. Iskušavanje književnih konvencija. »Književna smotra«, vol. 29 (1997),
no. 4 (106), pp. 93–97.
Online sources
Surname, first name: title. »website name«, date. URL (date of access).
Web addresses should always be given in angle brackets: <……>.
Whenever possible, the most reliable version of the link should be provided: a permalink (citation
link) takes precedence over a DOI, and a DOI takes precedence over a standard web address.
Example:
Bichler, Josef: Wir lassen uns gerne täuschen [Interview with Anna Kim]. »derStandard.at«, 7.9.2012.
<http://derstandard.at/1345166498910/Wir-lassen-uns-gerne-taeuschen> (Access: 15.12.2012).
5. Ethical Guidelines and Editorial Policy
The journal adheres to the standards of publication ethics in accordance with the guidelines of
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).
Authors guarantee that the submitted work is original, has not been previously published, and is
not under consideration by another journal. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the data
and for proper citation of sources.
Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, falsification, or manipulation of data constitute serious breaches of
ethical standards.
Authorship is limited to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the work. All
authors must approve the final version of the manuscript.
Authors are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
6. Peer Review Process
All scholarly and professional articles are subject to a double-blind peer review process.
Reviewers are required to treat submissions confidentially and to alert the editorial board to any
potential irregularities.
If artificial intelligence tools (e.g. for text generation, analysis, or data processing) have been used
in the preparation of the manuscript, authors must clearly disclose this. Authors bear full
responsibility for the content of their work.
7. Corrections and Retractions of Articles
Authors are responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the published data. All revisions must
be completed prior to the publication of an issue. For this purpose, authors will receive a digital
proof, which they are required to review and, if necessary, return with corrections within five
working days. If a significant error is identified after publication, the authors are obliged to
inform the editorial board, which will publish a correction (erratum) in the next available issue.
3If, after publication, authors identify deficiencies in their article that may affect the reproducibility
of the research or the accuracy of the results, they may request the retraction of the article. In
such cases, the online version of the article will be marked as »retracted by the authors«, while the
link to the article will remain active, clearly indicating its retracted status.
In cases where editors, reviewers, or readers determine that an article (or part of it) has been
previously published, constitutes plagiarism, contains falsified data, or that the research was not
conducted in accordance with ethical standards, the editorial board will examine the report. If a
violation of ethical standards is confirmed, the article will be retracted and marked as »retracted
by the editorial board«. The link to the article will remain accessible, with a clear indication of its
retracted status.
All retraction procedures are carried out in accordance with the guidelines of COPE (Committee
on Publication Ethics) for corrections and retractions.
8. Terms of Use and Licensing
All articles published in Zagreber germanistische Beiträge are made available in open access under the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Authors retain copyright of their work. By publishing in the journal, authors grant permission for
the use, reproduction, distribution, and adaptation of their work for any purpose, including
commercial use, provided that proper attribution to the original author and source is given.
Users must clearly indicate any modifications made to the original work and may not imply that
the authors or the journal endorse the use or any derivative works.