Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (SEEBSS)is a multi-disciplinary journal publishing cross-country comparative analyses and new research on individual countries within the Southeast European and Black Sea regions. The journal also invites submissions with innovative new research establishing analytical connections and comparisons between the two regions. In addition, we welcome articles focusing on Russia and its relations with its neighbours, on Turkey and its policy towards individual countries and entire regions, as well as papers investigating the wider political and security implications of major crises occurring in - or emanating from - Southeast Europe and the Black Sea region.
The principal disciplines covered by the journal are political science and international relations, political economy, political anthropology and late modern and contemporary history. The journal is committed to publishing research that breaks away from traditional ethnocentric approaches and develops a deeper and more fruitful understanding of the area, providing a forum for both academic and original policy-oriented articles.
SEEBSS publishes original research articles, book reviews, and occasional review essays. The journal also welcomes proposals from Guest Editors for special issues or special sections.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
91K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.8 (2023) 5 year IF
3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.295 (2023) SNIP
0.509 (2023) SJR
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
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of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Ioannis N. Grigoriadis - Bilkent University, Turkey
Editorial Assistant: Ümit Erol Aras - Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen, Germany Ece Işık Canpolat -Bilkent University, Turkey
Book Reviews Assistant: Onur Tugrul Karabiçak - Bilkent University, Turkey
Book Reviews Editor: Thanos Veremis - ELIAMEP, Greece
Associate Editors: Ioannis Armakolas – University of Macedonia, Greece Rebecca Bryant – Utrecht University, Netherlands Kürsat Çinar – Middle East Technical University, Turkey Arolda Elbasani – New York University, USA Julianne Funk - ELIAMEP, Greece Eliza Gheorghe – Bilkent University, Turkey Dorian Jano – University of Graz, Austria Ersin Kalaycioglu – Sabanci University, Turkey Ayhan Kaya – Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey Ahmet Erdi Öztürk – London Metropolitan University, UK Vahram Ter-Matevosyan – American University of Armenia, Armenia Dimitris Tsarouhas – Bilkent University, Turkey
Editorial Board: Ekavi Athanassopoulou - University of Athens, Greece Jens Bastian - ELIAMEP, Greece Dimitar Bechev - Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, UK Florian Bieber - University of Graz, Austria Milica Delevic - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK Olga Demetriou - Durham Global Security Institute, UK Spyros Economides - London School of Economics, UK Ahmet Evin - Sabanci University, Turkey Tracey German - King's College London, UK Ruby Gropas - European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission James Ker-Lindsay - London School of Economics, UK Charles King - Georgetown University, USA Russell King - University of Sussex, UK Ivan Krastev - Center for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria John Lampe - University of Maryland, USA Neophytos Loizides - University of Kent, UK Panagiota Manoli - University of the Peloponnese, Greece Thierry de Montbrial - IFRI, France Kerem Öktem - Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy Ziya Önis - Koç University, Turkey Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers - Bournemouth University, UK Dimitri Sotiropoulos - University of Athens, Greece Maria Todorova - University of Illinois at Urbana, USA Dimitrios Triantaphyllou - Kadir Has University, Turkey Susan Woodward - City University of New York, USA
Emeritus Editors: Franz-Lothar Altmann Ekavi Athanassopoulou Sophia Clement Theodore Couloumbis Thanos Dokos Jonathan Eyal Fiona Hill Shireen Hunter Panagiota Manoli Oleksander Pavliuk Dimitrios Triantaphyllou Thanos Veremis Susan Woodward
Abstracting and indexing
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies is abstracted and indexed in:
Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI)
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