The journal Tokovi istorije publishes original academic papers in Serbian (Cyrillic script) and in English. The recommended length of articles is 40,000–60,000 characters (including spaces, footnotes, and references). Reviews should not exceed 8,000 characters.

All submissions should be sent in MS Word format. Text should be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1.5 line spacing; footnotes should be in font size 10, single-spaced.

All visual materials (photographs, tables, graphs) should be numbered and accompanied by captions and, where applicable, source information.

Manuscripts should be submitted by email to:
tokovi.istorije@inis.bg.ac.rs or tokoviiistorije@gmail.com

All submissions undergo double-blind peer review. Acceptance requires two positive anonymous reviews and recommendations for publication. Papers previously published in any form will not be considered.

 

A manuscript should include the following elements:

●       Author information: full name, year of birth, academic title and position, institutional affiliation, email address, and ORCID iD;

●       Title of the paper;

●       Asterisked note (if applicable) indicating project affiliation, institutional framework, funding source, and acknowledgements;

●       Abstract (up to 100 words) and keywords (up to 10) in the language of the paper;

●       Main text, with clearly defined sections and subheadings where appropriate;

●       Summary in the language of the paper (200–250 words);

●       List of sources and literature (Reference List);

●       English-language metadata (author name, title, abstract, keywords, and summary) for papers written in Serbian, or Serbian-language metadata for papers written in English.

Recommendations for Authors

Tokovi istorije values clarity of expression, rigorous methodology, and a demonstrable contribution to current historiographical debates. Manuscripts should therefore include:

●       Clear positioning of the research within existing scholarship, demonstrating familiarity with relevant literature not as a descriptive list, but as an interpretive framework;

●       A concise explanation of the topic’s significance and relevance (why a particular case, problem, or period is significant, both in its own right and in relation to broader historiographical and social trends);

●       Transparent presentation of methodology and sources, including their provenance, limitations, and impact on interpretation.

In terms of structure, manuscripts should consist of:

1. Introduction: presentation of the research problem and questions, central argument, methodology, sources, and the article’s place within broader scholarly debates.
2. Main body: thematically organized sections (if needed) combining analysis with well-contextualized evidence.
3. Conclusion: summary of key findings, their broader significance and contribution to existing knowledge, and possible directions for further research. Questions raised in the introduction should be addressed here.

 

Citation Guidelines

Bibliographical footnotes and the Reference List should follow the guidelines based on the Chicago Manual of Style (Notes and Bibliography).

●       In footnotes, published works should be cited in the script in which they originally appeared.

●       In the Reference List, all titles are listed in Latin script and arranged alphabetically. Works originally published in Cyrillic should be marked with (Cyrillic) at the end of the entry.

●       The Reference List should be separately listed under the heading Reference List, and organized as follows:
Archives, Unpublished Sources, Published Sources, Newspapers, Internet Sources, and Secondary Works. DOI numbers must be included where available.

●       When the same source is cited consecutively, use “Isto” in Serbian-language papers and “Ibid.” in English-language papers.

●       Follow standard English or American spelling throughout.

●       Avoid the use of the passive tense, except where absolutely necessary.

 

Examples of Citations

 

UNPUBLISHED SOURCES

Archives

First citation
Arhiv Jugoslavije (AJ), Kabinet Predsednika Republike (837), I–1/1121, Poruka predsednika Republike Josipa Broza Tita predsedniku SAD Džeraldu R. Fordu, 6. 9. 1974.
The National Archives (TNA), Foreign Office (FO) 643/110, Telegram from the British Embassy in Burma, 16 April 1948.

Istorijski arhiv Beograda (IAB), Uprava grada Beograda (UGB), Kartoteka žitelja (KŽ), Prijava Svetislava Hođere, 30. 3. 1924, https://digitalni.arhiv-beograda.org/show_document.php?id=639948.

Subsequent citations
AJ, 837, I–1/1121, Poruka predsednika Republike Josipa Broza Tita predsedniku SAD Džeraldu R. Fordu, 6. 9. 1974.
TNA, FO 643/110, Telegram from the British Embassy in Burma, 16 April 1948.

IAB, UGB, KŽ, Prijava Svetislava Hođere 30. 3. 1924.

 

Reference List
Arhiv Jugoslavije. Fond 837, Kabinet Predsednika Republike.
The National Archives. Fond FO, Foreign Office.

Istorijski arhiv Beograda – Digitalni repozitorijum. Fond Uprava grada Beograda, Kartoteka žitelja. https://digitalni.arhiv-beograda.org/login.php

If multiple fonds from the same archive are used:
Arhiv Jugoslavije: Fond 66, Ministarstvo prosvete Kraljevine Jugoslavije; Fond 837, Kabinet Predsednika Republike.

 

Oral Testimonies

First citation
Authorized interview with Petar Petrović, 25. 1. 2025, in the possession of the author.

Subsequent citations
Interview with Petar Petrović, 25. 1. 2025.

Reference List
Authorized interview with Petar Petrović, 25. 1. 2025. In the possession of the author.

 

Personal Correspondence

First citation
Email from Petar Petrović to the author, 20. 2. 2025.

Subsequent citations
Petar Petrović, email.

Reference List
Petar Petrović. Email to the author, 20. 2. 2025.

PUBLISHED SOURCES

Collections of Documents and Edited Materials

First citation
„Записник са састанка Комисије за верска питања НР Србије 15. 9. 1954”, у Записници са седница Комисије за верска питања НР/СР Србије 1945–1978. године, прир. Радмила Радић и Момчило Митровић (Београд: ИНИС, 2012), 135–138.

„Document 106. Letter From the Ambassador to Yugoslavia (Kennan) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy), Belgrade, October 27, 1961”, in Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), 1961–1963, Volume XVI, ed. James E. Miller (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1994), https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v16/d106

Subsequent citations
„Записник са састанка Комисије за верска питања НР Србије 15. 9. 1954”, 137.

„Document 106. Letter From the Ambassador to Yugoslavia (Kennan) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy), Belgrade, October 27, 1961”.

Reference List
Zapisnici sa sednica Komisije za verska pitanja NR/SR Srbije 1945–1978. godine, prir. Radmila Radić i Momčilo Mitrović. Beograd: INIS, 2012. (Cyrillic)

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XVI, ed. James E. Miller. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1994. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v16.

 

* Citing collections of documents as a whole:

First citation
Записници са седница Комисије за верска питања НР/СР Србије 1945–1978. године, прир. Радмила Радић и Момчило Митровић (Београд: ИНИС, 2012).

Subsequent citations
Записници са седница Комисије за верска питања.

Reference List
Zapisnici sa sednica Komisije za verska pitanja NR/SR Srbije 1945–1978. godine, prir. Radmila Radić i Momčilo Mitrović. Beograd: INIS, 2012. (Cyrillic)

 

Diaries and Memoirs

First citation
Коста Ст. Павловић, Дневник 1930–1932, прир. Срђан Мићић и Наташа Милићевић (Београд: Историјски архив Београда, ИНИС, 2020), 39–45.

Subsequent citations
Павловић, Дневник 1930–1932, 67–73.

Reference List
Pavlović, Kosta St. Dnevnik 1930–1932, prir. Srđan Mićić i Nataša Milićević. Beograd: Istorijski arhiv Beograda, INIS, 2020. (Cyrillic)

 

Legal Acts

First citation
„Закон о рехабилитацији”, Службени гласник Републике Србије, бр. 92/2011 , члан 3, став 2.

„Security Council resolution 713 (1991)”, United Nations Digital Library, https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/126827?ln=en&v=pdf

Subsequent citations
„Закон о рехабилитацији”, чл. 3, ст. 2.

„Security Council resolution 713 (1991)”.,

Reference List
„Zakon o rehabilitaciji”. Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije, br. 92/2011. (Cyrillic)

„Security Council resolution 713 (1991)”. United Nations Digital Library. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/126827?ln=en&v=pdf

 

Film, Audio, and Video Sources

First citation
„Dnevnik 3”, JRT, Television Belgrade, 24 February 1988, 14th minute, accessed 21. 1. 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9M-Vw0yiSQ

„На миндер ми”, Песме предака [Audio source] (Београд: ПГП-РТС, 2022).

Subsequent citations
„Dnevnik 3”, 14th min.

„На миндер ми”.

Reference List
„Dnevnik 3”. JRT, Television Belgrade, 24 February 1988. Accessed 21. 1. 2026.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9M-Vw0yiSQ

„Na minder mi”. Pesme predaka [Audio source]. Beograd: PGP-RTS, 2022. (Cyrillic)

*If the format is not self-evident, specify the type of recording in a footnote.

 

NEWSPAPERS

Page numbers are cited in footnotes only, not in the Reference List. For online articles, include the URL or database name.

First citation
„Саопштење загребачке полиције о јучерашњим демонстрацијама у Загребу”, Политика, 31. 3. 1936, 7.

Dan Bilefsky, „In ex-Yugoslavia, Tito-era Nostalgia”, New York Times, 27. 1. 2008, https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/world/europe/27iht-nostalgia.4.9533599.html.

Subsequent citations
„Саопштење загребачке полиције”, 7.
Bilefsky, „In ex-Yugoslavia”, New York Times, 27. 1. 2008.

Reference List
Politika (1936).
New York Times (200817). https://www.nytimes.com/.  

 

ONLINE SOURCES

Websites

First citation
„Author Guidelines”, Tokovi istorije, accessed 20. 2. 2025, https://tokovi.istorije.rs/cir/uputstvo-za-autore

Subsequent citations
„Author Guidelines”.

Reference List
Tokovi istorije. „Author Guidelines”. Accessed 20. 2. 2025.
https://tokovi.istorije.rs/cir/uputstvo-za-autore

 

 

Social Networks

First citation
Tokovi istorije, „NOVI BROJ TOKOVA ISTORIJE 3/2024”, Facebook, 25. 12. 2024, accessed 21. 1. 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1029084975900182&set=a.460538946088124.

Subsequent citations
Tokovi istorije, „NOVI BROJ TOKOVA ISTORIJE 3/2024”.

Reference List
Tokovi istorije. „NOVI BROJ TOKOVA ISTORIJE 3/2024”. Facebook, 25. 12. 2024. Accessed 21. 1. 2026.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1029084975900182&set=a.460538946088124.

 

SECONDARY SOURCES

Books

First citation
John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), 120–122.
Алексеј Тимофејев и Милана Живановић, Уџбеник за Тита: Коминтерна и припрема партизанског рата у Европи (Београд: ИНИС, 2018), 12.

More than three authors
Ivan Božić et al, Istorija Jugoslavije (Beograd: Prosveta, 2007), 189–201.

When multiple publishers are listed, include all of them:

Luka Filipović, Evrokomunizam i Jugoslavija 1968–1980 (Novi Sad: Akademska knjiga, Beograd: ISI, 2023).

Subsequent citations

Lampe, Yugoslavia as History, 30.

Тимофејев и Живановић, Уџбеник за Тита, 37.

Božić et al., Istorija Jugoslavije, 150–155. 

Reference List

Lampe, John R. Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Timofejev, Aleksej and Milana Živanović. Udžbenik za Tita: Kominterna i priprema partizanskog rata u Evropi. Beograd: INIS, 2018. (Cyrillic)

Božić, Ivan et al. Istorija Jugoslavije. Beograd: Prosveta, 2007.

 

Contributions

(contribution to an edited volume, preface, afterword, book chapter, lexicographic or encyclopedic entry etc.)

Footnotes cite specific pages; the Reference List gives the full page range.

First citation
Jovan Čavoški, „Yugoslavia’s Experience with the Non-Aligned Movement”, in On the Fault Lines of European and World Politics, edited by Srđan Mićić and Jovan Čavoški (Belgrade: INIS, 2022), 150–162.

Слободан Селинић, „Школовање кадрова за дипломатију у социјалистичкој Југославији од 1945. до 1960”, у Југословенска дипломатија 1945–1961. Зборник радова, ур. Слободан Селинић (Београд: ИНИС, 2012), 72. 

Subsequent citations
Čavoški, „Yugoslavia’s Experience”, 173.

Селинић, „Школовање кадрова”, 75.

 

Reference List
Čavoški, Jovan. „Yugoslavia’s Experience with the Non-Aligned Movement”. In On the Fault Lines of European and World Politics, edited by Srđan Mićić and Jovan Čavoški, 141–216. Belgrade: INIS, 2022.

Selinić, Slobodan. „Školovanje kadrova za diplomatiju u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji od 1945. do 1960”. U Jugoslovenska diplomatija 1945–1961. Zbornik radova, uredio Slobodan Selinić, 69–90. Beograd: INIS, 2012. (Cyrillic)

 

Citation of Edited Collections as a Whole

First citation
Sanja Petrović Todosijević, and Martin Pogačar, eds., Peace, Unconditional! Peace Policies and Practices in Yugoslavia and Beyond (Belgrade: INIS, Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 2025).

Subsequent citations
Petrović Todosijević, and Pogačar, Peace, Unconditional!.

Reference List

Petrović Todosijević, Sanja and Martin Pogačar, eds. Peace, Unconditional! Peace Policies and Practices in Yugoslavia and Beyond. Belgrade: INIS, Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 2025.

 

 

Books Consulted in Electronic Form

For books accessed online, include the URL or the name of the database. For other electronic formats, specify the format (e.g., epub). If pagination is unavailable, cite the relevant chapter or section.

First citation
Rena Rädle i Milovan Pisarri, ur., Mesta stradanja i antifašističke borbe u Beogradu 1941–44. (Beograd: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe, 2016), 5, https://rosalux.rs/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/124_mesta_stradanja_i_antifasisticke_borbe_u_beogradu_mislovan_pisarri_rena_radle_rls_2016.pdf

Peter Burke, What Is the History of Knowledge? (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016), epub, chap. 1.

Subsequent citations
Rädle i Pisarri, ur., Mesta stradanja i antifašističke borbe u Beogradu 1941–44, 5.
Burke, What Is the History of Knowledge?, chap. 2.

Reference List
Rädle, Rena, and Milovan Pisarri, eds. Mesta stradanja i antifašističke borbe u Beogradu 1941–44. Beograd: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe, 2016.
https://rosalux.rs/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/124_mesta_stradanja_i_antifasisticke_borbe_u_beogradu_mislovan_pisarri_rena_radle_rls_2016.pdf

Burke, Peter. What Is the History of Knowledge? Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016. Epub.

 

Journal Articles

Footnotes should cite the specific page(s) referenced. The list of sources and references should include the full page range of the article. Where available, DOI numbers should be provided.

First citation
Zoran Janjetović, „Emigration of the Kosovo Albanians into Turkey during the 1950s”, Tokovi istorije 30, no. 3 (2022), 95.

Subsequent citations
Janjetović, „Emigration”, 97.

Reference list
Janjetović, Zoran. „Emigration of the Kosovo Albanians into Turkey during the 1950s”. Tokovi istorije 30, no. 3 (2022), 93–118. DOI: 10.31212/tokovi.2022.3.jan.93-118

 

Doctoral and MA Theses

 

First citation

Огњен Томић, „Трговински односи Италије и Југославије 1963–1978” (Докторска дисертација, Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Београду, 2023), 100–102.

 

 

Subsequent citations

Томић, „Трговински односи”, 150.

 

 

Reference List

Tomić, Ognjen. „Trgovinski odnosi Italije i Jugoslavije 1963–1978”. Doktorska disertacija, Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, 2023. (Cyrillic)