Interested in Contributing?

The journal covers politics, economics, social issues, crime, legal systems, nationalities, international relations, human rights, and other topics, with a focus on developments since the end of the Soviet Union.

We welcome submissions of articles by recognized and emerging academics, journalists, practitioners and other specialists. We are especially interested in scholarly articles that have policy relevance. Historically, Demokratizatsiya has published English language articles ranging between 6,000 and 10,000 words in length.

Additionally, as part of our commitment to develop and publish new voices, we have recently added a new section, “Perspectives: Concise Analyses of Current Events.” The section will include short pieces (about 2,000 – 3,000 words) from undergraduates, graduate students, and early-career scholars who have something to say on a range of contemporary topics in post-Soviet space. We’re looking for the same policy relevance and focus on democratization as we seek in our longer articles, but in a more concise, timely package. Once authors submit an article, our editorial team will work with each one individually to develop their work, providing extensive editorial feedback.

There are no costs associated with submitting a manuscript to Demokratizatsiya or having it published. Each manuscript submitted will be evaluated by double blind peer review by at least two reviewers with published scholarship on related topics. We hope to respond to each submission within four months. We will only accept a manuscript for peer review if the manuscript is not being considered for publication by any other journal. You are welcome to publish the pre-prints online after the text has been accepted for publication.

Our submission guidelines are available here. For more information or to submit a manuscript, please contact Robert Orttung, executive editor, and Ellen Powell, managing editor, at demjournal@gwu.edu.