About Journal

Retrospektive is an international peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to modern and contemporary history. The journal focuses on the dynamics of borders, identities, cultures, and memory at the crossroads of Central, Southeastern, and Alpine Europe from the eighteenth century to the present, with particular attention to the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav space.

Retrospektive publishes original archival research and methodologically innovative scholarship in history, while remaining open to historically grounded interdisciplinary approaches, including public history, digital humanities, and memory studies.

The journal aims to foster international scholarly dialogue on transnational historical processes, contested spaces, and the production of historical knowledge across regional and disciplinary boundaries.

The publication of Retrospektive is co-funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS).

Publication Frequency

Retrospektive is published annually. The journal may additionally publish thematic or special issues.

International Visibility and Indexing

Retrospektive is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS), and Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory.

Inclusion in DOAJ confirms the journal’s compliance with internationally recognised standards of open science, editorial transparency, publishing ethics, and peer review quality. Together, these databases enhance the journal’s international visibility, accessibility, and discoverability within the global scholarly community.

Open Access and Copyright Policy

Retrospektive is an open access scholarly journal. All articles are freely and immediately available online upon publication without subscription or access restrictions.

Authors retain copyright of their published work and grant the journal the right of first publication.

All articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original author and source are properly cited.

Publication Fees

Retrospektive does not charge submission fees, article processing charges (APC), or publication fees.

All articles are published in open access and are freely available to readers immediately upon publication.

Digital Preservation

Retrospektive ensures the long-term preservation of its print and digital content in accordance with the legal deposit requirements of the Republic of Slovenia. Print and digital copies of the journal are archived by the National and University Library of Slovenia (NUK) and within the DiRROS digital repository infrastructure and the Sistory digital history portal.

Repository Policy

Authors are permitted to deposit the published version of their articles in institutional and other repositories, provided that full bibliographic information and a link to the journal version are included.

Archiving Policy

All issues of Retrospektive are permanently archived on the journal website.

Additional preservation mechanisms include institutional backups, printed copies, and digital PDF archives.

The journal is committed to ensuring the long term accessibility and preservation of published content.

DOI metadata are registered through Crossref.

Research Data

The journal encourages open and responsible research data management. Authors should, where possible, ensure the long-term preservation of their data in appropriate repositories and provide information on their accessibility. Research data and other research outputs must be properly cited in the reference list.

Retrospektive aims to enhance the international visibility and scholarly relevance of research in modern and contemporary history, with particular emphasis on Central, Southeastern, and Alpine Europe. The journal encourages comparative, transnational, and methodologically innovative approaches, prioritising original archival research that advances the understanding of broader historical processes.

Special attention is given to the inclusion of early-career researchers, doctoral students, and postdoctoral scholars, whose approaches contribute to contemporary historiographical debates. The editorial board, comprising researchers from Slovenian and international institutions, ensures an international perspective and maintains high standards of peer review and article selection.