Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics (JEF) is a multidisciplinary forum for scholars. Addressed to an international scholarly audience, JEF is open to contributions from researchers all over the world. JEF publishes articles in the research areas of ethnology, folkloristics, museology, cultural and social anthropology. It includes both studies focused on the empirical analysis of particular cases as well as those more theoretically oriented.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Editors
  • Ergo-Hart Västrik
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Notes and Reviews

Editors
  • Ergo-Hart Västrik
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

JEF is a peer-reviewed journal, issued two times per year. Submitted research articles will be read by anonymous referees. Each paper should include a self-contained abstract in English of a maximum of 150 words, summarizing the article’s main points plus 5 keywords. The first page should contain the name, affiliation and address of each author.

 

Publication Frequency

JEF is issued two times per year.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

History

The journal was established in 2007 by merging three former periodicals dedicated to the study of ethnology and folkloristics: Pro Ethnologia (19 volumes in 1993–2005), published by the Estonian National Museum, Studies in Folklore and Popular Religion (3 volumes in 1996–1999) and Studies in Folk Culture (5 volumes in 2003–2005), published by the University of Tartu (Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore and Department of Ethnology).

 


ISSN (print) 1736-6518. ISSN (online) 2228-0987. JEF is a joint publication of the University of Tartu, the Estonian National Museum and the Estonian Literary Museum.