About the Journal

ISSN 1803-7380 (print), ISSN 2336-4408 (online)

Registration no. by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic: E 18715

Aims and scope

Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, which has been issued twice a year by Masaryk University (Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies of the Faculty of Arts), Brno, Czech Republic, since 2009.

The aim of the journal is to contribute to the research and scholarly discussion in the areas of German, Netherland and Nordic linguistics, literatures and culture studies.

The scope of the journal covers the traditional fields of linguistics, literature history and literature theory as well as studies of the social and cultural context of the respective areas.

Encouraged are also contributions with comparative approaches, especially with focus on Central European region and the research of the contacts and mutual influences; the same is true about interdisciplinary studies reflecting the aforementioned main areas of interest.

Thematic issues are devoted to selected areas (e.g. literature and multilingualism, German as a foreign language, “Landeskunde” - cultural studies, pluricentrism, Dutch studies, medieval studies, etc.).

The journal accepts original contributions in German, English, Dutch and Nordic languages.

Sections of the journal

The published texts are divided into three main sections:

Studies (peer-reviewed original scholarly papers)

Reports and materials (information about conferences, projects etc.)

Reviews (covering scholarly publications, especially the current monographs, proceedings etc.)

Publishing schedule

The journal is issued twice a year in print as well as in electronic version.

Open access

This journal adheres the Open Access policy and is a so-called "golden" journal that publishes contributions in "Libre Open Access" mode under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 International license (full text available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode (CC BY-SA 4.0 International).

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Digital access and archiving policy

Full texts of articles are available in the Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, which is the primary source and repository of academic publications at the Faculty of Arts. The journal websites (built in Open Journal Systems) contain links to the fulltext articles archived in the Digital Library. The journal website is used mainly as a presentation platform for accessing all the information about the journal.

This approach to long-term access and digital archiving of fulltexts "in one place" (i.e., in the Digital Library) is a strategic decision that was adopted by the Faculty of Arts many years ago. It allows us to ensure high-quality and consistent processing of metadata as well as long-term preservation (LTP) of digital documents, enabling users to search through all the texts

Publication fees, financing

The journal does not have any article submission charges (ASCs) or any article processing charges (APCs). The publishing is financed by Masaryk University from subsidy for development of research institution.

Abstracting and indexing

Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik is included in the international databases ERIH Plus, Linguistic Bibliography online (Brill), MLA International Bibliography, EBSCO, DOAJ, OpenAIRE.

Journal history

Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik is a continuation of the periodical of the same name, first volume of which was published in 1977. Between 1979–1994, BBGN was published within the periodical series Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, Řada germanisticko-anglistická (K) = Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis. Series Germanica et Anglica (K). Between 1996–2008, BBGN continued within the new series Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, Řada germanistická (R) = Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis. Series Germanica (R), ISSN 1211-4979. 

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