About the Journal

ISSN 0524-6881 (Print), ISSN 1805-0867 (Online)

Registration no. by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic: E 18716

(ISSN 1211-1791 of the earlier Series anglica of Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty Brněnské university, 1995–2008; see Journal history below)

Brno Studies in English (BSE) is an open, peer reviewed international journal publishing articles from the fields of English Studies.

Ever since its establishment in 1959, Brno Studies in English has been among the leading linguistics journals in Central Europe.

• Aims and scope
• Abstracting and indexing
• Digital access and archiving policy
• Review process
• Publication ethics
• Publication fees
• Open access policy
• Copyright
• License terms
• Journal history

Aims and scope

The journal publishes original research in English Studies, namely linguistics, literary and cultural studies, and translation. The journal is open to submissions from scholars all over the world. Please note that the preferred papers should deal with issues related to English language and Anglophone contexts, i.e. the journal does not, for instance, normally publish papers in general linguistics and on non-Anglophone literatures.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in numerous international databases (including Scopus, ERIH+, MLA Bibliography, ABELL, CSA Language Behaviour Abstracts, Academic Search Premier, Linguistic Bibliography, SJR SCImago Journal & Country, C.I.R.C., EBSCO) as well as in the Czech database of reviewed periodicals (“Seznam”).

Digital access and archiving policy

Full texts of articles are available in the Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (built on the DSpace platform), 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.

Articles use the following digital object identifiers: DOI, handle.

Review process

The journal operates double blind peer review policy. Suitable reviewers are selected by the editorial board to assure that no conflict of interest occurs. After acceptance of the final version, each paper is usually published in its pre-print version among “Articles in Press”, awaiting the completion of the current issue. More…

Publication ethics

All papers are screened for plagiarism by the editors. The journal accepts only original research papers that are currently not submitted for consideration elsewhere. Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication is not supported. More…

Publication fees

The journal does not have any article submission charges (ASCs) or any article processing charges (APCs). The journal is fully funded by the Department of English and American Studies and the Faculty of Arts. It is an institutional journal published for non-profit purposes and it endorses the policy of open access (www.doaj.org).

Open access policy

This journal adheres the Open Access policy and publishes contributions in "Libre Open Access" mode under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license (full text available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International).

1. Information about CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International are publicly available licensing terms that define the conditions under which a work may be used. These conditions must be respected - non-compliance therewith results in infringement of copyright. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International grant users certain rights and sets them certain obligations.

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International authorize the user to "share" the work, i.e. copy, distribute and communicate to the public online. At the same time, the work can be included in a collection (e.g. a journal, conference proceedings).

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International oblige the user to indicate the origin of the work (i.e. title, author, source and reference to the licensing terms) and not to use the work commercially and not to adapt part or the whole work. Therefore, the work or its part must not be merged with another protected subject-matter of protection (creatively modified, edited, also new creative works may be created based upon the original underlying work). Any person, other than the rightholder, must not use the works available under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International for commecial purposes, as the sharing of the work must not generate any financial gain.

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International does not limit statutory licenses, especially the quotation one, in particular. Citing parts of the work made available under these licensing terms does not give rise to an obligation to make the work in which the quotation was used to license it under the same licensing terms.

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International apply exclusively to the licensed work. It is possible that certain parts of the content are used under legal licenses or contractual licenses with third parties. These parts may not be used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International.

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International does not exclude copyright protection, claims arising from it or the realization of the personal and property rights of the author of the work.

2. Practical implications

The publication of the work under the public license terms CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International has, inter alia, the following copyright consequences:

• everyone is entitled to:
  • share the work – i.e. reproduce, print, distribute (e.g. using P2P networks, upload on file-hosting servers or publishing websites)
  • however not for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation
• the authorized user is obliged to:
  • indicate the origin, i.e. to indicate the author, name, source (i.e. the journal), or in the form chosen by the author, and a reference to the license terms CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
  • TASL acronym could be used to memorize the information that must be mentioned:
    • T – title,
    • A – author (author, or rightholder or database maker),
    • S – source
    • L – license – a reference to the full version of the public licensing terms CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International. In printed publications, it is necessary to include the URL link
  • use the work non-commercially
  • not adapt the work
• the work
  • is used in a maximally restricted manner
  • must not be adapted
  • can be uploaded to e-learning platforms
  • can be stored in topical and institutional repositories in the form of "publisher's edition", i.e. in the reviewed version, including final formatting and correction
  • must not be used for commercial purposes

Journal history

• Since 1979, it was published within the series Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské university (abbreviated as SPFFBU; the Latin name Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis masarykianae is also used by the publisher, i.e. the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University). Hence the occasional citations equating the two titles, such as SPFFBU S 8 = BSE 28, 2002, etc.
• From 1979 until 1994, the journal was published within the “K” series of SPFFBU (“germanisticko-anglistická řada/series germanica et anglica”; e.g. the 1979 volume was identified as SPFFBU K 1 = Brno Studies in English 13).
• From 1995 to 2008, the journal was published separately within the “S” series of SBFFBU (“anglistická řada/series anglica”; e.g. the 1995 volume was identified as SPFFBU S 1 = Brno Studies in English 21).
• Since 2009, the journal has been publishing two issues per year, under the sole title of Brno Studies in English.