ISSN 1822-5152, eISSN 2351-6461
Since 2006 the Lithuanian Emigration Institute has been publishing a scholarly journal called Oikos (from the Greek word meaning home) devoted to discussing contemporary migration processes involving Lithuania and other countries, the migration policies, problems of diaspora history and culture. The journal publishes original scholarly research and review articles, critical notices, and archival documents. In order to foster interdisciplinary research, it also publishes the results of scholarly research in sociology, anthropology, literary studies, history of literature, theater studies, history of migration policy, history of the diaspora, and related disciplines.
The Journal follows the guidance from the Commission on Publication Ethics (Committee on Publication Ethics: ) in its policy and observes all the standards of academic integrity in the process of submission, reviewing and publishing. Editors, authors and reviewers comply with the standards of academic ethics.
Issued since 2006.
Publication frequency. A total of 2 volumes are released per year.
Languages. The journal publishes articles in Lithuanian and English.
Article publication: Submitted articles must meet the originality requirements for scientific publications and be prepared according to the approved publication guidelines for this journal (see Submission Guidelines for more details). The journal publishes original articles that have not been published in other publications or on the web. Articles submitted to the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers, selected by the editorial board from experts in the author’s research field. If the reviewers’ opinions on the suitability of the article are contradictory, the editorial board appoints a third reviewer and, after receiving their conclusions, decides on the publication of the article. Reviewers are appointed confidentially: reviewers are not provided with information about the authors, and authors are not informed about the reviewers.
Peer-Review. The manuscript is submitted to two independent reviewers, to the specialists in the field assisting the Editorial board. The reviewers are selected confidentially and perform a double-blind peer review. In the event of diverging opinions (one has a positive opinion, the other has negative), the third reviewer is appointed. The reviewers of the manuscript do not know the identity of the author(s) and the author(s) do not know the identity of the reviewers.
“Oikos” is peer-reviewed and included in EBSCO databases at ebscohost.com.
The journal does not charge article processing charges or submission charges.
Electronic access. The electronic version of the journal is published using the OJS (Open Journal Systems) electronic publishing platform on the website ejournals.vdu.lt, and is also hosted on the website of the Lithuanian Emigration Institute at iseivijosinstitutas.lt (Journal OIKOS: Lithuanian Migration and Diaspora Studies) and in the Vytautas Magnus University Research Management System (VDU CRIS) publications database.
