About the Journal
Editorial Board
Current Volume
Archive of Issues
Instructions for Authors
Contact

About the Journal

ACTA SCIENTIFICA BALCANICA is an open-access scientific journal of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka. The journal publishes papers in the field of natural sciences:

  • biological sciences
  • earth sciences and related environmental sciences
  • chemical sciences
  • physical sciences
  • other natural sciences
  • mathematics
  • computer and information sciences.

The journal is published twice a year.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr. Dragolja Golub, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka

Editorial Board: The editorial board consists of distinguished scientific workers from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, as well as researchers from other scientific research institutions in the region. More information about the editorial board is available

here.

Editorial Board Secretary:
Svjetlana Cvijić, MA, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka

Editors:

  • Dr. Nevena Vucen, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka
  • Mr. Sladjana Cukut, Faculty of Philology, University of Banja Luka

Technical Editor:
Maja Šibarevic, MA, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka

Current Volume

ACTA SCIENTIFICA BALCANICA, 2023, 4(1):

Archive of Issues

The first issue of the journal, titled SKUP, was published in 2004, and since 2009, the journal has been registered as SKUP (Print) ISSN 184-4820, SKUP (Online) ISSN 1840-4839, and SKUP (CD-ROM) ISSN 1840-4847.

Since 2019, the journal publishes articles bilingual (in Serbian and English) or solely in English.

Since 2020, the journal SKUP changed its name to ACTA SCIENTIFICA BALCANICA (ISSN 2831-0055 Print and ISSN 2831-0063 Online).

All issues of the journal are also available electronically on the website, and issues from 2016 are available on the website of the National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska, or at the DOI Agency of Serbia. Since 2016, all articles have DOI numbers. Data linking of articles, DOI numbers, and web addresses is done via the CrossRef service.

Instructions for Authors

The journal accepts only those papers that have not been previously published elsewhere (except abstracts in conference proceedings), and they are classified as follows:

  • Original scientific paper
  • Previous/brief communication
  • Review article
  • Scientific critique
  • Informative contribution (introduction, commentary, etc.)
  • Book, instrument, software, case study, scientific event review, etc.

Submitted manuscripts that meet the above criteria will be considered and undergo double-blind peer review before publication. Considering the same criteria, the journal may also publish papers from conferences, symposiums, or congresses organized by the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, as special issues.

Papers, with all figures and tables, should be sent electronically to asb@pmf.unibl.org. The acceptable formats for documents are .doc or .docx (Microsoft Word document). Papers should be submitted in English and Serbian or only in English. Authors will be notified of the receipt of papers by email. Detailed instructions can be found here.

Contact

ACTA SCIENTIFICA BALCANICA

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka
Mladena Stojanovića 2
78000 Banja Luka,
Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 51 319 142
E-mail: asb@pmf.unibl.org

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Dragojla Golub
dragojla.golub@pmf.unibl.org

Technical Editor
Maja Šibarević, MA
maja.sibarevic@pmf.unibl.org