For authors

The periodical Živá hudba (Living Music) is published once a year, and scientific studies are accepted for review and publication on an ongoing basis.

There is no charge for acceptance and publication of manuscripts.

Articles and Studies

Studies should be quality texts dealing with stimulating issues of research in the areas of music theory, the theory and history of dance, ethnomusicology, ethnochoreology, and possibly also other close areas. Accepted studies will be up to 36 000 characters, including references (but not including score appendices, pictures, etc.). Texts can be in Czech, Slovak, English or German (Title, abstract, and keywords must be both in English and the original language). All studies are subject to a double blind peer-review process prior to publication. Authors shall also enclose their brief biography in Czech, Slovak, English or German of approximately 5-10 lines and, if desired, a postal or e-mail address for
publication.

There is no financial reward for articles and studies.

Recources, Reviews, and Reports

Resource studies, brief reports from conferences, reviews of books (not older than 5 years), or discussion contributions etc. are also welcome. Such texts are not subject to peer-reviewing.

Peer-review procedure

All contributions published in “Articles and Studies” are subject to the double blind peer-review process prior to publication. After having evaluated the relevancy of the theme, terminology and the adherence to the ethical rules and the style guidelines, the editors hand the contribution over to two independent peer-reviewers. The text will then be either:

  • recommended to accept for publishing,
  • recommended to accept for publishing, with revisions,
  • recommended to accept for publishing, with essential revisions and new peer-reviewing,
  • recommended to reject.

Peer-reviewers fill in the forms which are archived. Peer-reviewers can be members of the Editorial Board (with the exception of editors), or other specialists. If the author of the study is a member of the Editorial Board or an editor, both peer-reviewers must be chosen outside the Editorial Board. The editors are authorized to decide in which issue the text will be published.

Contributions published in the other sections are not subjects to the peer-review procedure.

License terms and Open access policy

Živá hudba adheres to the Open Access policy and publishes contributions in “Gratis 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 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 set 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 obliges 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 commercial 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.
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

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

The authors shall adhere to Chicago Manual of Style guidelines.

Živá hudba follows the Ethical Code

The manuscripts can be submitted both in electronic and printed form to the Živá hudba address.