Etnolog is a periodic scientific publication of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM) with a century-long tradition, divided into three historical periods. From 1926 to 1944, it was published as Etnolog, glasnik Kraljevega etnografskega muzeja (ISSN 0353-4855); from 1948 to 1990 as Slovenski etnograf (ISSN 0350-0330); and since 1991 as Etnolog, glasnik Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja. One issue is usually published per year, and occasionally two.

Etnolog contributes to the field by providing a forum for fundamental reflections on various issues in ethnology, cultural anthropology, museology, and the protection of cultural and natural heritage. Since it is published in a museum environment, it focuses also on collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting tangible and intangible heritage, on identity and social processes, as well as on ethical and epistemological questions. The content of Etnolog includes scientific discussions and professional articles, book and film reviews, current contributions on exhibitions and symposia, and reports on the activities of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum and the Coordinator for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The journal connects researchers from the fields of ethnology, cultural anthropology, museology, conservation science, and the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, as well as from the broader humanities and social sciences. Foreign authors from related disciplines also participate in specific thematic sections. Etnolog is also highly valued internationally – it is currently sent to 118 international addresses, allowing the SEM Library to acquire high-quality scientific and technical literature through exchanges. The Slovenian Research Agency (ARIS) has classified Etnolog as among the central Slovenian ethnological and anthropological periodicals that it co-finances. Publication is also financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.

The target audience includes Slovenian and international ethnologists, anthropologists, folklorists, museologists, students, visitors to the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, and the general public. In cooperation with the museum, the National and University Library (NUK) has digitized older issues of Etnolog and Slovenski etnograf, which are accessible on this website, in the digital library dLib, and newer issues from 2025 onwards in the DiRROS repository.

ISSN 0354-0316 (Print edition)
ISSN 2385-8729 (Online edition)

The journal can be purchased in the shop in the museum exhibition house.

Editors

• Dr Nadja Valentinčič Furlan, Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Executive Editor-in-Chief
• Dr Tina Palaić, Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Editor-in-Chief

Editorial Board

• Dr Maja Godina Golija, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts 
• Dr Rajko Muršič, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• Dr Dan Podjed, Institute for Innovation and Development, University of Ljubljana
• Dr Tanja Roženbergar, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
• Dr Urša Šivic, Institute of Ethnomusicology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Dr Nena Židov, Slovene Ethnographic Museum

International Editorial Board

• Prof. dr. Cristina Grasseni, University Leiden
• Prof. dr. Alessandro Testa, Charles University, Prague
• Prof. dr. Ilina Jakimovska, Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje
• Dr. Miloš Rašić, The Institute of Ethnography, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Prof. dr. Magdalena Buchczyk, Institute for European Ethnology, Humboldt University of Berlin
• Dr Ewa Klekot, SWPS, Warsaw

Open Access
Upon publication, all articles are entered into the COBISS system and are freely accessible under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. This means users are permitted to reproduce, distribute, lease, publicly communicate, and adapt the original or derivative work for all purposes, including commercial ones, provided they credit the authors and distribute the resulting work under the same terms.

Editorial Process
Texts submitted for publication are read by the editors, and scientific articles are reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Editors and reviewers decide whether the contribution is acceptable for publication; if necessary, it is returned to the authors with comments for completion. The condition for publishing a scientific article is two positive blind reviews. As a rule, only original articles are published.

Etnolog charges no publication fee (APC) and no submission fee. Authors submit their articles before the end of May of the current year; articles are reviewed by editors and peer-reviewers, and the authors receive feedback within three months. Etnolog is published in December.

Copyright Notice
To publish in Etnolog, authors agree to the following:

• The authors confirm that they are the authors of the submitted work, which is expected to be published in the journal, by indicating authorship with their first and last names. 
• The authors agree that the publisher decides on the graphic and technical appearance of the journal and articles. 
• The authors guarantee that the work is their own creation and that it does not violate the copyrights of third parties, personal rights or the code of ethics. In the case of claims by third parties, the authors are obliged to protect the interests of the publisher and compensate for any damage.
• The holders of moral and material copyrights on contributions published in Etnolog are the authors who grant the publisher the right of first publication under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. Users can access and use all issues of the journal and individual articles published in them from 2025 onwards under the terms of the aforementioned license. Articles published before the new license came into effect are available under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This does not apply to third-party materials published in the articles (e.g. photographs).
• The authors may publish their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their own websites) with all metadata on publication, as this contributes to the fruitful exchange of knowledge and increased citation of the published work.
• The authors may enter into an agreement with the publisher for the non-exclusive distribution of their work published in the journal (e.g. for publication in a book), provided that the metadata on original publication in Etnolog is acknowledged.
• The authors must comply with the requirements of the Slovenian Research Agency and the provisions of the Decree on the Implementation of Scientific Research Work: in scientific articles they must state the source of funding and thank the financier, and in the Research Data Statement they must specify the location and method of storage of the data used in the article.
• The authors must sign the Statement and Consent for publication in the journal Etnolog (Izjava in soglasje za objavo v reviji Etnolog).

Research Data Management
Etnolog follows the Decree on the Implementation of Scientific Research Work and the Slovenian Research Agency’s (ARIS) requirement that articles include a Research Data Statement in line with Open Science principles ("as open as possible, as closed as necessary"). 
The authors should provide the Research Data Statement in a way that takes into account the aforementioned principle, the requirements of their institution and research funders, the specific circumstances of the research work, and the epistemological and ethical guidelines of ethnology and cultural anthropology.
The editorial board of Etnolog is aware that authors use various sources that are not always defined as research data. Sources defined as research data should be prepared in accordance with the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability). The Research Data Statement should state in which trusted data repository or institutional documentation the research data is stored.
In certain cases, data cannot be shared completely openly due to legal and ethical reservations or for the protection of personal data (see the EU General Data Protection Regulation). In such cases, the authors must provide an explanation that they are dealing with material that either includes trade secrets or other commercial information regulated by law, or data that poses security risks for the research subjects. 
For more information on data management in ethnographic research, authors can contact the editors of Etnolog or follow the guidelines of the international ethnological and anthropological associations EASA and SIEF.

Citation of Research Data
Authors must appropriately cite all data sources in the References (see Guidelines for Authors) or state in the Research Data Statement if data is not digitized or not published due to restrictions like the Personal Data Protection Act (ZVOP-2) or the Copyright and Related Rights Act (ZASP).

Documents

• Statement of Compliance with Publishing and Academic Ethical Standards
• Navodila avtorjem in avtoricam (2026)
• Izjava in soglasje za objavo v reviji Etnolog
• Etnolog obrazec za recenzente

International Indexing of Etnolog 
Anthropological Index Online 
Article@INIST 
dLIB 
Francis 
Scopus 
Proquest
MLA International Bibliography

Contact
Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Metelkova 2, SI – 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
T: +386 1 300 87 00
E: etnomuz@etno-muzej.si

Etnolog
Dr. Nadja Valentinčič Furlan
E Nadja.Valentincic@etno-muzej.si
T +386 1 3008 782

Technical contact
Mag. Gregor Ilaš
E gregor.ilas@etno-muzej.si
T: + 386 1 300 87 66