Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church

Purpose

Károli Könyvek is an academic book series founded in 2011 by Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. The publishing directors are László Trócsányi, the rector of our University, and Ádám Gyenes, the executive director of L’Harmattan Publishing.

Károli Könyvek publishes collections of papers, monographs, university coursebooks and notes, literary translations as well as source texts in the fields of humanities, social sciences, theology, economics and law, which comprehend the newest academic achievements of scholars and teachers employed by the University. Károli Könyvek categorizes the submitted works into subseries which are the following: Monograph, Collection of Papers, Literary Translation – Source / Raisonneur, Univerity Coursebook, University notes, Dissertationes, Collection Károli. In addition, the school yearbook is published in the Károli Könyvek series, too.

Quality Assurance

The series editor is Enikő Sepsi, her work is supported by the Editorial Board, the International Advisory Board and the editors of Károli Book Workshop.

The undertakings of the Editorial Board are aimed at shaping the series’ academic concept, evaluating the quality of manuscripts, and ensuring the publication process is in line with international standards. Its members are highly acclaimed, accomplished scholars and experts in their respective fields.

Editorial Board Members: Gábor Boros philosopher (Károli Gáspár University), Márton Csanády sociologist (Károli Gáspár University), Mózes Csoma orientalist (Károli Gáspár University), Tibor Fabiny theologian (Károli Gáspár University), Péter Furkó linguist (Károli Gáspár University), Árpád Homicskó jurist (Károli Gáspár University), Éva Jakab jurist (Károli Gáspár University), Gábor Kendeffy historian of philosophy (Károli Gáspár University), Zoltán Literáty Reformed pastor (Károli Gáspár University), Ferenc Pap Reformed pastor (Károli Gáspár University), Gusztáv Stubnya paediatrician (Károli Gáspár University), Zoltán Tóth J. jurist (Károli Gáspár University).

The International Advisory Board ensures that English-language publications meet the requirements of international scholarly indexing databases. Its members are highly acclaimed, accomplished scholars and experts in their respective fields. Their role is largely advisory; however, they also contribute to the peer-review and publication process with their special expertise.

International Advisory Board Members: Gyula Klima philosopher (Fordham University), Péter Kónya historian (The University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia; New York, USA), Olga Lukács church historian (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Roberta Ricucci sociologist (University of Turin, Turin, Italy), Gerhard Thür (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria).

It is Károli Book Workshop’s responsibility to edit the submitted manuscripts (via copy editing and proof-reading), as well as to prepare the texts for printing (via image processing and typesetting).

Ethical Standards

Károli Könyvek is committed to publishing the achievements of first-rate academic research, which meet the ethical standards of academic work. Manuscripts are chosen for publication based on their quality, relevance and originality; this process is not influenced by advertising, commercial, or political interests.

The content of submitted manuscripts is always evaluated in regard to its scientific merits, regardless of the authors’ origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or political views.

We do not disclose any information regarding the manuscripts, except to the (corresponding) author, the reviewers, potential reviewers, members of the International Advisory Board and L’Harmattan Publishing.

The Editorial Board must not use any unpublished material from the submitted manuscripts in their own research without the author’s written consent. They must treat the information obtained as confidential and shall not use it for personal gain.

Services

The publications of Károli Könyvek are available in both paper and digital format.

The volumes can be bought at the largest Hungarian bookstores, at Károli Református Könyv- és Ajándékbolt (Ráday str. 3.), as well as at the bookstore (Kossut Lajos str. 14–16.) and web shop of L’Harmattan Publishing.

L’Harmattan Publishing was the first to establish an Open Access platform in Hungary. The English-language publications of Károli Könyvek, as well as principial collections of papers and monographs are also available there in a digital form. In fact, the pilot version of this Open Access platform was tailored to Károli Könyvek. The platform meets the requirements of international scholarly indexing databases in terms of language, technical specifications and metadata.

Each volume of Károli Könyvek can be accessed through an eduID in the following Hungarian databases:

Costs

Publishing costs are governed by a Framework Agreement between Károli Gáspár University and L’Harmattan Publishing.

Publishing Criteria

Károli Könyvek is open for submissions twice a year; the deadlines are 31^st January and 31^st August in each year. Manuscripts should be sent to konyvmuhely@kre.hu with the necessary accompanying documents.

Authors, editors, and translators should format their manuscripts and accompanying documents in accordance with the guidelines. The formatting requirements are outlined in a style guide. Beside the formatted manuscripts, the following documents must be submitted to Károli Book Workshop:

a synopsis of 300-400 characters about the volume;
at least one review. Open Access publication requires the opinion of two reviewers. Criterion to the choice of reviewers: they must be selected in advance; if possible, they should not be affiliated with Károli Gáspár University, but only for legitimate reasons; they should not stand in a hierarchical relationship with the author/editor/translator.
distribution questionnaire.

Before acceptance for publication, the Professional Coordinator assesses the manuscripts and accompanying documents for formal requirements, while the Series Editor reviews them for content and ensures they align with the series’ major purpose.

The Editorial Board gathers twice a year to decide on the acceptance of the submitted manuscripts.