Call for Papers



Acta Ludologica (ISSN 2585-8599, e-ISSN 2585-9218) is a double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal published twice a year in both online and print versions. It focuses on the comprehensive discourse of games and digital games, including theoretical and empirical studies, research results, and their implementation into practice, as well as professional publication reviews and scientific reviews of digital games.



Acta Ludologica is inviting manuscripts for Vol. 7, No. 2, scheduled to be published in December 2024. The submissions deadline is June 30, 2024. The journal has no thematically oriented issues, so this CFP is general for manuscripts of any topics related to games and digital games.



Journal issues include scientific reflections on digital and non-digital games, and related media and digital competencies, their creation, design, development, research, history, sociology, psychology, marketing, and the future associated with phenomena of the digital-gaming sector. The journal has no thematically oriented issues, so this CFP is general for manuscripts of any topics related to games and digital games.



Acta Ludologica’s sections: game studies, interview, reviews, add-ons



More information about the individual journal sections, instructions for authors, as well as templates, are available in the journal’s guidelines (https://actaludologica.com/guidelines/). Submitted manuscripts should strictly follow the outlined format as well as the journal’s citation rules (https://actaludologica.com/citation-rules/). Submissions must meet APA standards (7th ed.).



Submissions are accepted only in English, with no publication fees, article-processing charges (APCs), or article submission charges.



Contact and manuscript submissions: actaludologica@fmk.sk



Journal’s web and open access archive: www.actaludologica.com



Acta Ludologica is indexed in ERIH Plus, ICI Journals Master List, Ulrich’s Periodical Directory, CEEOL, and CEJSH. In addition, the journal is under the indexing process for the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) – Web of Science Core Collection.