''Romani Studies'' is a biannual
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering all aspects of
Romani/Gypsy studies. It is the official journal of the
Gypsy Lore Society
The Gypsy Lore Society was founded in Great Britain in 1888 to unite persons interested in the history and lore of Gypsies and rovers and to establish closer contacts among scholars studying aspects of such cultures.
History
David MacRitchie w ...
. It was established in 1888 and until 1982 was published as the ''Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society''. Its publication resumed in 1991 and in 2000 the journal obtained its current title. The society currently publishes it in association with the
Liverpool University Press
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.
Abstracting and indexing
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 0.111.
Editors-in-chief
The following persons are or have been
editor-in-chief
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:
*
Elena Marushiakova
Elena Marushiakova ( bg, Елена Марушиакова) is a historian and ethnographer working in field of Romani Studies, of Slovak and Russian origin, who has lived and studied in Slovakia and Bulgaria. In 2016 she became a Research Profess ...
(current)
*Colin Clark (2019–present)
*Daniel Škobla (2019–2020)
*Kimmo Granqvist (2017–2019)
*
Yaron Matras
Yaron Matras (born October 24, 1963) is a linguist at the University of Manchester specializing in Romani and other languages, including Middle Eastern languages. He is one of the most prominent English-language Romani linguists and the author o ...
(1999–2017)
*Sheila Salo (1990–1999)
References
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Publications established in 1888
1988 establishments in the United Kingdom
Romani studies
University of Liverpool
Biannual journals
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