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Održavanje i eksploatacija
issue 03-2026

Održavanje i eksploatacija is a professional journal read and written mostly by maintenance practitioners: a forum for sharing knowledge and experience from everyday maintenance and asset management practice. The journal is published in Croatian.

About the journal

The journal covers knowledge about maintaining physical assets in the broadest sense: engineering, economics, contracts and law, good manufacturing practice, information systems, people management and business administration. The most frequent topics are:

  • 01

    Maintenance technology

  • 02

    Maintenance organisation

  • 03

    Maintenance economics

  • 04

    Maintenance strategies

  • 05

    Maintenance and the environment

  • 06

    Maintenance training

  • 07

    Regulations and standards

  • 08

    Asset management

History

  1. First printed issue

    The first printed issue of Održavanje i eksploatacija is published, a professional forum for sharing knowledge and experience from maintenance practice.

  2. Published within Maintworld

    From spring 2010 (from Maintworld's second issue), the journal appears as 8–12 pages in Croatian within the international magazine Maintworld.

  3. Independent again

    Published as a Maintworld supplement until the end of 2013, then independently again, distributed to HDO members together with Maintworld.

  4. Print and digital edition from issue 1/2023

    From issue 1/2023 the journal is published in print and digital form, and issues are deposited with the National and University Library in Zagreb.

  5. First publication on Hrčak

    On 1 June 2024 the journal was first published on the Hrčak portal, which brings together Croatian scientific and professional journals with open access.

Partner magazine

Maintworld is a pan-European magazine on maintenance and asset management and the official magazine of EFNMS, the European federation of national maintenance societies.

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  • European professional community

    Expert articles, industry news and best practice for maintenance professionals across Europe and beyond.

  • Together with Održavanje i eksploatacija

    HDO members receive Maintworld together with Održavanje i eksploatacija. From 2010 to 2013 our journal was published within Maintworld.

  • Publish in Maintworld

    Papers on maintenance can also be published in Maintworld, translated into English.

Papers, subscription and advertising

Papers

All professional papers on the maintenance of physical assets, prepared in line with the instructions for authors, are welcome and will be considered for publication. Submitted papers are peer-reviewed, and the editorial board decides on publication based on the reviewers’ reports. Papers can be published in Održavanje i eksploatacija or, translated into English, in Maintworld.

For authors

Subscription

HDO members receive the journal as part of their membership. For non-members the annual subscription is €50. The journal is sent to the address held by HDO.

HDO membership

Advertising

Održavanje i eksploatacija and Maintworld offer advertising, especially for companies working in the maintenance of technical systems and physical asset management, and for suppliers of maintenance materials.

Colour advertisement prices
AdvertisementPrice
Double page (2/1)€9,900
Full page (1/1)€5,900
Half page (1/2)€3,900
Outside back cover€9,900
Inside cover€7,500