Conditions of Publication

1. Authors do not bear any costs associated with the publication of their articles, nor do they receive any financial gratification. They are entitled, however, to a free copy of the journal volume in which their text was published.

2. The Editorial Team may propose editorial adjustments to the title, abstract and keywords in order to improve clarity, indexing quality, discoverability and consistency with the journal's profile. Such changes do not affect the scholarly content of the article and are submitted to the author for approval at the final proof stage.

3. When submitting a manuscript, authors must upload not only the main Word file prepared in accordance with the IM template, but also all required supplementary files: separate graphic files for all figures, an Excel file with editable charts (if applicable), a Word file with alt text for all figures, and a completed, scanned and signed (pdf format) Agreement on article publication by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Publishing House and Appendix No. 1 to Agreement on article publication by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Publishing House.

4. The authors are obliged to sign documents regulating the following issues:

   1. consent to the processing of personal data;
   2. confirmation of the authorship and not-infringement;
   3. confirmation that the submitted article is not currently subject to evaluation by another editorial board;
   4. in the case of a co-authored work, information on percent contribution to the preparation of the article of individual authors and indication of the scope of work done by individual team members;
   5. information on the funding of the research the results of which are published in IM;
   6. completion of the thematic classification form indicating whether the article relates to: (1) the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); (2) Polish history, religiosity, culture, literature and language; and (3) the gender equality perspective (the form is available on the journal’s website). 
   7. a statement on the use or non-use of AI-assisted tools and content generators in the writing and preparation of the article, in accordance with the journal’s AI Policy and the instructions in the template for manuscripts.