TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS

«Prawo Kanoniczne» accepts the following types of manuscripts:

• Research articles – original studies presenting new research results, theoretical analyses or case studies within the scope of the journal.

• Review articles – synthetic works summarising and critically assessing the state of research on a clearly defined topic related to the journal’s profile. Review articles may follow a more flexible internal structure than research articles, but they must include an abstract, a set of keywords and a References section citing at least four scholarly publications.

• Reviews – examinations of published books issued in Polish within the last two years and in other languages within the last four years. It is necessary to include abstracts and keywords in the language of the publications’ and in English. Reviews do not require a bibliography, quotations, and footnotes.

• Book symposiums – publication format known in the humanities and social sciences, encountered in Anglophone journals under the name “Book symposium”, “Book forum” or “Debate on the Publication”. The debate surrounding an important and recent publication consists of presenting critical texts by 3-5 authors (each from a different perspective). The debate is preceded by a short introductory text on the topic of the discussed publication (editorial introduction) and concluded with a response from the publication’s authors.

• Communications – commentaries on court judgments (glosses) and analyses presenting opinions, voices in discussion, or indicating new research directions. They do not require abstracts, keywords, footnotes, but include only an attached bibliography.

• Reports – in justified cases, reports from important conferences, research projects or academic events directly related to the Faculty of Canon Law, or other scientific events held at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (UKSW).

All manuscript types must follow the general formatting rules and ethical standards described in this document and in the PK template.

SUBMISSION PROCES

• Please submit your texts electronically by submitting your article through the system on the journal’s platform. The conditions for submitting your text in this way are (1) prior registration on the platform; (2) logging in.

• The file name of the publication should begin with the author's surname and first name (without Polish characters); for example, Jan Kowalski should name the file containing his article titled Curator in Civil Proceedings as follows: kowalski_jan_curator.

FINAL CHECKLIST BEFORE SUBMISSION

Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure that:

1. The manuscript has been prepared using the official PK Word template.

2. The total length does not exceed 50,000 characters with spaces.

3. The structure follows the PK template and uses Word’s Heading 1, 2, 3 styles for sections and subsections.

4. The abstract has 150–200 words.

5. There are 3–10 keywords, including SDG codes where relevant.

6. All figures in the manuscript are numbered, have titles and, where applicable, sources.

7. All figures have been uploaded as separate high-resolution graphic files (Figure-1, Figure-2, etc.) to the submission system.

8. All charts have been collected in a separate Excel file and uploaded with the submission.

9. A separate Word file with alt text for all figures has been prepared and uploaded.

10. All tables are numbered, have titles and short descriptions placed between the title and the table.

11. References follow the Chicago author–date style and all in-text citations match entries in the reference list.

12. DOIs are given in https://doi.org/… form whenever available.

13. All required Statements are present, each with appropriate content or “Not applicable”.

14. Any use of GenAI tools has been declared in the Acknowledgments.

15. The online declaration form (SDGs / Polish heritage research/gender equality perspective) has been completed: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/tSy0cq5cmX?origin=lprLink.

16. A signed and scanned Publishing Agreement and Appendix No. 1 to Agreement have been uploaded with the submission (cf. Condition of Publication, p. 2).

Informativa sui diritti

The policy regarding copyrights of articles published in journals of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University is as follows: authors retain the copyright to their published articles. However, the author(s) declare that they grant UKSW a free, non-exclusive license to use the article published in Canon Law, in whole or in part, in all known fields of exploitation as referred to in Article 50 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act.

Articles published in journals issued by UKSW are under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0 International license, which allows:

• Sharing — Copying and redistributing the material in any medium or format; for any purpose, including commercial use.

Under the following conditions:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• No Derivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

Publication Fees Policy: Authors do not bear any costs associated with the publication of their articles, including article processing charges (APCs), language editing fees, color charges, submission fees, page charges, membership fees, print subscription costs, or any other supplementary charges. Authors also do not receive any financial compensation for the published materials.

Policy Regarding Depositing Different Versions of Materials: Authors are allowed to deposit: (1) the submitted version, (2) the accepted version, and (3) the published version of their articles in an institutional or other repository of their choice without embargo.

Documents for Authors to Download

• Agreement on article publication by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Publishing House

• Appendix No. 1 to Agreement on article publication by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Publishing House

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