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. When submitting a manuscript, authors must upload not only the main Word file prepared in accordance with the PK 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.

3. 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 PK;
   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.