Guidelines for Authors
Procedure for Accepting Articles for Publication

Submitted texts (via the platform or, alternatively, to the editorial office address) are initially evaluated by the editorial team and qualified for further processing. In the case of significant formal deficiencies, they may be returned to the author for correction.

Each article is reviewed by two reviewers. Authors and reviewers are unaware of each other's identities. The review involves sending the anonymized texts to two reviewers representing the same academic discipline as the author. Starting in 2025, both reviewers must be affiliated with an institution other than UKSW. Details of the review procedure can be found in the tab (Peer Review Process).

After the appropriate recommendations and comments have been provided to the Editorial Office by the reviewers, the author of the article is acquainted with them. If the article requires revisions, the author is then asked to respond to them or make the necessary changes.

A negative evaluation from both reviewers results in the complete rejection of the text. In the case of one negative review, an additional reviewer is appointed, whose opinion determines whether the text is accepted or rejected by the journal.

After the editorial work is completed, the author receives the text for approval.

Text requirements

The text sent to the editorial office should meet the following criteria:

• The text should be saved in one of the following formats: *.doc, *docx, or RTF.

• The text should not exceed 20 A4 pages (40,000 characters).

Font and paragraph requirements

• Times New Roman font size 12; 1.5 line spacing without indents or hyphenation; paragraphs marked with enter; no highlighting in the text; all margins 2 cm.

Contents of the complete text sent to the editorial office:

• The text includes the following attachments in Polish and English: abstract (in Polish: approx. 800 characters with spaces; in English: approx. 1500 characters with spaces), title, and alphabetically ordered keywords (no more than 10).

• Biographical note about the author containing the following elements: first and last name, academic title, affiliation, e-mail address, ORCID number

Bibliography and footnotes

References to literature should be included in footnotes using the comma method. When referring to a given publication for the first time, use the full bibliographic reference. In subsequent citations of the same publication, use the abbreviated form. At the end of the article, include an appendix with a list of references.

How to cite the most commonly used types of publications:

• Books: initial of first name, last name, title in italics, place and year of publication, page range.

Example:

P. Skibiński, Kościół wobec totalitaryzmów (1917-1989). Światowy katolicyzm i do świadczenia Polaków, Warszawa 2022, s. 182-183.

• Article in a collective work: initial of first name, surname, title in italics, symbol: “in:”, title of collective work in italics, abbreviation: “ed.”, initial and surname of editor, place and year of publication, page range.

Example:

R. Czekalski, Milenium – katechezą narodu, w: Milenium chrztu Polski prymasa Stefana Wyszyńskiego: perspektywa teologiczno-społeczna, red. E. K. Czaczkowska, Warszawa 2016, s. 178.

• Article in a journal: initial of the first name, last name, title in italics, journal in quotation marks, volume, year of publication in parentheses, issue or number, page range.

Example:

R. Bednarczyk, Formacja dorosłych w strukturach Akcji Katolickiej w świetle refleksji teologicznej ks. Stefana Wyszyńskiego, „Studia Theologica Varsaviensia” 47 (2009) nr 1, s. 102-103.

• Internet materials: initial of first name, surname, title in italics, link to website, date of access.

Example:

Ł. Marek, Naznaczeni KL Dachau. O losie rocznika kapłańskiego prymasa Wyszyńskiego, “Przystanek historia,” https://przystanekhistoria.pl/pa2/teksty/92669,Naznaczeni-KL-Dachau-O-losie -rocznika-kaplanskiego-prymasa-Wyszynskiego.html (accessed May 1, 2024).

• In abbreviated references, use the following forms: ibid., op. cit.

Example:

Ibid, Kościół wobec totalitaryzmów …, op. cit., s. 223-225.

If you have any doubts about how to cite a publication, please contact the Editorial Office.

Declaration

Agreement

Copyright Notice

1. The author signs an agreement for the publication of an academic article and agrees to the Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0 International license.
2. In addition, the author signs a statement confirming that the text submitted for publication in the journal is completely original and does not violate any third-party rights.
3. Furthermore, the author declares that complete and accurate information about the authorship of the publication, its sources of funding, and the contributions of scientific and research institutions, associations, and other entities is appropriately disclosed in the article.
4. The author also declares that the article submitted for publication has not been previously published anywhere else and is not currently the subject of any other publishing proceedings.

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