Article review procedure

Texts submitted (via the platform or, alternatively, to the editorial office address) are initially evaluated by the editorial staff and qualified for further processing. In the event of gross formal deficiencies, they may be returned to the author for completion.

Each article is evaluated by two reviewers. Authors and reviewers do not know each other's identities. The review consists of sending coded texts to two reviewers representing the same scientific discipline as the author. Since 2025, both reviewers have been affiliated with universities other than Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (UKSW). Previously, one reviewer was selected from UKSW and the other from outside.

Reviewers may accept the text without corrections, order necessary corrections and request that the text be submitted to them for re-review, order corrections without re-evaluation, or reject the text. A negative evaluation by both reviewers means that the text is completely rejected. In the case of one negative review, another reviewer is appointed, whose opinion determines whether the text is accepted for publication in the journal.

Reviewers use the following criteria when evaluating an article:

• Academic nature.

• Novelty of the approach contained in the study, contribution to science.

• Creative nature of the study.

• Achievement of the objectives.

• Correctness of the article's structure, including the adequacy of the title to the content.

• Clarity and precision of the language of the study.

• Correctness of the selection of literature.

• Correctness of the style and technique of citing literature.

• Correctness of the conclusions drawn and their originality.

The author is then notified of the acceptance or rejection of the text, as well as instructions on how to make the necessary corrections. 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, in: Milenium chrztu Polski prymasa Stefana Wyszyńskiego: perspektywa teologiczno-społeczna, ed. 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:

Formacja dorosłych w strukturach Akcji Katolickiej w świetle refleksji teologicznej ks. Stefana Wyszyńskiego, „Studia Theologica Varsaviensia” 47 (2009) no. 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.

Reviewers of Volume X (2025)

• dr hab. Daniel Brzeziński, prof. ucz. (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)

• prof. dr hab. Bogdan Czyżewski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)

• prof. dr hab. Wojciech Góralski (Mazovian University in Płock)

• dr Jacek Górka OFM (Jordan University College, Tanzania)

• prof. dr hab. Jacek Hadryś (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) 

• dr hab. Justyna Krzywkowska (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn)

• ks. prof. dr hab. Stanisław Łabendowicz (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• ks. dr hab. Piotr Piasecki, prof. ucz. (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)

• prof. dr hab. Alina Rynio (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• prof. dr hab. Paweł Skibiński (University of Warsaw)

• dr hab. Sławomir W. Zieliński (University of Silesia in Katowice) 

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Reviewers of Volume IX (2024) 

• ks. dr hab. Przemysław Artemiuk, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw)

• o. dr hab. Grzegorz Bartosik, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• dr hab. Michał Białkowski, prof. ucz. (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń);

• ks. dr hab. Daniel Brzeziński prof. ucz. (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń);

• ks. dr hab. Roman Buchta, prof. ucz. (University of Silesia in Katowice);

• ks. dr Robert Czarnowski (University of Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Bogdan Czyżewski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań);

• dr hab. Anna Fidelus, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• prof. dr hab. Mirosław Golon (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń);

• ks. dr hab. Wojciech Kluj, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. dr hab. Tomasz Kopiczko (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. dr Wojciech Kućko (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. dr hab. Stanisław Łabendowicz, prof. ucz. (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin);

• ks. dr hab. Józef Łupiński, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• dr hab. Łucja Marek (Institute of National Remembrance in Krakow);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Paweł Mąkosa (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin);

• ks. dr hab. Norbert Mojżyn, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Jan Przybyłowski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• dr hab. Paweł Skibiński, prof. ucz. (University of Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Henryk Skorowski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw)

Reviewers of Volume VII-VIII (2022-2023)

• ks. dr hab. Przemysław Artemiuk, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• dr hab. Dobrochna Bach-Golecka, prof. ucz. (University of Warsaw);

• dr hab. Michał Białkowski, prof. ucz. (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń);

• ks. dr hab. Daniel Brzeziński prof. ucz. (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń);

• ks. dr hab. Roman Buchta, prof. ucz. (University of Silesia in Katowice);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Ryszard Czekalski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Bogdan Czyżewski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań);

• dr hab. Anna Fidelus, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• dr hab. Aneta Gawkowska (University of Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Jacek Hadryś (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Janiec (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin);

• ks. dr hab. Tomasz Kopiczko (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. dr hab. Stanisław Łabendowicz, prof. ucz. (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin);

• dr hab. Rafał Łatka, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. dr hab. Józef Łupiński, prof. ucz. (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Misiaszek (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. dr hab. Norbert Mojżyn, prof. ucz. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Andrzej Perzyński (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Jan Przybyłowski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• prof. dr hab. Alina Rynio (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin);

• dr hab. Paweł Skibiński, prof. ucz. (University of Warsaw);

• ks. prof. dr hab. Henryk Skorowski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw);

• prof. dr hab. Wiesław Wysocki (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw)