Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors are required to observe strictly the principles of research writing ethics. In particular, a personal contribution to the publication is required: authorship of the concept, the assumptions, the methods and the individual elements of the text.

Requirements for the main text

The main text should meet the following criteria:

• format: RTF or DOC,
• length: not exceeding 40,000 characters,
• font and paragraph: Times New Roman, 12 points, line spacing 1.5, no indents, no hyphenation, paragraphs marked with a line break, no emphasis in the text except italics, all margins 2 cm,
• footnotes and bibliographic references according to the pattern adopted by the editorial board of Studia Włocławskie,
• linguistic correctness.

References to the literature — citations — should appear in footnotes prepared with the comma method. At the first reference to a publication the full bibliographic record is used; in subsequent citations of the same publication an abbreviated record is used.

Citation patterns for the most common types of publication:

• independent publications: initial of the first name, surname, title in italics, place and year of publication, page range;
• article in a collective work: initial of the first name, surname, title in italics, the sign "w:", title of the collective work in italics, the abbreviation "red.", initial and surname of the editor, place and year of publication, page range;
• article in a journal: initial of the first name, surname, title in italics, journal title in quotation marks, volume, year of publication in brackets, issue or number, page range;
• internet materials: initial of the first name, surname, title in italics, link to the website, date of access.

In the abbreviated record the forms tamże, tenże, taż are used. In each subsequent citation of the same publication one always gives: the author's surname (except where different authors share a surname — the initials are then given as well), the beginning of the title (in italics, without ellipsis) and the pages. The forms dz. cyt., art. cyt. and the like are not used. In case of any doubt as to the manner of citation, please contact the editorial board by telephone at the numbers given.

Required accompanying material

• a list of the literature used — a bibliography — in Polish and in English; only items cited in the footnotes are to be included, in alphabetical order, divided into sources and studies;
• an abstract: in Polish (about 800 characters with spaces) and in English (about 1500 characters with spaces);
• the title;
• keywords in alphabetical order (no more than 6);
• a biographical note on the author containing: first name and surname, degree or academic title, position and place of work, affiliation, ORCID number, e-mail address for correspondence.

Submitting texts

The editorial board accepts only original texts, not published anywhere before. Texts for publication may be submitted: on the website StudiaWloclawskie.PL; by e-mail to Redakcja@StudiaWloclawskie.PL; by post to Redakcja „Studiów Włocławskich", ul. Karnkowskiego 3, 87-800 Włocławek.

Review of texts

Texts are assessed by two independent reviewers. The assessment covers: the correspondence of the article title, abstract and keywords with the content; the substantive value of the work; the proper arrangement of its structure; the correctness of the scientific terminology used; the proper formulation of the final conclusions. The e-mail addresses of the reviewers are given on the journal website.

Processing times

A review takes up to three weeks from the moment it is commissioned. Reviews for a given volume are commissioned before the volume is closed, between May and August; the decision to accept is taken once all reviews have been received. The volume appears at the turn of September and October, after six to eight weeks of typesetting.

Review procedure

Every scientific article receives at least two independent reviews. Reviewers are persons from outside the institution with which the author is affiliated. The review is double-blind: neither the author nor the reviewer knows the other's name. The list of reviewers working with the journal is published once a year, in the volume.

Conflict of interest

The editorial board does not commission a review from a person in conflict of interest with the author: kinship to the second degree or marriage, professional subordination, or scholarly collaboration within the two years preceding the review.