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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Requirements

  1. The text does not exceed 50,000 characters (including an abstract and bibliography).
  2. The submission file is in doc, docx, or rtf document file format.
  3. The text includes:

Name and surname of the Author

ORCID ID

Affiliation

Title of the article

Keywords in Polish (5)

Summary in Polish

Keywords in English (5)

Summary in English

Main text and references:

  • The main text should be in Times New Roman, 12 points; quotations and footnotes should be given in Times New Roman, 10 points.
  • The main text should use 1.5 line spacing (footnotes and quotations – single spacing).
  • Own emphases should be marked by means of the bold font and a note in square brackets [emphasis – X.Y.].
  • Quotations no longer than 4 lines should be marked by means of the inverted commas, and the font should remain unchanged.
  • Quotations longer than 4 lines should be changed into block quotations, and the font should be smaller (10 points).
  • Omissions of material from a quoted passage should be indicated by ellipsis points in square brackets […].
  • If someone is introduced for the first time in the text, his or her full name and surname – and not the initial letter of the name – should be written.
  • Numbers in regular text should be spelled out.

Footnotes

  • Times New Roman, 10 points.
  • Single line spacing.

Bibliography (alphabetical order; surname, name; if there are more works by one author, their order should be organised in accordance with the date of publication)

  1. References
  • A book
    J. Kowalski [N. Surname]: Historia Górnego Śląska [Title]. Warszawa [city of publication] 2008, p. 35.
  • Names and surnames
    In footnotes, do not use the full names of the authors; instead, provide the initial letter of the name followed by the full stop. If the author of the cited work uses two names, both of them should be written as initials, for instance: J.A. Kowalski. There should be no space between the two initials; this rule also applies to names written with the hyphen, for instance: H.-G. Gadamer. We suggest that all the surnames in references be written in small caps. In order to make small caps, you need to select the surname of the author and press shift + ctrl + k (in MS Word). Please do not put spaces between the letters of the surnames. Please do not use all caps in surnames.
  • A chapter from a book
    If you wish to add a reference to a chapter from a book by one author, please abide by the following pattern: J. Kowalski: “Historia Górnego Śląska.” In: Idem: Górny Śląsk –wczoraj i dziś. Warszawa 2008, pp. 35–48.
  • An article from a multi-authored monograph
    Should you cite an article from a multi-authored monograph, the reference should have the following form: J. Kowalski: “Historia Górnego Śląska.” In: J. Nowak, B. Malinowska-Kern (eds.): Górny Śląsk –wczoraj i dziś. Warszawa 2008, pp. 35–48.
  • Information about a translator
    If the book has been translated, information about the translator has to appear in the reference. Please use the following pattern: J. Kowalski: Historia Górnego Śląska. Trans. K. Adamska. Warszawa 2008.
  • Repeating a source
    Should you cite the source that has been used in the previous footnote, the address ought to take the following form: Ibidem, s. 35. If you cite the source that has been used in the article but not in the previous footnote, please use the short version of the reference; see the examples: J. Kowalski: Historia Górnego Śląska…, p. 45; J. Kowalski: “Historia Górnego Śląska.” In: Górny Śląsk – wczoraj i dziś…, pp. 35–48; M. Malinowska: “Wpływy czeskie w sztuce Górnego Śląska.” In: Górny Śląsk – wczoraj i dziś…, pp. 56–67.
  • DO NOT USE op. cit. (opus citatum).
  • An article from a journal
    Should you refer to an article published in a journal, the reference ought to take the following form: J. Kowalski: “Historia Górnego Śląska.” Górny Śląsk – wczoraj i dziś [Name of the Journal] 2008, vol. 4, no. 120, pp. 35–45. If you use a newspaper article, the reference should look as follows: J. Kowalski: “Prośba brzmiała: przeczytaj.” Gazeta Wyborcza, 27.01.2007, p. 17. If you cite an article from a serial publication, the footnote should look as follows: J. Kowalski: “Historia Górnego Śląska.” In: J. Nowak, B. Malinowska-Kern (eds.): Górny Śląsk Wczoraj i Dziś. Vol. 8. Warszawa 2008, pp. 35–48.
  1. Along with the text, please send:
  • a short biographical note, using the following pattern: Jan Kowalski – PhD, Assistant Professor at ……………………………. [the department / other unit and the university]. His / Her research interests include ……………………………. . Author of ……………………………. ;
  • a summary of your article in English and in Polish;
  • bibliography;
  • a permission to print works of art, images, figures, and other elements that accompany the text;
  • author's statement available here: https://wydawnictwo.us.edu.pl/node/1991.

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