Author guidelines

 

Guidelines for Authors Submitting Papers

for Publication in “Tematy i Konteksty”

 

General Information:

1. The Editorial Board accepts only original works that have not been published elsewhere. The length of the submitted article should not exceed 40,000 characters. Articles that significantly exceed this limit will not be subjected to the peer review process.

2. The Editorial Board must obtain information from the author regarding the sources of publication funding, the contribution of research institutions, associations, or other entities.

3. On the title pages of each article, the Editorial Board includes: the article’s title, the author’s name, affiliation, Digital Object Identifier (DOI), and the author's unique ORCID identifier. Authors are required to provide their ORCID identifier prior to publication.

4. In accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Editorial Board introduces measures to prevent cases of ghostwriting and guest authorship.
   a) Definitions:

• ghostwriting occurs when someone contributes significantly to the creation of a publication but does not have their involvement acknowledged as an author or mentioned in the acknowledgments section.

• guest authorship (honorary authorship) occurs when the author's contribution is minimal or nonexistent, but they are still listed as an author or co-author of the publication.

2. Procedure to combat ghostwriting and guest authorship in “Tematy i Konteksty”:

• ghostwriting and guest authorship are considered forms of academic dishonesty, and any detected cases will be exposed by the Editorial Board, including notifying relevant parties (institutions employing authors, scientific societies, editorial associations, etc.).

• the Editorial Board requires authors to disclose the contributions of each author to the publication (including their affiliation and contribution, such as who is responsible for the concept, assumptions, methods, protocols, etc. used in preparing the publication). The author submitting the manuscript assumes primary responsibility.

• the Editorial Board will document all instances of academic dishonesty, particularly violations of ethical standards in science.

4. Acceptance of a paper for publication in “Tematy i Konteksty” means the authors transfer the copyright to the publication to the Rzeszów University Press.

5. The manuscript should be submitted in an electronic form via the journal’s website.

6. If the article includes photographs or other graphic images, the author is responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder for their publication.

 

Instructions for Article Structure:

8. The article should include the following elements (in the specified order):
   a) author’s name (or authors’ names),
   b) author’s affiliation (or authors’ affiliations),
   c) title,
   d) title and abstract in English (up to 900 characters with spaces),
   e) keywords in Polish,
   f) keywords in English,
   g) the main text of the article (in Polish, English, or German),
   h) bibliography.

9. The scientific article should present “a specific scientific issue in an original and creative way, either problem-based or comprehensive” and should include “footnotes, bibliography, or other appropriate scholarly apparatus for the given discipline.” “A scientific article may also be a review article” (see § 9 of the Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of February 22, 2019, on the evaluation of scientific activity quality).

 

Instructions for Editorial Preparation of the Text:

10. Technical guidelines for preparing the article:
    a) recommended formatting:

• main text: 12-point font, Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing;

• footnotes: 10-point font, single line spacing (references to footnotes are placed before punctuation marks, directly after the text, e.g., text¹, “text”¹, text¹.);

• paragraph indentations: use ‘Enter’ at the end of a paragraph (do not use the tab key for paragraph indentation);

• margins: 2.5 cm.
  b) illustrative material:

• in addition to being placed in the text, illustrations should be submitted as separate files, with their names specified;

• photographs – files in tif, jpg, or pdf format, with a resolution of at least 300 dpi (for reproductions), or originals of sufficient quality for scanning;

• drawings – in cdr, wmf, ai, or pdf format, good quality for reproduction.

The publisher may require authors to make necessary technical or linguistic corrections to drawings/graphs created in specialized programs. Authors who do not agree to adjustments in graphs/drawings/schematics/tables in the text should indicate this when submitting their manuscript to the Editorial Board. The inclusion of coloured illustrations/graphs in the journal requires prior approval.

11. Instructions for the layout of the main text:

• titles of books, articles, musical works, plays, paintings should be italicized;

• titles of exhibitions, conferences, scientific sessions, contests, etc. should be in Roman type and in quotation marks;

• quotes from sources and subject literature should be in Roman type and in quotation marks;

• all quotes should be accompanied by bibliographic references (in footnotes);

• the first time a person is mentioned, both first and last names should be provided; for subsequent mentions, only the last name is required;

• when writing dates, we follow one of the three formats: either 3 October 1961, 3 X 1961, or 3. 10. 1961;

• the correct form is both “the 1990s” and “the 90s,” but one form should be chosen and used consistently;

• for periods, such as 1939–1945, use an en dash with no spaces, similarly for page ranges, e.g., p. 11–20;

• a hyphen is used for compound surnames, e.g., Kelles-Krauz, Skłodowska-Curie, and compound adjectives: white-red, etc.

• avoid using Cyrillic – titles or excerpts from texts in Russian, Ukrainian, etc., should be provided in transliteration;

12. Instructions for the formatting of footnotes:

• use the traditional format – at the bottom of the column;

• in traditional footnotes, use Latin formulations (idem, eadem, op. cit., ibidem in italics). Bibliographic elements should be separated by commas, e.g., M. Dąbrowska, Dzienniki powojenne, vol. 2: 1950–1980, 2nd ed., London 1989.

13. Bibliographic references in footnotes:

• monographs: author’s initials and last name, title and subtitle, volume and part number (with a colon, e.g., vol. 1:), place and year of publication, page number;

• edited books: title and subtitle, editor(s) initials and last name, place and year of publication, page number;

• articles in collected works: author’s initials and last name, title (in italics), [in:], followed by the description as for a monograph;

• articles in journals: author’s initials and last name, title (in italics), journal title (in Roman type and quotation marks), year of journal publication, issue number, page number.