Current Call for Papers
Call for Papers Silesian Studies 2023, volume 93
Previous Call for Papers
Call for Papers Silesian Studies 2022, volumes 90-91
Call for Papers Silesian Studies 2020, volumes 86-87 – the deadline has been extended
Current Call for Papers
Call for Papers Silesian Studies 2023, volume 93
Previous Call for Papers
Call for Papers Silesian Studies 2022, volumes 90-91
Call for Papers Silesian Studies 2020, volumes 86-87 – the deadline has been extended
Submitted articles:
1. “Silesian Studies” are the venue for the publication of original studies, materials and contributions to research. It is not allowed to publish the results of the same research in more than one journal.
2. By submitting the article for publication in “Silesian Studies,” you accept the editorial procedure applied by the editorial office and provide the declaration stating that the article is the result of your original work, the results of which have been submitted solely for publication in “Silesian Studies.”
3. In your declaration you confirm that in the process of data collection and analysis, as well as the creation of the article submitted, the “Silesian Studies” publication ethics have not been violated.
Download: Author declaration in English
4. You can send your texts in electronic form by e-mail to the Editor-in-chief: b.kuswik@instytutslaski.pl and/or the Editorial Office Secretary: r.wieczorek@instytutslaski.pl, as a *.doc, *.docx or *.rtf file. Apart from name and surname, you are requested to state the name of your home research institution, the ORCID identifier, as well as available contact data (postal address, e-mail address, telephone number).
5. By submitting your article you express your obligation to acknowledge and rightfully refer to other researchers’ works which you used in your article.
6. All articles sent to the Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” for publication are kept in confidence until the moment of the publication. It entails that data, arguments or interpretations presented in the articles shall not be used until the moment of the publication.
7. The Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” does not charge you for the submission of the article or the evaluation process (the article review). The costs of work connected with the text evaluation are covered by the publisher of “Silesian Studies,” i.e. the Silesian Institute.
8. Your suggestions concerning the names of reviewers for your article evaluation shall not be considered binding for the publisher in any respect.
9. Articles or reviews not consistent with the profile or the mission of the journal are not accepted.
10. By submitting your article to “Silesian Studies,” you take responsibility for the acquisition of consents required for the use of any materials covered by any third parties’ copyright (the publication of any materials protected by copyright in “Silesian Studies” is allowed on condition of your prior submission of the copyright owner’s written consent to the Editorial Office).
11. The entire contents of the journal are subject to the reviewing procedure / all research articles published in the journal “Silesian Studies” undergo the reviewing procedure (For details concerning the reviewing process in “Silesian Studies” see below in the Review section).
12. The author who has submitted a text for publication in “Silesian Studies” is obliged to participate in its entire reviewing process.
13. In “Silesian Studies”, only the articles that have received two positive reviews are published.
14. As an author, you are obliged to rectify flaws.
15. All the authors of a given article must have a substantial contribution in the creation of that work.
16. In order to prevent any cases of scholarly misconduct, such as ghostwriting or guest authorship (the catalogue of prohibited practices), the Editorial Office has introduced the following solutions in accordance with the recommendation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education:
16. 1. The authors of a publication are obliged to determine individual shares in its creation (including the statement of the affiliations and contributions, i.e. the information on the authorship of the concepts, assumptions, methods etc. used in the preparation of the publication). The main responsibility for this provision rests upon the author who submits the manuscript.
16.2. Any revealed cases of ghostwriting (the omission of the contribution of another person) and guest authorship (the scarce or non-existent contribution of an author or a co-author) or any other prohibited practices shall be exposed, which entails the notification of the bodies concerned (home institutions, scientific societies, scientific editors’ societies etc.), as well as the publication of this information in the journal “Silesian Studies” and its website.
17. The Editorial Office reserves the right to return the text for expansion and/or abridgement at your consent.
18. Together with your article, review or report sent for publication in “Silesian Studies”, you submit the Author declaration (link below), in which you transfer the right to use the text to the journal editing institution, i.e. the Silesian Institute. The editing institution is obliged on its part to respect your moral rights for the text and provide information concerning its authorship at each instance of use.
19. All contents published in “Silesian Studies” are legally protected by the formula “Copyright © Instytut Śląski.”
20. After article publication in “Silesian Studies” you receive one copy of the printed journal sent free-of-charge to the address specified in the Author declaration (should you prefer to have the item sent to a different address, please notify the Editorial Office). Each author or co-author is entitled to one copy.
21. The article may not exceed 2 author’s sheets (80,000 characters including spaces, including the summary and the bibliography). The text layout: 30 lines per page, ca. 60 characters per line. It is allowed to present an article consisting of several parts, up to 2 author’s sheets each. All parts of the article need to be submitted at the same time.
22. Your data should be provided only on the title page of the article. The remaining part should not include any information that might indicate your identity, which means that quotation of your own works should be likewise avoided. The Editorial Office reserves the right to edit fragments that reveal your identity for the purpose of anonymisation.
23. Summary: The article should be accompanied with a summary in the same language as the text itself, of the length 150–300 words. It should include the main theses of the work, the research problem addressed therein (in justified cases the research questions, and the research techniques and methods applied), the kind of data used, as well as the main results and conclusions. The summary shall not include the repetition of the article title. If it is not too strenuous, its translation into German and English may be added.
24. Keywords and bibliography: The article should also include 3–5 keywords and the list of the works cited (in the form of an annexed bibliography of references).
25. Credits: You may express thanks to individual persons or groups under a common name (e.g. interviewers, statisticians, etc.); however, their roles in the article creation should always be clearly specified (e.g. data acquisition, a critical opinion to the first draft, etc.). The credits should also reveal any sources of support – financial or other – for the research described. This section shall be placed between the contents of the article and its bibliography.
26. Bibliography: At the end of the article you should provide the complete list of sources and bibliographical items cited in the article. It should not include any titles not referred to in the article.
27. The materials covered by third parties’ copyright: It is your responsibility to obtain permissions to include such materials in your publication. Vast fragments of text (i.e. larger than the quotation right permits), illustrations, drawings, diagrams, charts, etc. originating from other sources protected by copyright may be used only on condition that you have provided, prior to that, the written consent of the copyright owner for the publication in “Silesian Studies.”
28. Graphic elements and charts: Any graphics included in the article must be provided in high-resolution files and be duly attributed (title, description, source).
28.1. Photographs: Images of persons my be published only at their consent and in cases when no such consent is required. Photographs covered by third parties’ copyright shall be published on the terms described in point 27.
28.2. Charts: They must be provided in an editable format.
28.3. Drawings, diagrams: They must be provided in an editable format as regards their sizes, legends, tags, titles.
28.4. Graphs: They must be provided in an editable format, as regards their sizes, legends, tags, axes, titles, headings.
28.5. Maps: They must be provided in the highest resolution possible, in grayscale – if it ensures the clear presentation of the data.
29. The expected annotation method:
29.1. When referring for the first time, you should provide the following: the initial of the name and the full surname of the author, the whole title in italics, the place and year of the publication. A comma should separate each of these elements. If there are several works, please separate them with a semicolon.
29.2. When referring to collective works, after the title please provide the initial of the name and the full surname of the editor preceded with the abbreviation “pod red.” or “opr.” [in English: “ed.”] in accordance with the description on the title-page.
29.3. When quoting again, after the surname please add the Latin abbreviation “op. cit.” Similarly, if the situation requires, please use Latin abbreviations, such as “ibid.,” “idem,” “eadem.” When quoting several works by the same author, please provide the shortened forms of the titles.
29.4. When referring to a journal, please provide its year and number; provide the precise day as well, if applicable.
29.5. When referring to sources from the Internet, please provide the access date as well: “(access: dd.mm.yyyy).”
29.6. Please find the details concerning the reference and bibliography preparation here:
Editorial rules
30. The Editorial Office reserves the right to refuse to accept articles that fail to comply with the requirements concerning the work structure, text formatting or bibliography preparation.
Download: Review form in English (.docx)
Reviewer:
1. Reviewer: An external expert, selected by the Editorial Office for the preparation of a written evaluation of an article in order to improve the study/work.
2. Reviewers of articles submitted to “Silesian Studies” are specialists in the fields encompassing the research problems of given works, with at least the doctor’s degree. Reviewers are selected from beyond the Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” or a given author’s home institution.
3. Reviewers should be persons not involved in any conflicts of interests with a given research work, author or sponsor. Potential conflicts of interests include direct personal relationships (kinship, civil partnerships, private disputes) or professional relationships.
4. Being a reviewer, you are obliged to maintain confidentiality with regards to the article received for evaluation. It entails among others the non-use of data, arguments or interpretations included therein prior to the publication.
5. The list of reviewers in “Silesian Studies” and the reviewing rules are made public on the journal website. The names of the reviewers of particular articles are not disclosed.
Review:
6. Review: A written evaluation of an article in order to raise the knowledge and the quality of research through improving the study/work, or a negative opinion as regards its suitability for publication. This evaluation must have the foundation in the article reviewed and the expert knowledge.
7. A review has a written form and is finished with an explicit conclusion stating whether the article reviewed is suitable for publication or should be rejected. The final conclusion evolves from the arguments presented throughout the review.
7.1. A review is formulated in accordance with the Review form of “Silesian Studies” (download Review form in Polish (.docx) or Review form in English (.docx)).
7.2 Particular remarks may be conveyed as comments within the article reviewed.
8. Reviews must be submitted without delay and relate to the article in a precise, kind, impartial manner, while the evaluation must be well-grounded. They should provide authors with clear, constructive and detailed feedback in a way that leaves room for response to the remarks presented.
9. As a reviewer, you are entitled to a fee. The costs of reviews for “Silesian Studies” are covered by the Silesian Institute. The review fee does not depend on the final conclusion pertaining to the article quality.
Reviewing procedure
10. Reviewing: the acquisition of reviewers’ evaluations of particular articles.
11. Texts are subject to preliminary evaluation with respect to the form and the contents, performed by the Editorial Office.
12. The Editorial Office requests potential reviewers for evaluation. The selection of potential and final reviewers is made solely on the basis of previously determined substantive and ethical conditions.
13. Anonymised articles are provided by the Editorial Office.
14. Articles are reviewed confidentially and anonymously by two external reviewers under the double-blind principle (i.e. neither authors nor reviewers know each other’s identity).
15. In case of resigning the reviewer must inform with no delay the Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies”, obligatorily explaining the reasons.
16. The Editorial Office and reviewers are obliged to issue objective opinions and judgements. The double-blind procedure and the selection of reviewers from beyond a given author’s home institution render it possible.
17. As a reviewer, you are obliged to report to the Editorial Office any suspicions in relation to the author’s supposed unethical practices, especially in case of any substantial similarities between the article reviewed and any works known to the reviewer.
18. On the reception of the review, the Editorial Office sends it in an anonymised form to the author with a request to respond to it by entering relevant amendments and/or – should there be a descripancy to discuss – by preparing a written response.
19. Being a reviewer, in cases justified by the contents of the review, you have the right to demand a renewed insight into the amended article.
20. If two diverging reviews are issued, the Editorial Office may refer the article in question to a third external review or reject the work.
The Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” keeps yearly statistics showing the quantitative proportion of the articles submitted to the ones published.
Submitted articles:
1. “Silesian Studies” are the venue for the publication of original studies, materials and contributions to research. It is not allowed to publish the results of the same research in more than one journal.
2. By submitting the article for publication in “Silesian Studies,” you accept the editorial procedure applied by the editorial office and provide the declaration stating that the article is the result of your original work, the results of which have been submitted solely for publication in “Silesian Studies.”
3. In your declaration you confirm that in the process of data collection and analysis, as well as the creation of the article submitted, the “Silesian Studies” publication ethics have not been violated.
Download: Author declaration in English
4. You can send your texts in electronic form by e-mail to the Editor-in-chief: b.kuswik@instytutslaski.pl and/or the Editorial Office Secretary: r.wieczorek@instytutslaski.pl, as a *.doc, *.docx or *.rtf file. Apart from name and surname, you are requested to state the name of your home research institution, the ORCID identifier, as well as available contact data (postal address, e-mail address, telephone number).
5. By submitting your article you express your obligation to acknowledge and rightfully refer to other researchers’ works which you used in your article.
6. All articles sent to the Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” for publication are kept in confidence until the moment of the publication. It entails that data, arguments or interpretations presented in the articles shall not be used until the moment of the publication.
7. The Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” does not charge you for the submission of the article or the evaluation process (the article review). The costs of work connected with the text evaluation are covered by the publisher of “Silesian Studies,” i.e. the Silesian Institute.
8. Your suggestions concerning the names of reviewers for your article evaluation shall not be considered binding for the publisher in any respect.
9. Articles or reviews not consistent with the profile or the mission of the journal are not accepted.
10. By submitting your article to “Silesian Studies,” you take responsibility for the acquisition of consents required for the use of any materials covered by any third parties’ copyright (the publication of any materials protected by copyright in “Silesian Studies” is allowed on condition of your prior submission of the copyright owner’s written consent to the Editorial Office).
11. The entire content of the journal is subject to the reviewing procedure / all research articles published in the journal “Silesian Studies” undergo the reviewing procedure (For details concernig the reviewing process in “Silesian Studies” see below in the Review section).
12. The author who has submitted a text for publication in “Silesian Studies” is obliged to participate in its entire reviewing process.
13. In “Silesian Studies”, only the articles that have received two positive reviews are published.
14. As an author, you are obliged to rectify flaws.
15. All the authors of a given article must have a substantial contribution in the creation of that work.
16. In order to prevent any cases of scholarly misconduct, such as ghostwriting or guest authorship (the catalogue of prohibited practices), the Editorial Office has introduced the following solutions in accordance with the recommendation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education:
16. 1. The authors of a publication are obliged to determine individual shares in its creation (including the statement of the affiliations and contributions, i.e. the information on the authorship of the concepts, assumptions, methods etc. used in the preparation of the publication). The main responsibility for this provision rests upon the author who submits the manuscript.
16.2. Any revealed cases of ghostwriting (the omission of the contribution of another person) and guest authorship (the scarce or non-existent contribution of an author or a co-author) or any other prohibited practices shall be exposed, which entails the notification of the bodies concerned (home institutions, scientific societies, scientific editors’ societies etc.), as well as the publication of this information in the journal “Silesian Studies” and its website.
17. The Editorial Office reserves the right to return the text for expansion and/or abridgement at your consent.
18. Together with your article, review or report sent for publication in “Silesian Studies”, you submit the Author declaration (link below), in which you transfer the right to use the text to the journal editing institution, i.e. the Silesian Institute. The editing institution is obliged on its part to respect your moral rights for the text and provide information concerning its authorship at each instance of use.
19. All contents published in “Silesian Studies” are legally protected by the formula “Copyright © Instytut Śląski.”
20. After article publication in “Silesian Studies” you receive one copy of the printed journal sent free-of-carge to the address specified in the Author declaration (should you prefer to have the item sent to a different address, please notify the Editorial Office). Each author or co-author is entitled to one copy.
21. The article may not exceed 2 author’s sheets (80,000 characters including spaces, including the summary and the bibliography). The text layout: 30 lines per page, ca. 60 characters per line. It is allowed to present an article consisting of several parts, up to 2 author’s sheets each. All parts of the article need to be submitted at the same time.
22. Your data should be provided only on the title page of the article. The remaining part should not include any information that might indicate your identity, which means that quotation of your own works should be likewise avoided. The Editorial Office reserves the right to edit fragments that reveal your identity for the purpose of anonymisation.
23. Summary: The article should be accompanied with a summary in the same language as the text itself, of the length 150–300 words. It should include the main theses of the work, the research problem addressed therein (in justified cases the research questions, and the research techniques and methods applied), the kind of data used, as well as the main results and conclusions. The summary shall not include the repetition of the article title. If it is not too strenuous, its translation into German and English may be added.
24. Keywords and bibliography: The article should also include 3–5 keywords and the list of the works cited (in the form of an annexed bibliography of references).
25. Credits: You may express your thanks to individual persons or groups under a common name (e.g. interviewers, statisticians, etc.); however, their roles in the article creation should always be clearly specified (e.g. data acquisition, a critical opinion to the first draft, etc.). The credits should also reveal any sources of support – financial or other – for the research described. This section shall be placed between the contents of the article and its bibliography.
26. Bibliography: At the end of the article you should provide the complete list of sources and bibliographical items cited in the article. It should not include any titles not referred to in the article.
27. The materials covered by third parties’ copyright: It is your responsibility to obtain permissions to include such materials in your publication. Vast fragments of text (i.e. larger than the quotation right permits), illustrations, drawings, diagrams, charts, etc. originating from other sources protected by copyright may be used only on condition that you have provided, prior to that, the written consent of the copyright owner for the publication in “Silesian Studies.”
28. Graphic elements and charts: Any graphics included in the article must be provided in high-resolution files and be duly attributed (title, description, source).
28.1. Photographs: Images of persons my be published only at their consent and in cases when no such consent is required. Photographs covered by third parties’ copyright shall be published on the terms described in point 27.
28.2. Charts: They must be provided in an editable format.
28.3. Drawings, diagrams: They must be provided in an editable format as regards their sizes, legends, tags, titles.
28.4. Graphs: They must be provided in an editable format, as regards their sizes, legends, tags, axes, titles, headings.
28.5. Maps: They must be provided in the highest resolution possible, in grayscale – if it ensures the clear presentation of the data.
29. The expected annotation method:
29.1. When referring for the first time, you should provide the following: the initial of the name and the full surname of the author, the whole title in italics, the place and year of the publication. A comma should separate each of these elements. If there are several works, please separate them with a semicolon.
29.2. When referring to collective works, after the title please provide the initial of the name and the full surname of the editor preceded with the abbreviation “pod red.” or “opr.” [in English: “ed.”] in accordance with the description on the title-page.
29.3. When quoting again, after the surname please add the Latin abbreviation “op. cit.” Similarly, if the situation requires, please use Latin abbreviations, such as “ibid.,” “idem,” “eadem.” When quoting several works by the same author, please provide the shortened forms of the titles.
29.4. When referring to a journal, please provide its year and number; provide the precise day as well, if applicable.
29.5. When referring to sources from the Internet, please provide the access date as well: “(access: dd.mm.yyyy).”
29.6. Please find the details concerning the reference and bibliography preparation here:
Editorial rules
30. The Editorial Office reserves the right to refuse to accept articles that fail to comply with with the requirements concerning the work structure, text formatting or bibliography preparation.
Download: Review form in English (.docx)
Reviewer:
1. Reviewer: An external expert, selected by the Editorial Office for the preparation of a written evaluation of an article in order to improve the study/work.
2. Reviewers of articles submitted to “Silesian Studies” are specialists in the fields encompassing the research problems of given works, with at least the doctor’s degree. Reviewers are selected from beyond the Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” or a given author’s home institution.
3. Reviewers should be persons not involved in any conflicts of interests with a given research work, author or sponsor. Potential conflicts of interests include direct personal relationships (kinship, civil partnerships, private disputes) or professional relationships.
4. Being a reviewer, you are obliged to maintain confidentiality with regards to the article received for evaluation. It entails among others the non-use of data, arguments or interpretations included therein prior to the publication.
5. The list of reviewers in “Silesian Studies” and the reviewing rules are made public on the journal website. The names of the reviewers of particular articles are not disclosed.
Review:
6. Review: A written evaluation of an article in order to raise the knowledge and the quality of research through improving the study/work, or a negative opinion as regards its suitability for publicaton. This evaluation must have the foundation in the article reviewed and the expert knowledge.
7. A review has a written form and is finished with an explicit conclusion stating whether the article reviewed is suitable for publication or should be rejected. The final conclusion evolves from the arguments presented throughout the review.
7.1. A review is formulated in accordance with the Review form of “Silesian Studies” (download Review form in Polish (.docx) or Review form in English (.docx)).
7.2 Particular remarks may be conveyed as comments within the article reviewed.
8. Reviews must be submitted without delay and relate to the article in a precise, kind, impartial manner, while the evaluation must be well-grounded. They should provide authors with clear, constructive and detailed feedback in a way that leaves room for response to the remarks presented.
9. As a reviewer, you are entitled to a fee. The costs of reviews for “Silesian Studies” are covered by the Silesian Institute. The review fee does not depend on the final conclusion pertaining to the article quality.
Reviewing procedure
10. Reviewing: the acquisition of reviewers’ evaluations of particular articles.
11. Texts are subject to preliminary evaluation with respect to the form and the contents, performed by the Editorial Office.
12. The Editorial Office requests potential reviewers for evaluation. The selection of potential and final reviewers is made solely on the basis of previously determined substantive and ethical conditions.
13. Anonymised articles are provided by the Editorial Office.
14. Articles are reviewed confidentially and anonymously by two external reviewers under the double-blind principle (i.e. neither authors nor reviewers know each other’s identity).
15. In case of resigning the reviewer must inform with no delay the Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies”, obligatorily explaining the reasons.
16. The Editorial Office and reviewers are obliged to issue objective opinions and judgements. The double-blind procedure and the selection of reviewers from beyond a given author’s home institution render it possible.
17. As a reviewer, you are obliged to report to the Editorial Office any suspicions in relation to the author’s supposed unethical practices, especially in case of any substantial similarities between the article reviewed and any works known to the reviewer.
18. On the reception of the review, the Editorial Office sends it in an anonymised form to the author with a request to respond to it by entering relevant amendments and/or – should there be a descripancy to discuss – by preparing a written response.
19. Being a reviewer, in cases justified by the contents of the review, you have the right to demand a renewed insight into the amended article.
20. If two diverging reviews are issued, the Editorial Office may refer the article in question to a third external review or reject the work.
The Editorial Office of “Silesian Studies” keeps yearly statistics showing the quantitative proportion of the articles submitted to the ones published.