Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie

„The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies” ISSN 1230-0780, e-ISSN 2719-4337 is a periodical of the University of Szczecin, the Faculty of Theology. It is a yearbook and it is edited since 1992 by the Diocesan Theological Seminary in Koszalin, and since 2015, he has been a co-publisher with the University of Szczecin. The published articles are mostly theological ones. Moreover, there are some of humanistic fields such as history, philosophy, psychology or social science. Fr. Zdzisław Kroplewski (1992–1999), Fr. Zygmunt Czaja (2000–2003), Fr. Edward Sienkiewicz (2003–2014), Fr. Janusz Bujak (2014-2022) were the editors of the journal. Since 2022 Fr. Radosław Mazur has been the editor-in-chief.
    The yearbook is on the list of point journals of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (the point journals listing 2024) – 40 points. The journal „The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies” is available in both paper and electronic form, with the electronic version being the original. The aim of the journal is to promote the theological thoughts in the diocese and its scholastic achievements all around Poland.
   The periodical of „The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies” is archived by the Polish National Library and its publishing policy is deposited in Sherpa/Romeo. Some articles are published in English and, less frequently, in Italian or German. This allows for the international dissemination of research conducted at Polish research centres and creates opportunities for promoting the research of foreign authors in the Polish academic community.

The editor-in-chief
Fr. dr Radosław Mazur

Thanks to funding from the State Budget under the programme "Development of scientific journals" and contract RCN/SP/0310/2021/1 2022-2024, articles from the latest issue of "Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies" 2023 no. 30, "Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies" 2023 Anniversary issue and  "Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies" 2024 no. 31 have been translated into English.

Full texts of the articles in English:
http://skkkoszalin.pl/skk_30_2023.htm
http://skkkoszalin.pl/skk_30_2023_eng.htm

http://skkkoszalin.pl/skk_nrjubil_2023.htm
http://skkkoszalin.pl/skk_nrjubil_2023_eng.htm

http://skkkoszalin.pl/skk_31_2024.htm
http://skkkoszalin.pl/skk_31_2024_eng.htm

In international databases journal is indexed:

• CEJSH
• CEEOL
• BazHum
• ICI Journals Master List
• Polish Scholarly Bibliography
• ERIHPlus
• EBSCO
• DOAJ
• Most Wiedzy
• Biblioteka Nauki

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