Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie

Persons who wish to publish their articles, reports, reviews or announcements in the annual “The Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Studies” should send the text in electronic form by completing the form available on the WNUS platform. Authors do not pay for the publication of articles in “The Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Studies” journal and do not receive remuneration for their publication. Preliminary acceptance of an article takes approximately two weeks, the review process up to four months, and publication up to six months in total.

Texts for publication in accordance with the guidelines below are accepted via the form available on the WNUS platform https://wnus.usz.edu.pl/skk/en/ – tab Submit a manuscript

Before publication, authors are required to submit a personal questionnaire along with declarations.

The editorial team will not commence work on texts that do not meet the requirements listed below.

Articles for “The Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Studies” are accepted until 31 December of the year preceding publication.

Articles published in the journal “The Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Studies” are licensed under CC BY-SA. Authors retain full copyright to their articles. An agreement is signed between the author and the purchaser for a free licence to the works under a CC BY-SA sub-licence. Authors grant a non-exclusive and free licence to use the work, without territorial or time restrictions. The licence agreement includes the author's permission to send the metadata of the scientific text and the text itself to databases indexing the journal. Authors do not incur any fees related to the publishing process. Texts published in Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie are also made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence (CC BY-SA) on the same terms.

When submitting a publication via the journal platform of the Scientific Publishing House of the University of Szczecin, the author signs a declaration (by ticking the box) that:

• is the author of the submitted work, which has not been published anywhere else before;
• has the right to this article and does not infringe on the copyrights of third parties;
• is aware of the legal responsibility for incorrect data or other harmful actions;
• confirms that all materials used in the work that were not created by him/her personally have been properly cited and attributed to their rightful authors, in accordance with applicable academic and ethical standards.

The text should be accompanied by a personal questionnaire containing:

• title of the work,
• first name, surname, academic degree or title of the author of the work (all authors should be listed, indicating the extent of their contribution),
• affiliation of each author (including the academic unit),
• ORCID number of each author,
• e-mail address for correspondence with the contact person,
• a short author's note according to the following template: first and last name, possible affiliation with the clergy, academic degree or title, academic position or functions performed, postal address (work), e-mail address, telephone number (if applicable), e.g.: Jan Kowalski, Catholic priest, professor of humanities in the field of philosophy, Institute of Theological Sciences, University of Szczecin, correspondence address: 71-459 Szczecin, ul. Pawła VI 2, e-mail: jan.kowalski@gmail.com,
• possible source of funding for the research that led to the work, e.g. grant, scholarship.

The text must be accompanied by a statement regarding the originality of the article (ghostwriting barrier). The ghostwriting barrier is a procedure required for the parametric evaluation of a scientific journal to ensure the originality of scientific publications. Readers must have no doubt that the authors are presenting the results of their own scientific work. If they have used the assistance of a specialised entity (natural or legal person), they must inform readers of this fact in a transparent manner (e.g. through appropriate references).

Personal questionnaire skk_kwestionariusz_osobowy.pdf.
Statement attached skk_oswiadczenie_autora_zapora_ghostwriting_ang.pdf.
Certificate of originality of the article attached skk_zaswiadczenie_autora_ang.pdf.

Procedure for withdrawal of a publication by the Author
Withdrawal of a publication by the Author is possible only at his request via a form (link) sent electronically to the Editorial Office's e-mail address. In the case of a co-authored publication, the form must be accepted by each of the Authors, which is confirmed by a statement from the Author contacting the Editorial Office.

The procedure for withdrawing a publication varies depending on the current stage of the publishing process:

1. before the review process – withdrawal is possible without the need to provide detailed justification.
2. during the review process and after acceptance for printing, but before publication – detailed justification for withdrawal is required.

If the withdrawal of the publication constitutes a violation of publishing ethics by the Author, the Editorial Board will inform the Author's affiliating institution of this fact. The request will be considered by the Editorial Board, which may consult third parties, including Reviewers, if the situation described in point 3(b) occurs. The publication will be considered formally withdrawn only after obtaining the consent of the Editorial Board, and the lack of response from the Editorial Board does not mean that the request has been accepted.

Text standards

The rules for acceptance and instructions regarding the structure of the article can be found in the attachment skk_informacje_dla_autorow_ang.pdf.

Common instructions

1. File format: extension .doc, .docx.

2. Dokument format: A4 page, margin 2,5 cm

3. Fundamental text: Times New Roman font 12 pkt., line spacing 1,5

4. Footnotes: 10 pkt. font, line spacing 1.

5.We do not format the article as well as its part or a title. We do not divide words or use the additional line spacing. We do not use the tab key for the first line. We do not undeline or use caps.

6. The author’s name and surname should be at the beginning of the article above the title. In the footnotes we put the full name of the institution the author works, the city and the e-mail.

7. The order and numering according to the pattern:

Introduction

1. …

1.1. …

1.2. …

2. … etc.

Summary

Bibliography

Abstract

Keywords

8. We add a short summary and the keywords to each article. They should be both in Polish and English. It does not apply to reports, reviews or  announcements. The text of the article must be 18 pages (up to 40 thousand signs).

Detailed instructions

1.  The quotations in the fundamental text and footnotes we put in inverted commas, ‘, in stativa not italic font (we do not use a double cursor), in the ending of the quotation retaining the order: a quotation, a footnote number, a full stop (or comma) e.g.: ’27.

2. The internal quotations (the quotations in quotations) we mark with a double quotation: «».

3. If we omit a part of a quotation in a sentence we use round brackets and ellipsis: (...). We do not use them if we skip the text of the beginning or the end of the quoted sentence.

4. We use an italic font for:

a) titles of books, journals, articles,

b) foreign phrases,

c)  important phrases we want to emphasize.

5. We use a dash in texts „–”. The hyphens (short marks) without a space: „-” we use only between numbers in dates or marking the pages e.g. 9–89. We use them also in two-words names e.g. „The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies”.

6. In footnotes we do not write the authors’ rank  e.g. Fr., prof., card., st.

7. If a particular footnote gives several publications, we divide the following ones with semicolons.

8. Referring to the earliest quotations we use the abbreviation of the title with its first three letters and the ellipsis.

9. We do not use a publisher’s name as well as publishing series or the translators’ names as far as there is not a justified situation.

10. We do not use the abbreviation for defining pages, columns, etc. but we use only the numbers.

11. In Ecclesial Documents we refer to the point not to the page number; we state the source, the place and the edition or announcement year.

12. The author’s interference we write in square brackets.

13. We use a space after each punctuation mark excepting the initials e.g. H.U. von Balthasar.

The photo and picture preparation

1. We send the pictures as the attachments in the JPG format. They must not exceed 2 MB.

2. We do not attach the pictures to the text but only mark the place we want to place them, giving the file name of the attachment.

Writing preparation

Footnotes format

1. The books, for example.

    Janusz Bujak, „May they all be one” (J 17,21). The introduction to the ecumenical issues (Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2009), 72–77.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:

Bujak, „May they all be one” (J 17,21). The introduction to the ecumenical issues, 72–77.

    Bujak, Janusz. „May they all be one” (J 17,21). The introduction to the ecumenical issues. Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2009.

2. The articles from joint publications, e.g.:

    Bernard Wodecki, “The Temple’s Role and Meaning according to the First Testament Role”, in: „The Spirit and the Bride say: Come”. The commemorative book for a professor Fr. Augustyna Jankowskiego OSB in his 85 birthday anniversary, ed. Waldemar Chrostowski (Warszawa: Vocatio, 2001), 424–425.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:

Wodecki, „The Temple’s Role and Meaning according to the First Testament Role”, 424–425.

    Wodecki, Bernard. “The Temple’s Role and Meaning according to the First Testament Role”. In: „The Spirit and the Bride say: Come”. The commemorative book for a professor Fr. Augustyna Jankowskiego OSB in his 85 birthday anniversary, ed. Waldemar Chrostowski, 424–425. Warszawa: Vocatio, 2001.   

3. The encyclopedia entry (must be a headword), e.g.:

    Waldemar Chrostowski, „The pilgrimage in Bible”, in: The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 15 (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2011), col. 482.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:

Chrostowski, „The pilgrimage in Bible”, in: The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 15 (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2011), col. 482.

    Chrostowski, Waldemar. „The pilgrimage in Bible”. In: The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15 (col. 482). Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2011.  

4. The articles from journals, e.g.:

    Janusz Lemański, „Abraham – the faith born from the experience”, The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies 16, 20, 1–2 (2013): 127–135.

(16 – an editorial year, 2013 – a year, 20 – a number, 1–2 – a notebook).

If there is a yearbook and a number or a notebook we write.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:

Lemański, „Abraham – the faith born from the experience”, 127–135.

    Lemański, Janusz. „Abraham – the faith born from the experience”. The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies 16, 20, 1–2 (2013): 127–135.

5. The electronic documents (it must be the author firstly – if there is, the title of the article or the entry, last of all the date without a space after full stops) e.g.:

    Kazimierz Dullak, „Preparation and thanksgiving (can. 909 KPK)”, Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 11, 2 (2013): 121–132, access 19.05.2013, http://www.wt.usz.edu.pl/attachments/article/296/CTO_2-2013.pdf.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:

Kazimierz Dullak, „Preparation and thanksgiving (can. 909 KPK)”, 121–132.

    Dullak, Kazimierz. „Preparation and thanksgiving (can. 909 KPK)”. Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 11, 2 (2013): 121–132. Access 19.05.2013. http://www.wt.usz.edu.pl/attachments/article/296/CTO_2-2013.pdf.

6. The websites addresses (at the end must be the access date without a space after full stops), e.g.:

    Diocese Archive in Szczecin, „About us”, access 19.05.2014, http://www.archiwum.szczecin.pl.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:

Diocese Archive in Szczecin, „About us”.

    Diocese Archive in Szczecin. „About us”. Access 19.05.2014. http://www.archiwum.szczecin.pl.

Additionally, please refer to the guidelines for footnotes and bibliographies from the Scientific Publishing House of the University of Szczecin: styl_Chicago_WNUS.pdf and ogolne_wymogi_wnus_ang.pdf.

Chicago WNUS style

Creating citations and footnotes in Chicago style:

1. All citations in the text refer the reader to the appropriate source of information in the footnotes at the end of the quoted sentence.
2. Footnotes are a list of sources organised and numbered according to the serial number of the quoted sentence.
3. The first quoted sentence has a superscript number 1. The second quoted sentence has a superscript number 2, and so on.
4. Superscript numbers (footnote references) are placed before punctuation marks.
5. Footnotes are placed on the same page as the quoted sentence, at the bottom of the page.
6. Footnotes are usually separated from the text by a line.
7. Footnote format: footnote number. Author's first and last name, source title (place of publication: publisher, year of publication), page number (without ‘p.’ or ‘pp.’).

An example of using Chicago style citation and referencing:

Sociology is the study of ourselves, our own behaviour, interactions and changes in society. Sociology is a new science on a very old subject¹. This is indeed the case. The concept of sociology was only introduced in 1838 by August Comte. Sociology deals with the study of human societies². As we can see, everything that surrounds us and influences the current situation has a certain basis, which is the study of people referred to as sociologists.

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¹ Anthony Giddens. Sociology: A Concise but Critical Introduction. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Zysk i S-ka, 2001, 18.
² Piotr Sztompka. Sociology: An Analysis of Societies. Kraków: Znak, 2002, 11.

Creating a Chicago-style bibliography:

1. The title ‘Bibliography’ is bolded.
2. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order.
3. The first line of each entry is aligned with the left margin, and each subsequent line is indented five spaces from the left margin.
5. The bibliography is located at the very end of the text.
6. Bibliography format:
Author's surname, first name, middle name, book title. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication.