Information For Authors
ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES
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The journal operates according to the diamond open access model. This means that:
- the journal does not charge any submission fees,
- the journal does not charge fees for the peer-review process, editorial processing, or the publication of an article (Article Processing Charges – APCs),
- access to the journal’s content is completely free of charge for all readers worldwide.
At the same time, as of 2026, authors of articles that have been finally accepted for publication after the completion of the peer-review process are required to pay a mandatory professional language editing fee.
In 2026, this fee amounts to: 400 PLN or 100 EUR
This is a flat-rate fee, regardless of the length of the article.
The language editing fee:
- is charged only after the final acceptance of the text for publication,
- does not constitute a submission fee, a peer-review fee, or a publication fee,
- does not affect the substantive evaluation of the text or the editorial decision to accept or reject the article,
- serves solely to ensure the high linguistic and editorial standard of published articles.
The costs of running the journal, including in particular the maintenance of the OJS publishing platform, editorial support, DOI registration, and digital archiving, are covered by:
- the Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe as the publisher,
- grants and ministerial programmes supporting publishing and scholarly activity,
- cooperating institutions – primarily the University of Lodz and other academic centres supporting the development and dissemination of the journal.
PLAGIARISM CHECKING
Manuscripts are subject to plagiarism checking. Journal editors use Crossref Similarity Check (powered by iThenticate) to ensure the originality of submissions.
SUBMISSIONS
In view of the monographic character of each issue of the journal, please contact the Assistant Editor (Paulina Sztabińska, p_sztabinska@op.pl) for information on the theme of the currently prepared volume.
The theme of each issue is determined in January of each year. Only manuscripts written in English are considered for publication. Each submission must include keywords, abstracts in both Polish and English, and a biographical note in English. Manuscripts are accepted until 31 July. We kindly ask authors to notify us in advance of their intention to submit a paper by sending its title and a short abstract, which will serve as the basis for the preliminary selection of articles.
Please ensure that all footnotes and bibliographical references conform to the guidelines set out in The Chicago Manual of Style (see the online citation guide: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html).
