About the Journal

Focus and Scope of Journal

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Historica is a magazine edited since 1945. Initially it was published as Scientific Papers of the University of Lodz, Series I, Humanities and Social Sciences. In 1975 it changed the title to Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Scientific Papers of the University of Lodz, Series I, Humanities and Social Sciences. Then an additional term Folia Historica for all historical works was used for the first time as well. All issues of the periodical have been published under the current title since 1980. When the Review of Historical Sciences was firstly published in 2002, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Historica changed its character to more complementary to the leading-to-be historical periodical of Lodz. Close relation between both magazines is possible thanks to the same Editor’s Office and Program Board. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Historica publishes scientific articles concerning history of Poland and universal history from antiquity to modern times. The chief editor of the magazine is Zbigniew Anusik.

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Membership in COPE

In accordance with the recommendations stipulated by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in the amended Higher Education Act, we apply the principles of publishing ethics, following the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In September 2018, COPE and the University of Łódź concluded an agreement, which is an expression of appreciation for the publishing policy implemented for our journals.

COPE, which federates 10,000 members representing all academic branches from around the world, provides publishers with expertise in publishing ethics, offers advice on how to react to violations, and constitutes a forum where its members can exchange knowledge and experience by presenting specific cases regarding ethical issues.

For authors and reviewers, COPE membership is a guarantee that a publisher maintains the highest ethical standards and follows the rules stipulated within COPE’s code of practice.

Peer Review Process 

Each text is qualified for publication by the Editorial Board in collaboration with the members of the Scientific Council after two opinions of independent reviewers from outside of the scientific unit affiliated by the Author of the publication.

Author (Authors) of the publication and the Reviewers are anonymous for each other (double-blinde review proces).

The review is in writing form and contains a clear conclusion of the Reviewer regarding the admission of the article to publication or its rejection. 

The list of the Reviewers is published once a year in the last numer of the periodical.

Open Access Policy

All articles are published in Open Access and use open license  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Due to the implementation of the policy of open access to science works, the University of Lodz uses the Author’s right to deposit the work in the Repository of the University of Lodz and other distribution platforms, and the Author notes not to terminate the license agreement throughout its duration. See: Author Declaration Form

Personal copyrights are not transferable. Granting the license does not take away the property rights from the author.

License allows to copy and distribute the work in any medium provided an appropriate credit is given – you must provide the name of the creator and attribution parties, a copyright notice, a license notice, a disclaimer notice, and the link to the material, a link to the license, and you must indicate the changes made.

You are allowed to disseminate, present, and search for works only for non-commercial purposes and as long as you go for exploitation. You should not improve the modified content, which has been processed or created from the original new work (derivative work).

Privacy policy

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