About the Journal

Focus and Scope of the Journal

„Studies in 19th and 20th Century Social and Economic History” is a scientific journal devoted to social and economic issues. It is the only scientific publication of this type issued in Poland. It publishes articles, source publications, reviews, polemics and other forms of writing of scientific nature concerning both world history and the history of Poland from the late 18th century to contemporary times.

The first volume of „Studies” was published in 2003 on the initiative of Prof. Wiesław Puś PhD, the then head of the Department of Economic and Social History of the Institute of History at the University of Lodz, who was, at the same time, the Editor-in-Chief of the first nine volumes. Prof. Wiesław Puś PhD has been chairman of the Scientific Council of the journal since 2012, and the duties of the Editor-in-Chief were taken over by Lodz University Professor Jarosław Kita PhD, co-editor of volumes VII-IX.

Authors publishing in „Studies” are from many different scientific centres both at home and abroad. Their works represent a high level of expertise and the journal has entered the scientific circulation.

All articles are available in Open Access CC BY-NC-ND

Amount of research and review articles which were published last year: 25

Journals scoring by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education:  40 points (July 2023).

Publisher: Lodz University Press

Review Process

The editorial team reserves the right to review and modify submitted materials. Texts are qualified for print by the editorial team in cooperation with the thematic editor and members of the Scientific Council as well as upon seeking the opinion of two reviewers. At least 2 reviewers are asked to assess each publication (double-blind review). Reviews should be in writing and end with an unambiguous conclusion concerning acceptance for publication. Names of reviews are given on the reverse of the journal’s title page.

At the same time, following the recommendations of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, we remind that “ghostwriting” and “guest authorship” are forms of scientific dishonesty, and all disclosed instances of such practices will be exposed, including notification of any relevant entities (institutions employing authors, scientific associations, associations of academic editors etc.). “Ghostwriting” refers to a situation when a person made a substantial contribution to the publication without revealing his or her participation. “Guest authorship” (“honorary authorship”) refers to a situation when the participation of the author is negligible or none, and despite this person is listed as the author/co-author of the publication. (source: https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/).

Open Access Policy

All articles are published in Open Access and use open license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivative Works).

The journal has been available in Open Access since 2015 (see: archival issues in the University of Lodz Repository). First issue published in OJS in 2017 (see: Archives).

The Author grants the University of Lodz the non-exclusive proprietary copyrights license for the work in all fields of exploitation listed in Art. 50 of the Act of February 4, 1994 about copyright and related rights, also by an open access (including the rules of the Creative Commons license BY-NC-ND). The license also includes the right for further sublicensing in the aforementioned fields of exploitation. See: Copyright Notice

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).

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