Rules regarding special issues

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica, being a member of COPE since 2019, adheres to the guidelines for editing guest issues following COPE recommendations: https://doi.org/10.24318/7cKLAia0 

  1. Special issues consist of the articles focused on a particular subject that falls within the thematic scope of the Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica. 
  2. Special issues are overseen by Guest Editors who are specialists in the respective field.
  3. Manuscripts for special issues should be prepared according to the general Editorial Instructions (see:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/litrossica/editorial_instructions) and submitted via the the Open Journal Systems platform: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/litrossica/about/submissions  
  4. Each submission for the special issue is managed by the Guest Editors.
  5. Guest Editors coordinate the editorial process of articles submitted to the special issue and are responsible for assigning external peer-reviewers. 
  6. All articles published in the Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica, inclusive of those to appear in a special issue, are peer-reviewed by at least two external reviewers. 
  7. The Guest Editors are responsible for sending out review requests, collecting the reviews received, as well as informing the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Team about the ongoing progress of the review process of the articles submitted to the special issues. 
  8. After the peer-review process is completed and the Reviewers' recommendations have beentaken into account by the Authors and the Guest Editor, the articles along with the completed review forms are forwarded to the Editorial Team. 
  9. The Editor-in-Chief verify the compliance of the articles' content with the journal's thematic scope and whether the review process was conducted correctly.
  10. The final decision on the publication of articles selected for special issue is made by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal in consultation with the Guest Editor. However, the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Team reserve the right to withdraw an article if that article exceeds the thematic scope of the journal, does not meet the definition of a scientific article, contains false information, or if the author has violated the ethical principles adopted by the journal.
  11. In other matters, the principles of publication ethics adopted by the Editorial Team apply (See: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/litrossica/publication_ethics).
  12. The Editor-in-Chiefis responsible for forwarding all articles to the Publisher. 
  13. Calls for papers for special issues are announced in advance on the journal's website.