Editorial Instructions

The Editorial Board requests that authors adhere to the following editorial rules. The board only accepts texts carefully prepared in terms of language and editing. If a submitted text does not meet the linguistic standards or conform to the editorial rules described below, the Editorial Board has the right to reject the text before the review process or to ask the author for corrections.

GENERAL RULES

  1. The volume of an article and review article cannot exceed 40,000 characters with spaces (without bibliography and abstracts)
  2. The volume of a review and scientific information cannot exceed 20,000 characters with spaces (including bibliography)
  3. The layout of an article and review article: Author’s affiliation – title in Polish and English – abstract in Polish and English – keywords in Polish and English (from 3 to 7) – main text (with footnotes) – bibliography
  4. The layout of a review and scientific information: Author’s affiliation – title in Polish and English – main text
  5. Author’s affiliation: first and last name – affiliation (name of institution, e.g., university, department, chair) – ORCID number – e-mail address

TEXT FORMATTING

  1. Font: Times New Roman 12
  2. Line spacing: 1.5 lines
  3. Alignment: justified text
  4. Margins: 2.5 cm (left, right, top, bottom)
  5. Paragraph indentation: 1.25 cm (tabbed; please do not indent with spaces)
  6. Page numbering: bottom right
  7. Title and subheadings: bold (Ctrl+B)
  8. Quotations: up to 40 words – within the text (enclosed in quotation marks), over 40 words – in a block quote (font size: 11; without quotation marks)
  9. Spelling of the first and last names, and other expressions that identify people:
  • Use the original spelling of the first and last names in the native language of the persons referenced; alternatively, a transcription with the transliterated form, in the nominative, in parentheses, e.g., Szewczenko (Ševcenko). The above does not apply to persons considered to be widely known (e.g., Cicero, Shakespeare, Washington, Voltaire, etc.), rulers and saints.
  • In two-part last names, do not use spaces before and after the hyphen, e.g., Lewicka-Król.
  • Names of persons mentioned for the first time in the text or narrative segment of a footnote should be quoted in full. In other cases, the initial of the first name and last name are given. In bibliographic and archival descriptions, only the initials of the first name and last name should be included.
  • Persons mentioned in reviews should appear without degrees and academic and professional titles. This rule does not apply in obituaries and commemorative texts for the deceased.
  • In reviews, the word "Author" is capitalized as long as it refers to the author of the reviewed work.
  • In obituaries and commemorative texts, personal pronouns identifying the deceased are spelled with a capital letter.
  1. Spelling of abbreviations, numerals, dates and other terms of time: according to English spelling.
  2. Illustration material
  • Tables:

Should be prepared in Word or Excel and provided in an editable version, numbered and titled. Under the table, please indicate its source and/or notes.

  • Figures, diagrams and charts:

Should be made in Excel, Corel (open) and provided in an editable version. They can also be submitted as JPG files. Objects should be described in a uniform font of the same size. Figures, diagrams and charts should be numbered, titled, and provided with the source.

  • Illustrations:

Illustrations should be provided as separate files attached to the text of the article. Illustrations should be provided as TIFF or JPG files at a resolution of no less than 1000x1000 pixels, in RGB, uncompressed. The location of the illustrations should be indicated in the text – please tag them with a number, title and source.

FOOTNOTES FORMATTING

  1. Explanatory, dictionary and bibliographic footnotes should be constructed according to the Oxford referencing style (footnotes with automatic digital references)
  2. Font: Times New Roman 10
  3. Line spacing: 1.0 line
  4. Alignment: justified text
  5. Use the Latin phrases: ibidem, op. cit., idem, eadem, et al.
  6. The work cited for the first time in a footnote should include the following elements: the initial of the author’s first name, the author’s last name, the title, the place and year of publication, the page range.
  7. When citing the same work again, an abbreviated description should be used. When citing only one work by a given author throughout the text, do not repeat the title of the work, the place and year of publication in the abbreviated bibliographic description; instead, use the formula "op. cit."
  8. When citing multiple works by a given author, repeat the beginning of the title of a particular work in the abbreviated bibliographic entry.
  9. If the work was prepared by more than three authors, the bibliographic description should include the data of the first author, adding the abbreviation: "et al."
  10. Model for preparing bibliographic footnotes:
  • monograph: P. Connerton, How Societies Remember?, Cambridge 1989, pp. 15–20.
  • chapter in a multi-author monograph: M. Banks, Visual Anthropology. Image, Object and Interpretation, [in:] J. Prosser (ed.), Image-based Research, London 1998, pp. 6–7.
  • article in a journal: D.E. Sutton, Food and the Senses, "Annual Review of Anthropology" 2010, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 209–210.
  • newspaper (journal) article: K. Sack, In Partisan Battle, Governors Clash with Attorneys General over Lawsuits, "New York Times", Mar. 28, 2010, late edition, sec. A.
  • online article: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, Advance payments issued to farmers. Accessed: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/advance-payments-issued-to-farmers [Jul. 27, 2022]. 
  • print source: A. FranK, The Diary of Anne Frank, London 1989, pp. 30–31.
  • archival source:
  • manuscript source:

BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMATTING

  1. Font: Times New Roman 12
  2. Line spacing: 1.0 line
  3. Alignment: justified text
  4. Layout of bibliography: alphabetical with division into sections: archival and manuscript sources, printed sources, literature, internet sources
  5. When citing several works by one author, please keep the alphabetical order of the titles

SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Archival sources

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington Archive
          Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem Archive
          Dziennik Heńka Fogla
YIVO Institute for Jewish Studies in New York Archive
          Nachman Zonabend Collection

Print sources

Frank A., The Diary of Anne Frank, London 1989.

Literature

Banks M., Visual Anthropology. Image, Object and Interpretation, [in:] J. Prosser (ed.), Image-based Research, London 1998.
Connerton P., How Societies Remember?, Cambridge 1989.
Sutton D.E., Food and the Senses, "Annual Review of Anthropology" 2010, Vol. 39, No. 1.

Internet sources

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, Advance payments issued to farmers, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/advance-payments-issued-to-farmers.
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, https://iirr.org/.