Procedura zgłaszania artykułu

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Articles must be submitted electronically, accompanied by the Author’s Declaration Form, to the following email addresses:

  • Law: apikulska@wpia.uni.lodz.pl or aliszewska@wpia.uni.lodz.pl
  • Economics: tomasz.dorozynski@uni.lodz.pl or agata.wieczorek@uni.lodz.pl

2. Articles may be submitted in Polish or English. Manuscripts in other languages may also be considered; however, English is the preferred language.

3. The length of the manuscript, including abstract and references, should not exceed 40,000 characters with spaces (approx. 6,000 words).

4. Author affiliation should be provided below the title in the following order:

  • Degree or academic title
  • University
  • Faculty
  • Department
  • Country
  • E-mail address

Example 1
Professor, University of Lodz, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Roman Law, Poland, e-mail: xx@uni.lodz.pl
PhD, University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Institutional Economics, Poland, e-mail: xx@uni.lodz.pl

Authors who are not researchers should provide:

  • Position and place of work
  • E-mail address

Example 2
Attorney at X & X, Poland; e-mail: yy@x&x.com
Financial Advisor, X Bank, Poland; e-mail: yy@x.com

MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES

1. Papers should be written in either British or American English (do not mix both).

2. Files should be submitted in .doc or .docx format.

3. Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt.

4. Line spacing: 1.5.

5. Indentation: 0.6 cm (no extra spacing before or after paragraphs).

6. Text in tables, figures, footnotes, bibliography, and summary: 10 pt.

7. Numbers 1–10 should be written in words (in running text). Numbers 11+ should be written as figures.

8. Numbers at the beginning of a sentence should always be written in words.

9. The first time an abbreviation or acronym appears, provide the full form. Use the abbreviation consistently thereafter (e.g., Poland joined the European Union (EU) in 2004. Since joining the EU, there has been…).

10. Large numbers should use a comma as the thousands separator (e.g., 1,000 not 1 000 or 1.000).

11. Decimals should use a full stop (e.g., 0.5 not 0,5).

12. Use an en dash (–), not a hyphen (-), in page ranges.

13. Graphs, tables, and other objects should be prepared in shades of grey:

  • Please provide source files where possible, to allow for corrections after editorial review.
  • Do not submit scanned equations, diagrams, graphs, or tables.
  • Bitmap resolution should be 300–600 dpi.
  • Numbering should be continuous. Captions and numbers should appear above the figure or table; sources below, aligned left (font size: 10 pt).

14. Graphs and tables should be placed in the relevant part of the text (as close as possible to where they are mentioned). Each must include a source or the statement “Source: own work”.

15. References should be given in footnotes at the bottom of the page, including the cited page range for journal articles and chapters in co-authored monographs. (See the Article Template for details.)

16. The bibliography must appear at the end of the paper, in alphabetical order. Please provide the full range of pages for journal articles and chapters in co-authored monographs. (See the Article Template for details.)