The journal’s scope and reach

Thematic scope: contemporary dialectology, historical dialectology, borderlines of dialectology, linguistic geography, Slavic studies.
Territorial range: Slavic territory.
The research issues: subdialects in contemporary world, linguistic changes in rural areas, linguistic relations between Slavic subdialects, the cultural aspect of subdialects.
The journal’s main goal: integration of the Slavic dialectology milieu by, among other things, exchanging academic experiences of Slavic subdialects.

The publication’s schedule
The journal is published once a year. A new issue is published by the second quarter of the year following the cover year. The online version is the original version.

The review process

1. The editors of "Gwary Dziś" do preliminary qualification of the submitted texts by verifying them against the journal’s subject as well as the formal and content-related requirements.
2. The texts tentatively accepted by the editors are transferred to two independent reviewers from outside the author’s affiliated unit.
3. In the case of texts written in a foreign language, at least one of the reviewers is affiliated with a foreign institution of nationality other than the author’s nationality.
4. The texts are reviewed according to the double-blind review process model where the author(s) and the reviewers are not aware of their identities.
5. In the reviewing process, the reviewers need to keep their opinions on the reviewed text confidential and they are not allowed to make use of their knowledge of the text before publication thereof.
6. The review needs to be in writing and end with an unambiguous conclusion about accepting the article for publication or rejection thereof.
7. A reviewer transfers to the Editors an electronic review together with a hardcopy of it with a handwritten signature; the editors store the review for 2 years.
8. The editors will not accept reviews which blatantly fail to satisfy the content-related or formal requirements of an academic review, including superficial reviews, including unmotivated critical opinions or praises, are bereft of logical links between the content and the conclusion i.e. scathingly critical reviews with a positive conclusion or vice versa.
9. The reviewer’s comments are forwarded to the author of the reviewed text. Rational and well-justified conclusions presented in the review are binding and effective. The author undertakes to take the reviewers’ comments into account and correct the text accordingly. Should the author of the text disagree with a reviewer’s conclusions, he/she has the right to express his/her opinion before the Editors. The decision to publish the text is made by the Editor in Chief (supported by the members of the Editorial Committee), on the basis of an analysis of the comments and conclusions in the reviews with the author’s possible replies and the final version of the text provided by the author.
10. Whenever an article receives two mutually exclusive reviews (one of the reviewers decides to reject an article, the other one is positive), the Editor in Chief has the right to the conclusive decision.
11. The rules of qualifying or rejecting a text and the review form are made public on the Publisher’s or the journal’s websites.
12. Once a year, the Editors publish on the website an updated, full list of the collaborating

Formularz recenzji /Review form 

Open access policy

According to the contract, the authors of the texts published in Gwary Dziś journal grant Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań with an exclusive and free of charge license and allow to use the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) sub-license.
The authors retain the right to subsequent, free disposal of their texts.
Authors may deposit versions of their works in an institutional or other repository of their choice.

The Users

The Internet users interested in using works published since 2015 in Gwary Dziś need to fulfil the following conditions:
acknowledgement of authorship – they are required to refer to the text’s author(s), title, source (references to the original text, the DOI) and the license itself;
without creating derivative works – the work needs to be maintained in its original form; translations or developments must not be distributed without the author’s consent.
For all the texts published before 2015, the copyrights are reserved.

The ethical rules

To ensure the highest quality of published scientific articles, the Editorial Board and Scientific Council of the "Gwary Dziś" journal ensure compliance with intellectual property rights, the integrity of the research presented in the journal, and adhere to the ethical standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) at all stages of processing submitted texts. These standards establish the final and unquestionable rules governing the review and editing of submitted scientific texts. The Editorial Board and Scientific Council of the "Gwary Dziś" journal declare that their adherence is not influenced by any relationships with the business sector.

1. Authors' Obligations

Authors of publications present the results of their work transparently, honestly, and fairly, in accordance with the principles of social responsibility and scientific ethics. Authors are obligated to:
- clearly distinguish their own research and views from those reported,
- indicate the involvement of other scientists collaborating on the publication, as well as research funding entities,
- cooperate with the journal's editorial office in exchanging information regarding the review and editing of submitted scientific articles,
- obtain consent to publish other copyrighted elements of the scientific article (e.g., illustrations, photos),
- disclose the source of previous publication of the scientific article if it is a reprint in whole or in part,
- provide information about any potential conflict of interest that may arise during the review and editing of submitted scientific articles.

The Author's expression of will to publish a scientific article in the "Gwary Dziś" journal is equivalent to making a declaration that all data contained in the scientific articles submitted by the authors are original and true, and that the submitted scientific text has not been submitted for review in another scientific journal.

2. Reviewer Obligations

Reviewers of scientific texts submitted to the journal "Gwary Dzisiaj" undertake to:
- review the scientific articles submitted to them fairly and objectively, in accordance with ethical standards and refraining from any form of unscientific criticism,
- make every effort to enhance the scientific value of the reviewed scientific articles,
- refrain from preparing a review if the field covered by the reviewed scientific articles falls outside their scientific competence and/or they suspect a conflict of interest between the Author and the Reviewer,
- inform the Editorial Office if they discover any violations of ethical standards in the reviewed scientific articles, including, in particular, plagiarism and self-plagiarism,
- observe the confidentiality rules regarding all information related to the review process.

3. Editorial Responsibilities

Members of the editorial board of the journal "Gwary Dzisiaj" commit to:
- deciding on the publication of submitted scientific texts, taking into account only their scientific value, regardless of the author's origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, citizenship, and worldview,
- making objective decisions on accepting scientific articles for publication and providing them to the authors of scientific texts along with a justification,
- publishing information on the journal's website about the rules for reviewing submitted scientific texts,
- maintaining full anonymity in the review process and not disclosing the content of reviews to third parties,
- withdrawing from the editing process of a scientific text if there is a conflict of interest with its author,
- informing authors of any suggested changes to scientific texts, excluding editing and proofreading.

The editors consider ghostwriting and guest authorship practices unacceptable and will notify the authors’ home institutions if such cases are detected.

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