Focus and Scope

Studia Europaea Gnesnensia is a journal of local, national and international scope. The subject matter of the journal is focused on broadly understood European culture without chronological and problematic limitations. The research areas covered in the texts published in Studia Europaea Gnesnensia are reflected by the following keywords: roots of Europe, history and culture of Europe, identity of Europe, the idea of Europe. The main objective of the journal is promoting an in-depth debate on European culture in the broad sense of the term. From 2021, the journal  is annual (we publish one issue a year).

The papers, review articles, reviews and polemics published in our journal span such scientific disciplines as history, history of art, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, philosophy, linguistics, ethnology, cultural studies, religious studies, literary studies, media studies, cognitive and communication sciences, political sciences and law. Texts are published in Polish, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

The review process

The Scientific Council conducts a preliminary verification of the submitted texts and appoints two reviewers for each article. An article which, in the opinion of the members of the Scientific Council, does not meet the formal and/or substantive requirements may be rejected and its author will be notified of this fact and/or asked to introduce suggested changes and resubmit the text. When choosing a reviewer, the continuity of their research interests with the subject of the submitted text and knowledge of languages (in the case of language other than Polish) are taken into account. In accordance with the principle adopted to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the editors appoint reviewers engaged at a different university or research centre than the one with which the prospective author is affiliated. With texts in a foreign language, the rule is that the reviewer should be affiliated with an institution located outside the author's country.

The appointed reviewers receive an anonymized paper from the Editorial Board, with the journal review form attached (see Appendix). The latter needs to be completed and sent back to the Editorial Board within 2-3 weeks. Depending on the month in which a paper is submitted (the journal is a semi-annual), the review process takes up to 2 months.

The Editorial Board does not disclose the names of reviewers of particular papers, but an alphabetical list of reviewers is posted once a year on the journal's website.

When selecting reviewers, the Editors take into account the absence of conflicts of interest between reviewers and the author (direct personal relations, relations of professional subordination, etc.). The reviews are double-blind.

Apart from ready-made questions which serve the reviewers to award an appropriate number of points to a paper, the review form also contains space for a brief description and summary, in which the reviewers unequivocally express their recommendation as to whether or not the article should be published.

Guided by the concern for the high scholarly quality of the journal, the Editorial Board reserves the right to publish only those texts which receive two positive reviews. In the case of considerable discrepancies in the reviewers’ assessment of a paper, the Editors reserve the right to appoint a third reviewer. The review form is available on the journal's website.

In case of suspected unfair practices, the Journal Secretary initiates an investigation involving the the reviewers/reviewers and the author/author of the text and reports the issue to the Editor-in-Chief. The author is entitled to respond to the allegations and make corrections in the text (e.g. mark the fragment where their authorship is disputed with a footnote, referencing another text that they have inadvertently forgotten). Should the suspicion be confirmed, the Editor-in-Chief decides to reject the text immediately and inform the author thereof.

Open access policy 

The journal provides open access to all of its contents in line with the principle that freely accessible research increases and enhances the global development of science and knowledge circulation. The editors encourage authors to publicise research published in the journal in open repositories (following their review process or submission of the final version to the publisher), provided that the link to the journal website's top page and the DOI number of the article are given. 

The submission and publication of manuscripts is free for all authors. 

Publishing ethics

Ghostwriting firewall – form

Dear Sir/Madam,

wishing to comply with the norms set by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education with regard to the functioning of scientific journals, and concerned about maintaining high standards of the scientific periodical Studia Europaea Gnesnensia, the Editorial Section kindly requests all potential authors to download, complete and send back the form designed to protect against phenomena termed as “ghostwriting” and "guest authorship". The link to the form is found below.

“Ghostwriting” describes a situation when a person has made a substantial contribution to the publication, but they have not been credited with co-authorship or their role has not been mentioned in the acknowledgements attached to the publication.

“Guest authorship” (“honorary authorship”) denotes a circumstance when the contribution is negligible or non-existent, but the person has been listed as author/co-author of publication. In the case of papers with more than one author, please provide contribution percentage at each name. At the same time, we wish to inform that responsibility for complying with the above rules lies with the person who submits the paper for publication.

Ghostwriting form

Publication ethics

The Editorial Board of Studia Europaea Gnesnensia attach great importance to observing ethical principles and good publication practice stated in:

- Code of Ethics for Scholars, 3rd Edition. Warsaw 2020.

- Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors,

- COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers,

- Dobre praktyki w procedurach recenzyjnych [Good Practice in Reviewing Procedures], Warsaw 2011.

The above are binding on:

- the Editors,

- the authors,

- the reviewers.

Responsibilities of the Editors

• Ensure that good publication practice are followed.
• Prevent dishonest practices, thoroughly analysing each case, giving the author/authors the opportunity to respond to allegations.
• Maintain confidentiality. No disclosure of author’s data to reviewers and vice versa is possible. Reviews are double-blind.
• Evaluate and determine whether a text meets the standards of a scientific work, whether it is correctly structured in terms of methodology, whether it relies on a critical apparatus.
• Assessment of compatibility of the submitted text with the profile of the journal.
• Adherence to the principles of impartiality and objectivity.
• Cooperation with the Scientific Council of the journal in the reviewer appointment procedure.
• When selecting a reviewer, take into account the relation of their research interests to the subject matter of the submitted text and their knowledge of languages (with publications in a language other than Polish). In accordance with the principle adopted to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Editorial Board appoint reviewers engaged at a different university or research centre than the one with which the prospective author is affiliated. With texts in a foreign language, the rule is that the reviewer should be affiliated with an institution located outside the author's country.
• When selecting reviewers, the Editorial Board examine possible conflict of interest between reviewers and the author (direct personal relations, relations of professional subordination, etc.).
• Notify the author whether their submission has been approved for publication or rejected.
• Responsibility for the final form of the published volume.

Responsibilities of the author

• The author is expected to submit a text which are has not been published before, has not been submitted to the Editorial Board of another journal, does not infringe any third party copyrights, nor constitute plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Each submitted text is verified by reviewers as well as using anti-plagiarism software. Should any fraudulent practice be suspected, the Secretary shall initiate an investigation with the participation of reviewers and the author of the text, as well as advise the Editor-in-Chief. If the suspicion is confirmed, the Editor-in-Chief shall decide to reject the text immediately and notify the author of the text of the fact.

• Adaptation of the proposed text to the editorial requirements of the journal.
• Accurate and truthful statement of authorship or co-authorship of the work. Failure to disclose the name of one of the co-authors[1], or stating authorship by a person who has not contributed to the text (or whose contribution is negligible)[2] is unacceptable and constitutes grave malpractice.

In cases where an article has more than one author, contribution percentage must be provided for each of the authors.

PUBLISHING AGREEMENT WITH THE AUTHOR

• The author is solely responsible for the content and language of the text.

The author/author is obliged to verify the correctness and accuracy of all citations contained in their text and in the bibliography.

• The rules applicable to citations must be observed: “tiered” citations[3] must be avoided, implicit and selective citations are prohibited, self-citations needs to be approached with great caution.
• The Editorial Board must be advised of potential conflicts of interest at the time of submission.
• The Editorial Board must be notified about errors in the submitted text as soon as they are discovered.
• The opinions of the reviewer(s) must be acknowledged and taken into account, including potential polemics conducted through the Secretary of the Editorial Board (the identity and personal details of the reviewer(s) and author(s) are not disclosed to either party).
• Deadlines must be observed—in the case of changes or amendments to the text and approval of the final version of the text following proofreading.
• Consent must be given for the manuscript to be published in paper and electronic versions as well as for uploading the PDF version to the journal website and all the databases and scientific repositories cooperating with the journal.

Editorial specifications 

Obligations of the reviewers

• Objective and impartial assessment of the text in terms of its content and quality.
• Verification of the originality of the text and detection of possible fraudulent publication practices.
• Reviewers must promptly inform the Editorial Board of their reservations or detected conflicts of interest.
• Participation in the investigation of suspected unfair publication practices.
• Proper completion of the review form, awarding points on a scale of 0-25 (only texts which receive two positive reviews, i.e. awarding at least 18 points each, are published) and a lucid conclusion.
• Remarks concerning the text in the form of comments are welcome.
• Use of appropriate style and tone in opinions, suggestions and comments. Only substantive arguments are acceptable.
• Timely return of the review form.
• Maintaining confidentiality: the text received for review must not be shown or made available to third parties.
• Reviewers must consent to having their name listed in the alphabetical list of reviewers on the journal's website (once a year).

[1] Ghostwriting occurs when a person has made a substantial contribution to a publication, but they have not been named as co-author or their role has not been stated in the acknowledgements accompanying the publication.

[2] Guest authorship (honorary authorship) denotes the situation where the contribution of an author is negligible or non-existent but they are still listed as an author/co-author of the publication.

[3] References to works which do not provide the cited data but merely another reference to a study where they are included.

Reviewers

Sponsors

Poznań Society of the Friends of Science

• Urzęd Miejski w Gnieźnie

Journal History

The journal Studia Europaea Gnesnensia was established in 2010 on the initiative of employees of the Institute of European Culture of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, based in Gniezno. The first (double) issue was published in December 2010 by the Poznań Society of Friends of Sciences, which remains our publisher until today. In 2011, the journal's website http://steurgn.pl/ was launched, which contains all the necessary information about it (Editorial Board composition, journal objectives, editorial requirements, necessary documents, archival issues). During the first parameterization in 2012, the journal, after only two years of existence on the publishing market, obtained 4 points on the ministerial list of bulleted journals (list B). A year later, during the next parameterization, the journal obtained 7 points. In 2015, the journal obtained 13 points (list B). The journal is indexed in the international CEJSH database (The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, the repository of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMUR) in the Index Copernicus database and the POL-on database. Since 2019, the journal has been published by the UAM Naulowe Publishing House.