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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The author accepts the terms of the attached agreement for granting a royalty-free license to works with a commitment to grant a CC sub-license "link”). Authors retain copyright and publishing rights to their articles, granting the journal the right to distribute them under the terms of the CC BY-NC licence.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • (1) The submission file is in Microsoft Word/OpenOffice document file format. (2) The text is 1,5 line-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining; and all illustrations, figures, and tables are in high resolution and pdf format. (3) Where available, DOI or URLs for the references have been provided. (4) The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines (APA 6 Style). (5) Author name, affiliation, affiliation address, ORCID and email should be stated on the first page.

Author Guidelines

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♦ Manuscripts should generally be between 6,000 and 8,000 words for full articles (and 2,500-5,500 for discussions and research notes), including all notes, tables, graphics and references. Submitted papers are usually around (i) 30 manuscript pages in length (articles and articles by early-stage researchers), (ii) 20 manuscript pages (discussions and research notes).
♦ This includes (1) title page, (2) abstract, (3) keywords, (4) text, (5) references, (6) tables, and (7) figures.
♦ Original papers with clear methodologies, innovative research findings, discussions & conclusions, cross-disciplinary relevance, and fitting into Society Register's thematic priorities will be preferred (in some cases, longer manuscripts may be accepted).
♦ Authors of manuscripts for Society Register should use APA Format (6th ed.). It is recommended to use EndNote for referencing.
♦ All manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word documents. Please use a standard TNR font in 12-point, double-spaced, with 2,5 cm margins all around. 
♦ Manuscripts that do not conform to the desired format will be returned to the author for rectification. To ensure anonymity during the review process, authors should remove from the manuscript all identifying references, including references to their own past publications.

ARTICLE TYPES:

  • Articles (original research articles and case reports) [between 6,000-8,000 words]
  • Discussions and research notes [between 2,500-5,500 words]
  • Book reviews [between 2,500-5,500 words]
  • Interviews

All types of articles in Society Register undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial screening by editors and subsequent double-blind refereeing by multiple reviewers.

Each paper should contain the following obligatory parts:

(1) Author’s full (capital letters) name and academic title(s);
(2) Author’s full affiliation (including: name of the department, faculty and university, postal address and e-mail). If the author affiliates him/herself with a business organization or institution, please, supply adequate information on the organisation’s full title and address and e-mail address;
(3) ORCID ID (see https://orcid.org/);
(4) Title of the paper (max 15 words);
(5) An abstract (100-200 words) to disclose the main idea of the paper and your research results;
(6) Keywords (5-7 meaningful words/phrases);
(7) Main body of the text;
(8) References in the alphabetical order in APA 6th ed. (EndNote is recommended with DOI numbers). References should be clearly cited in the body of the text, e.g. (Bauman, 2006) or (Bauman, 2006, p. 45);
(9) Acknowledgements;
(10) Short biographical notes.

All figures (charts, diagrams, web pages, and photographic images) should be of high quality (in pdf format) and include the source and legal consent (it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures and tables that have previously been published elsewhere).

Abstract for empirical (qualitative or quantitative) papers should include:

  • Background (objective(s) of the study including the main research questions, aims or theory)
  • Methods (design/methodology/approach: study design, participants, measures, methods of data collection and analysis)
  • Findings
  • Discussion ([a] research limitations/implications, [b] practical implications, [c] social implications)
  • Originality/value
  • The main body of the text should follow the structure of the abstract.

Abstract for other types of papers should include:

  • Background (objective(s) of the study including the main research questions, aims or theory)
  • Methods (design/methodology/approach: major arguments, conceptual framework, conceptual integration and analyses, or proposed standpoints)
  • Findings
  • Discussion ([a] limitations/implications, [b] practical implications, [c] social implications)
  • Originality/value
  • The main body of the text should follow the structure of the abstract.

Copyright Notice

Manuscript authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permissions for any copyrighted materials included within manuscripts. The authors must provide permission letters, when appropriate, to the Society Register Editors. In addition, all published papers in Society Register are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Authors retain copyright and publishing rights to their articles, granting the journal the right to distribute them under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0.

1.1 The Author hereby warrants that he/she is the owner of all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Work and that, within the scope of the present Agreement, the paper does not infringe the  legal rights of another person. The owner of the copyright work also warrants that he/she is the sole and original creator thereof and that is not bound by any legal constraints in regard to the use or sale of the work.
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2.5. inclusion of the Work in the electronic version to be offered on an electronic platform, or any other conceivable introduction of the Work in its electronic version to the Internet;
2.6. dissemination of electronic versions of  the Work in its electronic version online, in a collective work or independently;
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6. Because of the royalty-free provision of services of the Author (resulting from the scope of obligations stipulated in the present Agreement), the Author shall not be entitled to any author’s fee due and payable on the part of the Publisher (no fee or royalty is payable by the Publisher to the Author).

7.1. In the case of third party claims or actions for indemnity against the Publisher owing to any infractions related to any form of infringement of intellectual property rights protection, including copyright infringements, the Author is obliged to take all possible measures necessary to protect against these claims and, when as a result of legal action, the Publisher, or any third party licensed by the Publisher to use the Work, will have to abandon using the Work in its entirety or in part or, following a court ruling in a legal challenge, to pay damages to a third party, whatever the legal basis
7.2. The Author will immediately inform the Publisher about any damage claims related to intellectual property infringements, including the author’s proprietary rights pertaining to a copyrighted work, filed against the Author. of liability, the Author is obliged to redress the damage resulting from claims made by third party, including costs and expenditures incurred in the process.
7.3. To all matters not settled herein provisions of the Polish Civil Code and the Polish Copyright and Related Rights Act shall apply. 

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