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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.
  • I declare that I am the author/co-author of the submitted paper and I exclude any possibility of hidden or abusive authorship (eg. „honorary” authorship). I am aware that legal action can be taken against me in case of hidden or abusive authorship.
  • The text has not been published or submitted in any other publication (please include any relevant information in the editorial comments).
  • The first annontation contains a list of the founding sources for the reasearch used in the paper or for the creation of the text itself.
  • The submission file is in one of the following formats supported by Microsoft Word: .docx, .doc, .rtf.
  • The editorial committee asks the authors to input the keywords separately into the Pressto system, ie. to press “Enter” after writing down each keyword.
  • I declare that I am not aware of any conflict of interests which would impact the review process or the possibility of publishing my paper in this journal.

Author Guidelines


1. The editorial committee accepts papers, reviews and reports, which are related to theology of morality, philosophy, sociology and family studies, ie. which fit the thematic profile of the journal. The journal “Theology and Morality” accepts papers in Polish, English, German, Italian and Spanish. In exceptional cases, we may accept texts in other languages. The deadlines for submission are the 15th of December and 15th of May. Information on the lead topics of upcoming issues is listed in the Announcement section of our website.

2. In order to guarantee a reliable and impartial assessment of the submitted papers, each text is first verified with the iThenticate software, and than reviewed by two scientists specializing in the appropriate discipline in an anonymous, double-blind review process. Each review contains a clear recommendation as to whether the paper should be published or rejected (comp. Review Form). Based on these reviews, the editorial committee makes a decision to reject the text, publish it or ask the author to revise the paper in line with the reviewers’ suggestions. Due to the limited number of papers which can be published every year, the editorial committee reserves the right to reject some texts which have received positive reviews. In some cases, the editorial committee may propose a later publication date to the author.

3. The time limit for reviewing an academic publication in Polish is three years since the original edition and five years since publication for books in other languages.

4. The editorial committee accepts submissions through the PRESSto publishing platform. The submission form may be accessed trough the journal’s website: Sumbit a new paper. The submission will be put trough after all of the following data is provided:

(1) Polish title
(2) English title
(3) name and surname
(4) affiliation (or in case of no affiliation, the location where the author works)
(5) e-mail addresses
(6) ORCID ID (You can apply for an ORCID number trough this form: https://orcid.org/register; you can check you existing ORCID number on this website: https://orcid.org/orcid-search/search
(7) abstract in Polish - see: section 6 of these Guidelines (applicable to papers in English, German, Italian and Spanish)
(8) keywords in Polish (applicable to papers in English, German, Italian and Spanish)
(9) abstract in English - see: section 6 of these Guidelines (applicable to papers in Polish, German, Italian and Spanish)
(10) keywords in English (applicable to papers in Polish, German, Italian and Spanish)
(11) the text of the paper – see: section 7 of these Guidelines
(12) bibliography in alphabetical order; see: Bibliography and Annotations (Chicago Style format) below
(13) author bio-note (please include: your name and surname, academic title/degree, affiliation, main research interests).

5. The total length of the paper, abstracts and bibliography should not exceed 35 000 characters (spaces included).

6. The abstract should focus on methodology. It should clearly introduce the background, subject and goal of the research, as well as methods used and conclusions reached by the author. The recommended length of the abstract is between 550 and 600 characters (spaces included).

7. The text of the article should have a clearly separated introduction and conclusion, as well as a logical and clearly indicated internal structure of the main body (numbered according to the following format: 1., 1.1., 2, 2.1. and so on). The introduction and conclusion should not be numbered. The submitted text should be free of emphasis such as bolding, italics, underlining, spacing etc. Italics should only be used in titles of publications and in foreign phrases. Quotes should be put in regular font, in quotation marks.

8. The bibliography and annotations should be formatted in accordance with the Chicago Style. Citations should be introduced in the body of the text in parentheses. The authors may nevertheless use footnotes for digressions which supplement the reflection contained in the body of the text.

9. In case the text uses special characters (such as logical symbols, Greek or Hebrew alphabets), the author is obligated to supply a file with the required font to the editorial committee, as well as a .pdf version of the article.

10. The editorial committee reserves the right to modify the titles and author bio-notes.

11. The authors are required to file in a declaration of scientific ethics as well as the declaration of transferring the copyright to the publisher. The required declarations are available alongside the submission form.

12. Papers published in “Theology and Morality” are fully available on the journal’s website and shared trough the repositories and databases in which the journal is indexed.

Formatting the bibliography and annotations – Chicago Style
Only papers which adhere to the following guidelines will be accepted.
Required formatting of the bibliography:

- Bibliography and annotations need to be formatted in accordance with Chicago Style. The main rules are presented below.
- Citations should be introduced in the body of the text, in parentheses eg. (Nagórny 2016, 23-25).
- If the bibliography lists several works by the same author published in the same year, these works must be differentiated by adding subsequent letters of the alphabet to the date of publication (both in citations and in the bibliography).
- If the cited work has a DOI number, the identifier must be included in the bibliography, eg. Kijewska, Agnieszka. Mystical Interpretation of the Exile and Return to Paradise in Eriugena's Periphyseon. Roczniki Filozoficzne, 63(2), 13-26. DOI: 10.18290/rf.2015.63.2-2.
- If the cited work only lists the initial of the author’s name, the initial must be included in the bibliography entry.
- Abbreviations and references such as: idem, ibidem, eadem, op. cit. must not be used.
- The authors may use footnotes for digressions which supplement the reflection contained in the body of the text.
- When creating bibliography entries, use technical annotations (such as and, in, transl., ed.) in the main language of the publication.
- For articles in English, use the guidelines contained in the Chicago Manual of Style Online (ed. 16: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html)

Example entries:

1.Single author entries:

a) Bibliography:
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin
b) Citation: (Pollan 2006, 99-100)

2. Multiple author entries:
a) Bibliography:
Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns. 2007. The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945. New York: Knopf.
b) Citation: (Ward and Burns 2007, 52)

3. Chapter or part of an edited book:
a) Bibliography:
Kelly, John D. 2010. “Seeing Red: Mao Fetishism, Pax Americana, and the Moral Economy of War.” In Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency, edited by John D. Kelly, Beatrice Jauregui, Sean T. Mitchell and Jeremy Walton, 67-83. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. b) Citation: (Kelly 2010, 77)

4. Academic journals:
a) Bibliography:
Weinstein, Joshua I. 2009. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104:439-458.
b) Citation: (Weinstein 2009, 440)

Translated works:
a) Bibliography:
García Márquez, Gabriel. 1988. Love in the Time of Cholera. Translated by Edith Grossman. London: Cape.
b) Citation: (García Márquez 1988, 242-55)

 

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