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Instructions for authors

Editorial style guide

Please adhere to the following editorial criteria:

  • Articles: Submissions should be in any Romance language or in English, with a length of 20,000–30,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes), proofread by a native speaker prior to submission, and sent as a Word file attachment.
  • Biographical Note: submit as a separate file, with a maximum of 1,000 characters in English.

 

Article

  • File format: .docx; font: Times New Roman; line spacing: single, justified text.
  • Font sizes:
    • 12 - title in the language of the article (aligned to the right)
    • 11 – author information, English title, main text, , and headings
    • 10 – abstract and keywords in English, examples, quotations, and bibliography
    • 9 – footnotes and text in tables
  • Paragraphs: indent the first line of each paragraph by 0.5 cm (excluding the first paragraph of each section). Avoid unnecessary formatting!
  • Header: include the author’s full name, affiliation (in the language of the article), email address, and ORCID ID in bold in the upper left corner of the first page.
  • Number and title each table and figure.
  • Headings: use uppercase letters, aligned to the right.
  • Quotations: Short quotations: Include in the main text using quotation marks appropriate for the language of the article (e.g., « La signification… », “La significación...”). Long quotations: Start on a new line, use 0.5 cm indentation, and size 10 font.
  • Include at the beginning of the article, all in English: title, abstract (400-800 characters with spaces) and keywords.

 

Review Article

Articles in any Romance language or in English, in 10,000-20,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes)), proofread by a native speaker prior to submission, and sent as a Word file attachment. Must meet the formatting criteria above.

Review articles should analyze scientific publications not older than two years, align with the journal’s profile, and provide a critical analysis that considers the current state of research.

 

References

Include only works cited in the article. In-text references: provide in parentheses, e.g.: (Świątkowska 2000: 21).

Reference list: Include at the end of the article, alphabetically ordered, using the following format (authors’ last names in CAPITALS):

  • Books:
    ŚWIĄTKOWSKA, Marcela, 1987, L’imparfait en français moderne, Kraków: Wyd. UJ.
  • Collective works:
    ŚWIĄTKOWSKA, Marcela, SOSNOWSKI, Roman, PIECHNIK, Iwona (ed.), 2004, Maestro e amico: miscellanea in onore di Stanisław Widłak, Kraków: Wyd. UJ.
  • Journal articles:
    ŚWIĄTKOWSKA, Marcela, 2006, L’interjection : entre deixis et anaphore, Langages 161 : 47-56.
  • Articles and chapters in collective works:
    ŚWIĄTKOWSKA, Marcela, 2001, L’interjection est-elle polysémique ?, (in:) Ślady obecności. Księga pamiątkowa ofiarowana Urszuli Dąmbskiej-Prokop, Iwona Piechnik, Marcela Świątkowska (ed.), Kraków: Wyd. UJ, 321-325.
  • Online publications (within the main list of references) with URL and access date provided in parentheses:
    KACZMAREK, Tomasz, 2020, L’Âme en folie de François de Curel : à la recherche d’un nouveau paradygme dramatique, Romanica Cracoviensia 20 (4) : 199-205, disponible sur : https://www.ejournals.eu/Romanica-Cracoviensia/2020/Tom-20-Numer-4/art/18770/ (consulté le 14 juillet 2021).

Special issues

The journal Romanica Cracoviensia publishes special issues dedicated entirely to specific topics or collections of articles from conferences.

Special issues are coordinated by guest editors who are experts in the relevant field. The Editor-in-Chief, together with the Editorial Board, reviews special issue proposals, evaluating their relevance and scholarly value for the journal, and appoints guest editors.

Articles included in special issues are subject to the same quality and originality standards as regular submissions and undergo the same peer review process.

Special issues are published on the journal’s website. For any inquiries regarding special issues, please contact the Editorial Office. 

No publishing fees

Journal does not request any article subsmission, review, publication and processing charges.

Information on the use of AI tools

The Editorial Board encourages authors to engage in critical reflection on the ethical and epistemological implications of the use of AI in the humanities, in accordance with the principles of transparency and responsibility.

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), in the preparation of manuscripts submitted to Romanica Cracoviensia is permitted, provided that such use is clearly disclosed and transparently described by the author. Authors are required to indicate the name of the tool used, as well as the scope and manner of its use.

A scientific text may only be authored by a human being. AI/GAI tools may not be listed as authors or co-authors of a publication.

The author bears full responsibility for the entire submitted text, in particular for its factual accuracy, academic integrity, originality, compliance with publication ethics, and respect for the rights of third parties.

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