Address to which the article and the summary should be sent: kppips@uj.edu.pl

The authors should also provide the following information:

• telephone number
• the address to which the publisher should send the author’s copy

“Studia z zakresu prawa pracy i polityki społecznej” (Studies on labour law and social policy) publishes articles related to individual and collective labour law, social security law and legal problems of social policy. It is a forum for exchange of opinions for persons interested in the labour law from all academic centres in Poland and in Europe. Articles can be both empirical and theoretical.

Authors should objectively describe the importance of research work, and present issues in a sufficiently detailed manner with the sources provided to allow others to repeat the research. Providing false or deliberately inaccurate statements is unethical and unacceptable behaviour. Articles should be objective and comprehensive and present the exact state of knowledge. Authors should make every effort to ensure that the work is entirely original. If they use the results of other work or contain quotes from other people, their source should be indicated. All forms of plagiarism are unethical and unacceptable. Submission of the same work for publication in more than one journal, at the same time, is unethical and unacceptable. Authors should not submit for publication in more than one journal articles presenting essentially the same study. The author submitting the collective work should make sure that the other authors fully agree to the final version of the work, as well as to submit it for publication.

1. An article can be prepared in Polish or English (British spelling). In the case of articles in Polish, please attach a translation into English of the title and abstract on a separate page.
   
   
2. The article must be sent in dor or rtf format to the following address: kppips@uj.edu.pl. NOTE: To ensure the integrity of anonymous peer-review process, it is necessary to attach a second, anonymised copy of the submitted text (without personal data, contact details - both in the text and metadata).
   
   
3. The article cannot be published earlier, nor can it be the subject of proceedings qualifying it for publication in other journal or publishing house.
   
   
4. The text must be prepared in double spaced format, with margins and numbered pages. Titles and subheadings should be short.
   
   
5. Tables and drawings must be on separate pages, at the end of the main text.
   
   
6. The first page must contain:
   
   • the names of the Author / Authors and their affiliations;
   • title;
   • abstract not exceeding 300 words;
   • JEL classification codes (Classification System for Journal Articles);
   • keywords (maximum 5);
   • the name and e-mail address of the Author, to which readers may write.
     
     Preferred length of the paper is 20 tys. signs. An abstract of up to 300 words must be included in the submitted manuscript. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. It should state briefly and clearly the purpose and setting of the research, the principal findings and major conclusions, and the paper’s contribution to knowledge. For empirical papers the country/countries/locations of the study should be clearly stated, as should the methods and nature of the sample, the dates, and a summary of the findings/conclusion. Please note that excessive statistical details should be avoided, abbreviations/acronyms used only if essential or firmly established, and that the abstract should not be structured into subsections. Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full at the end of the abstract.
     
     
7. In the review process of Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej, the rule of double anonymity is applied: neither the Reviewer nor the Author knows each other’s personal details. For this reason, a so-called “blind” version is sent for review and an additional version should be sent to the editorial office in the pdf format.
   • Title page of the blind version may not contain any names of Authors nor their affiliation.
   • References to previous works of Authors (articles, doctoral dissertations, etc.) must be saved in such a way as to make identification impossible.
   • Any acknowledgments, references to participation in conferences, joint grants, etc. must be removed from the blind version of the article.
   • The electronic version of the submitted PDF file containing a blind version of the article cannot contain elements allowing the identification of the Author.
     
     
8. The number of references should be kept to a minimum.
   
   
9. All patterns must be saved as Microsoft Equation objects.
   
   
10. Patterns, tables, and drawings must have continuous numbering throughout the entire text.
    
    
11. The following text format is required:
    
    
    • Main text
      
      • Font Times New Roman, size 12, space 2.
      • Volume - 0.5-3 publisher’s sheets (1 sheet - 40,000 characters)
      • Providing the full name and surname of the persons mentioned in the text, unless there are special reasons to the contrary.
      • Publication names in italics.
      • Foreign-language terms in relation to the text of the publication in italics.
      • Quotations of up to three lines in quotes.
      • Quotes above three lines highlighted, font size 10.
      • Footnotes are placed before the dot ending the expression.
      • Use the angular brackets […].
        
        
    • Abbreviations
      • The abbreviations used in the text should be indicated collectively in the first footnote.
        
        
    • Footnotes
      
      • Font Times New Roman, size 10, space 1.0.
        
        
    • Bibliography:
      
      
      1. books, monographs:
         initial of the first and last name of the author (authors) + title of the work in full text in italics + place and year of publishing + pages [e.g. J. Kowalski, Historia, Warsaw 2001, pp. 56-58];
         
         
      2. collective works:
         initial of the first and last name of the author (authors) + title of the work in full text in italics + [in:] title of the collective work in italics + initial of the first and last name of the editor + place and year of publishing + pages
         [e.g. A. Kowalska, Historia [in:] Nauka, ed. K. Nowak, Wrocław 2005, pp. 45-48];
         
         
      3. magazines / journals:
         initial of the first and last name of the author (authors) + title of the work in full text in italics + title of the magazine / journal in regular letters in quotes + place and year of publishing + number of issue (volume, number, etc] + pages
         [e.g.: A. Kowalska, History, “Prace Historyczne” (Krakow) 2005, no. 1, pp. 42–56];
         
         
      4. archival documents:
         archive name + file name + folder reference number + document name
         [e.g.. AAN, MSZ 9654, document name, page (if there is pagination)];
         
         
      5. Internet materials:
         page title + website address + date of access;
         
         
      6. short citation (publication cited earlier):
         A. Kowalska, op.cit., p. 45 in the case where we quote more than one work by a given author: A. Kowalska, Historia, p. 45 in the case of repeating the same source: ibidem, p. 45.
         
         
12. Texts prepared not in accordance with the above rules will be rejected.
    
    
13. The editorial office reserves the right to make a linguistic correction.

“Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej” (Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy) publishes articles related to individual and collective labour law, social security law and legal problems of social policy. It is a forum for exchange of opinions for persons interested in the labour law from all academic centres in Poland and in Europe. Articles can be both empirical and theoretical.

We would like to encourage you to send your texts to “Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej”. Each scientific journal is as good as the texts it publishes. That is why we care so much about your articles. Our ambition is to make “Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej”the best journal in the field of labour law and social policy in Poland, setting the tone of scientific discussion about the issues of labour law and the labour market.

The many years of experience of the editorial staff of “Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej”show that the quality of texts and - consequently - the chances of their publication often depend on compliance with a few relatively simple rules. Experienced researchers probably know them all and follow them in their daily work. For those of you who are young researchers or doctoral students and are not sure what are the characterics of a good scientific article, here are some tips. These are not conditions which must be met. They are not to restrict the freedom of expression.

Before submitting the text for publication, we advise you to read the “Information for Authors” and articles in the previous issues of “Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej”. This will allow you to find out what is the thematic profile of our journal. It will also allow taking into account formal aspects, e.g. typical volume of articles, structure and a typical presentation method.

1. It is worth defining whether the article is theoretical or empirical. Of course, it is possible that there is a kind of perfect balance between these areas in the article. The inability to define the nature of the text most often means that the appropriate place for its publication is another journal.
   
   
2. The main task of the scientific text is to disseminate the discovery, observation, methodology or model. The reader should therefore be able to quickly find out what the main idea of the text is. It is a good practice to clearly specify the purpose of the article. It is best to express this goal in two or three sentences, placed at the beginning of the article. Difficulties with the concise specification of the purpose may (but do not have to) prove that the author has included too many threads in one study. In this case, instead of one article, it is better to write two, more internally consistent articles.
   
   
3. If the purpose of the article has been specified, it should be developed. Such development should be based on the formulation of research hypotheses verified in the further part of the text. They should be formulated clearly, because they constitute the value of the article for readers.
   
   
4. The abstract of the article should summarize the purpose and main conclusions of the analysis. It should be understandable without reading the whole article. It should encourage the potential reader to read further. It should be remembered that if the abstract is badly written, it significantly reduces the number of readers, and therefore the chances of quoting the article.
   
   
5. In every scientific text the role of the introduction is very important. After reading it, the reader will decide whether it is worth reading further, therefore the introduction should convey the most important content of the article. It is worth avoiding philosophical-historical insights in the introduction, e.g. “since time immemorial, people have been interested in ... “, “Adam Smith already noticed that ...”. It is better to start with the presentation of the main thought and purpose of work.
   
   
6. An important element of the article is well-chosen references to literature. Their role is to show the analyzed issue in a broader context and to convince the reader that the presented research increases the existing state of knowledge.
   
   
7. It is desirable to provide a comprehensive description of the sources of empirical data, variables used and their transformations. You should strive for a situation in which the reader, based on information contained in the article, could (potentially) repeat the presented empirical analysis and obtain the same results. Of course, this does not apply to studies based on data published in part, unpublished or confidential.
   
   
8. Variables should be consistently marked throughout the article, and the applied notation - described in detail. Where possible, designations commonly accepted in English-language literature should be applied. It increases the understandability of the text.
   
   
9. The text should have a clear structure and logical continuity. Charts and tables must be properly made. They should supplement the text which cannot repeat the information contained in them.
   
   
10. The article should be read a few times before being sent to the editorial office. This will eliminate most linguistic mistakes and assess where the arguments are not clear enough. It is good to give the article to read to other person(s) asking for the indication of errors and unclear wording.

We encourage you to prepare texts in English, which will of course extend the circle of readers (“Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej” has English version of the website).

We hope that the above tips will simplify your work and you will avoid typical errors that are easy to eliminate.

Below are links to selected articles including suggestions how to write good economic texts. Some of them are serious and detailed, others are formulated very lightly. They can be a valuable reading and source of inspiration in research work.

We wish all present and future authors good luck in their academic work and we encourage you to submit texts for publication in “Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej” (Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy).

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