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Instructions for Authors

The Editorial Board accepts articles in electronic form, in Polish and English. Articles should be submitted electronically to the following email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

TYPES AND LENGTH OF ARTICLES

  1. Theoretical, empirical and meta-analysis articles: Articles of exceptional quality and significance for education should generally not exceed 10,000 words. Longer articles will be considered at the discretion of the editors. A cover letter should be included explaining why more than 10,000 words are requested.
  2. Review articles: These articles are typically between 5,000 and 10,000 words and provide a critical analysis of important and new topics relating to education in a broad sense.
  3. Single research articles: Single research articles should not exceed 5,000 words.
  4. Articles presenting the results of several studies: Research articles describing two or more studies (each on a new sample) should not exceed 10,000 words in total.
  5. Short reports: These articles should not exceed 2,500 words.
  6. Book reviews and reports: Authors who wish to review a book should ensure that it fits the aims and scope of the journal and then email the editor with details (chapter headings, abstract, ISBN, etc.). Do not send the book at this stage. The editor will decide whether the book should be reviewed. If so, they will assign a reviewer. We cannot guarantee that all reviews will be published.

The complete documentation of the submitted text should include:

  1. A text file with contact details and a note about the author(s). A file with the main text prepared in accordance with the latest APA standards, including a bibliography, 3–6 keywords, an abstract in Polish and English, as well as an English version of the title. The following information must be provided: name and surname of the author(s), academic degree or title (if applicable), ORCID number, affiliation, e-mail address.
  2. Text file (anonymized). This file should not be signed, and any information that could identify the author(s) of the article should be anonymized.
  3. Charts, tables and graphic files, if they appear in the article (must be separate jpg files with a resolution of 300 DPI).
  4. A statement of originality of the text submitted for publication in the journal EDUKACJA.

ABSTRACTS

Abstracts in Polish and English should be prepared in accordance with the following guidelines:

  1. The abstract of a research article should be structured and contain headings in bold font: Introduction, Research Aim, Method, Results, Conclusion.
  2. The abstract of a review article should be structured and contain headings in bold font: Introduction, Research Aim, Evidence-based Facts, Summary.
  3. The abstract should contain a maximum of 250 words (including headings). The use of abbreviations (if necessary, they should be defined when first mentioned) and bibliographical references is not recommended in the abstract.
  4. Immediately after the abstract, keywords in Polish and English (3–6) should be provided.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  1. Texts submitted to EDUKACJA may not have been previously published or submitted to other journals at the same time. The author should also disclose any contributions made by other persons to the article.
  2. The author is responsible for any publishing and copyright issues (quoting, reprinting illustrations, graphics, photos, tables, figures, and charts from other sources).
  3. Please provide complete bibliographic descriptions of items cited in footnotes and included in the bibliography, and quote verified sources.
  4. The Editorial Board informs that “ghostwriting” and “guest authorship” are manifestations of scientific dishonesty, and any detected cases will be exposed, including notification of the relevant entities (institutions employing authors, scientific societies, associations of scientific editors, etc.).
  5. If the corrections are not returned by the author on the due date, this means that he/she agrees to the publication of the text in the form in which it was submitted.
  6. The Editorial Board reserves the right to make the final decision on the acceptance or rejection of a text at any stage of the publication process.
  7. In the case of a publication resulting from a research project or grant, the following statement must be included in the file with contact details: “The article was written [the research was conducted] as part of the project [title, with the project number in brackets], conducted at [name of institution], and funded by [name of grantor].” If the publication is based on a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation, the file containing contact details should include the following statement: “The article is based on a master’s thesis [doctoral dissertation] prepared under the supervision of [title, first name, surname of supervisor] at [name and department of the academic institution].”
  8. Data availability statement. If the publication is linked to a dataset, please indicate where the data supporting the results or analyses presented in the article can be found. Where applicable, this should include a hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier linked to the dataset(s).

SCIENTIFIC TEXTS SHOULD BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EDITORIAL STANDARDS BASED ON APA 7TH EDITION GUIDELINES (Skiminia et al., 2022) 

  1. Citations of works by a single author: Mischel (1968) showed that behavior is largely dependent on situational factors. Correlations between personality traits and behavior in specific situations were low (Mischel, 1968).
  2. Citations of works by two authors: Eysenck and Fajkowska (2009) presented a theory of information processing efficiency. The theory of information processing efficiency has been confirmed by research (Eysenck & Fajkowska, 2009).
  3. Citations of three or more authors: Nowak et al. (2004) or (Nowak et al., 2004)
  4. Indirect citation: Allport (1966, as cited in Nowak, 2000) proposed other ….
  5. Verbatim quotation: (Kowalski, 2012, pp. 33–34)
  6. Table layout:

 

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  1. Graphs:

  1. Basic bibliographic reference formats

Journal article: Surname 1, X., Surname 2, X. Y., Surname 3, Z. (year). Title of article. Title of journal, volume(issue), start page–end page.

Article with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI): Surname 1, X., Surname 2, X. Y. (year). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number(issue number), start page–end page. https://doi.org/xxxxx

Book: Surname 1, X., Surname 2, X. Y. (year). Book title. Publisher.

Book edited by: Surname, X. (Ed.). (year). Book title. Publisher.

Chapter in a collective work: Surname, X. (year). Chapter title. In Y. Surname and B. Surname (Eds.), book title (starting page–ending page). Publisher.

Text on a website that is not an article in a journal, book or chapter in a book: Provide the author, date of publication (if known), title, and then the website address: Surname, X. (year). Title of text. https://xxxxx>

If the publication date of the text on a website is unknown, enter n.d. in place of the date and indicate the date of downloading the text using the phrase Downloaded on: website address (without a full stop at the end): Surname, X. (n.d.). Title of the text. https://xxxxx>

LANGUAGE

Please take care with the language you use, as the texts – both in Polish and English – are not edited. For consistency, we recommend using American English, which is most commonly used in academic journals.

ANNEX

Annexes submitted with articles are peer-reviewed and published in the original form provided by the author.

ALTERNATIVE DESCRIPTION

In the interest of readability and accessibility, we ask authors to ensure that all key information contained in tables, graphs, infographics, and other illustrations is also presented in the main text of the article. The textual description should enable the reader to understand the meaning of the graphic material and draw conclusions from it without having to view it.