Review rules for articles sent to „Poland 1944 / 45-1989. Studies and materials.

  • The editor-in-chief, after consulting with members of editorial team, decides about submitting the article for review
  • Articles are reviewed by two reviewers, with the use of the double-blind review rule, according to which both the authors and the reviewers do not know each other’s identity
  • Articles that do not fulfil the editorial requirements (according to the instructions posted on the website www.polska-ihpan.edu.pl) will be sent back to authors with a request to adjust their form to the ones in the journal
  • The review is conducted by two external reviewers who meet the following criteria:
  • They are not affiliated in the same entity as the author is affiliated
  • They are not members of the editorial team of “Poland 1944 – 45-1989”
  • The reviewers will prepare a review of the article at their appointed time on the forms provided to them by the Editor. Factors taken into consideration for evaluation of the article: its merits, the correctness of the methods used, consistency of the content with the subject of the article, the choice of literature on the subject, language’s correctness;
  • The review ends with a clear conclusion on:
  • Publication of the article without corrections,
  • Publication of the article after corrections by the reviewers’ suggestions,
  • Rejection of the article;
  • The reviewers’ suggestions are provided to the author of the article. The author can refer to those suggestions by presenting his opinion to the redaction
  • The reviewers can not use informations obtained during the review before the publication of the article.
  • The editor-in-chief, after consulting with members of editorial team, decides about publishing the article, with the consideration for the article’s reviews, the author’s position and the version of the text after its correction by the reviewers’ suggestions.
  • Names of the reviewers of each number are not disclosed.
  • Once a year, the magazine publishes a list of collaborating reviewers.