Information for authors

Those who want to publish their articles, reports, reviews or messages in the yearbook „The Skrzatusz Annals” should send the text in the electronic version to the editorial address. Texts are accepted in Polish, English and German. Initial approval of the article takes about 2 weeks, the review process up to 4 months, and publication up to 6 months in total. The authors don’t have to pay for the publication of an article in the scientific journal “The Skrzatusz Annals” and don’t receive a fee for its publication.

Before publication, authors are required to submit a personal questionnaire along with declarations.

The editorial team will not commence work on texts that do not meet the requirements listed below.

The articles for „The Skrzatusz Annals” are accepted until April 30.

      The texts for publication should be sent to:
      Redakcja „Rocznika Skrzatuskiego”
      75-817 Koszalin, ul. Seminaryjna 2
      e-mail: rocznikskrzatuski@interia.pl

The articles are published under the CC-BY-SA license, and the editorial board of the journal does not charge for the publication of the publication (APC). Authors retain full copyright to their articles. An agreement is signed between the author and the purchaser for a free licence to the works under a CC BY-SA sub-licence. Authors grant a non-exclusive and free licence to use the work, without territorial or time restrictions. The licence agreement includes the author's permission to send the metadata of the scientific text and the text itself to databases indexing the journal. Authors do not incur any fees related to the publishing process. Texts published in “The Skrzatusz Annals” are also made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence (CC BY-SA) on the same terms.

The journal “The Skrzatusz Annals” is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. This means that you can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without prior permission from the publisher or author under the following conditions:
• acknowledgment of authorship – the work must be properly labeled, link to the license, and indicate whether changes have been made to the work; this can be done in any reasonable way, as long as it does not imply endorsement by the licensor of the person using the work or the use of the work,
• under the same conditions – when remixing a work, transforming it or creating a new work based on it, you must distribute your work under the same license as the original,
• without additional restrictions – you must not use legal or technological means that restrict others from using the work under the terms of the license.

Detailed terms of the license can be found at
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.pl

The text should be accompanied by a personal questionnaire containing:
• title of the work,
• first name, surname, academic degree or title of the author of the work (all authors should be listed, indicating the extent of their contribution),
• affiliation of each author (including the academic unit),
• ORCID number of each author,
• e-mail address for correspondence with the contact person,
• a short author's note according to the following template: first and last name, possible affiliation with the clergy, academic degree or title, academic position or functions performed, postal address (work), e-mail address, telephone number (if applicable), e.g.: Jan Kowalski,
Catholic priest, professor of humanities in the field of philosophy, Institute of Theological Sciences, University of Szczecin, correspondence address: 71-459 Szczecin, ul. Pawła VI 2, e-mail: jan.kowalski@gmail.com,
• possible source of funding for the research that led to the work, e.g. grant, scholarship.

The text must be accompanied by a statement regarding the originality of the article (ghostwriting barrier). The ghostwriting barrier is a procedure required for the parametric evaluation of a scientific journal to ensure the originality of scientific publications. Readers must have no doubt that the authors are presenting the results of their own scientific work. If they have used the assistance of a specialised entity (natural or legal person), they must inform readers of this fact in a transparent manner (e.g. through appropriate references).

Personal questionnaire rs_kwestionariusz_osobowy_en.pdf
The statement is attached rs_oswiadczenie_autora_zapora_ghostwriting_en.pdf
A certificate of authenticity article is attached rs_zaswiadczenie_autora_en.pdf

The journal “The Skrzatusz Annals” takes into account the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) digital identifiers of electronic documents and ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) identifiers of researchers who are authors of scientific articles published in the journal.

Procedure for withdrawal of a publication by the Author
Withdrawal of a publication by the Author is possible only at his request via a form (link) sent electronically to the Editorial Office's e-mail address. In the case of a co-authored publication, the form must be accepted by each of the Authors, which is confirmed by a statement from the Author contacting the Editorial Office.

The procedure for withdrawing a publication varies depending on the current stage of the publishing process:
a. before the review process – withdrawal is possible without the need to provide detailed justification.
b. during the review process and after acceptance for printing, but before publication – detailed justification for withdrawal is required.

If the withdrawal of the publication constitutes a violation of publishing ethics by the Author, the Editorial Board will inform the Author's affiliating institution of this fact. The request will be considered by the Editorial Board, which may consult third parties, including Reviewers, if the situation described in point 3(b) occurs. The publication will be considered formally withdrawn only after obtaining the consent of the Editorial Board, and the lack of response from the Editorial Board does not mean that the request has been accepted.

Text standards
The admission rules and instructions for the construction of the article are attached
rs_informacje_dla_autorow_en.pdf.

Common instructions
1. File format: extension .doc, .docx.
2. Dokument format: A4 page, margin 2,5 cm
3. Fundamental text: Times New Roman font 12 pkt., line spacing 1,5
4. Footnotes: 10 pkt. font, line spacing 1.
5.We do not format the article as well as its part or a title. We do not divide words or use the additional line spacing. We do not use the tab key for the first line. We do not undeline or use caps.
6. The author’s name and surname should be at the beginning of the article above the title. In the footnotes we put the full name of the institution the author works, the city and the e-mail.
7. The order and numering according to the pattern:
Introduction
1. …
1.1. …
1.2. …
2. … etc.
Summary
Bibliography
Abstract
Keywords
8. We add a short summary and the keywords to each article. They should be both in Polish and English. It does not apply to reports, reviews or announcements. The text of the article must be 18 pages (up to 40 thousand signs).

Detailed instructions
1. The quotations in the fundamental text and footnotes we put in inverted commas, ‘, in stativa not italic font (we do not use a double cursor), in the ending of the quotation retaining the order: a quotation, a footnote number, a full stop (or comma) e.g.: ’27.
2. The internal quotations (the quotations in quotations) we mark with a double quotation: «».
3. If we omit a part of a quotation in a sentence we use round brackets and ellipsis: (...). We do not use them if we skip the text of the beginning or the end of the quoted sentence.
4. We use an italic font for:
a) titles of books, journals, articles,
b) foreign phrases,
c) important phrases we want to emphasize.
5. We use a dash in texts „–”. The hyphens (short marks) without a space: „-” we use only between numbers in dates or marking the pages e.g. 9–89. We use them also in two-words names e.g. „The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies”.
6. In footnotes we do not write the authors’ rank e.g. Fr., prof., card., st.
7. If a particular footnote gives several publications, we divide the following ones with semicolons.
8. Referring to the earliest quotations we use the abbreviation of the title with its first three letters and the ellipsis.
9. We do not use a publisher’s name as well as publishing series or the translators’ names as far as there is not a justified situation.
10. We do not use the abbreviation for defining pages, columns, etc. but we use only the numbers.
11. In Ecclesial Documents we refer to the point not to the page number; we state the source, the place and the edition or announcement year.
12. The author’s interference we write in square brackets.
13. We use a space after each punctuation mark excepting the initials e.g. H.U. von Balthasar.

Guidelines for preparing abstracts and keywords
Articles published in the “The Skrzatusz Annals” must be accompanied by a short abstract (maximum 850 characters including spaces – 150 to 300 words), in both Polish and English. The translation must include the surname and first name of the author of the abstract (the translator), if this is not the author of the article.

The abstract should include: the topic and aim of the study (indicating what the article is about and why the issue it discusses is significant), research materials and methods, research findings, conclusions, and a brief summary of the benefits or recommendations arising from the research. It should answer the following questions: why the text was written, how the research and analysis were conducted, what was studied, and what conclusions were drawn (in summary).

TYTUŁ (w języku polskim): litery drukowane, bold, wyśrodkowane; 11 pkt., odstęp 1
Streszczenie (w języku polskim): Tekst… czcionka 11 pkt., odstęp 1)
Słowa kluczowe (w języku polskim): tekst… czcionka 11 pkt., odstęp 1

TITLE (in English): block capitals, bold, centred, 11-point font, single spacing
Abstract (in English): Text… 11-point font, single spacing
Keywords (in English): text… 11-point font, single spacing

Guidelines for preparing photographs and illustrations
1. Please send photographs as attachments in JPG format, no larger than 2 MB.
2. Do not insert photographs directly into the text; instead, indicate where you wish them to appear, specifying the filename of the attachment.
3. Photo caption: Times New Roman 12pt font, 1.0 line spacing, centred paragraph.

Photo 1. Photo or illustration caption [photo by [name of photographer or illustrator]
Source: state where the photo or illustration comes from

Guidelines for preparing photographs and illustrations
1. Table and diagram titles: Times New Roman 12 pt, single spacing, centred.
2. Column headings: 11 pt, single spacing, centred.
3. Text in the table: 11 pt font, 1 line spacing, left-aligned paragraph.

Table 1. Table title
Diagram 1. Diagram title

Guidelines for preparing footnotes in the Chicago style
1. All quotations in the text refer the reader to the relevant source in the footnotes at the end of the quoted sentence.
2. The footnotes consist of a list of sources organised and numbered according to the sequence number of the quoted sentence in question.
3. The first quoted sentence has a superscript with the number 1. The second quoted sentence has a superscript with the number 2, and so on.
4. Superscripts (footnote references) are placed before punctuation marks.
5. Footnotes are placed on the same page as the quoted sentence (at the bottom of the page).
6. Footnotes are usually separated from the text by a line.
7. Footnote format: footnote number. Author’s first name and surname, Title of source (place of publication: publisher, year of publication), page number (without ‘p.’ or ‘pp.’).

Guidelines for compiling a bibliography in Chicago style
1. The heading ‘Bibliography’ is in bold.
2. Entries are listed in alphabetical order.
3. The first line of each entry is aligned with the left margin, and each subsequent line is indented by five spaces from the left margin.
4. The bibliography is placed at the very end of the text.
5. Bibliography format: Surname of the author, First name, Middle name, Title of the book. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication.

Writing preparation

Footnotes format
1. The books, for example.
Janusz Bujak, „May they all be one” (J 17,21). The introduction to the ecumenical issues (Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2009), 72–77.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:
Bujak, „May they all be one” (J 17,21). The introduction to the ecumenical issues, 72–77.

Bujak, Janusz. „May they all be one” (J 17,21). The introduction to the ecumenical issues. Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2009.

2. The articles from joint publications, e.g.:
Bernard Wodecki, “The Temple’s Role and Meaning according to the First Testament Role”, in: „The Spirit and the Bride say: Come”. The commemorative book for a professor Fr. Augustyna Jankowskiego OSB in his 85 birthday anniversary, ed. Waldemar Chrostowski (Warszawa: Vocatio, 2001), 424–425.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:
Wodecki, „The Temple’s Role and Meaning according to the First Testament Role”, 424–425.

Wodecki, Bernard. “The Temple’s Role and Meaning according to the First Testament Role”. In: „The Spirit and the Bride say: Come”. The commemorative book for a professor Fr. Augustyna Jankowskiego OSB in his 85 birthday anniversary, ed. Waldemar Chrostowski, 424–425. Warszawa: Vocatio, 2001.

3. The encyclopedia entry (must be a headword), e.g.:
Waldemar Chrostowski, „The pilgrimage in Bible”, in: The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 15 (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2011), col. 482.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:
Chrostowski, „The pilgrimage in Bible”, in: The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 15 (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2011), col. 482.

Chrostowski, Waldemar. „The pilgrimage in Bible”. In: The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15 (col. 482). Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2011.

4. The articles from journals, e.g.:
Janusz Lemański, „Abraham – the faith born from the experience”, The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies 16, 20, 1–2 (2013): 127–135.
(16 – an editorial year, 2013 – a year, 20 – a number, 1–2 – a notebook).

If there is a yearbook and a number or a notebook we write.
By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:
Lemański, „Abraham – the faith born from the experience”, 127–135.

Lemański, Janusz. „Abraham – the faith born from the experience”. The Koszalin-Kolobrzeg Studies 16, 20, 1–2 (2013): 127–135.

5. The electronic documents (it must be the author firstly – if there is, the title of the article or the entry, last of all the date without a space after full stops) e.g.:
Kazimierz Dullak, „Preparation and thanksgiving (can. 909 KPK)”, Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 11, 2 (2013): 121–132, access 19.05.2013, http://www.wt.usz.edu.pl/attachments/article/296/CTO_2-2013.pdf.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:
Kazimierz Dullak, „Preparation and thanksgiving (can. 909 KPK)”, 121–132.

Dullak, Kazimierz. „Preparation and thanksgiving (can. 909 KPK)”. Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 11, 2 (2013): 121–132. Access 19.05.2013. http://www.wt.usz.edu.pl/attachments/article/296/CTO_2-2013.pdf.

6. The websites addresses (at the end must be the access date without a space after full stops), e.g.:
Diocese Archive in Szczecin, „About us”, access 19.05.2014, http://www.archiwum.szczecin.pl.

By cross-referencing the publication cited already write:
Diocese Archive in Szczecin, „About us”.

Diocese Archive in Szczecin. „About us”. Access 19.05.2014. http://www.archiwum.szczecin.pl.