About the Journal

Editorial Board prepares two types of peer-reviewed publications: scientific monographs and scientific journals. The monographs have been published since the year 2000. The aim of Editorial Board is to publish habilitation and doctoral dissertations, as well as academic textbooks. Scientific papers have been published since 1999 as a part of Acta Universitatis Lodziensis series, titled: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Geographica Socio-Oeconomica. Each volume of the Journal may have a different editor. Generally, on annual basis one volume is prepared to be published. Each volume includes a section of scientific articles, reviews, scientific biographies, reports etc.

Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education has granted Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Geographica Socio-Oeconomica 8 points placing it on the list of selected journals, with the numbers of points earned for a scientific publication, in the B section as ''other foreign and Polish journals'' which are not included in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR).

Review Process

Contribution to editorial decisions: peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.

Promptness: any invited reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible should immediately notify the editor so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Confidentiality: any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity: reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of sources: reviewers should identify any relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument was previously reported should be accompanied by a relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest: privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider evaluating manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the submission.

Editors will email selected Reviewers the title and abstract of the submission, as well as an invitation to log into the journal web site to complete the review. Reviewers enter the journal web site to agree to do the review, to download submissions, submit their comments, and select a recommendation.

Open Access Policy

All articles are published in Open Access and use open license  CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivative Works).

Privacy policy

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.