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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The Author declares that the Work is an original creation and that they have the appropriate copyrights to the Work, including moral as well as economic rights. If the applicant is not the sole author, he/she undertakes to indicate the percentage share of all co-authors in the preparation of the text. This information should be entered in the field "Rights - percentage share of authors".

  • The Author hereby declares that they did not use generative artificial intelligence tools during the preparation of the manuscript.  If otherwise, the author undertakes to indicate the name of the tool, the purpose and the exact reason for use and confirms that he/she has carried out a thorough, critical verification of the text, especially in terms of the possibility of generating false, incomplete or biased information, the occurrence of plagiarism or lack of/incorrect attribution of authorship, and edited it accordingly. The information should be entered in the "Comments for the Editor" field.
  • The author assures of no violations of publication ethics and takes full responsibility for the content of the publication. The Author acknowledges and accepts that, in the event of the Author making a false statement, they shall be liable for any damages incurred by the University of Lodz. 

  • The author undertakes to inform about any possible conflicts of interest in the "Comments for the Editor" field.
  • Where available, DOIs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to all of the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Editorial instructions, which is found in "For Authors".
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
  • The Author acknowledges that in the event of the text being withdrawn due to his/her fault, he/she will be charged with the costs of review and proofreading

Author Guidelines

The article proposed for publication should be edited in the Word editor in accordance with the following conclusions: 

1. Information about Author in separate file: Author's name and surname, author's affiliation with the exact postal address of the represented institution (in order: academic title, university, faculty, institute, cathedral, plant, postal address, email the author), ORCID number. Please remove the author's data from the file properties field. 

2. A4 paper-size; all margins 2.5 cm. Text font: Times New Roman 12 points; footnote font: Times New Roman 10 points Text spacing: 1.5; Leading of footnotes: 1. Paragraph indentation in the text and footnotes: 1.25 cm. Article text and footnotes aligned to left margin, without hyphenation. 

3. Text title: centered, bold, simple font; if the article was created as part of a grant, presents the results of research having its own source of financing, other entities, etc. took part in its creation, the title should be provided with a footnote reference and appropriate information should be provided. 

4. Headings (if any): separated before and after the space (1 verse), centered, bold. 

5. Each graphic element (table, graph, photo etc.) in the text should bear the title (e.g. Table 3 Xxxxx) and information about the source (Source: xxxxx). 

6. Distinctions in the text: bold; please do not use other types of hightlights. 

7. Quotes shorter than 3 verses: without separation from the main text, in quotation marks ("..."); citation in the citation: chevrons, so-called German (»...«). 

8. Longer quotes (min. 3 lines): separated before and after space (1 line), font 10 points, paragraph indentation of the first line 1.25 cm; please check the quotations carefully and follow the verse boundaries in poetic texts. 

9. Please provide the exact location of the quotes. 

10. Persons mentioned in the text for the first time should be identified by their full name. 

11. Works titles (books, articles, poems): in italics, without quotation marks. 

12. Titles of newspapers, magazines and television programs: in quotation marks, without italics. 

13. Foreign words and phrases: in italics. 

14. Author's remarks (including omissions in quotes): in square brackets. 

15. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page and edited according to the traditional pattern 

Examples*

W. Gombrowicz, Journal 1953–1969, Literary Publishing House, Cracow 2013.
P. Grabarczyk, About opposition hardcore/casual, “Homo Ludens” 2015, no. 1(7), pp. 89–109.
L. Manovich, Language of the new media, transl. P. Cypryański, Publishers Academic and Professional, Warsaw 2006, pp. 83.
Navigation is a key element of newspaper design, J. Urbanowicz in discussion with J. Mignon, http://mediacafepl.blogspot.com/2005/11/nawigacja-jest-kluczowym-elementem.html [access: 18.06.2009].
Pleszkun-Olejniczakowa, Poles and Jews in modern radio report, “Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica” 2007, no. 9, pp. 388–390.
Szymanek, Porównanie, in: idem, The art of argumentation. Terminology dictionary, Scientific Publishing House PWN, Warsaw 2008, pp. 239.

 * Footnotes should be written in their original languages. 

Additional information: 

In footnotes for previously cited items, please use abbreviations: op. cit., See, ibid., The same, here, ed., Quotation: 

For the second and subsequent citations of different works by the same author, please indicate the beginning of the title with an ellipsis (e.g. L. Manovich, Language..., p. 266) or the entire title if it is short (e.g. K. Szymanek, Comparison, p. 239). 

When quoting the second and subsequent quotations of the only work of a given author, please provide only the initial of the first name, last name, the abbreviation "op. cit." and page number (e.g. L. Manovich, op. cit., p. 266). 

Please provide the number and any other designation of the book (e.g. 4th edition and supplement). Please provide the name of the translator (transl.). 

16. A condition of publication is to prepare a bibliography in a traditional style according to the following guidelines: 

Examples: 

Eco Umberto, Absent structure, KR Publishing House, Warsaw 1996. 
New media in social communication in XX century. Anthology, ed. M. Hopfinger, second revised edition, Scientific Annexe, Warsaw 2005. 
Fikus Dariusz, Brain teaser, “Rzeczpospolita” 1991, no. 253, pp. 6–7. 
Poczobut Robert, Brain ontology: impossible or essential? Methodological impressions, “Literary-Philosophical Review” 2003, no. 4, pp. 203–218. 
Warda Michał, Eagle’s shadow – new face of “Rzeczpospolita”, http://www.digit.pl/artykuly/48375/Orla. cien.Nowe.oblicze.Rzeczpospolitej.html [access: 18.06.2009].  

 Additional information 

Please provide full names of authors. 

Please enter the place and date of issue and publisher. 

Please provide page ranges of articles published in magazines and collective volumes.  

 17. A condition of publication is the preparation of keywords and summaries in English.

18. The text of the article should be prepared according to the following arrangement (taking into account the above guidelines):

abstract in English (approx. 700–1000 characters) 
author's name and surname (star footnote) 
ORCID 
title of the article 
proper article text 
bibliography
author's name
title in Polish
summary in Polish (approx. 700–1000 characters)
keywords in Polish
the title of the article in Englisch
keywords in Englisch
autobiographical note (approx. 700–1000 characters)
 

In case of doubt, please check the layout of the elements in any article from the latest published online issue of the „Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica”. 

Copyright Notice

  1. The Author grants the University of Lodz, represented by the Lodz University Press, a non-exclusive license to exercise economic copyrights to the Work in all fields of exploitation, as stipulated in the Copyright and Related Rights Act of February 4th, 1994, and open access, including the regulations of the Creative Commons license. The granted licence also includes the right to grant sublicenses within the stipulated fields of exploitation. 
  2. 2. The licence is unlimited in territory and granted for a period of 70 years.  
  3. Due to the implementations of the policy of open access to scientific publications, the University of Lodz will use the Author’s authorisation to deposit the Work in the University of Lodz Repository and other distribution platforms, while the Author undertakes not to use the termination of the license agreement throughout its entire term.  
  4. The Author is not entitled to remuneration for creating the Work, its delivery to the Press, and for granting the rights license. 

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