Strategic Yearbook

Articles should be submitted by email to rocznik.strategiczny@uw.edu.pl or.

The editorial staff accepts documents submitted only in Word/doc format.

For an article to appear in the Yearbook for a given year, it must be submitted by January of that year at the latest (therefore, for a text to appear in the 2020/2021 Strategic Yearbook, which is scheduled for publication in May 2021, the article must be submitted by the end of January 2021 at the latest).

All articles undergo an initial review by the editorial board to ensure that the submitted text meets the basic requirements for academic writing and is thematically consistent with the journal’s focus (see the peer review procedure).

Submitted articles should not exceed 40,000 characters (including footnotes and text fields). The article should be accompanied by an abstract in English and keywords that the author suggests be included in the index. If photographs are used, please provide a document confirming the right to use them in the publication. Tables and charts should be labeled in Polish, along with a citation of the source.

Authors are required to disclose the contributions of each individual to the publication (including their affiliations and the scope and nature of their participation).

The Editorial Board wishes to emphasize that “ghostwriting,” “guest authorship” constitute academic misconduct, and any detected cases will be exposed, including notification of the relevant entities (institutions employing the authors, scientific societies, associations of scientific editors, etc.).

All submitted articles are subject to an initial review by the editorial board to ensure that the submitted text meets the basic requirements for the formatting of scholarly texts and is thematically consistent with the journal’s scope.

If the editorial board gives the article a preliminary positive evaluation, the subject editors forward the article to two independent reviewers (from outside the institution with which the author is affiliated).

Reviewers evaluate the manuscript through a double-blind peer review process (the identities of the authors and reviewers are known only to the editorial board; the reviewer does not know the author’s name; the author does not know the reviewers’ names).

For articles in English, at least one of the reviewers is affiliated with a foreign institution.

If the reviewers suggest revisions or additions, acceptance of the manuscript will be contingent upon implementing the reviewer(s)’ suggestions or providing a convincing response to their objections that is deemed satisfactory by the reviewers.

Reviewers evaluate the submitted article using the review form; this evaluation must be in writing, which also includes reviews submitted via email.

Reviewers are asked to conduct a thorough analysis of the article and to provide a particularly detailed justification in the event of a negative review. Reviewers should pay attention, among other things, to the appropriateness of the title, the clarity of the message, the consistency of the conclusions, methodological soundness, the originality of the text, and the inclusion of key information and source citations.

Each review should conclude with a clear recommendation as to whether or not the article should be published. In the event of conflicting reviews, the decision to publish rests with the editor-in-chief.