Focus and Scope

The journal "Kultura i Historia" aims to develop and popularize knowledge in the fields of historical sciences, cultural studies, and religious studies. Our main task is to provide readers with high-quality, reliable, and innovative scientific articles that contribute to a deeper understanding of complex historical and cultural processes. We publish both theoretical-methodological texts and empirical research results dedicated to culture and history. Kultura i Historia publishes texts in Polish and English. The journal Culture and History is published semi-annually.

Forms of Activity of the Journal

• Publications of dissertations, articles, reviews, conference reports, translations, and interviews with researchers.
• Promoting scholarly writing that goes beyond established patterns – presenting selected texts from representatives of all humanities disciplines, offering fresh perspectives on culture and new theoretical-methodological approaches to studying this sphere of reality, as well as historical reality.
• Presentation and commentary on interesting publications in the fields of cultural studies and historical sciences.
• Discussions on topics proposed by the Editorial Board or the public, focusing on specific books, multimedia projects, or particular theoretical, philosophical, or historical issues.
• Promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches that integrate various scientific perspectives in the humanities.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The article review process in the journal Kultura i Historia is based on international standards aimed at ensuring scientific integrity and the high quality of published texts. The review process in our journal consists of several key stages:

1. Article Submission:
   Authors submit their articles electronically via the journal management system. Before submission, the article must be prepared according to editorial requirements, formatted accordingly, and include the full text along with appropriate abstracts and keywords.
2. Preliminary Editorial Evaluation:
   After submission, the editor-in-chief, along with the editorial team, performs a preliminary assessment of the article. The purpose of this assessment is to verify if the article meets basic formal requirements (e.g., relevance to the journal's thematic scope, linguistic accuracy, structure of the text). If the article meets these requirements, it is sent for review. If not, the author will be informed about the need for revisions or rejection of the article.
3. Assignment of Reviewers:
   Based on the article's topic, the editors select two reviewers—experts in the field who are not affiliated with the author (double-blind review system). The reviewers are tasked with assessing the formal and substantive quality of the article.
4. Review:
   The reviewers receive the article and detailed guidelines for evaluation. The review includes, among other things, an assessment of the theoretical quality of the work, methodology, coherence of arguments, and the significance of the work in the context of existing research.
5. Editorial Decision:
   After receiving the reviews, the editorial team analyzes the reviewers' opinions and makes a decision regarding the article's future. There are four possible decisions:
• Acceptance without revisions: The article is ready for publication.
• Acceptance with minor revisions: The article requires a few minor revisions suggested by the reviewers before it can be published.
• Rejection: The article does not meet the journal's requirements or does not contribute sufficiently new insights to the research field.
• In case of conflicting reviews: The editorial team may send the article to a third reviewer or make a decision regarding publication on its own.
6. Feedback to the Author:
   After the decision is made, the authors receive the editorial opinion along with the reviewers' comments, which may require revisions. If the article is accepted, the authors are informed about the planned publication. If the article requires revisions, the authors are given a specific period to make changes and resubmit the work. In case of rejection, the authors are informed about the reasons for the decision.
7. Ethical Standards:
   All stages of the review process are carried out with the highest ethical standards and respect for the principles of scientific integrity, including the protection of the privacyof authors and reviewers.
8. Experimentally, selected articles are also reviewed by artificial intelligence.

Open Access Policy

The journal Kultura i Historia follows an open access policy. This means that all articles published in the journal are freely available to readers worldwide, supporting the dissemination of scientific knowledge and facilitating academic collaboration. We believe that open access enhances the visibility and impact of research by making it accessible to a wider audience, including researchers, students, and practitioners from various fields. By adopting this approach, we aim to contribute to the global exchange of ideas and create a more inclusive and transparent academic environment. Every internet user has the right to read, copy, print, distribute, index, cite, and search open resources, including full-text articles, research reports, conference materials, academic lectures, and books published in the Open Access model. Users can access these materials without financial, legal, or technical restrictions, while respecting copyright laws.

Publication Ethics Principles

The editorial team of the journal: Culture and History, in order to counteract unfair publication practices, applies the principles applicable in the humanities, especially those defined by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and contained in the COPE Code of Conduct. In particular, they undertake actions that are manifestations of good practices and social responsibility of the scientific community, and they conduct the selection of submitted scientific texts. The journal adheres to the ethical standards recommended by COPE (COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors). (https://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/1999pdf13.pdf oraz https://publicationethics.org/files/Full%20set%20of%20Polish%20flowcharts.pdf)

Principles Applicable to Editors

- Consistent adherence to standards and ethical principles related to the publication of articles.

- Texts submitted for publication are evaluated solely based on their substantive merits.

- The editorial team, when making decisions regarding the qualification of articles for publication, is guided solely by the scientific merits of the text and the originality of the problem's approach. Subsequently, the clarity of the text and its compliance with the thematic scope of the journal are taken into account.

- The editorial team guarantees authors the maintenance of scientific integrity in published works.

Principles Applicable to Reviewers

- Two independent reviewers are appointed to evaluate each issue of the journal.

- The double-blind review process is in place, where the author of the evaluated text and the reviewer do not know each other's identities.

- The review must be prepared in writing in the journal's editorial panel and contain an unequivocal conclusion allowing or disallowing the evaluated text for publication.

Principles Applicable to Authors

- Scientific integrity

- Currency of research methods and theories

- Data availability

- Source reliability

- Authorship of the work

Each decision of the Culture and History editorial team is binding. Submitting a scientific text for publication in the journal Culture and History does not imply acceptance by the editorial team to ensure the publication of the text.