The editors accept authors’ materials both in the electronic version (.doc or .rtf files).
The editors do not return sent materials and stipulate the right to make formal changes and indispensable abridgements.

Technical requirements for texts: 

Volume: 4 000 - 7 000 words with spaces; word editing program: Word for Windows; body text: font Times New Roman 12 points, leading 1.5; footnotes: font 10 points, leading 1 – end of each page; indention – 1 cm; margins – 2.5 cm; language: English. Additional checkin of the text by English translator required.

The following should be attached: summary (max. 0.5 of a page) in English, Polish, Spanish and Russian, with the translation author provided; key words; References in alphabetical arrangement according APA Style (v. 7.0); brief note about the author.

The author should provide illustrative materials (photographs, diagrams, tables) as separate good resolusions graphic files (minimum 300 DPI) with Sources and Agreements (if they not Author's materiałs). Indention – 1 cm; margins – 2.5 cm; language: English. Additional checkin of the text by English translator required.

Authors statement article in journal  [DOC]

Authors statement article in journal  [PDF]

Template IJREL for author

Average time for initial manuscript evaluation - 15 (Days)
Average time taken to review manuscripts - 30 (Days)
Average time from submission to final decision and publishing of the
article - 180 (Days)

Przewodnik dla Autora.pdf
Przewodnik dla recenzenta.pdf

Guide for the Author.pdf
Guide for the Reviewer.pdf

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The author warrants that the article is original, written by stated author/s, has not been published before, contains no unlawful statements, does not infringe the rights of others, is subject to copyright that is vested exclusively in the author and free of any third party rights, and that any necessary written permissions to quote from other sources have been obtained by the author/s.

If the article contains illustrative material (drawings, photos, graphs, maps), the author declares that the said works are of his authorship, they do not infringe the rights of the third party (including personal rights, i.a. the authorization to reproduce physical likeness) and the author holds exclusive proprietary copyrights. The author publishes the above works as part of the article under the licence "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International".

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If the article was prepared jointly with other authors, the signatory of this form warrants that he/she has been authorized by all co-authors to sign this agreement on their behalf, and agrees to inform his/her co-authors of the terms of this agreement.

I hereby declare that in the event of withdrawal of the text from the publishing process or submitting it to another publisher without agreement from the editorial office, I agree to cover all costs incurred by the University of Silesia in connection with my application.

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