Text formatting

Rules for preparing text for publication:

1. Margins – standard (2.5 cm on each side);
2. Font in main text – Times New Roman 12, leading 1.5;
3. Font in footnotes – Times New Roman 10, leading 1.0;
4. Name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s), ORCID: http:/0000-0000-000-0000 – in the upper left corner;
5. Title – bold font, centre alignment;
6. Main text and footnotes – justified;
7. Text should be without double spaces;
8. Names of authors cited in the main text for the first time should be provided in full version;
9. According to Polish editing norms, initials should not be separated by space;
10. In the main text, titles of monographs, dictionaries and other works should be written in italics; titles of journals and series should be written in normal print in inverted commas;
11. Quotation marks: in Polish texts: „tekst”; in English texts: “text”; in Russian – «текст»;
12. Long quotations (longer than three lines) should be quoted without inverted commas, in normal print, separated from the main text with an additional leading on both sides;
13. Three-line and shorter quotations should be quoted without inverted commas, in normal print, separated from the main text with an additional leading on both sides;
14. Omitting a passage in the inserted quotation should be indicated by […];
15. Footnotes: consecutive numbering;
16. All manuscripts should include abstracts with the title of the article and key words (between 4 and 5) in English, Polish and Russian;
17. Reference list should be placed after the main text and should be ordered in alphabetical order of authors’ names. Please, do not provide numerical order in the reference list.

Style Guide for Authors: Footnotes and Reference List

For texts in Polish or Russian follow Oxford Referencing System, according to the instruction provided by University of Silesia Press.

For texts in English follow Chicago Manual Style, according to the instruction provided by University of Silesia Press.

Articles: size

Manuscripts should not exceed 40,000 characters (with spaces) inclusive of footnotes and references.

Reviews should not exceed 20,000 characters (with spaces) inclusive of footnotes and references.

Texts for Varia section (e.g. conference reports, information about books) should not exceed 3 typewritten pages.

Texts: formatting and structure

Word file docx formatting .