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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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
  • The Author consents to unpaid publication of his/her article in “Horizons of Education” in the language in which the above-mentioned publication was written, and in English or Polish if they were not the original languages, if the Editor finds it appropriate. The Editor has the right to abbreviate the texts and change the titles.
  • The Author consents to indexing his article in national and international data bases, especially to the inclusion of the Author’s article abstracts, key words and affiliations in Polish, English, and possibly in other languages, in those data bases. The Author consents to the transfer of the above-mentioned information to the owners of those data bases.
  • The Author agrees to publish the full electronic version of his/her article on the journal's website and in the domestic and foreign indexing data bases.
  • The Author declares that his/her publication is original, that it does not include any borrowings from another text that may result in the Editor’s liability, that it does not infringe any rights of third parties, and that the Author’s copyright to this publication is not limited. The Author will bear any costs and liabilities that may result from the possible untruthfulness of this declaration.
  • The Author discloses the contribution of individual authors to the creation of the publication, and that he/she bears responsibility for the provision of all the data related to the preparation of the material sent by the Author. Thus, the Author of the manuscript declares that his/her work does not include any elements of ghostwriting and guest authorship, such as failure to reveal the names of the authors who contributed to/participated in the creation of the publication (ghostwriting), or ascribing the authorship to the person who has not contributed to the creation of the publication (guest authorship).

Author Guidelines

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

 

 

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

 

  1. Articles will be accepted in both English (preferred), as well as in Polish.

  2. All articles submitted for consideration will undergo a process of peer-review. In order for the article to be published, it will need to receive two positive reviews, and confirmation of ­acceptance from the Editorial Board.

  3. Submissions to „Horizons of Education” should not already have been published elsewhere, or be currently under consideration by another academic journal.

  4. We invite you to submit articles on particular subjects (each issue is devoted to a separate topic, and these articles are published in a special section in each edition that discusses a particular subject), as well as articles on other subjects (published in the section ‘Articles Varia’). Deadlines for future editions are:

    ●  30 September – the March edition next year (text in Polish and / or congress languages, preferably English);

    ●  31 December – the June edition next year (text in Polish and / or congress languages, preferably English);

    ●  31 March – the September edition the same year (text in Polish and / or congress languages, preferably English);

    ●  30 June – the December edition the same year (text in Polish and / or congress languages, preferably English);

 (These deadlines may be restricted in the case of some special subject issues, especially in relation to thematic articles, which will be invited for submission after a ‘call for papers’).

  • Average time to perform an initial evaluation of manuscripts: 30 days
  • Average time to review manuscripts: 90 days
  • Average time an article is published: 180 days

5.   No article submission or article processing (APC) fees are charged.

 6. The Editorial Board of "Horizons of Education" undertakes to maintain the highest linguistic quality of the content of the published articles. The process of publishing articles in Polish is subject to linguistic correction. The process of publishing articles in English is subject to rigorous supervision by the language editor, Dr. Maria Szymańska. Translations into English are professionally prepared by the renowned Ludmila Hilton translation agency. Linguistic proofreading of articles presented in English is carried out by a native speaker, which guarantees the highest precision and compliance with language standards. Our activities are aimed at providing readers with materials of the highest linguistic standard.

 

ETHICAL GUIDELINES

  1. The article must be original and should not contain material taken from other sources that might result in the publisher being legally liable, and that should not infringe the rights of third parties.

  2. The submitted text should clearly state the details of the individual authors who have produced the publication (including their affiliation and contribution; i.e. information regarding who is the author of the concepts, principles, methods and protocol used for the preparation of the publication).

  3. The article cannot contain any evidence that it has been ‘ghost-written’, and must disclose the names of all authors who have made a significant contribution to its publication.

  4. The article cannot contain any evidence of ‘guest authorship’, or any credit to an author who has not made a significant contribution to the publication.

  5. A note at the bottom of the article will state all those who have made a contribution to the work, and will indicate the proportion as a percentage that each author has made in terms of their authorship of the concept, their undertaking of empirical research, statistical analysis and other forms of participation.

  6. The article should provide any information concerning the financial sources for the publication, the contribution of academic/research institutions and associations, and other entities (“financial disclosure”). The information should be provided in a footnote next to the title of the article.

  7. The editor will catalogue any acts of academic misconduct, particularly any violations or breaches of the ethical principles that are enforced in academia. Any such cases will be reported to the employer of the individual concerned and other relevant public institutions.

 

TECHNICAL and EDITORIAL REQUIREMENTS

  1. Articles sent to the Editor for consideration should be prepared in accordance with the editorial rules:

    a) font: Times New Roman, 12 pt.;

    b) line spacing: 1.5 lines;

    c) the text justified on both sides;

    d) indentation: standard;

    e) headings and subheadings: font Times New Roman, 12 pt, bold;

    f) margins: standard (2.5 cm on each side);

    g) numbering: continuous, at the centre of the bottom of the page;

    h) citations contained within the text should be enclosed in quotation marks.

 

  1. The submitted text should contain 20 000 – 30 000 characters.

  2. References to the literature contained in the article should use the author-date system (i.e. the parenthesis system) according style APA 7 (http://www.apastyle.org/ or http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/apa.php. 

  3. EDITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PREPARING FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE TEXT OF THE ARTICLE (APA7): https://docs.google.com/document/d/19JHTefFXBcGm655vfCN6CyMoFo0OKzDQeO8T96_LeLE/edit?usp=sharing

  4. Article contains an illustration it should be sent in the following file types (.tif; .eps; .jpg) at a resolution of 300 dpi; and graphs (only shades of gray) prepared using Microsoft Office Excel must be accompanied by the source files (.xls).

  5. Articles submitted for consideration should be sent via email, after the sender has logged in at this address: https://horyzonty.ignatianum.edu.pl

  6. Because of "blind review", please submit article without of informations about the author(s).

  7. Informations about the author(s) should contain the following data: the first and fmily name(s), the author(s)' degree and academic title, personal ORCID number, their place of work (university, faculty, institute, research unit) with address, please submit in the "Metadata".

 

 

STRUCTURE of the ARTICLE

 

  1. The submitted article should contain the following structure:

    • The first name and family name(s) of the author(s) along with their institutional affiliation (submited only in the "Metadata")
    • E-mail address
    • ORCID

    • The title in English

    • An abstract written in English of  maximum 2000 (ca. 300 words) characters including spaces

    • Key words in English (a maximum of 5) confirmed by ENTER

    • The article should take into consideration the following substantive structure: an introduction, research tools (methods), development of the argument, some basic results and conclusions

    • A bibliography of sources consulted

  2. The abstract should present the main thesis of the article, and not information about the problems that the author is pursuing and which can be understood without reading the article. The abstract should contain maximum 2000 characters including spaces and be structured in a way reflects the essence of the article.

    

 

 

TEMPLATE:

ABSTRACT

 

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE:

 

    

THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS:

    

 

THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION:

 

 

RESEARCH RESULTS:

 

 

CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH:

 

 

 

 

BASIC RECOMMENDATIONS

 

  1. Before submitting your article for consideration we ask that you refer to the reviewer’s form, which presents the details of the guidelines of assessment of the article. The review form can be downloaded from the journal’s internet page.

  2. Each submitted article should consist of the following parts:

        1. Introduction, which describes the aims of the article, the research hypothesis/thesis (the research problem) in a way that is short and understandable, indicating the new/original research problem.

        2. Research tools (methods) (essential for those articles using statistical analysis) as well as the sources of research taking into consideration the newest academic literature in relation to the issues that are being discussed.

        3. The body of the article (development of the argument)

          (which can be divided into sections according to the following scheme 1; 1.1; 1.1.1; 2; 2.1.) This should be presented in a clear and concrete manner, and place the research results in a comparative context.

        4. Results of the research analysis  – which should be clear and concise

        5. Conclusion, which provides an answer to the problem which had been earlier posed with innovations and recommendations – there can also be a short separate section that summarizes the whole argument

           

          A useful study aid can be found:

          http://www.ease.org.uk/sites/default/files/ease_guidelines-2015.pdf

 

 

 ARTICLES WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN THE ABOVEMENTIONED ELEMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

 

    

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

  1. The text of a book review should not exceed 6000 characters including spaces.

  2. The review is required to contain the following information about the book: author/editor, title, subtitle, place of publication, publisher, year, number of pages, ISBN number.

  3. The style of a review should be informative and descriptive, ending with an evaluation and conclusion.

 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are asked to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

 

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). We advise to use any of the following reserach society portals:

Privacy Statement

DATA PROTECTION POLICY

  

The editors ensure the confidentiality and security of authors’ personal data. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Official Journal of the European Union) hereinafter GDPR and in connection with the Act of May 10, 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000), we inform you that:

  1. The Administrator of the personal data is Ignatianum University in Cracow at 26 Kopernika Street, 31-501 Krakow.
  2. Personal data is processed only for the purpose of the publishing process and dissemination of publications.
  3. The legal basis for processing personal data is Article 6(1)(a) and Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
  4. Providing personal data is:
  • voluntary for using the content of open access journals on the OJS platform of the journal;
  • necessary if you wish to participate in the electronic publishing process (submit texts for publication with the rights of authors, carry out work related to the functions of subject editor, section editor, technical editor, reviewer, and DTP specialist) and create an account with the rights of a reader in order to obtain information about newly published issues.
  1. Personal data of users on the rights of readers may be deleted by the Administrator at any time after the user’s request.
  2. Personal data shall be processed by authorized employees only for the purpose referred to in Section 2.
  3. Data are kept for the period necessary for the above purposes and required by law.
  4. Under the terms of the provisions of the GDPR, you have the right to access the content of your data, to rectify, erase, limit processing, as well as to transfer data – in cases provided by law, the right to object to data processing and the right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority – the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection, if the processing of your personal data violates the provisions on personal data protection.

 

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  • by collecting web server logs.

 

Information in the forms

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- time of arrival of the request,

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- the name of the client’s station – identification made through the HTTP protocol,

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- information about the user’s browser,

- IP address information.

 

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