Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Articles submitted to the semi-annual journal ‘Archiwa, Biblioteki i Muzea Kościelne’(ABMK) should not have been published before or cannot be submitted to the editors of any other journal at the same time. It should not have been published online in the same or another language either. Only one article can be accepted into one issue of the journal.

2. The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin as the publisher of the journal declares that as a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) it has implemented and applies the ethical standards developed by COPE in the field of the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools - https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author . Additionally, it will draw on the principles of use of such tools by editors, authors and reviewers developed by ELSEVIER: https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/the-use-of-generative-ai-and-ai-assisted-technologies-in-writing-for-elsevier

   https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/the-use-of-generative-ai-and-ai-assisted-technologies-in-the-review-process

   The Editors do not recommend that Authors use GAI tools to write texts. However, if for important and justified reasons they were used to generate text fragments, create images/graphics or collect and analyze data, this should always be done under the supervision and control of the Authors. Authors should carefully check the content generated using such tools and take full responsibility for it.

   When submitting a text, Authors are required to disclose and describe the scope of their use of G AI tools – it is necessary to describe in detail which tools, in what manner and to what extent they were used and what impact it had on the given work.

   The following declaration format is preferred:

   During the preparation of the work [TITLE], the author/authors used [ TOOL NAME ] for the purpose of [ REASON ]. [ DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF USE ]. The author/authors then made/made a thorough, critical revision of the text, especially with regard to the possibility of generating false, incomplete or biased information, the occurrence of plagiarism or lack/incorrect attribution of authorship, and edited/edited it accordingly. The author/All authors accept/accept the submitted text of the manuscript in full, assure/assert the absence of violations of publication ethics and bear/bear full responsibility for the content of the publication.

   The statement should be entered in the "message to editor" field when submitting the text via OJS.

   The use of AI solely for the purpose of improving the readability and quality of the text, i.e. as part of grammar and spell checking tools, will not require disclosure. Information about the AI tools used will be published at the end of the text. The editors reserve the right to verify the authors' statements using AI detectors.

3. The editors of ABMK accept articles for publication written in the Polish language and world languages.
4. The article submission process, including the review and editing process, takes place online through the author's account created on the journal's website: https://czasopisma.kul.pl/abmk/
5. While registering on the journal’s website (Register), the author should provide all required data: name and surname, e-mail address, affiliation, institution address, correspondence address, if different from institution address. It is mandatory for authors to provide their ORCID number.
6. When submitting an article, the author of the text is obliged to include a statement concerning individual author contribution and sources of research funding.
7. The structure of the article should consist of the following elements: a) a title in Polish and English; b) an abstract with keywords in Polish and English; c) the presentation of the research problem along with a discussion on the current scholarly literature; d) a suggested solution to the research problem and research methods used in the article; e) a discussion including scholarly literature; f) conclusions; g) references.
8. The text of the article should be written in RTF format (*.rtf) – Rich Text Format.
9. All kinds of illustrations intended for the text (graphics, charts, maps, photos, etc.) need to be provided in separate graphic files in TIFF format (*.tiff) – Tagged Image File Format in 300 dpi resolution.
10. The author bears the responsibility arising from publishing rights and copyrights (quotations, reprints of illustrations, tables and graphs from other sources).
11. Critical editions of the Latin sources and the ones from the Old Polish period need to be based on the appropriate publishing instructions.
12. Articles should be written in the Latin alphabet and the texts which are written in the languages using a different alphabet (e.g. Cyrillic) should be transliterated.
13. Reviews should be accompanied by a full bibliographic description of the reviewed publication, including information about the publisher, the number of numbered and unnumbered pages, as well as the number of illustrations.
14. If the author fails to send his revision on time, it means that he agrees to have the text published in its current form.
15. The editors reserve the right to reject an article for publication without giving a reason.
16. The submitted materials are not returned to authors.
17. A copy of the materials intended for publication should be stored on an electronic medium until the paper appears in print.
18. Publishing rights are assigned to the publisher.
19. Authors do not pay any fees or bear any costs for publishing in the semi-annual journal ‘Archiwa, Biblioteki i Muzea Kościelne’.

Authors’ guidelines