Submissions
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 text has not been published anywhere so far or it is not being considered by another journal.
- The article respects the principle of copyright.
- The text is saved in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF or Word Perfect format.
- The text has been prepared and formatted in accordance with the guidelines for authors, editorial guidelines and technical principles for the preparation of works [see tab: Applications].
- Its layout includes required structural elements [see Detailed rules for texts].
Copyright Notice
Sending the work for publication will be considered as granting a license under the following terms.
Licence to use the work
granted by the Author of an article submitted to the “Zeszyty Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II” journal, hereinafter referred to as the “Licensor”,
to
the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, hereinafter referred to as the “Licensee” or the “Publisher”.
§ 1
The Licensor grants a non-exclusive and royalty-free licence to the Licensee for the use of the article submitted for approval to the “Zeszyty Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II” journal via KUL’s CzasKUL Periodicals Platform, hereinafter referred to as the “Work”.
§ 2
1. The Licensor states that the Work is an original work and does not infringe any personal or property rights of third parties, and that the Licensor’s copyright in the Work is not restricted within the scope of this agreement. If the Work has been prepared jointly with other authors, the person signing this agreement states that he/she has obtained the consent from the other co-authors to grant the licence under the terms and conditions hereof.
2. If it turns out, in the course of the Licensee’s use of the rights obtained under this licence, that the statement made by the Licensor is untrue and any third party asserts claims against the Licensee, whether pecuniary or non-pecuniary, the Licensor shall indemnify the Licensee for any damages (actual damage, lost profits, costs of legal proceedings, etc.) incurred by the Licensee as a result thereof.
§ 3
1. The Licensor grants a non-exclusive and royalty-free licence to the Licensee for the use of the Work, both commercial and non-commercial, domestically and internationally, for an indefinite period, in whole or in part, in all fields of exploitation known at the time of signing the agreement, including those indicated in Article 50 of the Copyright Law, and in particular the right to:
2. a) record the Work and copy it by means of any technique (including printing and electronic recording) on all known data carriers (including IT, electronic and polygraphic), and in all IT systems (in particular those available online),
b) enter the Work into computer memory, disseminate the Work and its copies, as well as market the Work and its copies,
c) publicly perform, replay, display and screen the Work, as well as lend, rent and lease the Work and its copies,
d) make available, market and disseminate the Work and its copies via IT networks, and in particular via the Internet, including the promotion or advertising of the Work, the journal or the Publisher.
2. Under this agreement, the Licensee shall also acquire, for an indefinite period, the right to make, or to commission third parties to make, derivative works of the Work, including its digitisation, abridgements and summaries, and to use such derivative works in all fields of exploitation.
3. The Publisher may grant further licences or sub-licences for the use of the Work, or other materials covered by the Work, in whole or in part, as well as derivative works and compilations of the Work, including Creative Commons licences in line with the currently valid templates published by Creative Commons.
4. The Publisher may submit the metadata of the Work and the Work itself to journal indexing databases, both commercial and non-commercial.
§ 4
1. The Licensee is entitled to make the final decision on the form of publication of the Work, including its graphic form.
2. The Licensee is entitled to make the necessary changes to the Work through the editorial process, or to adapt its form or content to the journal as a whole, including changes to the format (document) of the Work, as long as it does not violate personal rights of the author of the Work.
3. The Licensor undertakes to perform author’s corrections within the period agreed with the Licensee, no later than within 7 days of receipt of the documentation to be corrected. Failure to perform such corrections within the period agreed with the Licensee, and more specifically within 7 days of receipt of the documentation to be corrected, shall be deemed to constitute the Licensor’s approval for the publication of the Work in the corrected version.
4. The Licensor shall bear the costs for any changes made to the Work through his/her fault once the typesetting and makeup process of the licensed Work has begun.
§ 5
The Publisher is entitled to assign to a third party its rights and obligations arising from this licence.
§ 6
The licence shall expire if the article submitted for the publication in the journal is disqualified by the scientific Editorial Board.
§ 7
Any matters not regulated under this licence shall be governed by the applicable legal provisions, and in particular by the Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights (consolidated text, Dz.U.2021.1062 [Polish Journal of Laws] as amended) and the Act of 23 April 1964 ‒ Civil Code (consolidated text, Dz.U.2022.1360).
§ 8
Any disputes arising in connection with this licence, upon exhausting all the possible means of the amicable settlement thereof, shall be considered by the court with jurisdiction over the Licensee’s registered office.
