One of the Journal's important responsibilities is to prevent unethical publishing practices. Any unethical behavior is unacceptable, and the Journal editors will not tolerate any form of plagiarism.

Plagiarism is committed when one author uses other work (usually the work of another author) without permission, recognition or confirmation. Plagiarism takes many forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing someone else's work. Among other things, plagiarism is considered to be: identical copying, remixing (combining information from various sources into a new document and self-assigning authorship), copying without quoting, self-plagiarism (quoting published own texts without the appropriate reference and quote), inaccurate quoting or referring to non-existing resources, etc.

All of the submitted manuscripts are checked for originality using an antiplagiarism system (plagiat.pl). The reports produced by the system are archived by the Editorial Team.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUTHORS

It is expected that the authors will be familiar with these best ethical publication practices:

Authorship: the authorship of the text sent to “Studia Linguistica” should be limited to those people who have made a significant contribution to the elaboration, design, execution or interpretation of the study. All people who have made a significant contribution must be mentioned as co-authors. Subsequent changes (e.g. in response to the reviewers' comments, the addition of new data) may justify the inclusion of a new author. The author is obliged to reveal any possible conflicts of interests connected with publishing the text.

Originality: the authors have to make sure that the work they have submitted is completely original. The authors assume full responsibility for each case of plagiarism, regardless of whether it was detected during the review process or after publication in the Journal.

Confirmation of sources: the authors should acknowledge all data sources used in research and cite publications that had an impact on their research work. All sources should be cited in accordance with the source citation standards.

Reporting standards: the authors should provide an accurate description of their original research as well as an objective discussion of their relevance.

Parallel publications: the Journal editors do not accept simultaneous submissions, and authors should not send the same work to other journals at the same time. The author is also expected not to publish papers describing the same research in more than one journal. Translations are acceptable but must refer to the original.

Serious errors in published papers: if at any time the author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the work sent and published by “Studia Linguistica”, the error or inaccuracy should be reported to the editors.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EDITORIAL TEAM

Each submission is initially evaluated by the Journal's Editorial Team, which decides whether or not to include the text in the publication.

After the initial assessment, all research papers are checked for their originality using a suitable channel, and then forwarded to two independent external reviewers for two separate anonymous reviews (double blind review). Each reviewer makes a recommendation to accept, reject or ask for modification of the manuscript.

The Editors of the journal must ensure that every submission received is checked for intellectual content, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion or lack thereof, origin, citizenship and other features of the identity of the authors.

The Editorial Team must ensure that information about the authors' submissions is confidential.

Journal editors may not use unpublished materials disclosed in submitted papers for their own research without the written consent of the author.

It is the Editorial Team’s responsibility to make sure the ethical policy is respected by all parties involved in the publishing of a manuscript.

DOUBLE BLIND PEER REVIEW PROCESS

All manuscripts sent to "Studia Linguistica" are initially evaluated by the Journal editors, who decide whether the submitted application falls within the accepted scientific and thematic profile of the yearbook and whether it meets editorial standards adequate to this type of texts. Research articles deemed suitable for publication are subject to an international process of double blind peer review, carried out by at least two independent external experts who assess the article for clarity, validity and sound methodology. The manuscripts are anonymized by the Editorial Team prior to the reviewing process. Similarly, the identity of the Reviewers is protected and not revealed to the Authors. A list of all the Reviewers is completed by the end of each year and published at the journal website.

If the first two reviewers do not reach agreement, the application is sent to the third reviewer in order for the editors to make the final decision on accepting or rejecting the work.

The journal policy is to make the reviewing process as open as possible, and the authors can expect full disclosure of comments submitted by the reviewers to the editors.

Processing, reviewing and publishing usually takes up to 6 weeks from the time the manuscript is submitted.

 

OBLIGATIONS OF THE REVIEWERS

Reviewers may only review manuscripts that relate to their specialist knowledge necessary to perform a proper assessment.

After receiving an invitation to review a manuscript, reviewers are required to immediately notify editors whenever they feel unauthorized to review the assigned manuscript or see obstacles meeting the deadline for review.

After accepting the manuscript for review, reviewers are required to prepare a review within 6 weeks at the latest.

Reviewers are required to write all reviews in Polish or English and attach comments on the originality and scientific/research value of the article, its purpose, methodology, results achieved, polemics, references and quality of the scientific language.

Reviewers are required to treat the manuscript confidentially and not use any part of the content of the reviewed manuscript for future research, as the manuscript has not yet been published.

The main task of the reviewers is an objective assessment of the quality of the manuscript and its constructive criticism.

Reviewers are required to inform editors whenever they find similarities between the reviewed manuscript and another article published or submitted for publication in another journal. The Reviewers are obliged to inform the Editorial Team about possible conflicts of interest connected with the manuscript they are asked to review.

 

PROCEDURES FOR DEALING WITH UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR

All claims of unethical practice are taken seriously and fully reviewed. All ethical abuse will be treated in accordance with the best practices of the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).

Minor offenses will be considered without further consultation. The authors will have the opportunity to respond to any allegations.

Serious misconduct may require informing the employers of the accused. Editors, in consultation with the publisher, must decide whether to involve employers or independently examine available evidence or consult them with additional experts.

In the event that editors have clear evidence that: the findings in the publication are unreliable; the findings arose as a result of misconduct or unintentional error; the findings have previously been published elsewhere without appropriate reference, consent or justification; the published material is plagiarism or contains unethical research, etc. – the published material will be withdrawn in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines).