Guidance for authors

1. Guidance for authors
The publication of the article in the History and the World journal is based on a written agreement between the Publisher and the Author, which cover the rights and obligations of the Parties, the conditions and manner of their realization, and the Author’s statements about the self-made performance of the Work, non-infringement of the rights of third parties, and consent to publication of the article.

 
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Signed documents should be sent to: historia_i_swiat@uws.edu.pl
 
 
2. Technical requirements for the papers and manuscript preparation
Structure
Your paper should be compiled in the following order:
  • title page;
  • abstract;
  • keywords;
  • main text introduction,
  • materials and methods,
  • results,discussion;
  • acknowledgments;
  • declaration of interest statement;
  • references;
  • appendices (as appropriate);
  • table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages);
  • figure(s) with caption(s) (as a list).
 
Word Limits
There are no word limits for papers in this journal.

Style Guidelines
Font: Times New Roman, 12-point, double-line spaced. Use margins of at least 2.5 cm (or 1 inch). 
Title: Use bold for your article title, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
Headings: Please indicate the level of the section headings in your article:
First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

Formatting and Templates
Papers may be submitted in Word format. Figures should be saved separately from the text.
Photographs in .jpg format, resolution 300 dpi

References
Footnotes should be Word generated at the bottom of the page. References in the textshould be placed before the dot ending the sentence, or a comma when the reference is insidethe sentence, except for the situation when the sentence is ended by the abbreviation. Thenumbers of the footnotes and references should be placed in upper index without unnecessary brackets and dots after the numbers.
Bibliography should be placed at the end of the article.
Required bibliographical notes - according to simplified system e.g:
a/ in footnotes: MAKSYMIUK, 2015: 66. 
b/ in bibliography: 
MAKSYMIUK, K. (2015) Geography of Roman-Iranian Wars: Military Operations of Rome and Sasanian Iran. Siedlce: Publishing House of Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities.
DARYAEE, T. (2010) ‘Bazaar, Merchants, and Trade in Late Antique’, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East 30.3: 401-409. doi:10.1215/1089201X-2010-023
DRIJVERS, H. J. W. (1977) ‘Hatra, Palmyra und Edessa. Die Städte der syrisch-mesopotamischen Wüste in politischer, kulturgeschichtlicher und religionsgeschichtlicher Beleuchtung’, in Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt : Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung / 2, Principat Bd 8, eds. H. TEMPORINI, W. HAASE, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 799-906. doi:10.1515/9783110866940-019

Checklist: What to Include

Author details. All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript (please also include ORCiDs).
Works submitted for publication must contain the personal data of all authors, i.e. people who have contributed creatively to the creation of the work and at the same time not contain data for people who have not made such a contribution. All listed persons must accept the submission of the text for publication and be aware of the responsibilities involved. In the case of papers with more than one author, the corresponding author will contact the editorial office on behalf of the entire team and is obliged to forward all decisions and arrangements regarding the text to the other authors 
Authors’ affiliations are the affiliations where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer-review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted. 

Biographical note. Please supply a short biographical note for each author (no more than 200 words).

Funding details. Please supply all details required by your funding and grant-awarding bodies as follows: For single agency grants: This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].
Guidance on what is a conflict of interest and how to disclose it. If there is no disclosure, we will then publish the following statement: “No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.”

Using Third-Party Material in your Paper
You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article. The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission. If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Abstract: guidelines
The abstract is treated as a summary of the article covering the research problem, hypotheses, methods and research results.

Formatting the abstract:

  • the content of the abstract should be placed under the heading (Abstract), without paragraph indentation,
  • abstract font: Times New Roman (11 points),
  • length of the abstract 1400–1600 characters with spaces.

The abstract should be accompanied by keywords – from 3 to 7.

Keyword formatting:

  • keywords should be placed directly under the title of the article, without paragraph indentation,
  • keywords written in lowercase letters (proper names are the exception) should be separated with commas,
  • do not put a full stop after all keywords.

The content of the abstract should be structured. For this purpose, you can use the following questions and answer them in 1–2 sentences:

  1. What is the main topic of the work? – outlining the research goal, thesis or hypothesis.
  2. What research has been done? – explanation of research methods.
  3. What did the research find out? – a summary of the main findings.
  4. What are the conclusions of the research? – presentation of the interpretation of test results.

 Ad. 1. Research aims
It should start with a clear definition of the research problem, formulation of the research aims. What practical or theoretical problem does the research address? What questions should be answered? You can also add a brief information about the research context, social or scientific.
Ad. 2. Methodology
The research methods used in the research should be indicated. Ideally, this part should be in 1–2 sentences. The past tense can be used because the activities have already been performed, without evaluating the methodology.
Ad 3. Research results
Summarize the main results of the research. It is not necessary to include all research results, but to emphasize the most important findings familiarizing the reader with the presented research.
Ad 4. ​​Conclusions and summary
Briefly present the main conclusions that can be drawn from the described research. Was the problem formulated in the introduction solved and how? If there are significant limitations in the scope of the described studies or studies require continuation, this should be indicated.

Important: Avoid citing sources in your abstract – it should be completely understandable without reference to other sources. References in abstracts may be included only in exceptional situations, e.g. when an article is a response to another article or directly refers to other research.