1. Publishing rules
The Editorial Board of “Liturgia Sacra” accepts for publication scientific articles, conference reviews and reports connected with the Liturgy, Music and Sacred Art. The article cannot infringe the copyright of third parties (within the meaning of the Act of 4th February 1994 on copyrights and related rights; the original text: Journal of Laws of 1994 No 24 item 83, consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2006 No 90 item 631). Texts sent to the editors cannot be previously published or submitted elsewhere. Submitting the text, the author consents to: any stylistic changes resulting from the standard language and “Rules for submission of texts in Polish”, to make any necessary changes to the content arrangement (in order to improve the readability of the text), and also to use it to be printed or in electronic publications. The author transfers the copyright on the Editorial Board of “Liturgia Sacra”. Simultaneously, the author consents to publish the information about the text in databases, including CEJSH (The Central European Journal ofSocial Sciences and Humanities) and CEEOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library). The author declares that the submitted texts are written in accordance with the principles of scientific integrity and without the occurrence of ghostwriting and guest authorshipphenomena, in accordance with “Explanations of “ghostwriting” posted on the MNiSW (the Ministry of Science and Higher Education) site: https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/static/doc/wyjasnienie_dotyczace_ghostwriting. pdf. All materials included in the “Liturgia Sacra” are protected by copyright. Reproduction of the text can occur only with the consent of the editor.
All papers have to be submitted through the University Panel: https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/ls
2. Reviewing procedure
The “Liturgia Sacra” Editorial Board follows the reviewing procedure of scientific articles in accordance with “Basic principles for reviewing publications in journals” posted on the MNiSW (the Ministry of Science and Higher Education) site: https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/static/doc/wytyczne_dotyczace_procedury_recenzo wa nia.pdf. It means that the reviewing procedure takes place with the principles of confidentiality, that is the author(s) and the reviewer(s) do not know each other’s identity (double-blind review procedure). The reviewer prepares a written assessment of the article on the appropriate form http://www.liturgiasacra.uni.opole.pl. The author/authors Reed to refer in details to all critical opinions of the reviewer/reviewers of the article. The correspondence between the author and the reviewer is done only through the “Liturgia Sacra” Editorial Board. All accepted comments must be considered in the appropriate correction of the work. In case of observations with which he disagrees, the author prepares clear and explicit argumentation, pointing the disagreement with the reviewer’s opinion. The article is submitted to be published with two explicit positive reviews. In case of one negative review, there is a need of appointing a third reviewer whose assessment will decide on admission to the publication of the article or its rejection. Texts of not a scientific character do not require any review and are eligible to print directly by the Editorial Board.
3. Notes on the preparation of the text
Scientific articles:
• texts should deal with a problem of the Sacred Liturgy, Art and Music;
• the length of the text: 20,000 to 40,000 characters (including spaces, footnotes and literature reference list). Any exceptions to the rules must be discussed with the Editorial Board;
• languages: congress languages, Polish and some oriental languages (refer to the Editorial Board);
• the text should include subtitles;
• abstract: 150 to 250 words in English; Polish authors should also attach an abstract in Polish;
• keywords: four to six in English and Polish, separated with a semicolon;
• citations: they should be put into quotation marks;
• In the section "Sacred Art" some illustrations can be included - max. number - 5 (in some specific cases the Editor in Chief can allow to inrease the number to 7);
• references: they should be put in the footnotes;
• list of references: the full description of the reference should be put in alphabetical order at the end of the article, using the Chicago record (details see below - Polsih section).
Biographical note:
A few sentences about the author, affiliation, ORCID and titles of significant publications are necessary.
Texts should be submitted electronically on the platform: https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/ls utill the end of February and August of a given year. Accepted file formats: *.odt, *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf (others are possible after prior arrangement with the technical editor). Accepted graphic formats: *.eps, *.ps, *.jpeg, *.png, *.gif, *.bmp (others are possible after prior arrangement with technical editor) in minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
