1. The volume of the article: approximately 12 A4 pages
2. The typescript should meet the following formal requirements:
3. The typescript should be complete, i.e. it should include:
It is imperative to remove all Author data from the text.
Author's data are entered at the time of text submission through the UO Journals Platform (https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/sm) and must include:
4. Citations and references to sources.
Citations and references should be prepared according to the so-called Chicago system. This means that literature references should be used in the main text by including in parentheses the name of the author of the work, the year of publication, and the pages of reference, e.g. (Słodczyk 2001, 54-55), and if a collective work is cited, the initial part of the title, the year of publication, and the pages of reference should be included in parentheses, e.g. (Transformations of Space... 2006, 45-49). Details of this style are provided in the instructions on the UO Periodicals Platform.
5. list and description of literature items:
The bibliography should be placed at the end of the entire work in alphabetical order. All works cited must be described. Description of literature items in accordance with the Chicago system.
Description of literature items:
Compact works (Books):
Single author:
Słodczyk, Janusz. 2012. Historia planowania i budowy miast. Opole: WUO.
(b) Footnote: (Sweet 2012, 24-27)
Two or three authors:
(a) Bibliography: Surname name, first name of author, and first name and surname name of second and third author. Year of publication. Title of the work (in italics). Place: Name of the publishing house.
Koziarski, Stanislaw and Radoslaw Wróbel. 2019. changes in the structure of land use of cities in Opole province, Opole: WUO.
(b) Footnote: (Koziarski and Wróbel 2019, 103).
Four and more authors:
(a) Bibliography: the bibliographic record contains only the Surname, First Name of the first author, along with annotation et al. ("et al.").
Zaucha, Jacek et al. 2015. territorial dimension of growth and development. Warsaw: Difin.
(b) Footnote: (Zaucha et al. 2015, 145).
Chapter in a collective monograph:
(a) Bibliography: Surname, First name of author. Year of publication. Title of chapter/article. In: Title of work (in italics), ed. full Name of editor(s), page range. Place: Name of publisher.
Szafranska, Ewa. 2008. human and social capital in urban space. The example of Łódź. In Mechanizmy i uwarunkowania budowania konkurencyjności miast, ed. Słodczyk Janusz, Szafranek Edyta, 67. Opole: WUO.
(b) Footnote: (Szafranska 2008, 67)
Journal article:
(a) Bibliography: Surname, First name of author. Year of publication. Title of article. Journal title (in italics), volume(number), page range.
Wojtowicz, Miroslaw. 2017. contemporary problem of urbanization and urban development in the Brazilian Amazon. Urban Studies, 29, 27-44.
(b) Footnote: (Wojtowicz 2017, 27-44).
Electronic publications:
Bibliography: Simon, Wieslaw. 2014. master Eckhart - mystic of everyday life. Accessed: 10.07.2014. http://www.deon.pl/religia/swiety-patron-dnia/art,151,mistrzeckhart-mistyk-codziennosci.html.
Footnote: (Szymona 2014)
Foreign-language works are given in the original language, and descriptive elements written in non-Latin alphabets should be given according to the rules of transliteration (if in doubt, please indicate the original title in the margin).
(6) Footnotes:
They may be used to supplement the main thrust of the reflection contained in the main text, at the bottom of the relevant pages with continuous numbering.
(7) Tables and figures:
(8) Text containing mathematical symbols and formulas - use the equation editor.