Submissions

Author Guidelines

I.   GENERAL INFORMATION

1. „Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny” (“Migration Studies - Polish Diaspora Review”) is a quarterly journal published by the Committee for Migration Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. We publish articles related to historical and contemporary international migration processes as well as those concerning transformations of migrant communities in destination countries. We are interested in all aspects of migration - from migration policy and the attitude of national authorities towards migrants, to issues related to collective and personal identity. In accordance with the long tradition of the journal, we also consider issues related to national minorities.

2. There is no Article Processing Charge (APC).

3. The Editorial Board accepts texts in Polish and English in the following categories: “Articles”, „Current information and conference reports, memoirs”, „Discussion”, „Reviews”.

4. Together with the text of the article, the Authors should send an abstract (750-1500 characters), keywords (3-7) and a short biographical note.

5. The article should include comprehensive information about data sources (time and duration of fieldwork, applied research methods and techniques, studied population) and methods of analysis.

6. Electronic files in Word format should be submitted via Editorial Panel

7. The Editorial Board does not return unsolicited material.

8. The Editorial Bard confirms the reception of the submission.

9. Texts intended for publication go through a double-blind review process. After receiving the review the Editorial Board informs the Author whether the article is accepted for publication or requires revisions.

10. In most cases, the initial editorial review process takes up to 7 days, and the first decision is made in approximately two months from the submission date.

II.             INFORMATION CONCERNING SUBMISSIONS

When making a submission please adhere to the following requirements:

1. Font: Times New Roman (12 pt).
Line spacing: 1.5; paragraph spacing: 0.
Left margin: 3 cm, other margins: 2.5 cm.
 Manuscript length: Should not exceed 60,000 characters

2. The first page of the article should include the following information:
Author’s name and surname:
Affiliation:
Author’s e-mail (for publication, as contact of corresponding Author):
Contact address:
Contact phone:

3. We allow both commonly used citation styles: in-text and in the form of footnotes. In both cases bibliography at the end of article is necessary. Please adjust them to the following guidelines:

3.1. In-text citations and bibliography

In-text citations should take the form: (Nowak 2005: 60). The bibliography should remain in accordance with the following style:

Books:

Burszta W., Kuligowski W. (2005), Sequel. Dalsze przygody kultury w globalnym świecie, Warszawa: Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie MUZA SA.
Elias N. (2008), Społeczeństwo jednostek, przeł. J. Stawiński, Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
Kirk J., Miller M.L. (1986), Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research, Sage University Paper Series on Qualitative Research Methods, vol. 1, Beverly Hills: Sage.

Chapters in books:

Glick Schiller N., Basch L., Blanc-Szanton C. (1992), Transnationalism: a new analytic framework for understanding migration, w: Glick Schiller, N., Basch, L., Blanc-Szanton, C. (red.), Towards a Transnational Perspective on Migration: Race, Class, Ethnicity and Nationalism Reconsidered, New York: New York Academy of Science, s. 25-30.
Niedźwiedzki D. (2008), Tożsamość lokalna i migracja. Przypadek Polaków w Leuven, w: Kurczewska, J. (red.), Oblicza lokalności. Ku nowym formom życia lokalnego, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, s. 335–350.

Articles:

Flis A., Kapralski S. (1988). Czas społeczny: między zmianą a nieśmiertelnością. Studia Socjologiczne, 2, 63-77.
Day L. H., Içduygu A. (1997), The Consequences of International Migration for the Status of Women: A Turkish Study, „International Migration”, Vol. 35, Issue 3, s. 337–372.

Websites:

U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/ [data dostępu: 5.01.2012] (W tekście pisanym w języku angielskim: [Accessed: 5.01.2012]).
Wasem R. E. (1997), Central American Asylum Seekers: Impact of 1996 Immigration Law, CRS Report for Congress, http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2010,0921-crs.pdf [data dostępu: December 2012]. (W tekście pisanym w języku angielskim: [Accessed: 5.01.2012]).

Documents:

Ustawa z dnia 25 czerwca 1997 r. o cudzoziemcach. Dz. U. 1997, nr 114, poz. 739.

3.2. Citations in footnotes

Books:

W. Burszta, W. Kuligowski (2005), Sequel. Dalsze przygody kultury w globalnym świecie, Warszawa: Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie MUZA SA, s. 36.
N. Elias (2008), Społeczeństwo jednostek, przeł. J. Stawiński, Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, s. 17.

Chapters in books:

D. Niedźwiedzki (2008), Tożsamość lokalna i migracja. Przypadek Polaków w Leuven, w: Kurczewska, J. (red.), Oblicza lokalności. Ku nowym formom życia lokalnego, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, s. 340.

Articles:

A. Flis,S.Kapralski(1988),Czas społeczny: między zmianą a nieśmiertelnością, „Studia Socjologiczne”, nr 2, s. 63.
L. H. Day, A. Içduygu (1997), The Consequences of International Migration for the Status of Women: A Turkish Study, „International Migration”, Vol. 35, Issue 3, s. 338.

Websites:

R. E. Wasem R. E. (1997), Central American Asylum Seekers: Impact of 1996 Immigration Law, CRS Report for Congress, http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2010,0921-crs.pdf [data dostępu: December 2012]. (jeśli w tekście pisanym w języku angielskim: [Accessed: 5.01.2012])

Dokumenty:

Ustawa z dnia 25 czerwca 1997 r. o cudzoziemcach. Dz. U. 1997, nr 114, poz. 739.

In case of repeated citations:

Ibid., p. 40.
N. Elias, Society…, p. 23.

3.3. Table and graph formatting

Table 1.

Sense of territorial identification of interviewed students
from Belarus, Ukraine and the Czech Republic

(in percentages)

Source: Author’s own study.

Graph 2.

Share of immigrants in the total population of Wisconsin and the United States, 1940-2010

Source: Author’s own elaboration based on census data 1940-2010.