Studia Źródłoznawcze. Commentationes
PL-ISSN 0081-7147
e-ISSN 2451-1331
Studia Źródłoznawcze. Commentationes [Commentationes. Studies in the Criticism of Historical Sources] is an annual published by the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Foundation of the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, focused on auxiliary sciences of history and historical sources criticism, i.e. the classification of historical sources, methods of research and criticism specific to particular types of sources, and editing of historical sources. The Journal publishes texts on the history of Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, primarily in the Middle Ages and early modern times. However, the Journal is also open to researchers of the nineteenth century. Each volume presents dissertations, archival materials (including source editions), reviews and critical notes; there are also discussions, a chronicle of contemporary academic events and memoirs. A source-centred view of the traces of the past unites the various texts published and reviewed in the Journal. Detailed analyses of external and internal criticism offer comprehensive insights into individual sources and their carriers. At the same time, these carriers are regarded as integral components and reflections of broader political, social, and cultural processes.
Studia Źródłoznawcze is one of the leading historical journals in Poland, distinguished by its focus on source studies, particularly concerning the history of earlier epochs. The Journal publishes original materials that present independent research results that have not been published elsewhere. Each article is meticulously prepared, ensuring high standards in content, editing, proofreading, and typography. Publication of an academic article in Studia Źródłoznawcze is awarded 100 points (based on the list of scored journals of 5 Jan. 2024).
The Editorial Board is advised by an advisory committee of experts in the fields of sources science and auxiliary sciences of history. Approximately 30 per cent of the committee’s members are foreign researchers. The editors and the Editorial Board convene annually in a plenary session, during which a new journal volume is presented, and the Studia Źródłoznawcze Prize of Stefan Krzysztof Kuczyński is awarded.
Expert peer review is conducted according to the principle of ‘double-blind peer review’ when neither the author nor the peer reviewers know about each other. To ensure a high standard of the Journal and the specialised evaluation of the submitted texts, the editors obtain external reviews from a wide range of national and foreign researchers. In recent years, the texts submitted to the Journal have been evaluated annually by approx. 25 reviewers. Foreign reviewers make up around 15 per cent of all reviewers each year. The list of reviewers cooperating with Studia Źródłoznawcze is published annually in the volume and on the Journal’s website.
Studia Źródłoznawcze is indexed in the following databases: BazHum, Biblioteka Nauki, CEEOL, CEJSH, DOAJ, ERIH Plus.
Publication languages: Polish, English.
Scholarly disciplines assigned by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education: history, literary studies.
Points awarded for publication: 100 points (based on the list of scored journals of 5 Jan. 2024).
This is an open-access journal: until 2023 under the CC-BY-ND 3.0 licence; since 2024 under a CC-BY 4.0 licence.
The reference version for the Journal is its electronic edition.
In recent years, Studia Źródłoznawcze participated in the ‘Support for Scientific Journals’ programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and in the 2-year Ministry project ‘Development of scientific journals’. Copies of all published volumes of the Journal, starting from vol. 1 (1957), are available from the Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes (RCIN); starting from the texts of vol. 49 (2011), they are available to all users without restriction. The Akademicka Platforma Czasopism (APCz; Academic Journals Platform) and the Journal’s website (https://www.studia-zrodloznawcze.pl/en/) present the volumes from vol. 53 (2015) onwards. Printed volumes of Studia Źródłoznawcze can be purchased from the DiG Publishing House (vols 37–54 for the years 2000–2016), while subsequent volumes (from vol. 55 for 2017 onwards) can be purchased from the Publishing House of the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences (https://ksiegarnia-ihpan.edu.pl/en/).
Information for potential authors
The editors request that all texts be sent electronically as an e-mail attachment to the editorial address: redakcja@studia-zrodloznawcze.pl
The editors request that texts be prepared following the editorial guidelines and the list of abbreviations available on the Journal’s website.
Only original texts are accepted for publication. The text must result from independent research and not be previously published elsewhere. Had the submitted text been previously distributed in an other form (e.g. in an abridged version, in another language, on the Internet), the authors are asked to provide relevant information so that the editors can assess the validity of publishing the material in Studia Źródłoznawcze.
The Journal takes precautions against ghostwriting and guest authorship. The editors will reject typescripts with disclosed instances of ghostwriting. Authorship should be restricted to only those individuals who have contributed significantly to the conception, writing, or interpretation of the submitted text. All those who have made a significant contribution should be listed as co-authors with an indication of the extent of their contribution.
The Studia Źródłoznawcze Prize of Stefan Krzysztof Kuczyński
A significant aspect of the activities of the Editorial Board and Advisory Committee of the Journal is the annual (since 2010) awarding of the Studia Źródłoznawcze Prize named after Stefan Krzysztof Kuczyński, a long-time employee of the Institute of History PAS and editor-in-chief of Studia Źródłoznawcze. The aim of the Prize, financed by the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and by the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, is to promote Polish research in the auxiliary sciences of history and sources studies and the editing of historical sources. The Prize is awarded for Polish monographs in sources science and auxiliary historical sciences, as well as source editions related to the period from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Over the past decade, it has established a strong reputation among history researchers and is widely regarded as a prestigious honour. The laureates are selected during the winter annual plenary meeting of the Journal’s Editorial Board and Advisory Committee. The competition results are published on the Journal’s website, the Institute’s website, and in individual volumes of Studia Źródłoznawcze.
Editors:
Editors-in-chief:
Members of the editorial board:
Assistant editor*:
Editorial assistant:
Language editor (Polish language):
Jolanta Rudzińska
Language editor (English language):
Grażyna Waluga
Typesetting:
Marcin Szcześniak
The Journal Studia Źródłoznawcze has been published by the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 1957. The Journal was established by the community of medievalists from Poznań and Warsaw, and for many years it was edited and published both in Poznań and Warsaw. The first Editorial Board included Aleksander Gieysztor, Gerard Labuda, and Brygida Kürbis, who was initially an assistant editor, and from the publication of the second volume (1958) – a member of the Board. The post of the assistant editor was held for a long time – from vol. 2 (1958) to vol. 31 (1987) – by Ryszard Walczak (d. 1989). He prepared for publication the double volume 32–33 for the year 1990. His deputy was Danuta Zydorek. Next, the post of assistant editor was taken up by Tomasz Jasiński (vol. 34 – 1993), with Danuta Zydorek as deputy secretary. Then Danuta Zydorek took up the position of assistant editor (vol. 35 – 1994, and vol. 36 – 1997).
In 1969 (vol. 14), the Editorial Board was joined by Ireneusz Ihnatowicz. Volumes 19 and 20 for the years 1974 and 1976 were prepared and edited by the Board with a new member Emanuel Rostworowski. In 1976 (vol. 21), the Board was joined by Ryszard Kiersnowski (to vol. 32 of 1990), and in 1990 – by Maria Koczerska, Stefan K. Kuczyński, and Józef Szymański.
Since 2000 (vol. 37), the Journal has been published in Warsaw. At that time, the Editorial Board included: Zbigniew Dalewski, Maria Koczerska (editor), Stefan. K. Kuczyński (editor), and Marek Słoń (assistant editor, vols 37–46 – 2000–2009). In 2001 (vol. 39), the Board was joined by Maria Starnawska, in 2009 (vol. 47) by Piotr Węcowski. In 2009 and 2011–2012 (vols 47, 49–50), the post of assistant editor was held by Anna Salina. In 2011 (vol. 49), the Editorial Board was joined by Andrzej Rachuba (editor), in 2012 (vol. 50) by Marek D. Kowalski, and in 2016 (vol. 54) by Marcin Hlebionek. In 2016 (vol. 54) Jacek Adamczyk was the Journal’s assistant editor, while in 2010 (vol. 48), 2013–2015 and 2017–2019 (vols 51–53 and 55–57) it was Marta Piber-Zbieranowska who in 2020 joined the Editorial Board. In 2013–2022 (vols 51–60), the function of editorial assistant has been performed by Rafał Rutkowski. Since vol. 58 (2020) Piotr Węcowski is the second editor-in-chief (replacing Maria Koczerska), and the position of assistant editor is held by Hanna Rajfura. In 2021 (vol. 59), the Editorial Board was joined by Joanna Szady, and in 2024 (vol. 62) by Adrian Jusupović. Since that year, the function of editorial assistant is performed by Michał Słomski.
At present, the post of editor-in-chief is jointly held by prof. Andrzej Rachuba (Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences) and dr. hab. prof. UW Piotr Węcowski (Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw).
Advisory Committee:
dr Anna Adamska (Utrecht)
prof. Dániel Bagi (Budapest)
dr Andrzej Biernat
prof. Marie Bláhová (Prague)
prof. Hans-Jürgen Bömelburg (Gießen)
prof. Agnieszka Gut
prof. Aliaksandr Hrusha
prof. Tomasz Jasiński
prof. Tomasz Jurek
prof. Maria Koczerska
prof. Wojciech Mrozowicz
prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas (Vilnius)
prof. Zenon Piech
prof. Bogumił Szady
prof. Sobiesław Szybkowski
prof. Alicja Szymczak
prof. Janusz Tandecki
prof. Zofia Zielińska
Studia Źródłoznawcze. Commentationes Editorial Board
Instytut Historii PAN
Rynek Starego Miasta 31
00-272 Warsaw Poland
e-mail: redakcja@studia-zrodloznawcze.pl
website: https://studia-zrodloznawcze.pl/en/
* The assistant editor is authorised to sign the accounts submitted under contract as the person accepting the work.
