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Author Guidelines

Submission and online publication in the Research Papers in Economics and Finance are free of charge. The journal does not levy article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees and there is no cost for readers to download articles.

1. Manuscript Preparation

  1. Length and formatting: Maximum size of the paper should be up to 8,000 words (including figures and tables, references, footnotes), formatted with 1.5 line spacing
  2. The manuscript must be prepared in English, using clear and correct academic language
  3. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any data, tables, schemes, and figures for which copyright exists
  4. The paper has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. After acceptance, the manuscript must not be submitted to any other journal.
  5. Anonymisation of the manuscript (double-blind review): Authors are required to upload a fully anonymised version of the manuscript
  6. Author details (names, affiliations, ORCID iDs, and e-mail addresses) are provided separately in the online submission system by the author at the time of submission

2. Manuscript structure

The paper should be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections, typically including:

  1. Title — concise and informative
  2. Abstract — up to 200 words (aim, methods, key results and conclusions)
  3. Keywords — up to five keywords; JEL codes are mandatory
  4. Funding — list sources in line with funder requirements
  5. Introduction — objectives and contribution to the economics/finance literature
  6. Literature Review
  7. Methodology
  8. Results and Discussion — including scientific significance
  9. Conclusions
  10. Acknowledgements — if needed, placed before references
  11. References — only works cited in the text; please use APA 7th edition style

Referencing (APA style): Citations in the text:

  • (Nowak, 2023, p. 123), Nowak (2022, p. 271) claims that… , (Gorsuch, 2021, pp. 228-229), (Walker & Allen, 2024), (Bradley, Ramirez, & Soo, 2023).

Referencing (APA style): Journal article

  • Cellmer, R., Bełej, M., & Trojanek, R. (2024). Housing prices and points of interest in three Polish cities. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 39, 1509–1540. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-024-10124-7
  • Czyżewski, B., Poczta-Wajda, A., Matuszczak, A., Smędzik-Ambroży, K., & Guth, M. (2025). Exploring intentions to convert into organic farming in small-scale agriculture: Social embeddedness in extended theory of planned behaviour framework. Agricultural Systems, 225, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104294
  • Echaust, K., Just, M., & Kliber, A. (2024). To hedge or not to hedge? Cryptocurrencies, gold and oil against stock market risk. International Review of Financial Analysis, 94, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103292

Referencing (APA style): Books

  • Gorynia, M., & Śliwińska, M. (2024). Economics of moderation as a foundation of sustainable development. W M. Baudry, S. I. Bukowski, & M. Lament (Red.), Financial Stability, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development (s. 13–29). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003438670-3 
  • Kowalski, T. (2013). Globalization and transformation in Central European countries : the case of Poland. Poznań University of Economics Press.

Referencing (APA style): Chapter of a book

  • Kowalski, T. (2021). The economy battling Covid-19: A macroeconomic approach. W E. Mińska-Struzik & B. Jankowska (ed.), Toward the „new normal” after COVID-19 – a post-transition economy perspective (s. 11–29). https://doi.org/10.18559/978-83-8211-061-6/I1

3. Math formulae, tables and figures

  • Please submit math equations and tables as editable text and not as images.
  • Present simple formulae in line with normal text where possible
  • Use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., A/B.

4. Submission

  1. All manuscripts must be submitted through our OJS online system
  2. The system guides authors step by step through entering manuscript details and uploading files.
  3. The submitting author can track the status of the manuscript throughout the editorial process.
  4. Revised and expanded versions of conference or working papers may be considered. In such cases: The original version must be uploaded for comparison. The published article must include a footnote: “This article is a revised and expanded version of the paper entitled [title], available at [please add link or reference].” This note should also be added in the “Comments for the Editor” section.

5. Open access policy

All articles are published in open access and are freely available to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Details of the open access policy are available at: https://journals.ue.poznan.pl/REF/openaccess

6. Ethics

Authors must comply with the journal’s ethics standards, including authorship criteria, originality, and proper citation practices. Details of the Ethics Policy are available at: https://journals.ue.poznan.pl/REF/ethics

7. Plagiarism Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subject to anti-plagiarism screening (iThenticate software). The Research Papers in Economics and Finance follows an intensive plagiarism policy. It ensures that none of the parts of the manuscript is plagiarized from other sources and proper reference is provided for all contents extracted from other sources. 

8. Reviews

  • All manuscripts undergo an initial evaluation by a member of the Editorial Board.
  • Papers may be rejected at this stage if they are outside the scope, insufficiently original, or written in poor English.
  • Submissions that meet the minimum requirements are sent for double-blind peer review to at least two independent reviewers.
  • Reviews are assessed collectively, and at every stage of the process the final decision on acceptance, revision, or rejection is made by the Editorial Board, based on the reviewers’ recommendations.

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9. Publication Statistics

  • Average time for initial manuscript evaluation: 60 days
  • Average time over which manuscript reviews are conducted: 90 days
  • Average time for an article to be published: 180 days

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration
  • Anonymisation of the manuscript: Authors are required to upload a fully anonymised version of their manuscript. All personal details (e.g., author names, affiliations, acknowledgements) must be provided separately in the OJS submission system. The manuscript file itself must not contain any personal information.
  • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any data, tables, schemes and figures for which copyright exists.
  • One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details: e-mail address, full postal address, orcid id
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Maximum size of the paper should be up to 8,000 words (including figures and tables, references, footnotes); uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'. All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

Copyright Notice

Copyright and License Declaration

We hereby declare that the submitted manuscript is original, authored by the stated author(s), contains no unlawful statements, does not infringe upon the rights of others, and is subject to copyright held exclusively by the author(s), free from any third-party rights. All necessary written permissions to reproduce content from other sources have been obtained by the author(s).

If the manuscript contains figures, images, or other materials for which copyright is held by a third party, the author(s) confirm that the necessary permissions have been secured. The publisher bears no responsibility for any potential copyright infringement; full legal responsibility rests with the author(s).

In the case of photographs or images depicting identifiable individuals, we understand that written consent for publication from those individuals must be provided and is enclosed with the submission.

We also declare that the manuscript has not been previously published, in whole or in part, and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere (with the exception of summaries not exceeding 400 words). Simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is strictly prohibited.

All co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and have consented to its submission for publication in the Research Papers in Economics and Finance.

The Research Papers in Economics and Finance is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0

Conflict of Interest Declaration

We hereby declare that we have no financial relationships or dependencies with any organization or entity that could be perceived as having a direct financial interest in the subject of the study or the materials tested (e.g. through employment, consultancy, shareholding, honoraria), except for those explicitly listed in the attached document. We understand that any financial support or funding received for the study or project must be disclosed in a footnote on the first page of the manuscript.

AI Declaration

Authors are required to declare the use of any AI or AI-assisted technologies in the course of the study or in the preparation of the manuscript. If no such tools were used, this must be clearly stated.

Other Declarations

We hereby confirm that we have read, understood, and fully accept the information clauses regarding the protection of personal data, as specified in the privacy policy of the Research Papers in Economics and Finance available at: https://journals.ue.poznan.pl/REF/gdpr  and we give our consent to the processing of our personal data for editorial and publication purposes.

We confirm that we have obtained ORCID identifiers, which we are prepared to verify upon request by email (this applies to all co-authors of the submitted manuscript).

We further declare that we are familiar with the regulations governing the submission of manuscripts to the Research Papers in Economics and Finance and we acknowledge our obligation to comply with them.

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