Submissions

We look forward to receiving your contributions; below are some technical guidelines for papers submitted to Wieś i Rolnictwo.

Manuscripts should include:

1. The author’s full name. A footnote should provide the author or authors’ affiliation (academic title/degree, e-mail address and ORCID number; also the name of the academic institution together with its physical address).

2. The paper’s title in both English and Polish (applies to all texts). A footnote should also list (if applicable) any source of funding for the research or project whose results were used to produce the paper, and the contribution of scientific research organisations, associations and other entities.

3. An abstract in English (at the beginning of the text) and in Polish (at the end of the text, after the bibliography) – should be up to 20 lines long in each language version and contain a concise description of the following elements:

• aim of the work,
• research method,
• key results,
• main conclusions.

No footnotes should be included in the abstract.

4. A maximum of six keywords below the abstract, also in two language versions (Polish and English).

5. The main body of the paper should comprise the following sections, numbered in Arabic numerals: introduction, literature overview, methodology, results, discussion and conclusions, summary.

6. Texts should be no longer than 40,000 characters including spaces (5,000 to 7,000 words).

7. The main body of the paper should be exclusively in Times New Roman. Title – all caps, 12 pt; main text – 12 pt, level 1 and level 2 headings – bold upright font (appropriately numbered in Arabic numerals in the decimal system: e.g. level 1 – 1, level 2 – 1.1 etc.); quotes from the literature on the subject and written sources in quotation marks, normal font style (longer ones, over five full lines, should be distinguished using a smaller-sized font), quotes from respondents’ replies in surveys as well as expressions in foreign languages – italics; margins 25 mm and line spacing 1.5 lines; textual/content footnotes – 10 pt. At first reference to an author or authors always provide their full name.

8. Please note: the Harvard/Oxford system of bibliography notes should be used. In-text citations should be in parentheses containing the name of the author(s) and the date of the publication being cited, while quotations and direct paraphrases should also include the number of the page where the quoted or paraphrased excerpt is found (e.g. Kowalski, 2005, p. 65). Semicolons should separate multiple sources being cited, and also when citing different works by the same author (e.g. Kowalski, 2015; Nowak, 2007; 2008); sources should be cited in alphabetical order. Authors should avoid citing entire anthologies or collections with an editor, instead citing the individual texts from such works; however, if such a citation is needed, “ed.” should be written in square brackets inside the parentheses (e.g. Kowalski, Nowak [ed.], 2017). In-text citations should list up to three authors; if there are more than three, the citation should give the name of the first author followed by “et al.” (the bibliographical note in the references should list all the authors’ names). In the case of institutional authors, citations should list abbreviations wherever possible (e.g. for the European Commission, this would be EC, 2019, for example); this is the format for citations for documents, reports, statements, legal acts etc. Do not provide titles or abridged titles in citations. For Polish laws or directives, citations should be based on words like “Act” or “Directive” (e.g. Act, 1991). All of the citations described above must be linked to bibliographical notes in the references at the end of the paper, and vice versa all the items in the references must be cross-cited in the text.

9. References: provided at the end of the paper (before the English abstract), cross-cited in the text, listed in alphabetical order by author name and initial, chronologically from the most recent to the oldest. When more than one work by the same author(s) from the same year is listed, consecutive letters of the Latin alphabet without diacritics should be added to the year in both the notes and citations, for clarity (e.g. 2018a; 2018b).

Journal articles
Example: Podedworna, H. (2018). Między gospodarką rodzinną a rynkiem. Stosunki pracy w polskim rolnictwie z perspektywy socjologii wsi. Wieś i Rolnictwo, 1(178), 67–78. https://doi.org/10.53098/wir012018/04

Monographs
Example: Halamska, M. (1991). Chłopi polscy na przełomie epok. Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa PAN.

Parts of anthologies and collections
Example: Sadowski, A. (2021). Rolnik, czyli kto? Dylematy zawodu rolnika, gospodarstwa rolnego i działalności rolniczej. W: A. Koziolek, S. Michalska, D. Zwęglińska-Gałecka (red.). Media jako źródło wiedzy rolników (s. 44–58). Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa PAN.

Documents, legal acts etc.

Example: CBOS. (2018). Wybory wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów miast 2018. Komunikat z badań, 132/2018. https://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2018/K_132_18.PDF

Example: Ustawa  (1964).  Ustawa  z  dnia  23  kwietnia  1964  r.  –  Kodeks  cywilny  (Dz.U.  1964  nr  16  poz. 93; t.j. Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1071, 1172, 1508; 2026 poz. 184, 507).

Content accessed online
Ro C. (2021). A staple food to withstand disaster. https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/a-staple-food-to-withstand-disaster/

10. Titles of tables, figures, maps and photographs must be given in both Polish and English, in standard format. For photographs, the date when they were taken should be given whenever possible.

11. Measures and their notation – the International System of Units (SI) applies, with units combined using the multiplication sign, e.g. kg  m-3 (not kg/m3).

12. The main body of the paper (title, abstract, keywords, article text, and bibliography) should be saved in a single file without any information about the authors (file name: manuscript_surname). The title page (author details with affiliation, title) should be saved in a separate file (file name: title page_surname).

13. Tables, graphs and other graphic elements should be provided in separate files, in editable versions (open formats). Graphic materials should be saved in appropriate resolution (minimum 300 dpi) and submitted as separate electronic records (source files) produced using software that runs under Windows (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Corel Draw, EPS, Photoshop).

14. Moreover, each paper submitted for consideration should come with the author’s statement that the work is original (has not been and will not be published elsewhere), and in the case of several authors with information on how each of the authors have contributed to the work (who authored the concept and what each author’s input was). The editors of Wieś i Rolnictwo are obliged to report any indication of scientific misconduct, including informing the relevant organisations (institutions employing the author(s), academic societies, editor associations etc.).

Article Processing Charges (APC) Statement

We confirm that the Wieś i Rolnictwo (Village & Agriculture) journal does not impose any article processing charges (APCs) or other fees at any stage of the editorial process. Authors are not required to pay for manuscript submission, peer review, acceptance, or publication. We are committed to ensuring accessibility and inclusivity in scholarly publishing without financial barriers.