Please strictly adhere to this editorial instruction.
Before the proper text provide the following information in a successive order (Times New Roman font 10pts, spacing before and after: 0pts):
• The surname and forename of the author, full affiliation.
• The title of the paper should be concise and descriptive of the work to be reported.
• The abstract should contain about 200-300 words. Do not use any subtitles.
• Keywords from 3 to 5.
The proper text may be homogenous or it may be divided into an introduction, subsections, and a conclusion.
1. Pagination: the bottom of the page, external alignment.
2. The length of the article should not exceed 10 pages of typescript (including bibliography).
3. Text editor: MS Word (doc, docx).
4. Font – Times New Roman, 11pts; Interline – 1,15;
5. Footnotes that explain or supplement a particular place in a text ought to be placed at the bottom of the page. Numbering must respect the rule of consecutiveness throughout the text – Times New Roman, 10pts.
6. Paragraph settings:
• indentation: 1,25cm,
• spacing before and spacing after: 6pts.
7. Margins: left – 2,5cm, right – 2,5cm, bottom – 2,5cm, top – 2,5cm 8. Text has to be aligned; one should not use a word division option, page division, heading and imprint. 9. In text referencing you should use the APA style Referencing System. Bibliography should be placed at the end of the article and the names of the main authors should be listed in an alphabetical order. References inside the text should be arranged according to the following pattern: (Kowalski 2001, pp. 23-25), (Kowalski 2003a, 2003b) etc. Please follow APA style rules for bibliographic citation. Use Font – Times New Roman, 10pts; Interline – 1.0, spacing before and spacing after: 6pts. In order to enhance reference linking prepare the references according to these standards:
A. Book
a. Book (one author)
Format: Author. (Year of publication). Book title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Example: Baxter, R. (1982). Exactly Solvable Models in Statistical Mechanics. New York: Academic Press.
b. Book (two or more authors)
Format: Author1, Author2 & Author3. (Year of publication). Book title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Example: Kleiner, F.S., Mamiya C.J. & Tansey R.G. (2001). Gardner’s art through the ages (11th ed.). Fort Worth, USA: Harcourt College Publishers.
c. Book chapter or article in an edited book
Format: Author(s) of chapter. (Year of publication). Chapter title. In Editors of the book (Eds.), Book title (Chapter page range). Place of publication: Publisher.
Example: Roll, W.P. (1976). ESP and memory. In J.M.O. Wheatley & H.L. Edge (Eds.), Philosophical dimensions of parapsychology (pp. 154-184). Springfield, IL: American Psychiatric Press.
d. Proceedings from a conference
Format: Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. In Conference name, Date (Page range). Place of publication: Publisher.
Example: Field, G. (2001). Rethinking reference rethought. In Revelling in Reference: Reference and Information Services Section Symposium, 12-14 October 2001 (pp. 59-64). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Australian Library and Information Association.
e. ebook
Format: Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. Publisher. Retrieving date, http address. DOI.
Example: Johnson, A. (2000). Abstract Computing Machines. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Retrieved March 30, 2006, from SpringerLink http://springerlink.com/content/w25154. DOI: 10.1007/b138965.
f. Thesis
Format: Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. Information, Place of publication.
Example: Begg, M. M. (2001). Dairy farm women in the Waikato 1946-1996: Fifty years of social and structural change. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
g. Report
Format: Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. Place of publication: Publisher. (Report number)
Example: Osgood, D. W., & Wilson, J. K. (1990). Covariation of adolescent health problems. Lincoln: University of Nebraska. (NTIS No. PB 91-154 377/AS)
h. Government publication
Format: Institution name. (Year of publication). Title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Example: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy. (1997). The national drug strategy: Mapping the future. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.
B. Article
a. Journal Article (one author)
Format: Author. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal Title. Volume (issue), range of pages. DOI.
Example: Nikora, V. (2006). Hydrodynamics of aquatic ecosystems: spatial-averaging perspective. Acta Geophysica, 55(1), 3-10. DOI: 10.2478/s11600-006-0043-6.
b. Journal Article (two or more authors)
Format: Author1, Author2 & Author3. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal Title.Volume (issue), range of pages. DOI.
Example: Cudak, M. & Karcz J. (2006). Momentum transfer in an agitated vessel with off-centred impellers. Chem. Pap. 60(5), 375-380. DOI: 10.2478/s11696-006-0068-y.
c. Journal article from an online database
Format: Author(s). (Year of publication). Article title [Electronic version]. Journal Title. Volume (issue), range of pages. Retrieved date of access, from name of database. DOI.
Example: Czajgucki Z., Zimecki M. & Andruszkiewicz R. (2006, December). The immunoregulatory effects of edeine analogues in mice `Abstract`. Cell. Mol. Biol. Lett. 12(3), 149-161. Retrieved December 6, 2006, from PubMed database on the World Wide Web: http://www.pubmed.gov. DOI: 10.2478/s11658-006-0061-z.
d. Newspaper article (no author)
Format: Article title. (Publication date). Journal Title. page.
Example: Amazing Amazon region. (1989, January 12). New York Times, p. D11.
e. Encyclopedia article
Format: Author. (Year of publication). Article title. In Encyclopedia title (volume number, pages). Place of publication: Encyclopedia name.
Example: Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopedia britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.
C. Other formats
a. Web page
Format: Author/Sponsor. (last update or copyright date). Title. Retrieved date of access, from URL.
Example: Walker, J. (1996, August). APA-style citations of electronic resources. Retrieved November 21, 2001, from http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/apa.html
b. Lecture note
Format: Author(s). (Date of presentation). Lecture title. Lecture notes distributed in the unit, at the name of the teaching organisation, the location.
Example: Liffers, M. (2006, August 30). Finding information in the library. Lecture notes distributed in the unit Functional Anatomy and Sports Performance 1102, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia.
c. Patent
Format: Author. (Year). Patent number. The location. Issue body.
Example: Smith, I. M. (1988). U.S. Patent No. 123,445. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
d. Standard
Format: Issue body. (Year). Standard name. Standard number. The location.
Example: Standards Association of Australia. (1997). Australian standard: Pressure equipment manufacture. AS4458-1997. North Sydney.
e. Video
Format: Producer, P. P. (Producer), & Director, D.D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of motion picture [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio or distributor
Example: Zhang, Y. (Producer/Director). (2000). Not one less [Motion Picture].China: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
f. Audio recording
Format: Songwriter, W. W. (Date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if different from song writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording]. Location: Label. (Recording date if different from copyright date).
Example: Taupin, B. (1975). Someone saved my life tonight [Recorded by Elton John]. On Captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy `CD`. London: Big Pig Music Limited.
g. Mailing list
Format: Author. (Exact date of posting). Subject line of message. Message posted to followed by name of mailing list, archived at followed by address for the archived version of the message
Example: Hammond, T. (2000, November 20). YAHC: Handle Parameters, DOI Genres, etc. Message posted to Ref-Links electronic mailing list, archived at http://www.doi.org/mail-archive/ref-link/msg00088.html
h. Computer software
Format: Author(s). (Year). Title [computer software]. The location: Company.
Example:Ludwig, T. (2002). PsychInquiry [computer software]. New York: Worth.
Editorial staff reserves the right to correct stylistic flaws and to make abbreviations. All the papers which have been prepared contrary to this instruction will be returned for correction. Manuscripts are critically reviewed by the Editorial Board. We request that all materials be sent in electronic version only at jerzy.kosiewicz@awf.edu.pl lease send hard copies and CD (only if e-mail is not available) to:
Prof. Dr. Jerzy Kosiewicz, D.h.c
Josef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland
Head of the Chair of the Social Sciences
Head of the Department of Philosophy
00-968 Warsaw, 34 Marymoncka Street
Jerzy Kosiewicz
Monika Piątkowska
