About the Journal

ISSN 0867-8294 (print) • ISSN 2391-6702 (online)

Aims and Scope

The mission of the journal “Folia Historica Cracoviensia” is to present and disseminate scholarly research in history, archaeology, art history, ethnology, and cultural anthropology. The journal serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas and scholarly experience among researchers in these fields, as well as in related areas of the humanities and social sciences. A distinctive element of the journal’s profile is the promotion of research on Central and Eastern Europe, with particular attention to historical Lesser Poland (Małopolska) and Kraków. This includes—one of the founding rationales of the journal—studies on the history of the Church of Kraków, its relations with other metropolitan sees, and its interactions with broader social institutions and actors. The scholarship published in the journal is addressed to both Polish and international researchers concerned with the region’s social, political, and cultural history, its role within Europe, and its reciprocal connections with Eastern and Western Europe.

APCs

The journal does not charge any fees to authors for any part of the submission or publication process.

Double anonymous peer review

Initial screening is done by the Editorial Board. If the subject is appropriate, all submissions to be considered for publication in the Articles section will be subject to a double anonymous peer review process, i.e. the reviewers will not know the identity of the author(s) and the author(s) will not know the identity of the reviewers (each article will be sent to two reviewers, that are independent of the authors, i.e. not affiliated with the same institution). All other submissions to the journal will be subject to review by the Editorial Board.

Open Access and Repository Policy

The journal provides readers with immediate free access to all published content under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Authors are allowed to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice. The Repository Policy of the Publisher is recorded at Open policy finder provided by Jisc.

Indexing of the journal in databases

The journal is indexed in international databases:

The Ethics and Malpractice

To prevent ghostwriting and guest authorship, the editorial staff requires that the input of each author be disclosed, in particular the authorship of the concept, assumptions, methods and relevant passages. The editorial staff must also be informed of the sources from which the publication has been financed. Since ghostwriting and guest authorship are manifestations of the lack of scholarly diligence, the authors of articles are requested to submit statements to the editorial staff concerning the professional and financial input of entities which have contributed to the publication. In cases of suspected or alleged misconduct, we will follow the COPE flowcharts.

Plagiarism policy

Each submission undergoes a plagiarism check using Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate, prior to the review process. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism will be rejected.

Journal History

Folia Historica Cracoviensia first appeared in 1989. Its founder was Professor Janina Bieniarzówna, the first Dean of the Faculty of Church History at the then Pontifical Academy of Theology. When, on 8 December 1981, Pope John Paul II established the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Kraków with three faculties—the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Philosophy, and the Faculty of Church History—the ecclesiastical authorities of the Academy entrusted her with the task of organising the history faculty. She served as dean for three consecutive terms (until 1991), and the launch of a dedicated journal naturally formed part of the Faculty’s development. The first editorial board included her students: Wiesław Franciszek Murawiec, OFM, and Fr Stanisław Piech.​

In the first issue, in the Foreword, Professor Bieniarzówna wrote that the journal was intended to publish studies and source materials on the history of the Church, its missionary and social activity, religious culture and sacred art, the history of theology, and the development and work of religious orders and secular institutes, while giving prominent place to topics concerning both Poland and neighbouring countries. She stressed, however, that Folia Historica Cracoviensia should pay particular attention to issues related to the history of the Church of Kraków, for which the exceptionally rich archival collections covering the whole of Lesser Poland (Małopolska) provide a strong basis.​

The second issue did not appear until 1994. Since then, Folia Historica Cracoviensia has been published regularly—first as an annual, and since 2017 as a semi-annual. The current editorial team, while remaining mindful of the journal’s roots and original aims, welcomes contributions from scholars in the humanities as well as from interdisciplinary research engaging humanities disciplines.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS systems to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.