Guidelines

We accepts submissions of texts and artistic projects in Polish or English on topics consistent with the scientific profile of the journal on an ongoing basis. We regularly publish CFPs for thematic issues on the journal's website. We do not charge authors any fees.

We require all authors to read and accept our publication ethics and misconduct policy before submitting their work. We only accept original, unpublished texts that have not been submitted for publication elsewhere. Submission of a text is tantamount to a declaration by all persons involved in the preparation of the material that they are responsible for all aspects of it; an assurance that all stages of the research have been conducted transparently and ethically and scientifically, in accordance with the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity; and a statement that the work does not infringe the copyright of third parties. Submission of the text implies consent to subject it to an anti-plagiarism procedure and double-blind peer review. In the event of controversial comments related to a published article, we provide authors with the opportunity to respond to them, and all texts contributing to the discussion are marked accordingly.

Sections of the journal

Scientific articles written in Polish or English and falling within the scientific profile of the journal may be submitted to the following sections: Close Up (reviewed in a double-blind procedure, covering original scientific articles related to the theme of a given issue), Panorama (including double-blind peer-reviewed review and problem-oriented articles), Viewpoint (including presentations of artistic research, internally peer-reviewed). Reviews of books, exhibitions or films are welcome in the Snapshots section, while conversations and other forms of writing are welcome in the Perspectives section.

Online Submissions

Articles in the .odt, .doc or .docx formats are to be submitted to the e-mail address: redakcja@pismowidok.org.

Feel invited to submit articles relevant to the journal profile and meeting the formal requirements stated here. Contributions submitted otherwise, incompatible with the stated editorial standard or not accompanied by necessary attachments will not be accepted. 

The editorial team decides on the launch of the peer review process and potential copy editing on the basis of a complete submission. We do not evaluate abstracts or ideas for articles. A positive result of a consultation of such material is not equivalent to accepting an article for publication.

PLEASE NOTE! Submission of a text is equivalent to consent to its publication regulated by conditions stipulated in the journal’s editorial policy.

Author Guidelines

  • We welcome papers 4400 words to 8800 words in length. As for reviews (section “Snapshots”) the length of an article should not exceed 4400 words.

    Format: font Times New Roman, 12, line spacing 1,5, justified.

    Titles of films and texts should be italicised with an exception of journals’ titles: regular font in quotation marks.

    Expressions in foreigns languages as well as emphasis should be italicised.

    Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

    Footnotes https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

  • In addition to the article, the submission is to include:

    • Short biographical note (max. 400 characters): name and surname of the author / authors, e-mail address, academic degree, place of employment / affiliation, research interests, latest publications, potentially a link to an online biographical note;
    • Abstract of the article (max. 1000 characters): general description of the problematic addressed in the text, adopted research methodology and main arguments;
    • Keywords;
    • Bibliography (list of quoted publications according to the Chicago Manual of Style);
    • Illustrations with indicated sources / copyright owners.

  • Authors submitting illustrations are to indicate illustration copyright owners and conditions of consent to publication.

    Illustrations should be signed according to the following example: William Hernett, The Artist’s Letter Rack, 1879. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines. 

    • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
    • The submission file is in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word document file format.
    • The text is single-spaced; 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.
    • Articles are accompanied by all necessary attachments (biographical note and abstract, keywords, bibliography according to the Chicago Manual of Style and illustrations if submitted).

Copyright and archiving

The author grants a royalty-free nonexclusive license (CC BY 4.0) to use their work in View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture, retains full copyright, and agrees to identify the work as first having been published in the journal should it be published or used again. By submitting an article the author agrees to make it available under CC BY 4.0. license. 

We encourage authors to self-archive published version of the articles on personal websites or institutional repositories after publication, while providing bibliographic details (with DOI) that credit its publication in this journal.