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Studia Humana welcomes original, high-quality contributions that have been neither published in nor submitted to any journals or refereed conferences. Studia Humana only accepts articles in English (Times New Roman, 12pt). The applicable citation style is APA 7th edition style, so we ask authors of submitted articles to adapt their texts to APA 7th. Below are the style guidelines:

 

Print article

Elements of the reference

Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of journal article. Journal name – italicised, Volume – italicised(Issue or number), Page number(s).

In-text reference

(Lowrie & Diezmann, 2009)

Lowrie and Diezmann (2009) have found that ....

Reference list

Lowrie, T., & Diezmann, C. M. (2009). National numeracy tests: A graphic tells a thousand words. Australian Journal of Education, 53, 141-158.

EndNote reference type Journal article

 

One author

Elements of the reference

Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of journal article. Journal name – italicised, Volume – italicised(Issue or number), Page number(s). DOI address OR Web address (if no DOI available)

In-text reference

(Osman, 2010)

OR

Osman (2010) thought that….

Reference list

Osman, M. (2010). Controlling uncertainty: A review of human behavior in complex dynamic environments. Psychological Bulletin, 136(1), 65-86. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0017815

The volume number is in italics

EndNote reference type

Journal article (print)

Electronic article 

 

Two authors

Elements of the reference

Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of journal article. Journal name – italicised, Volume – italicised(Issue or number), Page number(s). DOI address OR Web address (if no DOI available)

In-text reference

(Kerrigan & Kingdon, 2010)

Kerrigan and Kingdon (2010) mentioned that ....

Reference list

Kerrigan, A. M., & Kingdon, C. (2010). Maternal obesity and pregnancy: A retrospective study. Midwifery, 26, 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2008.12.005

EndNote reference type Journal article

 

Three to twenty authors

Elements of the reference

Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of journal article. Journal name – italicised, Volume – italicised(Issue or number), Page number(s). DOI address OR Web address (if no DOI available)

In-text reference

(Skenderian et al., 2008)

Skenderian et al. (2008) stated that ....

Reference list

Skenderian, J. J., Siegel, J. T., Crano, W. D., Lac, A., & Alvaro, E. E. (2008). Expectancy change and adolescents' intentions to use marijuana. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 563-569. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013020

EndNote reference type Journal article

 

21 authors or more

Elements of the reference

Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials for first 19 . . . Last Author family name, initial(s). (Year). Title of journal article. Journal name – italicised, Volume – italicised(Issue or number), Page number(s). DOI address OR Web address (if available)

In-text reference

(Nath et al., 2008)

Nath et al. (2008) have said that ....

Use only the first author’s last name followed by et al., for every use of the reference.

Reference list

Nath, A. P., Ritchie, S. C., Grinberg, N. F., Tang, H. H., Huang, Q. Q., Teo, S. M., Ahola-Olli, A. V., Wurtz, P., Havulinna, A. S., Santalahti, K., Pitkanen, N., Lehtimaki, T., Kahonen, M., Lyytikainen, L. P., Raitoharju, E., Seppala, I., Sarin, A. P., Ripatti, S., Palotie, A., . . . Inouye, M. (2019). Multivariate genome-wide association analysis of a cytokine network reveals variants with widespread immune, haematological, and cardiometabolic pleiotropy. American Journal of Human Genetics, 105(6), 1076-1090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.10.001

List all authors up to 19 names.

For 21 or more authors, include the first 19, then an ellipsis - ... - followed by the last author's name.

EndNote reference type Journal article

 

No author

Elements of the reference

Title of article. (Year). Title of journal - italicised, Volume - italicised(Issue or number), Page number(s). DOI OR Web Address (if no DOI available)

In-text reference

("Vitamin K for Newborns", 2016)

Use the first words of the article title.

Use double quotation marks around the article title.

Reference list

Vitamin K for newborns. (2016). Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 61(5), 675-676. http://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.12550

EndNote reference type Journal article

 

Advance online publication

Elements of the reference

Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of journal article. Journal name – italicised. Advance online publication. DOI address OR Web address (if no DOI available)

In-text reference

(Allan, 2010)

Allan (2010) found that ....

Reference list

Allan, H. (2010). The perils facing nurse education: A call for leadership for learning. Nurse Education Today. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.01.002

EndNote reference type

Journal article

Add Advance online publication to Article Number field

 

Article in press

Elements of the reference

Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (in press). Title of journal article. Journal name – italicised. DOI address OR Web address (if no DOI available)

In-text reference

(Baldwin & Keefer, in press)

Baldwin and Keefer (in press) stated that ....

Reference list

Baldwin, M., & Keefer, L. A. (in press). Being here and now: The benefits of belonging in space and time. Journal of Happiness Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00214-7

EndNote reference type

Journal article

Add in press in Year field


 

Each submission should contain abstract, keywords (up to 5 terms), and short bio (up to 3 sentences).

Please submit articles electronically after registration at https://studiahumana.wsiz.edu.pl/journal/public/

Contact by e-mail: Studia.Humana@gmail.com

The editors reserve the right to suggest the change of titles and sub-titles or making other changes.

 

Review Standards:

The author should prepare the paper for the double-blind review (please avoid also all self-references).

All articles accepted by the topical editor are peer reviewed retaining the anonymity of the reviewers. Each paper is evaluated by two reviewers in accordance with the following review form:

 

 

 

Review Form

Article Title:

Recommendation to Editor (Please mark “x” for appropriate option)

 

( ) Excellent, accept the submission (5)

 

( ) Good, accept the submission with minor revisions required (4)

 

( ) Acceptable, revisions required (3)

 

( ) Resubmit for review, major revisions required (2)

 

( ) Decline the submission (1)

 

Evaluation (Please evaluate the manuscript by grade 1-5)

 

5=Excellent 4=Good 3=Average 2=Below Average 1=Poor

 

Items / Grade

 

Contribution to existing knowledge / x

 

Organization and Readability / x

 

Soundness of methodology / x

 

Evidence supports conclusion / x

 

Adequacy of literature review / x

 

Strengths

 

Weaknesses

 

Suggestions to Author/s

 

 

Responsibility for the views presented in an article is solely that of the author.

 

This journal provides immediate open access to its content under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. Authors who publish with this journal retain all copyrights and agree to the terms of the above-mentioned CC BY 4.0 license.

 

The publication policy of Studia Humana follows strictly the ethical rules recommended by COPE – Committee on Publication Ethics:

https://publicationethics.org/

 

Studia Humana benefits from financial support granted under a support program funded by the Ministry of Science in Poland.