Focus and Scope

The idea behind the “Lodz Ethnographic Studies” journal is to address recent developments in contemporary ethnology (anthropology) and to combine theory with practice. The journal contributes to current ethnologically grounded discussion on culture in its diverse aspects and meanings (theoretical, analytical, diagnostic and practical). Field studies and individually collected empirical data constitute the foundation of all submissions to the “Lodz Ethnographic Studies”. All manuscripts demonstrate therefore empirical research findings and present theoretical discourse circled around problems investigated by contemporary anthropologists.

Since 2015 each “Lodz Ethnographic Studies” volume has been focused around a single and distinctive topic. It allows for presenting multiple perspectives and approaches by authors who use diverse methodologies, research designs, analytical tools and represent different theoretical backgrounds.

“Lodz Ethnographic Studies” is on the list of scientific journals (Ministry of Science and Higher Education) and received 70 points (https://www.gov.pl/web/nauka/komunikat-ministra-nauki-z-dnia-5-stycznia-2024-r-w-sprawie-wykazu-czasopism-naukowych-i-recenzowanych-materialow-z-konferencji-miedzynarodowych).

“Lodz Ethnographic Studies” is registered in the international system of information about continuous publications and marked with the symbol: ISSN 2450-5544.

The journal “Lodz Ethnographic Studies” is included in the indexing databases:

Scopus (https://www.scopus.com)

EBSCO (https://www.ebsco.com/)

ERIH Plus - European Reference Index for the Humanities (https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/)

CEJSH - The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl)

CEEOL - Central and Eastern European Online Library (https://www.ceeol.com)

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals (https://doaj.org)

IBSS - International Bibliography of Social Sciences (https://www.proquest.com/libraries/academic/databases/ibss-set-c.html)

Index Copernicus (https://indexcopernicus.com/index.php/en/)

Bibliography of Polish Ethnography (http://www.ptl.info.pl/odie/)

Peer Review Process

1. Articles published in the journal “Lodz Ethnographic Studies” published by the Polish Ethnological Society are reviewed.

2. By submitting the article to the editor, the author agrees to reviewing process.

3. Reviews are made on the form available on the Academic Journals Platform, the so-called double-blind review mode (the reviewing procedure runs in accordance with the principles of confidentiality and is a mutually anonymous).

4. The first - preliminary assessment is made by the editors of the journal within 30 days from the deadline for submitting texts for a each volume. The texts pre-approved by the editorial board are transferred to two external reviewers – members of the team of independent reviewers, whose composition is made public once a year, on the editorial page of the magazine.

5. In an instance where one of the reviews is positive and the other is negative, the editorial team have the right to appoint a third reviewer.

6. After hearing the opinions of the reviewers, the editors inform the author of the adoption of the text for publication (possibly after introducing necessary amendments to the text) or of rejection of the text.

7. The author has 14 days to make amendments and submit the final version of the text to the editor. Lateness results in postponing the publication of the text to the next issue of the journal or resignation from publication of the text.

8. If the author does not accept the comments of reviewers and editors or when editors disagree with the author's amendments, the author may withdraw the text from publication, while editors may reject publishing of the text.

9. The final decision regarding publication, rejection, or introducing ammendments to the article is in each case made by the editor-in-chief of the magazine. If the editor-in-chief of the magazine is the author, all decisions related to the publication of the text are passed on to the deputy editor-in-chief or a member of the editorial board.

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Complete List of Reviewers

2015

Anna Weronika Brzezińska, Róża Godula-Węcławowicz, Piotr Grochowski, Janina Hajduk-Nijakowska, Renata Hryciuk, Iwona Kabzińska, Katarzyna Kaniowska, Krystyna Kossakowska-Jarosz, Izabella Main, Krystyna Piątkowska, Adam Pomieciński, Agata Stanisz, Andrzej Paweł Wejland

2016

Katarzyna Barańska, Janusz Barański, Piotr Dahlig, Róża Godula-Węcławowicz, Janina Hajduk-Nijakowska, Arkadiusz Jełowicki, Jolanta Ługowska, Jan Kajfosz, Ewa Klekot, Waldemar Kuligowski, Anna Nadolska-Styczyńska, Teresa Smolińska, Katarzyna Waszczyńska, Violetta Wróblewska, Magdalena Ziółkowska-Kuflińska

2017 

Publication Ethics

The journal aims to follow the COPE’s Code of Conduct (Committee on Publication Ethics). In case of a discovered misconduct on the author's part, such as plagiarism, falsifying data or double publication, the journal Editorial Team will call for explanation and then undertake appropriate steps by following the COPE flowcharts. This may eventually include notification of authorities at the author's institution, withdrawal of the article in question and exclusion of any further submissions by the same author from being processed by the journal.

Authorship

1. Authorship credit should be based on: substantial contributions to conception or analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and final approval of the version to be published.

2. “Ghostwriting” and “guest authorship”. The following authorship problems should be prevented before submitting a paper: “ghostwriting” and “guest authorship”. “Ghostwriting” refers to a case when a person who made substantial contributions to a publication is not credited as an author or, in the case of purely technical support insufficient for authorship, the person is not acknowledged in a publication. “Guest authorship” is the opposite situation, when a person appears in the publication as an author despite insignificant contribution or even absence from the scientific process.

3. Contributorship. In case of more than one author contributing to the research, individual contributions (substantial, not percentage) of each author must be specified in the manuscript (e.g. “Particular authors’ contribution: DF is responsible for the ideas in the research; BK collected the examples. Both authors participated in drafting the manuscript”; or: “The following declarations about the particular authors’ contributions to the research have been made: concept of the study: first author; data analyses: second author; writing the manuscript: first and second author”). This information will be published in the article.

4. Changes in authorship. In accordance with the COPE guidelines, any changes in authorship require written consent of all authors sent individually via direct email to the Editor-in-Chief. Each of them must issue a statement on the acceptance of the proposed changes in the authorship of submitted manuscripts or published articles. The corresponding author takes responsibility for providing clear reason for the change(s) and should coordinate interaction between the authors and the Editor-in-Chief. If no satisfactory agreement can be reached among the authors, they must contact their parent institution(s) for a final decision; the editors take no responsibility to resolve such disagreements. If a change in authorship pertains to an already published paper, it will be executed by publishing a correction article.

Competing Interests

A conflict of interest exists when an author (or the author’s institution), reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence his or her actions. Such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties. These range from those with negligible potential to those with great potential to influence scientific judgment. Competing interests may exist regardless of whether an individual is aware of it. Financial relationships, such as employment, consultancies, honoraria, paid expert opinions are the most easily identifiable conflicts of interest and ones most likely to undermine the credibility of the journal, the authors, and science itself. However, conflicts may occur for other reasons, such as personal relationships, academic competition, and political and intellectual passion. If any conflict of interest exists, it is obligatory that each author and reviewer declare it.

Journal History

The journal was first published in 1959. Prof. Kazimiera Zawistowicz-Adamska became the first editor and prof. Jadwiga Kucharska was the second one. At the beginning the journal was an outlet for individual scientific achievements of the ethnographers from the Department of Ethnography and the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Lodz. Great importance was attached to the information on the research projects conducted by employees of regional museums and exhibitions held by them. In the past many journal volumes were profiled around different topics or regions, e.g. Opoczno region (volumes 22, 26), Kaszuby region (near Bytów - volume 25), customs and folklore of the Kalisz workers (volume 28), culture of the urban workers (volumes 15, 21, 24, 29).

Editors of the “Lodz Ethnographic Studies”:

Kazimiera Zawistowicz-Adamska (1959–1983)

Jadwiga Kucharska (1984–1995)

Grażyna Ewa Karpińska (1996–2024)

Katarzyna Orszulak-Dudkowska (since 2025)