A prerequisite for accepting a work for the publishing procedure is the prior inclusion of the publication in the Publishing House’s publishing plan for a given year.

The Publishing House accepts only an electronic version of the work sent to: [email protected].

The work should be submitted as an organised set of files including:

• the main text prepared in an anonymised version that does not allow the author or authors to be identified for the purposes of the peer review procedure; in place of author details, designations such as [Author 1], [Author 2], [Author 3] or, in the case of edited publications, [Editor 1], [Editor 2], etc. should be used. Authors should also remove from the file any information that could enable authorship to be identified, including data contained in document properties, acknowledgements, information on research funding, grant numbers and self-references revealing authorship, author information in file metadata needs to be removed using this method.
• separate source files for graphic materials,
• a separate file containing author details and information on the contribution of individual co-authors, together with a statement specifying the scope of co-authorship.

The length of the work should correspond to the length previously declared in the publishing plan and be specified in publication sheets:

1 publication sheet = 40,000 characters including spaces.

A significant increase in the length of the publication compared with the version submitted to the publishing plan may require additional financing or separate arrangements with the Publishing House.

Technical Requirements

The manuscript should meet the following requirements:

• file format: Microsoft Word (.docx),
• page format: A4,
• margins: left 2 cm, right 3.5 cm, top and bottom approx. 2.5 cm,
• font: Calibri, 11 points,
• line spacing: 1.15,
• page numbering,
• use of automatic Word heading styles for chapter and subsection titles,
• limited highlighting in the text,
• use of Word formatting functions instead of manual formatting with spaces and tabs,
• mathematical formulae prepared in the equation editor.

Manuscript Elements

The manuscript should include:

• a title page (with author-identifying details removed in the version intended for review),
• an introduction,
• a table of contents (down to the third level of division),
• a list of references,
• abstracts and keywords (if required).

Detailed requirements concerning the bibliography, footnotes, abstracts, graphic materials and alternative texts are presented in the following sections of the Editorial Standards.

General recommendations and examples of creating an APA 7 style reference list and citations.

References

General recommendations and examples of creating an APA 7 style reference list and citations.

General principles

1. The bibliography should list only those publications cited by the author in the text. Do not include publications cited after another author in the bibliography.
2. Descriptions of publications are arranged in alphabetical order by the names of authors, causal institutions or by the titles of publications (when no author is given), individual bibliographic items should not be numbered.
3. The APA 7 style bibliography lists up to 20 names:
   Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., Lewis, F., Nelson, T. P., Cox, G., Harris, H. L., Martin, P., Gonzalez, W. L., Hughes, W., Carter, D., Campbell, C., Baker, A. B., Flores, T., Gray, W. E., Green, G., . Lee, L. H. (2018)
4. Works by a single author are listed by year of publication, from oldest to newest. Works without the year of publication (marked in the bibliography as n.d. – no date) are placed before works with the year of publication, works in print – after works with the year of publication.
5. If there are several papers by the same author published in the same year, insert lowercase letters a, b, c, d, etc. after the year of publication (with no space between the year and the letter), with the individual descriptions of papers published in the same year arranged alphabetically by title:
   Nowak, E. (n.d.). Financial analysis. EU. www.ue.wroc.pl/app/art
   Nowak, E. (2017). Analiza sprawozdań finansowych. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu.
   Nowak, E. (2019a). Analiza finansowa. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu.
   Nowak, E. (2019b). E-learning. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.

Entries in works published in the Polish language

Book

Nowak, E. (2017). Analysis of financial statements. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.

Nowak, E. (2019a). Financial analysis. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.

Nowak, E. (2019b). E-learning. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.

Nowak, E., Kotapski, R., Kes, Z., and Klinowski, M. (2017). Management accounting. Difin.

Sullivan, B. A., Snyder, M., and Sullivan, J. L. (2008). Cooperation: the Political Psychology of Effective Human Interaction. Blackwell.

Institutional author book
Główny Urząd Statystyczny. (2016). Quality of life in Poland.

Journal article
Bernat, T. i Augustynowicz, E. (2024). Ocena nowelizacji „Polskiego Ładu” 2.0: analiza symulacyjna zmian w zakresie podatku dochodowego i składki zdrowotnej. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, 68(2), 148-159. https://doi.org/10.15611/pn.2024.2.12

Edited book
Kowalski, J. i Nowak, L. (red.). (2018). Fundamentals of marketing. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.

Edited book chapter
Jankiewicz, A. (1990). About emotions in a different way. In P. Kowalski (ed.), Emotions and motivations (vol. 3, pp. 235-302). PWN.

Dictionary entry
PWN. (b.d.). Racjonalność. W: Encyklopedia PWN. Pobrano 26 lutego 2023 z https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/racjonalnosc3965198.html

Entries in works published in English

1. In bibliographic descriptions of publications published abroad, it is mandatory to spell the abbreviations of the terms “editor”, “edition”, “number” in the language of the text.
2. Use Title Case for titles.
3. If the work has no year of publication, the notation n.d. is used. (meaning no date).
4. In electronic sources, the owner of the site or the full name should be indicated before the www address – see. Text marked in red in the examples. If the site name and author are the same, then the site name is omitted (see the last three examples in the ELECTRONIC SOURCES section).

Book

Nowak, E., Kotapski, R., Kes, Z., & Klinowski, M. (2017). Management accounting. Difin.

Drelich-Skulska, B., Domiter, M., & Jankowiak, A. H. (n.d.). International Business. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.

Edited book

Drelich-Skulska, B., Domiter, M., & Jankowiak, A. H. (Eds.). (2018). International Business. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.

Edited book chapter

Jankiewicz, A. (1990). About emotions in a different way. In P. Kowalski (Ed.), Emotions and motivations (vol. 3, pp. 235-302). XYZ Publishing.

Palmer, F. (2007). Treaty Principles and Maori Sport: Contemporary Issues. In C. Collins, & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Your Life (pp. 307-334). Thomson.

English-language article

Agrawal, K., & Maheshwari, J. (2014). Default Risk Modelling Using Macroeconomic Variables. Journal of Indian Business Research, 6(4), 270-285. https://doi.org/10.23.1000.01

Legal Acts

Law of July 27, 2005. – Law on Higher Education (Journal of Laws of 2005, No. 164, item 1365, as amended).

Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the Right of CitiZens of the Union and Their Family Members To Move and Reside Freely Within the Territory of the Member States Amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and Repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ L 2004, 158/77)

Online sources

DOI should be written in the format: https://doi.org/(identifier), e.g.. Brück, M. (2009). Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy: Stars and Satellites. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2

Author publicationdate:
Stafford, T. (2018, January 3). The Backfire Effect is Elusive. Mind Hacks. https:/mindhacks.com/2018/01/03/the-backfire-effect-is-elusive/

Author’s publication without download date
Johnson, A. (n.d.). “It Doesn’t Need To Be This Way”: The Promise of Specialized Early Intervention in Psychosis Services. IEPA. https://iepa.org.au/network-news/it-doesnt-need-to-be-this-way-the-promise-ofspecialised-early-intervention-in-psychosis-services/

Publication with institutional author without publication date
Association of Massage Therapists. (n.d.). Benefits of Massage. http://www.amt.org.au/massage-andyou/benefits-of-massage.html

Publication with institutional author with download date and no year of publication.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (n.d.). Population Clock. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument

Publikacja z autorem instytucjonalnym bez daty pobrania, ale z datą wydania
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Population Clock. https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument

Dictionary entry

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Self-report. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved July 12, 2019, from https://example.org/path

Citations

In WUEB Publishing House publications, the primary system for citing sources is APA 7. However, If footnote references are used, they should be prepared consistently throughout the publication.

1. Please cite edited works without “(ed./ed.)”:
   Literature entry:
   Kowalski, J. and Nowak, L. (eds.). (2018). Fundamentals of marketing. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics & Business.
   Citation in text: (Kowalski and Nowak, 2018).
2. In APA 7, references to works having 3 or more authors are written according to the formula: (Name of first author, et al, year).
   Notation in the literature: Drelich-Skulska, B., Domiter, M., & Jankowiak, A. H. (Eds.). (2018). International Business. Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics
   Citation in text: (Drelich-Skulska et al., 2018).
3. Citation of the law in the text: (Law of July 27, 2005…).
4. Publication citation with corporate author and without year of publication: (Australian Bureau of Statistics, n.d.; CSO, n.d.).
5. Citing several works having the same author and a different year of publication – a comma is used between the years of publication: (Nowak, 2000, 2022, 2023).
6. Citing works by one author and the same year of publication: (Nowak 2000a, 2000b)
7. Citing works by several different authors – a semicolon is used between works, and literature items should be listed alphabetically: (Argwal, 2000; Bethany, 2000; Zagórny, 2012).
8. Citing a work may include a reference to its specific place, such as a page, chapter or table. An indication of a specific place in the cited work should be placed after the year of publication: (Crawley, 2005, p. 34; Wisniewska, 2016, Chapter 4). For verbatim citations, the text of the citation should be enclosed in quotation marks, and the reference should additionally include the page number.

Abstracts and keywords are an important element of a scholarly publication, facilitating identification of the subject matter, indexing and searching in databases and scholarly information systems.

Research Articles

Articles submitted to academic journals should include:

• summary in Polish and English,
• from 3 to 5 keywords in Polish and English.

An abstract should be a self-contained text which, when read independently of the article, enables readers to understand its subject matter and key findings. It should include information on the research objective, object of study, method used, key results and conclusions.

Detailed requirements concerning abstract length, the number of keywords and other article elements may vary depending on the journal. Current guidelines for authors are available on the websites of the respective journals.

Scholarly Monographs

Monographs should include:

• summaries in Polish and English,
• from 3 to 5 keywords in Polish and English.

Summaries should present the subject matter and objectives of the publication and its main assumptions, findings or conclusions.

Habilitation monographs should additionally include an extended summary in English of approximately one B5 page.

Guidelines for Preparing Keywords

Keywords should reflect the subject matter of the publication and the scientific terminology used, and should facilitate the retrieval and indexing of the publication in databases and scholarly information systems.

Graphic materials should be prepared in a way that ensures their legibility, enables editorial processing and allows for publication in both print and electronic versions.

Tables

• Tables should be placed in the text as close as possible to the place where they are referred to.
• Each table should be provided with a number, title and source, or the note “own elaboration” or “based on”.
• Tables, together with their title and source, should fit within the text column of the publication.

Figures

• Figures, charts, diagrams, maps and other graphic elements should be placed in the text as close as possible to the place where they are referred to.
• Each figure should be provided with a number, title and source, or with the information “own elaboration” or “based on”.
• Figures should be prepared on a white background and ensure the legibility of all elements after printing and in electronic publication.
• For charts and diagrams, it is recommended to use solutions that allow individual elements to be distinguished also when printed in grey scale.
• Text placed in figures should be legible and prepared using a uniform typeface.
• Figures should be submitted in formats that allow editorial changes to be made (e.g. files from Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Excel, Word or other tools enabling vector output), together with the source data if these were used to prepare them.
• All graphic elements require alternative texts prepared in accordance with the rules described in the Digital Accessibility section.

The Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business strives to ensure the widest possible accessibility of scholarly publications for all users, including people using assistive technologies.

When preparing materials for publication, authors should pay particular attention to the legibility of content, proper preparation of graphic materials and the use of alternative texts for elements requiring description.

Meeting digital accessibility requirements makes publications easier to use, increases their usability and supports wider dissemination of research findings.

Alternative Texts

Every illustration, chart, diagram, map, photograph or other graphic element without a textual representation should be described in alternative text prepared by the author.

Alternative text should enable people who cannot access the visual form of a graphic element to understand its meaning and function.

The author is responsible for providing alternative text for all elements requiring such a description.

Alt text writing guide: https://journals.ue.wroc.pl/pn/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/27

Alt text writing guide (mirror): https://wydawnictwo.uew.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/08/Teksty-alternatywne-poradnik.pdf