The Publishing Council is an advisory and consultative body supporting the activities of the Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business. It comprises representatives of the faculties, the Doctoral School, the Library and the Publishing House, ensuring representation of key areas of the University’s research and teaching activity.

The Council participates in shaping the development directions of publishing activity and supports measures aimed at improving the quality of scholarly publications. Its work forms part of the process of improving scholarly communication and strengthening the role of scholarly publications in the development and evaluation of the University’s research activity.

The Publishing Council was appointed by the Rector of the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business pursuant to Order No. 157/2019 of 16 December 2019 on the organisation and operating principles of the Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business.

• prof. dr hab. Andrzej Bąk – representative of the Faculty of Economics and Finance
• dr hab. Agnieszka Bem, WUEB Professor – representative of the Faculty of Economics and Finance
• dr hab. Renata Brajer-Marczak, WUEB Professor – representative of the Faculty of Business and Management
• mgr Agata Cieciora – Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Publishing House
• prof. dr hab. Anna Cierniak-Emerych – representative of the Faculty of Business and Management
• mgr Agnieszka Dramińska – representative of the WUEB Library
• dr hab. inż. Zuzanna Goluch, WUEB Professor – representative of the Faculty of Production Engineering
• dr inż. Gabriela Haraf – representative of the Faculty of Production Engineering
• prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej – representative of the WUEB Doctoral School
• dr hab. Agnieszka Stanimir, WUEB Professor – Editor-in-Chief of the Publishing House

At the first meeting of the Publishing Council for the 2024–2028 term, held on 28 October 2024, dr hab. Agnieszka Bem, WUEB Professor, was elected Chair of the Council.

This page publishes information on the most important arrangements and decisions made during meetings of the Publishing Council. The information is presented in chronological order.

The Publishing Council adopted the definition of a scholarly monograph applicable at the Publishing House of the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business.

The WUEB Publishing House accepts for publication scholarly monographs of a minimum length of 6 publication sheets, which address scholarly issues in a creative and original manner. A scholarly monograph includes a bibliography and/or footnotes, has been checked with anti-plagiarism software before publication and has received a positive assessment from two reviewers. It is assigned an ISBN and a DOI. A scholarly monograph is published in print and/or electronic form. A scholarly monograph submitted for electronic publication complies with WCAG standards.

The following classification of monographs was also adopted:

• single-authored monograph – a thematically coherent work prepared entirely by one person,
• co-authored monograph – a thematically coherent scholarly work prepared by several authors, each of whom has the status of an equal author of the book,
• contributed monograph – a collective work under the academic editorship of one or more editors. It is a thematically coherent scholarly work focused on a specific area of research.

The Publishing Council adopted the principle that publications for the Student Debuts series may be submitted by students and graduates of the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business within 3 months after defending their bachelor’s or master’s thesis.

The Publishing Council adopted the following rules concerning the number of reviews:

• scholarly monographs – 2 reviews,
• academic textbooks – 1 review,
• course books – 1 review,
• publications in the Student Debuts series – 1 review.

Occasional and commemorative monographs are not subject to the peer review procedure.

The Publishing Council gave a positive opinion on and adopted the publishing plan of the Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business for 2026.