Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne

Dear Authors and Readers

"Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne" is an international open access journal published in two languages: English and Polish since 2011. First two years it was published bi-annually, since 2013 as the quarterly. The journal is available in electronic and printed versions. We consider electronic English language version as a basic one, while the Polish language version provided greater access to the magazines content for national reader in Poland. Since the beginning the journal is available on the web platform www.ers.edu.pl/en of the publisher: John Paul II University of Applied Sciences in Biala Podlaska (Poland, Europe).

The mission of the journal Economic and Regional Studies/Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne, as a scientific periodical of a university in Eastern Poland with an international scope, is to publish the results of scientific research carried out in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary, as well as in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Kosovo, Macedonia) and in other emerging countries in various regions of the world, in order to enrich the knowledge of economic and social problems and development factors of peripheral, less developed and cross-border regions, which can be used in the development programmes of Poland, including the Eastern regions.

Paper submission and peer review process are implemented through editorial system: www.editorialsystem.com/editor/ersen.

We accept original papers which have not been published elsewhere and have a clear scientific, cognitive and scholary value. Paper submited for publication undergo preliminary editorial review and are subject to blind review by two or more external experts. The periodical is available in English and Polish online and in print version.

The magazine has an open character and implements international publishing ethical and standards. The electronic version allows free access to all current and archived issues and articles. Actually, publishing articles in the journal is free from any payments.

According to the Communication from the Minister for Education and Science dated July 17, 2023 concerning the list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences, the journal „Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne” scored 70 points. According to the Communication from the Minister for Science dated January 5, 2024 concerning the list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences, the journal „Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne” scored 20 points.

Focus and Scope

"Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne" is an international journal of multi and interdisciplinary research and policy analysis in broad regions at the world. The main mission of the magazine is to broaden theoretical knowledge, contribute to the policy debates and disseminate results of empirical research across a wide range of economic and social sciences, mainly as following:

• Business, Economics and Finance,
• Socio-economic Geography and Spatial Management,
• Community, Rural/ Urban and Regional Development.

Journal provides information on general and sectoral economic problems, practices and policies, on contemporary and historical development in these disciplines from local, regional, national, European and global perspectives.

Journal is open for publishing original research results as well as for overview and review articles, reports an surveys, policy debates, announcements of research and conference results, case studies and other scientific publications.

Texts in Polish which are correctly translated into English are published free of charge. In case of sending a text in only one language version,either in Polish or in English,the authors will bear the costs of translating the article into the other missing language. The authors may be also asked to cover the costs of verification of the submitted texts in English. The translations are conducted by a Translation Office which currently cooperates with the Editors and the current cost per 1 translation page (that is, 1800 characters including spaces) amounts to 30 PLN gross.

An article is passed on for translation after obtaining a positive review of the submitted language version, after corrections if necessary and upon its approval for print by the Editor in Chief.

Digitalization of Economic and Regional Studies/ Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne – task financed from the resources of the Polish Minister of Science and Education for disseminating science under Agreement No. 819/P-DUN/2018

Archiving

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Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.