Submissions

Author Guidelines

Before you begin

We appreciate your interest in publication in the Krakow Review of Economics and Management. In submission, you will be asked to upload files, identify co-authors, and provide information such as the title and abstract.

Please register. It will be necessary to submit your article and communicate with editors. If you have created the account, please log in.

Please make sure that you fulfil the general rules of publishing in this journal. Please read our text preparation guidelines if you have not done so already. When filling out the forms, provide as many details as possible to help our editors evaluate your work.

Once you begin, you can save your submission and return to it later. You can review and correct any information before you submit it.

After you have registered, the "My Account" page will appear. Select the link "Start a New Submission" or click make a new submission.

Remark. Due to the limited number of articles in each journal issue, please expect longer publication times. We publish 10 articles in one issue, 40 papers a year. The average publication time is:

• 25 days from submission to the first decision,
• 560 days from submission to publication,
• the rejection rate (desk reject and after review) in 2025 was 60%,
• new submissions will be published no earlier than December 2027.

We are working on optimizing the publishing process to shorten the waiting time.

Submission steps

Step 0. Starting the submission. Please enter the title (letter capitalization as in a sentence), choose the journal section, and accept the submission rules and privacy statement. 

Step 1. Details. Please check that the title was entered correctly. Add the abstract of the paper. Please follow the rules for the abstracts.

Step 2. Upload files. Upload as many files as necessary. Please add:

• the full article text prepared for blind review in a correct template with all the figures and tables (file type: article text) - required,
• the article's front page with author names, affiliations, and acknowledgements using a template (file type: front page) - required,
• every figure/image in editable format (file type: image) - required if they exist,
• data sets, source texts, etc.

Please ensure you are using correct British English. We encourage you to proofread the text before sending it or use tools like Grammarly.

After uploading the files, you can define the type of each one - click the "Edit" button near the file name.

Step 3. Contributors. Please add all the co-authors of the paper with affiliation and contact data. Additionally, edit information about you, e.g., add ORCID (required) or other data.

Step 4. For the editors. You can share any information with the editorial staff. A cover letter is not required.

Step 5. Review. Please review all the elements and ensure all the rules were followed correctly. Finally, confirm the copyright information and submit the paper. Note: until the "Finish Submission" button has been clicked, you can go back to the previous stages of the submission process and make changes.

Fees

Articles in the journal are submitted, accepted and published without any fees from the authors. The organisation financing the journal's publication is the Krakow University of Economics, Poland.

The criteria for acceptance or rejection

The criteria for acceptance of submitted manuscripts

A manuscript may be accepted for publication if it: falls within the scope of the journal; presents original research findings or an innovative analysis; makes a significant contribution to the advancement of the discipline; employs an appropriate and scientifically sound methodology; is based on current and relevant scholarly literature; presents a logical and coherent line of argument; complies with the principles of research and publication ethics; has received favourable peer-review reports, or the authors have satisfactorily addressed the reviewers' comments; complies with the journal's editorial and formatting requirements.

The criteria for rejection of submitted manuscripts

• Formal criteria: The manuscript falls outside the scope of the journal. The manuscript does not comply with the journal's editorial requirements (structure, length, formatting). The submission is incomplete (e.g. author declarations, ethics approval, conflict of interest statement). Required elements are missing (e.g. abstract, keywords, references, author affiliations). The language or standard of English is insufficient to permit a proper scientific evaluation. The manuscript does not comply with the requirements of the double-blind peer-review process.
• Scientific significance: The research lacks originality. The manuscript does not make a significant contribution to the advancement of the discipline. The findings merely replicate well-established knowledge. The manuscript offers insufficient scholarly value.
• Research objectives: The research aims are not clearly defined. Research questions or hypotheses are absent. There is a lack of coherence between the research objectives, methodology, and conclusions.
• Literature review: The literature review is outdated. Key publications have been omitted. The existing literature has been misinterpreted. The literature review is insufficiently comprehensive.
• Methodology: The research methodology is inappropriate. The choice of methods is not adequately justified. The research design is flawed. The sample size is insufficient or the sampling strategy is inappropriate. Statistical analyses are inappropriate or incorrectly conducted. The study cannot be replicated based on the information provided. The research procedures are insufficiently described. Ethical standards have not been met.
• Research findings: The findings do not address the stated research questions. The findings are insufficiently supported by evidence. The results have been misinterpreted. The conclusions overstate or overinterpret the findings. The conclusions are not supported by the presented data. The limitations of the study are not critically discussed.
• Scientific quality: The argumentation lacks coherence. The manuscript lacks a logical structure. Terminology is imprecise or inconsistent. The manuscript contains substantial factual or scientific errors. The manuscript contains numerous language errors that hinder comprehension. Tables, figures, or graphs are of insufficient quality.
• Publication ethics: Plagiarism. Self-plagiarism. Data manipulation. Data fabrication or falsification. Undisclosed conflicts of interest. Violation of authorship principles. Failure to comply with ethical standards for research involving human participants or animals. Absence of ethics committee approval where required.
• Citations and references: Incorrect citation practice. Numerous bibliographic errors. Excessive self-citation. Reliance on unreliable or non-scholarly sources. Failure to cite key publications relevant to the field.
• Peer-review outcomes: One negative peer-review report. Failure of the authors to respond to reviewers' comments within the specified deadline. Failure to submit the required revisions within the specified deadline.