„Państwo i Społeczeństwo” / „State and Society” a journal of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, has been published since 2001. The journal is published annually.
The journal publishes articles in English. It is possible to publish in Polish. From 2026, the journal will use APA style (details in the instructions for authors).
Topics addressed in the journal include:
– architecture and urban planning,
– health sciences,
– pedagogy,
– psychology,
– political science and administration, including management and quality in healthcare, products, architecture, education, and public health.
The editor declares the online version to be the original one.
„Państwo i Społeczeństwo” / „State and Society” has been placed on the list of scientific journals of the Ministry of Education and Science..
Number of points: 40
e-ISSN: 2451-0858
ISSN: 1643-8299
The journal uses the antiplagiarism system Plagiat.pl
There are no fees for submitting, processing or publishing an article in „Państwo i Społeczeństwo” / „State and Society”.
Articles and issues of the journal are available in electronic form under an open access licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 PL.
ICV 85,56 in ICI Journals Master List 2024
Przemysław Kowalczewski
Subject Editors:
Joanna Aksman: pedagogy
Katarzyna Gibek: psychology
Katarzyna Banasik-Petri: architecture and urban planning
Grażyna Dębska: health sciences
Irena Milaniak: health sciences
Marta Majorek: management sciences
Marta du Vall: management sciences
Managing editor: Paulina Pitala
Managing editor for medicine and public health issues: Maria Konturek
Statistics Editor: Piotr Stefanów
Statistics Editor for medicine and public health issues: Elżbieta Broniatowska
Editorial Board:
Mariola Głowacka (Poland)
Mojca Gregorski (Slovenia)
Mateusz Gyurkovich (Poland)
Maria Kapiszewska (Poland)
Małgorzata Kuśpit (Poland)
J. Krzysztof Lenartowicz (Poland)
Zbigniew Maciąg (Poland)
Rodrigo Fidel Rodríguez Borges
Antonino Margagliotta (Italy)
Zlatko Nedelko (Slovenia)
Stanisław Palka (Poland)
Izabella Uchmanowicz (Poland)
Grzegorz Zieliński (Poland)

Current Issue
Państwo i Społeczeństwo, 2025 no 2
Medycyna i zdrowie publiczne
edited by Irena Milaniak, Grażyna Dębska
Kraków 2025
Special issue
Państwo i Społeczeństwo, 2025 Special issue
Pedagogiczno-psychologiczne aspekty współczesności
edited by Joanna Aksman, Marek Majczyna
Kraków 2025
Our journal is indexed in the following databases:
PBN. Polska Bibliografia Naukowa
Index Copernicus
CEJSH. The Central European Journal of Social Sciences
CEEOL. Central and Eastern European Online Library
BazHum
Repozytorium eRIKA. Repozytorium Instytucjonalne Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego
The journal is indexed by EBSCO
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ICI Journals Master List 2023 – ICV (Index Copernicus Value) 79,88 points
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES
The Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University Press observes the principles and guidelines that have been developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in the Codes of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines..
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EDITOR The Editor shall
· make sure that the publishing ethics is duly observed and shall take all the available and appropriate measures to prevent plagiarism, abuse and other unfair practices, including ghostwriting and/or guest authorship;
· decide which papers will be published, based on the opinions expressed by the editorial board, and the relevant reviews provided by external reviewers who have been duly appointed for this purpose (for more information, go to the Information for Authors tab);
· evaluate the materials submitted for publication in accordance with an agreed and transparent procedure;
· upon taking a decision to publish, consider exclusively the original nature of the submitted material, its overall academic value, and its significance for the development of research in Poland and worldwide; no commercial aspects or fees paid for publication shall have an impact on this decision;
· refrain from disclosing any information to third parties concerning the materials submitted for publication;
· have the right to withdraw a given publication after it has been published if there is evidence to prove a possible lack of reliability or falsification of research data, plagiarism, or a breach of the editorial ethics, as well as where major methodological flaws have been made.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUTHOR The Author shall
· familiarise him/herself with the principles of publishing ethics that have been set by the Editor, as well as the procedure applied for qualifying materials submitted for publication, the principles of cooperation of the Editor and the Author, and any other technical guidelines provided;
· have the right to submit for publication only his/her individual and original texts. All borrowings, quotes/citations, tables and comments/notes used in the text should be followed by a relevant reference/footnote;
· provide a reliable and accurate description of the studies conducted, and an impartial interpretation of the research findings obtained;
· provide detailed information about the contribution of individual authors where a material that has been submitted for publication has multiple authors;
· enclose a relevant bibliography that includes all the publications that have been used throughout the preparation of the material;
· in the event that major flaws and/or discrepancies are revealed in his/her text, without undue delay notify the Editor of this fact in order to allow for corrections of these mistakes at the editing stage.
DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE SCIENCE EDITOR OF A JOINT STUDY The Science Editor shall
· decide which materials will be published in the joint study that has been proposed by him/her;
· bear responsibility for observing the principles of publishing ethics and the overall academic value of the publishing house;
· in the event of suspected plagiarism or falsification of research data by any of the Authors, take necessary decisions to withdraw the text from the joint study and notify the Editor thereof;
· make certain that the persons who have contributed to the creation of a joint study have accepted and acknowledged its form, once the editing process conducted by the Editor has been completed.
DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE REVIEWER The Reviewer shall
· carry out an impartial assessment of the material submitted for publishing;
· if need be, point to the relevant books or papers connected to the subject matter of the text that have not been quoted or referred to by the author;
· report to the Editor any and all major similarities of the reviewed text with other works;
· not be allowed to use and enjoy the reviewed text for the purposes related to his/her individual benefits; s/he shall not assess the text in the event of a possible conflict of interest with the author either;
· submit his/her review within the agreed deadline, adding a statement that there is no conflict of interest with the author;
· evaluate the materials submitted for publishing in line with an established and transparent procedure.