Focus and Scope

The Horizons of Education is the scientific journal edited by the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Jesuit University Ignatianum administered by Jesuits in Krakow. The primary programming policy of this journal is: reflection on the man and presenting new horizons on life in the light of faith, new pedagogical chalanges and seeking the truth about the man and presenting new horizons on life in the light about the man, remain unchanged. Our chief purpose is to join those who are cincerned about the authentic education of the contemporary man. We also wish to engage in the reflection on those fields of life which influence personal formation as perceived in humanism with the emphasis on the Christian aspect. The editorial of Horizons of Education intend to invite to reflect over the issues concerning the contemporary man. We gratefully welcome pedagogues, theologians, philosophers, sociologists, but also physicists, doctors, man of the new technology i.e. all those whose main concern is the genuine education of the man.

Horizons of Education publish scientific articles, among others, in the following areas:

• • Philosophy
  • Pedagogy
  • History
  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Entrepreneurship and Management
  • Cultural Studies and Linguistics
  • Family Studies and Art Sciences
  • Communication Sciences

We cordially invite you to submit your articles for publication in Horizons of Education.

Peer Review Process

REVIEW PROCESS

All the articles presented in Horizons of Education are reviewed. There are two stages in the article submission process for print publication.

STAGE 1:  INTERNAL REVIEW (PRELIMINARY)

After an article has been submitted to Open Journal System, it is subject to internal review by at least one member of the Editorial Board using a review procedure referred to as single-blind review procedure. The objective of internal review is to accept an article for further procedures or to reject it already in the early stage of the editorial procedure. In case of doubt, an article is unconditionally reviewed by two Board members. Following a favourable decision, an article is sent for the external review. The internal review procedure follows the principles of professional peer review.

STAGE 2: EXTERNAL REVIEW (PROPER)

After the initial approval of an article by the Editorial Board for further procedures, it is subject to external review by two external reviewers selected by the Board using a review procedure referred to as double-blind review procedure (neither the reviewer nor the author know each other’s identities, the data of the reviewer and the author are removed by the Editorial Board). External review procedure also follows the principles of professional peer review.

STAGE 3: QUALIFICATION

An article along with its internal and external review is sent to the Issue Editor, who takes a preliminary decision about the approval or rejection of the given article. All the articles are discussed and qualified for publishing during the next meeting of the Editorial Board. In borderline cases, it is the editor-in chief who makes the final decision.

Open Access Policy

The journal is published based on open access policy, which allows unrestricted access to its resources in full compliance with copyright of the authors. Therefore readers are obliged to comply with the generally accepted rules of citing and referencing as in the case of the published form.

The electronic version of the journal is posted on the website immediately since the printed (original) version is published.

The article has not been published before nor is it considered for publishing in other publication (or an explanation has been presented in the commentary for the Editorial Board). 

Copyright and License
The articles are published under the terms of  the Creative Commons Attribution – NoDerivs (CC BY- ND 4.0) License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by?nd/4.0/