Ekonomiczno-Ekonometryczne Roczniki Naukowe

Economic and Econometric Scientific Annals

Ekonomiczno-Ekonometryczne Roczniki Naukowe (Economic and Econometric Scientific Annals) is an open-access journal dedicated to ensuring easy access to research. We invite all researchers to submit papers covering a broad spectrum of economic topics. The mission of the journal is to enable the publication of extensive theoretical and empirical articles (up to 10,000 words), as well as to present short research findings (up to 2,000 words). However, the most important feature of articles in EERN is data reproducibility, which we implement through rigorous peer review. Articles can be submitted via our editorial system, and upon receiving a positive review, the article will appear immediately on the website.

Each article undergoes a rigorous double-blind peer-review process. Given our publication format, the editorial board reserves the right to make linguistic and stylistic corrections prior to publication.

Articles are published in both Polish and English (British English).

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Review and Publication Process

Once the text has been anonymized, the completed manuscript in MS Word format should be submitted through the editorial system. Within a few weeks, you will receive two grades from the following:

• Acceptance: the article requires no further corrections and will appear immediately on the website.
• Revision: the article should be revised in accordance with the reviewers' comments and resubmitted.
• Rejection: the article does not meet the journal's profile or contains glaring methodological errors.

Articles are published under the CC BY 4.0 license, which permits distribution and copying of the article; creation of excerpts, abstracts, and other adaptations, derivative works, or adaptations based on the article (including translations); inclusion in collective works; extraction of text or data from the article content, including for commercial purposes. In such cases, authors must be properly cited, the date of the original publication and the applied license must be clearly indicated; any changes must be explicitly noted; the article must not be altered in a way that damages the reputation or good name of the authors.

The journal is completely free for both Authors and Readers, implementing the Diamond Open Access publishing policy.

Indicators and Identification

ISSN: 3072-4597

MNiSW: 5 (Rozp. MNiSW z 22.02.2019 r. w sprawie ewaluacji jakości działalności naukowej, § 8 pkt 2 w zw. z § 12)

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Editorial Board

Editor-in-chief: Krzysztof Łuczka, Poznań University of Economics and Business

Proofreader: Jakub Pinkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Contact

According to Article 8, Section 1 of the Polish Act of January 26, 1984 — Press Law (Journal of Laws 1984, No. 5, item 24, as amended), the publisher of the journal is a natural person.

Publisher: Krzysztof Łuczka, Mostowa 7, 62-050 Mosina, Poland

Email: kontakt@eern.pl

For Authors

Article types

In particular, we encourage the publication of articles such as:

• Full Article: A comprehensive scholarly work of up to 10,000 words, in either theoretical or empirical variant.
• Communication: A short article of up to 2,000 words, including research note presenting empirical data or test results without full theory, case study, literature review, or policy memorandum as a synthesis of literature with concrete policy recommendations.

In strictly justified cases, it is possible to publish longer articles or those going beyond the indicated scope. However, in such cases it should be noted that the peer-review process will be extended.

Titular Economic and Econometric seeks to encourage the submission of diverse research works, including articles on:

• Macroeconomic Analysis: fiscal and monetary policy, business cycles, macroeconomic stabilization, inflation.
• Microeconomics and Management: managerial economics, optimization of business processes, corporate strategy.
• Social Economy and Development: poverty and social inequality issues, sustainable development, social policy.
• Finance and Banking: financial markets, commercial and central banking, personal finance.
• Econometric Methods and Methodology: modelling of economic phenomena, analysis of empirical data, forecasting of economic processes.

Ethics

We expect authors to adhere to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) standards. By submitting an article, authors declare that:

In the event of violations, the editors may withdraw the article, inform the author's institution, and block future publication. By submitting an article, the author automatically consents to its publication under the CC BY 4.0 license and to adhere to COPE's ethical standards.

Using AI in the Creation Process

Authors are required to clearly and unambiguously indicate how artificial intelligence was used in the preparation of the article, e.g., for data analysis, text generation, or supporting the research process. The scope and role of AI should be described precisely to ensure transparency and credibility of the publication.

Failure to declare the use of AI constitutes grounds for rejecting the article (even before submission to reviewers). Since the methods section of a scholarly work aims to provide a detailed description of the article creation process, artificial intelligence - due to the novelty of this technology - deserves a separate declaration.

Article template

To accommodate Authors, we use the Your Paper, Your Way formula - we do not declare any restrictions regarding the formatting of submissions, although we prefer to use our ready-made template. However, we strongly request that sources be cited according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition from 2020. The article may still be rejected if the following conditions are not met:

• The main text may not contain any information allowing the identification of Authors.
• The article must be prepared in a .docx file, i.e., MS Word program.
• Both tables and figures are not included in the word limit, unlike the bibliography.
• All additional files must be sent to the Editorial Board's email address.

To facilitate the work of our Proofreaders, however, we ask that you follow the present guidelines - this may accelerate the publication process.

Replicability Badge

Within one month of the article's publication, the Editorial Board conducts an analysis during which a gold, silver, or bronze medal may be awarded. The level of the medal determines the further promotion of the article by EERN through indexing or search results.

Awarded for data replicability in empirical articles – the Editorial Board evaluates the article in terms of data replicability based on the following criteria:

• Availability of analysed data (from 0 to 2) – depending on cited articles, datasets, and other sources
  • 2 points - if 100% of the data used in the analysis is freely available and accessible immediately
  • 1 point - if 90% of the data (or more) used in the analysis is freely available, or if any data are not available immediately
  • 0 points - if less than 90% of the data used in the analysis is freely available or not available immediately
• Availability of results (from 0 to 1) – depending on how results are reported
  • 1 point – if all results are fully described in the text or in tables and figures, and are directly available in the article
  • 0 points – if some results are available upon request from the Author, or are unclearly described in the text
• Selected methods and their description (from 0 to 2) – depending on the clarity of method description
  • 2 points – if methods are described in an accessible way for a "layman", and results do not go beyond the stated methods
  • 1 point – if methods are described in a technical manner, and results do not go beyond the stated methods
  • 0 points – if methods are described in a way that is incomprehensible to an average reader or results go beyond the stated methods

If a badge is awarded an appropriate badge icon will appear next to the article title. A gold medal is awarded for 5 points, a silver medal for 4 points, and a bronze medal for 3 points. No medals are awarded to the remaining articles. If data that were initially paid become publicly available and free of charge, it is possible to request a re-evaluation of the score.

For Reviewers

General Guidelines

The review of Communications should take no longer than 2 weeks from receipt (max. 6 weeks). For longer works (Full Articles), the time is not specified and may exceed 3 months.

After the first review, you will be added to the list of potential reviewers. If you wish to collaborate, please contact us at kontakt@eern.pl.

Review of Full Article

After receiving the manuscript, reviewers should describe their general impressions of the reviewed work and answer the following questions:

• Is the text written in scientific language?
• Does the introduction identify a gap in economic literature and justify the significance of the work?
• Are the conclusions supported by data, and is the statistical analysis appropriate?
• Is the bibliography list up-to-date (min. 50% from the last 10 years) and in accordance with APA?
• Is the use of AI, conflicts of interest, and ethical issues disclosed?
• Is the language clear, error-free, and does it include visualizations facilitating interpretation?

For works of empirical character, reviewers should also pay attention to the correct application of methods, proper interpretation of results, and their reproducibility. A complete lack of reproducibility constitutes grounds for returning the work for revision, even if the rest of the article fully meets the requirements.

Review of Communication

After receiving the communication, reviewers should describe their general impressions of the reviewed work and answer the following questions:

• Is the communication written in scientific language?
• Do the methods enable replication?
• Were appropriate statistical or econometric methods used?
• Are the conclusions supported by data and do not exceed the studied phenomena?
• Is the use of AI, conflicts of interest, and ethical issues disclosed?
• Is the language clear, error-free, and does it include visualizations facilitating interpretation?

For communications of theoretical character, e.g., case study, literature review, or policy memorandum, reviewers should also pay attention to the modernity of the literature, where:

• At least 50% of the literature is from the last 3 years,
• nearly 100% of the literature is from the last 10 years,
• and literature older than 10 years should clearly find its justification in the text.

For communications of empirical character, a complete lack of reproducibility constitutes grounds for immediate rejection of the work.

Procedure in Case of Conflicts of Interest

If the author is recognizable, the review proceeds normally with a note at the beginning or end. If there is any kinship, affiliation, or personal acquaintance, the review should be halted and a conflict of interest reported in the system. Reviewers may submit their own works - the Editorial Board will ensure conflicts are avoided.

Use of AI in the Review Process

Reviewers are forbidden from using generative AI for summaries, evaluation, decisions, or the entire review process. The review process is more important than writing itself.

Authors may use AI as a technical tool (data analysis, language correction), with full transparency and a clear declaration in the text. Review, however, requires critical thinking, ethical evaluation, and understanding of the research context - this cannot be entrusted to an algorithm. Independent reviewer assessment guarantees publication credibility.

Detection of AI in a review results in immediate termination of cooperation and - ultimately - reporting of an ethics violation to the reviewer's parent institution.

Privacy Policy

Pursuant to Article 13(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR), the Editorial Board of Ekonomiczno-Ekonometryczne Roczniki Naukowe (Economic and Econometric Scientific Annals) undertakes to comply with the above provisions.

Please read and accept the information clauses below. Lack of consent to the processing of personal data will result in the removal of articles from the journal's database and the deletion of the affiliation from the official list.

In accordance with Article 13(1) and (2) GDPR, we hereby inform you that:

1. The controller of personal data is the Editor-in-Chief of Ekonomiczno-Ekonometryczne Roczniki Naukowe (Economic and Econometric Scientific Annals), acting as a natural person, correspondence address: Krzysztof Łuczka, Mostowa 7, 62-050 Mosina, Poland. Contact regarding data processing: kontakt@eern.pl.
2. Personal data are processed for the purpose of carrying out the process of publication, peer review and indexing of the work of which the person is an author / co-author / reviewer in Ekonomiczno-Ekonometryczne Roczniki Naukowe (Economic and Econometric Scientific Annals). This includes making data available to persons involved in the publishing process and to databases and scholarly services promoting articles in Poland and abroad, indicating the journal as the original source. Processing takes place on the basis of the performance of the publishing process and, where necessary, on the basis of separate consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
3. The recipients of the data will be: readers of the journal, users of the website, persons involved in the publishing process, users of scholarly databases in Poland and abroad, as well as the technical and administrative staff of the hosting provider VH (vh.pl) that stores the data on its servers.
4. Data will be stored for the period of activity of the Editorial Board and for a further 3 years. Articles and metadata are archived privately on an external server of the Editor-in-Chief; a backup copy is stored on VH servers – daily backups of the user-account database and materials for 30 days, exclusively for data recovery purposes.
5. You have the right of access to your data and the right to rectify, erase or restrict the processing of your data, the right to data portability, the right to object, and the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
6. If you have any questions, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office if the processing of your data infringes the GDPR.
7. Providing data when submitting, reviewing and publishing is necessary for the publishing activities of the journal. Failure to provide data makes it impossible to process the article or review. Separate consent is not required for processing in external databases, profiling or statistical analyses. Data are processed automatically, including profiling, exclusively for the purposes of scholarly promotion and statistics.
8. Files uploaded via the system are automatically subjected to a security analysis using the VirusTotal tool in order to detect potential malicious software. Uploading a file constitutes consent to its temporary transfer to the scanning service to the extent necessary to ensure the security of the system.

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