About the Journal

Polityka Energetyczna - Energy Policy Journal is published by Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The journal is a forum for the exchange of ideas in the field broadly defined as energy policy in Poland and worldwide. The journal has been published continuously since 1998.
Since 2016, the journal has been indexed in the SCOPUS database.
Since 2022, the journal has been indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

The journal has adopted the traditional scholarly publication model which involves researchers, publishers, peer reviewers, editors, and libraries.

The journal provides a forum for scientists from Poland and around the world. The published papers are available in an open repository. Articles are published in English with Polish title, abstract, key words and captions of figures and tables added. All submitted manuscripts undergo fair, constructive and comprehensive peer-review provided by at least two reviewers who are experts in the relevant field (the Editorial Board selects reviewers according to the “double-blind review” principle). Authors are asked to indicate competent persons to review their manuscripts. Please note, however, that this will only be considered as a suggestion.

Publication Charge Policy
The Publisher does not charge any fees for the publication of an article, nor does it provide any remuneration to authors.
The Publisher would like to inform that it is introducing fees (APCs) for the publication of articles in the Energy Policy Journal from issue 1/2025. This fee may be paid by the authors, the author’s institution, or their research funder. The Publisher charge an APC to cover the costs involved in the publication process via editorial system, from administrating peer-review to copy editing, proofreading and hosting the final article on dedicated servers.
All papers published in Polityka Energetyczna - Energy Policy Journal (current and archive) are fully available on journal's webpage.
Article Processing Charge (APC)
Publishing charges for authors from outside Poland:
• 250 EURO + 23% VAT (if applicable)1 for a standard manuscript (volume up to 20 pages) including figures and tables
• 25 EURO + 23% VAT (if applicable)1 for each additional page (no more than 10 pages)
1 VAT is applicable if the fee is paid by physical person (e.g. author) from his/her private account; if paid by institution – VAT = 0%
Publishing charges for authors from Poland:
• PLN 1,000 + VAT for a standard typescript up to 20 pages, including drawings and tables,
• PLN 100 + VAT for each additional page of the typescript (no more than 10 pages).
Payment must be made after receiving confirmation that the Editorial Board has accepted the article for publication. The article will be directed to the publishing and printing depot after receiving the payment. Payment details are provided in the editorial system.

Open Access Policy
The journal is an Open Access journal that allows a free unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions upon publication to all users.
Articles published in our journal are provided under the Creative Commons licence CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Repository policy
Editorial System allows to archive several versions of an article from the moment of submitting it to the system, through versions corrected after reviews, to publication on the journal's website:

• Submitted version,
• Accepted version (Author Accepted Manuscript),
• Published version (Version of Record).

Papers suitable for publication in Polityka Energetyczna - Energy Policy Journal are those which:

• contain original work – the main result is not published elsewhere neither by the authors nor somebody else, and is not currently under consideration for publication in any other journal,
• are focused on the core aims and scope of the journal,
• are clearly and correctly written in English.