About the Journal

Aims and scope

"Panoptikum" is a semi-annual academic journal published since 1995. Individual issues are thematic. All issues concentrate around selected key topics related to contemporary audiovisual culture. The editorial board pre-selects the papers and then they undergo the blind peer-review process. The selected papers constitute the framework of a given issue. Along with academic essays, which undergo the review process and constitute about 80% of the journal's content, each issue also includes the "Varia" section which is composed of reviews and reports unrelated to the issue's main topic.

The researchers and doctoral students affiliated to the University of Gdańsk are responsible for the journal, but the editorial board regularly collaborates with other research centres in Poland. Authors of the papers also represent various research generations and centres.

"Panoptikum" is an interdisciplinary journal on audiovisual culture, but the essays revolve around several dominant disciplines: film studies, media studies, cultural studies, gender and postcolonial studies, aesthetics, philosophy. Some of the most important topics represented in the journal include: contemporary documentary, queer cinema, changing television, relations between the viewers and the receivers, audiovisual dystopias and utopias, cultural images of masculinity, transformation in cinema and reception practices and monograph of Gilles Deleuze's ideas of cinema and culture.

Abstracting/Indexing

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content as making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Publishing ethics and publication malpractice statement

The following are the standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in publishing in the Panoptikum journal: the author, the journal editor and editorial board, the peer reviewers and the publisher.

All the articles submitted for publication in Panoptikum are peer reviewed for authenticity, ethical issues and usefulness.

In cases of suspected or alleged misconduct, we will follow the COPE flowcharts. 

DUTIES OF EDITORS

Monitoring the ethical standards: Editorial board is monitoring the ethical standards of scientific publications and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices.

Fair play: Submitted manuscripts are evaluated for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, citizenship, or political ideology.

Publication decisions: The editors decide which of the submitted articles should or should not undergo the double blind review process. The decision to accept or reject a paper for publication is based on its importance, originality, clarity, and its relevance to the scope of the journal.

Confidentiality: The editor and the members of the editorial board must ensure that all materials submitted to the journal remain confidential while under review. They must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone apart from the authors, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.

Disclosure and conflict of interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in the submitted manuscript must not be used by the editor and the editorial board in their own research without a written consent of authors. Editors always precludes business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. The paper should contain sufficient detail and references to enable others to replicate the work. The fabrication of results and making of fraudulent or inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and may cause rejection or retraction of a manuscript or a published article.

Originality and plagiarism: Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others they need to be cited or quoted. Plagiarism and fraudulent data is not acceptable. 

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

Contribution to editorial decisions: Peer reviews assist the editor in making editorial decisions and may also help authors to improve their manuscript.

Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself/herself from the review process.

Confidentiality: All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except those authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of sources: Reviewers should identify the relevant published work that has not been cited by authors. Any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper should be reported to the editor.

Disclosure and conflict of interest: Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider evaluating manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relations with any of the authors, companies, or institutions involved in writing a paper.