Zoophilologica

Aims & Scope

Published annually online, "Zoophilologica.

Polish Journal of Animal Studies" is a scientific publication that aims at interdisciplinary research on the meanings attributed to animals.

The way the knowledge in this area is coordinated and the reconstruction of modern nodal areas for thinking about the world of animals and humans involve the need to create an environment for the exchange of ideas that does not fit within a single domain.

The journal constitutes a forum of expression for theoreticians and cultural historians as well as specialists in zoology and history of science.

One of its founding hypotheses was that the perspective of animal studies allows for creating a direct link between worldview discussions and cultural changes in the human-animal relationship.

This has already been confirmed by a variety of English-language studies; whereas this journal aims to reconstruct human and animal relations in Central and Eastern European countries as well as in other areas of culture.

In subsequent publications, the proposed perspective is to present the hitherto unexplored changes of cultural and moral models that are present in the latest discussions on ecologically oriented humanities and its version “post.” The specialist online journal is not only devoted to publishing articles on the new discipline of knowledge – zoophilology.

It has been founded to meet contemporary expectations and requirements set by the representatives of “third culture” in animal studies, namely biohumanities and ecoposthumanism.

The annual publication is part of the trend that can be observed in the developing young interdisciplinary fields under the label of “zoo,” i.e. zoopoetics, zoosemiotics, zooanthropology, zootheology, zoomusicology, zooethnology and even zoopharmacognosy, as well as any other new and related research directions, such as ecocritics, ecolinguistics or geopoetics.

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This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Studying Extinct Cirripedes during the 1850s: Charles Darwin and Joseph de Bosquet as ‘Brothers in Barnacles’ | Badania nad wymarÅ‚ymi wÄ…sonogami w latach 50. XIX wieku: Karol Darwin i Joseph de Bosquet jako „towarzysze pÄ…kli” | Изучение вымерших усоногих раков в 1850-Ñ… годах: Чарльз Дарвин и Жозеф де Боскет как «балянусовые братья»

  Citation: 3

  Authors: John W. M.

• W stronÄ™ hermeneutyki postantropocentrycznej | Towards Post-Anthropocentric Hermeneutics | На пути к постантропоцентрической герменевтике

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Patryk

• ZwierzÄ™cy cmentarz z „Pana Tadeusza". Mickiewiczowska zootanatologia w Å›wietle wiedzy indygenicznej | An animal cemetery in "Pan Tadeusz". Mickiewicz’s zootanatology in the light of indigenous knowledge | Кладбище животных из Пана Тадеуша. Зоотанатология Мицкевича в свете народных представлений

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Anna

• Of Rats and Men I: A Pragmatist Take on the Concept of Free Will as a Challenge to the Human-Animal Dichotomy

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Zbigniew

• Kulturowe aspekty „mowy nienawiÅ›ci” we frazeologii animalistycznej w jÄ™zyku polskim i chorwackim | Cultural Aspect of “Hate Speech” in Animalistic Phraseology in Polish and Croatian | Культурные аспекты «языка вражды» в анималистической фразеологии в польском и хорватском языках

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Edyta

• Stylistyka nagrobków cmentarza dla zwierzÄ…t „Psi Los” | Stylistics of tombstones in pet cemetery “Dog’s Fate” [Polish: “Psi Los”] | Стилистика надгробий кладбища для животных «Судьба пса» [«Psi Los»]

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Anna

• ‘Гады’ и ‘рыбы’ аквариумного отображения (1) [‘Gady’ i ‘ryby’ akvariumnogo otobraženiâ (1)] | ‘Reptiles’ and ‘fish’ from the fish tank perspective (1) | ‘Gady’ i ‘ryby’ z perspektywy akwarium (1)

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Piotr

• Mourned pets. About Coping with Animal Death in Veterinary Practice and Caregiver’s Experience | OpÅ‚akiwane zwierzÄ™ta domowe. O radzeniu sobie ze Å›mierciÄ… zwierzÄ™cia w praktyce weterynaryjnej oraz doÅ›wiadczeniu opiekunów zwierzÄ…t | Животные, о которых горюют. О том, как пережить смерть животного – опыт ветеринаров и владельцев

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Łucja

• Asymetria powinnoÅ›ci etycznych, czyli o nierównym traktowaniu różnych grup zwierzÄ…t w badaniach naukowych

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Paweł

• Swarm–Hybrid–Technology: The Transmedial Possibilities of Becoming-Insect

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Piotr F.