The paper focuses on the institutional background of the publishing practices of Polish scholars, with special emphasis on publications in English. The University of Silesia in Katowice represents a Polish Higher Education Institution which places significant emphasis on international publications. On the basis of two data collection instruments, a report on point-winning publications (2017–2020) and a survey conducted among 197 faculty members, the author portrays the publication-related situation of the university and its most important determinants. Besides the facts pertaining to the distribution of point-winning publications among disciplines and languages, the article address such important issues as the authors’ strategies employed in the preparation of English language manuscripts, language-related issues articulated by the reviewers, and reasons for not publishing in English. A connection is made between the institutional context in which scholarly texts are composed and the strategic choices made by the authors in the process of manuscript drafting.

本文着重于波兰学者出版实践的制度背景，特别着重于英语出版物。卡托维兹的西里西亚大学是波兰的高等教育机构，它非常重视国际出版物。基于两种数据收集工具，关于获奖论文的报告（2017-2020年）和对197名教职员工进行的调查，作者描绘了大学与出版相关的情况及其最重要的决定因素。除了与获奖论文在学科和语言之间的分配有关的事实外，本文还讨论了一些重要问题，例如作者在编写英语手稿时所采用的策略，审稿人阐明的与语言有关的问题，以及不以英文发布的原因。在撰写学术论文的制度背景与作者在稿件起草过程中做出的战略选择之间建立了联系。