For Authors

STAGES OF PUBLISHING PROCESSES

  • Preparation of the article.
  • Submission of the article, cover letter and author's declaration available in the downloads by the author using the submission form.
  • Initial, formal, technical and merits assessment of submitted scientific articles by the editorial board.
  • Article evaluation prepared by two independent, external reviewers in accordance with double-blind review process using the form available in the downloads.
  • Preparation of the response to the reviews by the author using the form available in the downloads.
  • Editors' decision to reject, accept or return the article to the author in order to make corrections.
  • Signing the copyright agreement available in the downloads.
  • Publication of an article in an electronic version on the journal's website.

STRUCTURE OF THE ARTICLE AND LITERATURE PREPARATION

  • Submitted articles should be of a scientific nature and present the results of original research of an empirical, theoretical or analytical character.
  • The article should present the current state of knowledge, the methodology of research, the research process and the results of research with references.
  • Detailed guidelines and recommendations on the scientific article structure and the order of article parts, according to which authors should prepare the article is available in template with editorial standards available in the downloads.
  • Citations and references should be prepared in the APA style. Detailed information on text citations and references preparation are available in template with editorial standards available in the downloads.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES FOR PUBLICATION

  • Scientific article should be relevant to journal profile specified on the journal's website.
  • Scientific article should meet an editorial standards specified in template with editorial standards available in downloads.
  • Scientific article should meet an ethical standards listed below by signing author’s declaration available in downloads.
  • Two positive reviews by external reviewers determine acceptance of an article for publication, and two negative ones determine rejection.
  • Submitting a revised version of scientific article and the signed response to the reviewers’ comments by using form for review's response available in downloads within the time specified by the editorial board.

ETHICAL STANDARDS

  • Submitted scientific article should be original, can not be published or submitted elsewhere.
  • Affiliation and each co-author’s contributions in the creation of a scientific article should be disclosed (ghostwriting and guest authorship barrier).
  • According to Ministry of Science and Higher Education ( www.nauka.gov.pl ):
    • ghostwriting takes place when someone has made a substantial contribution to publication, without revealing his participation as one of the authors, or without being mentioned in the acknowledgements enclosed to the publication;
    • guest authorship (honorary authorship) takes place when the authors contribution is insignificant, despite of declaration.
  • Sources of funding research presented at a scientific article or the source of its creation should be disclosed by indicating information about the contribution of scientific research institutions, associations and other entities (financial disclosure).
  • In order to meet the ethical standards, authors are required to sign author’s declaration available in downloads and disclose of their affiliations, contributions and sources of funding by filling in the appropriate position in the template with editorial standards available in downloads (section Acknowledgements).
  • Authors who supply the manuscript is responsible for provided information.
  • All detected cases of ghostwriting and guest authorship will be exposed, including notifying the appropriate entities (institutions employing the authors, science societies and associations, etc.).
  • All authors must disclose a conflict of interest that can occur when author has a financial, commercial, legal, or professional relationship with other organizations, or with the people working with them, that could influence the results of the research.