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Declarations on the right to dispose of source materials available in the Editorial System. -If the text is the result of cooperation between two or more authors, all co-authors are obliged to specify the percentage of creative contributions made by them to the joint work (preparation of the article)Editor’s duties: -The editorial team is responsible for the efficient organization of the various stages of the publishing process: initial evaluation of the submitted article, opinion of the scientific board (Scientific Council and members of the editorial doard), submission of the text for external reviews, linguistic and technical editing, typesetting, typesetting, and proofreading.-The Editorial Board determines the rules and course of the publishing process, takes care of their observance, provides relevant information to authors and reviewers via a constantly updated website and individual e-mail correspondence (treated as confidential documentation), acting on the basis of the law. -The Editorial Board undertakes to avoid conflicts of interest in relation to accepted texts – a situation in which certain relationships (professional, personal or other) may affect the evaluation of the article or the decision to publish it. -The initial assessment of the text is carried out objectively by the editorial team, taking into account the following criteria: compliance of the subject matter of the submitted article with the profile of the journal, originality of the text (checked with an anti-plagiarism program), technical correctness and compliance with editorial requirements, as well as its substantive value. – During the discussion, the Editorial Board (the Scientific Council and the editorial team of the journal) decides to submit for review external texts pre-qualified for publication and to include them in the next issue of the annual or in subsequent issues, as well as to reject articles that do not meet formal requirements (e.g. subject matter inconsistent with the profile of the journal, lack of standards appropriate for a scientific text) or substantive requirements. -The Editorial Board establishes consistent criteria for the evaluation of the article and requires reviewers to comply with the principles of reviewing ethics and the absence of conflicts of interest. 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If a breach of the principles of ethics is detected or reported by any of the parties, a committee composed of representatives of the Council, the Editorial Board and the Publisher is appointed, an investigation is initiated, and at the same time the authorities of the institution to which the entity reports is notified of the actions taken by the committee. |
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| Zasady recenzowania / Double peer reviewing | |
Po przyjęciu manuskryptu do recenzji oceniane są następujące elementy:
W drugiej części recenzenci decydują przyjęciu pracy bezwarunkowym czy warunkowym lub nieprzyjęciu pracy do druku, określając konieczność ewentualnych poprawek, ponownej recenzji itd. Trzecia część stanowi uzasadnienie decyzji i jest miejscem dla recenzenta na wyrażenie dodatkowych uwag, refleksji i ewentualnych wskazówek dla autora. |
After a manuscript has been accepted for peer review, the following elements are to be assessed:
In the second part, the reviewers decide whether a manuscript can be accepted unconditionally, accepted conditionally or rejected, and specify any necessary revisions or the need for additional review rounds. The third section is a justification of the reviewer’s decision and provides space for additional remarks, commentary and recommendations for the authors. |
| On-line sytem Editorail System zapewnia anonimizację prac podczas procedury recenzowania | Online Editorial System ensures anonymization of works during the review process |