About the Journal

APCs

The journal does not charge any fees to authors for any part of the submission or publication process.

Double anonymous peer review

Initial screening is done by the Editorial Board. If the subject is appropriate, all submissions to be considered for publication in the Articles section will be subject to a double anonymous peer review process, i.e. the reviewers will not know the identity of the author(s) and the author(s) will not know the identity of the reviewers (each article will be sent to two reviewers, that are independent of the authors, i.e. not affiliated with the same institution). All other submissions to the journal will be subject to review by the Editorial Board.

Open Access and Repository Policy

The journal provides readers with immediate free access to all published content under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Authors are allowed to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice. The Repository Policy of the Publisher is recorded at Open policy finder provided by Jisc.

Indexing of the journal in databases

The journal is indexed in international databases:

• erih+,
• ROAD - Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources,
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals),
• Arianta Polish Scientific and Professional Electronic Journals,
• Polska Bibliografia Naukowa (PBN).

The Ethics and Malpractice

To prevent ghostwriting and guest authorship, the editorial staff requires that the input of each author be disclosed, in particular the authorship of the concept, assumptions, methods and relevant passages. The editorial staff must also be informed of the sources from which the publication has been financed. Since ghostwriting and guest authorship are manifestations of the lack of scholarly diligence, the authors of articles are requested to submit statements to the editorial staff concerning the professional and financial input of entities which have contributed to the publication. In cases of suspected or alleged misconduct, we will follow the COPE flowcharts.

Plagiarism policy

Each submission undergoes a plagiarism check using Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate, prior to the review process. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism will be rejected.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS systems to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

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Principles concerning editorial board members

Monitoring ethical standards: The editorial team continuously monitors compliance with ethical standards and principles related to the publication of scholarly texts and counteracts practices that are inconsistent with the accepted standards.

Fair play principle: Manuscripts submitted for publication are evaluated on their scholarly merit. Factors such as the authors’ race, gender, religion, origin, citizenship, or political views do not influence the evaluation of articles in any way.

Publication decisions: The editorial team is responsible for deciding whether to publish or reject submitted materials. The primary factors in such decisions are the scholarly significance and originality of the text, as well as its alignment with the journal’s thematic scope.

Confidentiality principle: Members of the editorial team do not disclose to unauthorized persons any information about manuscripts submitted for publication. Only the authors themselves, selected reviewers, authorized editors, and the publisher are entitled to access such information.

Preventing conflicts of interest: Unpublished articles may not be used by members of the editorial team or any other persons involved in the publishing process, unless the authors provide written consent for their use.

Scientific integrity principle: Members of the editorial team are obliged to make every effort to maintain the scientific integrity of published works. Accordingly, they may introduce appropriate corrections, and where there are suspicions of plagiarism or falsification of research results, they have the right to decide to withdraw the text from publication. In the event that a perceived case of research misconduct is misinterpreted, the editorial office is always ready to publish appropriate corrections, explanations, or apologies.

Withdrawal of a text: The editorial team may decide to withdraw a text if: (a) the research results have already been published previously; (b) the work shows signs of plagiarism or self-plagiarism, or violates ethical principles; (c) evidence emerges indicating that the research results are unreliable, that data have been fabricated, or that unintentional errors have been made (e.g., methodological errors). A notice of withdrawal should be treated as equivalent to withdrawal of the article. Such a notice should include information identifying the work (the title and the author’s name) as well as the reasons disqualifying the text.

Principles concerning reviewers

Reviewers participate in the work of the editorial team and influence decisions made by editors. In cooperation with authors, they may contribute to the final form of published works and to improving them.

Timeliness principle: Reviewers are obliged to submit their reviews by the agreed deadline. However, if for substantive reasons or due to lack of time they are unable to meet the deadline or undertake the review, they should promptly inform the editorial team.

Confidentiality principle: Reviewed manuscripts are confidential. Disclosing them to third parties is unacceptable (except to persons authorized to receive them).

Objectivity principle: Reviews should be objective. The reviewer’s observations should be properly substantiated. A review should not contain personal criticism of the author(s).

Source integrity principle: When necessary, reviewers should indicate significant gaps in the source base of the reviewed work. Likewise, any significant similarities to other works should be indicated and reported to the editorial office.

Preventing conflicts of interest (reviewers): Reviewers should not assess texts where a conflict of interest with the author may exist. They also may not use reviewed manuscripts for their own personal needs or benefit.

Principles concerning authors

Scientific integrity principle: Authors are obliged to provide a reliable description of the research carried out and an objective interpretation of the results. Manuscripts should include the necessary information enabling identification of data sources and replication of the research. Unreliable or unethical presentation and interpretation of data and research results is unacceptable and may result in withdrawal of the text.

Originality principle: Authors may submit to the journal only their own original texts. If they use the research or words of other scholars, they should apply appropriate markings indicating quotation/citation.

Data availability principle: Authors may be asked to provide unprocessed research results. Therefore, they should be able to ensure access to these data also after publication of the work.

Preventing conflicts of interest (authors): Submitting the same work to more than one journal is considered unethical.

Authorship principles: All persons listed in the submitted work as authors or co-authors should have made a genuine contribution to the creation of the text. Likewise, all persons who influenced the final form of the work should be listed as co-authors. This obligation lies with the author submitting the text for publication.

Source integrity principle: Authors are always obliged to indicate publications they have used in preparing the article. If, in published work, an author notices errors or inaccuracies in their text, they are obliged to promptly notify the journal in order to withdraw the text or prepare an erratum.