Podstrony

  • Information for authors – basic rules of reviewing publications in periodicals

    1. Each publication has at least two independent reviewers appointed from an external institution.
    2. In case of texts written in a foreign language, at least one of the reviewers is affiliated by a foreign institution from a country different than the nationality of the work’s author.
    3. A recommended solution is a model in which author(s) and reviewers do not know their identities (the so-called “double-blind review process”).
    4. In other cases, the reviewer must sign the declaration of no conflict of interest; a conflict of interest is: direct personal relationship (kinship, legal relations, conflict), professional subordination, direct scientific cooperation during the last two years preceding the review between the reviewer and the author.
    5. The review must be in a written form and end with a clear conclusion concerning the article being accepted for publication or rejected.
    6. The rules of publication acceptance or rejection and the review form (if available) are made public on the periodical’s webpage or in every issue of the periodical.
    7. Names of reviewers of particular publications/issues are not revealed; once a year a list of cooperating reviewers is made public by the periodical.