MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTANCE RULES
Papers that fulfill the substantive and technical requirements of the current volume will be accepted for consideration. Manuscripts must be submitted using the Editorial System. The total size of the manuscript must not exceed 70,000 characters for texts in two languages (Polish and English) or 35,000 characters for texts in one language (English), including an abstract (250 words maximum). A manuscript can feature no more than 10 illustrations and/or tables in total, which should not occupy more than 5 pages (detailed guidelines can be found in the instructions for authors here).
ACCEPTANCE FOR PEER REVIEW
The journal’s Editorial office reserves the right to accept papers for peer review at its discretion. Only papers that fit within the scope of the journal and the theme of its current volume will be accepted for peer review, provided that technical requirements have been met.
More detiled instructions:
http://teka.pk.edu.pl/index.php/dla-autorow/
Ethics rules
Author’s duties:
-The authors are responsible for the content of the published texts and the reliability of the data used therein, as well as the infringement of personal rights of third parties.
- Submited works must be original texts – it is excluded to publish works that are plagiarized (appropriating the authorship of someone else's work or part of it by distributing it under one's own name, including attributing the authorship of creative elements from someone else's work used in one's own work without stating the authorship and information about the source of the quotation), self-plagiarism (duplicating one's own publication in conditions misleading that it is a work or part of it for the first time published – without making changes to the text and providing information about the first edition) or co-authored works without indicating their co-authors, or as a result of unreliable practices such as ghostwriting (works created by a person agreeing to publish their works under the name of another person) or guest authorship (giving co-authors whose contribution to the publication was negligible or none).
- The originality of the text is confirmed by the authors in an appropriate statement (avalabe by Editorial Sytem)
- The authors also agree to the publication of their work in the so-called Open Access for scientific non-commercial purposes on the journal's website and in scientific repositories and full-text databases in which the journal is registered. (avalabe by Editorial Sytem)
-The authors undertake to obtain consents, in accordance with the principles of copyright law, from the authors, other owners of copyrights or heirs of the iconographic materials and other source materials used in the work for the use of these sources. 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. A conflict of interest is considered to be a relationship of subordination, direct personal relations, kinship, affinity or close scientific cooperation with the author of the reviewed article in the period of the last 2 years before the submission of the text.
-The editorial board guards compliance with the principles of publication ethics. In the event of suspicion of misconduct or violation of the rules, the editorial board proceeds by documenting the cases of violation of ethical principles encountered and taking appropriate actions, including: publishing a correction, suspending the publication of the article, notifying the institution to whose achievements the author affiliates his text.
- Any changes made during the editorial work must not distort the author's actual thought, they are only aimed at caring for the substantive, linguistic and compositional correctness as well as the clarity of the message.
- If the submitted material is not qualified for publication, the editors do not use it in any way without obtaining the author's prior written consent.
- The Editorial Board makes every effort to prevent the process of violating the principles of intellectual property and ethical standards of publications through all kinds of business activities (marketing, promotion, sales).
Reviewer’s duties:
-An expert who undertakes to prepare a written review accepting or rejecting a text for publication confirms that he or she has appropriate competence in a given field and is ready to perform the work on time (so as not to delay the publishing process).
-Recenzent podejmując się recenzji poświadcza brak konfliktu interesów.
-By undertaking the review, the reviewer certifies that there is no conflict of interest.
-The review must take into account the following criteria: objectivity of the assessment, reliable argumentation, in the case of required additions, reference to appropriate studies and sources.
-The reviewer undertakes not to use the materials received from the editors in any form, treating them in accordance with the principle of confidentiality.
Publisher’s duties:
-All text and graphic materials published in the journal (in electronic and paper versions) are protected by the provisions of applicable law, including copyright, regulations on combating unfair competition, and the provisions of the Civil Code.
-The materials are published on the Internet in Open Aaccess: free of charge and without technical limitations; users can use them online or download PDF files in accordance with fair use laws and provided that the authors of the works are acknowledged and the source is cited.
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.
Peer review
Urbanism and Architecture Files journal follows a double anonymized review process. The submission will initially be assessed by our editors to determine suitability for publication in this journal. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected will be taken by our editors.
Our editors are not involved in making decisions about papers which they have written themselves; have been written by family members or colleagues; relate to products or services in which they have an interest.
Any such submissions will be subject to the journal's usual procedures and peer review will be handled independently of the editor involved and their research group.
All submissions are conduted by Editorial System which ensures anonymization during peer reviewing.