Only original scientific papers in Polish or English are published in the Scientific Papers of the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Series: Administration and Management.
The editorial board of the Scientific Papers of the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Series: Administration and Management follows the policy of preventing the cases of ghostwriting and guest authorship.
2. Technical requirements for the papers and manuscript preparation
- The article should be 10-15 page long in the A4 format (including tables, figures, references and abstract).
- The texts should be written with 12-point Times New Roman (TNR) with 1.5 line spacing. It is acceptable to single out parts of the text with italics. Do not use underlining.
- Paper title - 12-point font size, bold, centred.
- Subheadings - bold, left-aligned
- The whole text (apart from the paper title and subheadings) - justified, indented paragraphs; do not use any forms of text division such as section or line breaks.
- Diagrams, photos, graphs (referred to always as figures) and tables should be numbered. Figures and tables should be placed close to the part of text that refers to them.
- Captions for tables - 12-point TNR; 1.0 line spacing in tables. All headings - centred. Text and figures in tables - 10-point TNR. Only horizontal lines.
- Captions for figures - 12-point TNR placed directly under the figure and labelled Figure X. Description of the figure (Arial font). 8 to 10-point font size. Figures cannot be wider than 12.5 cm.
3. Paper layout
- Title of the paper (in Polish and in English).
- Author's/Authors’ name/s and surname/s.
- Name of the scientific institution (affiliation).
- Abstract in English (maximally 200 words) and abstract in Polish. The abstracts should refer to each part of the paper, i.e. introduction and the purpose of research, research materials and test methods used in the paper, and the most important findings and conclusions. It is necessary to use all keywords in the abstracts (it will make it easier for the interested to find the paper).
- Keywords in English and in Polish (maximally 6).
- The text should consist of the following parts: Introduction, Materials and methods, Findings and discussion, Conclusions, References.
- Should you have any other doubts, please refer to the APA Style at (www.apastyle.org).
Please, follow the instruction below when quoting other authors’ publications:
- Verbatim quotations: (Kowalski, 2012, p. 27)
- Indirect quotations (paraphrases or summaries): (Kowalski, 2012)
- Should you refer to a number of works by different authors, please organise them in the chronological order: (Kowalski, 2011; Nowak, 2014; Skalski, 2017)
The reference list should be in an alphabetical order, under the APA style standard (http://www.apastyle.org). Each source cited (up to 25 sources in total) should be presented as illustrated below.
- Book (1-3 authors):
Griffin, R.W. (2017). Podstawy zarządzania organizacjami. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. - Edited books:
Kardas, J.S., Wójcik-Augustyniak, M. (Eds.). (2017). Zarządzanie w przedsiębiorstwie. Środowisko, procesy, systemy, zasoby. Warszawa: Difin. - Edited book found in a database:
Ćwik, N. (Ed.). (2012). Odpowiedzialny Biznes. Retrieved from http://odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl/Rola-marketingu-13.pdf. - Chapter in a book:
Szajczyk, M. (2017). Zarządzanie projektami. In J.S. Kardas, M. Wójcik-Augustyniak (Eds.), Zarządzanie w przedsiębiorstwie. Środowisko, procesy, systemy, zasoby (pp. 358-364). Warszawa: Difin. - Journal article:
Podstawka, M., Świrska, A. (2015). Optymalizacja wpływów do budżetów gmin z tytułu subwencji wyrównawczej. Zeszyty Naukowe UPH w Siedlcach nr 106. Seria: Administracja i Zarządzanie (33)2015, 173-184. - Article with DOI assigned:
Podstawka, M., Świrska, A. (2015). Optymalizacja wpływów do budżetów gmin z tytułu subwencji wyrównawczej. Zeszyty Naukowe UPH w Siedlcach nr 106. Seria: Administracja i Zarządzanie (33)2015, 173-184. DOI: xxxx. - Online source that is not a journal article, book or chapter:
Kowal, N. (2012). Wspólna odpowiedzialność. Retrieved from http://odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl/Wspólna-odpowiedzialność.pdf. - Legal act:
Act of 6 September 2001 on road transport. Journal of Laws 2001 No 125, item 874, as amended.
6. Submission process
The paper, together with the Author’s Statement and Author’s Declaration both filled in, signed, and then scanned, should be sent by electronic mail to the editorial boarda at Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript..
The statement form can be found here.
The declaration form can be found here.
7. Reviewing process
- Each paper is evaluated by the thematic editor and then handed over to the chief editor. Should the article meet the substantive requirements and be within the scope of the magazine, the chief editor decides to send it to reviewers.
- After the author pays the publication fee, the papers that have been accepted by both thematic editor and chief editor are sent to two independent reviewers for double-blind peer review.
- The reviews are made in writing and end with a clear reviewer’s conclusion whether the paper is recommended for publication or not. The paper is not published if it receives either one or two negative reviews.
A: Very good paper - the paper is accepted for publication without sending it to the author. The author is informed about the positive reviews.
B: Changes in the paper required
- The paper is sent to the author so that s/he can make the changes suggested by the reviewer/s. Then the corrected paper with author’s reply to the issues raised by reviewer/s needs to be sent back to the editorial board. The chief editor decides whether the paper is accepted for publication.
- The paper is sent to the author so that s/he can make the major changes suggested by the reviewer. Then the corrected paper with author’s reply to the issues raised by reviewer needs to be sent back to the editorial board. The paper is again handed over to the reviewer, and the author may be obliged to cover the cost of the additional review of the corrected version of the paper.
The reviewers cooperating with the editorial board are listed in each issue of the Scientific Papers of the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Series: Administration and Management.
The review form can be found here.
8. Publication fee
The publication fee charged for a paper accepted for publication is PLN 492 gross. Should the paper not be accepted for publication after being negatively reviewed, the author is charged PLN 100 for each review made. The unused amount is returned to the author/authors.
The payment should be made to the following bank account:
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach
Account number 19 1240 2685 1111 0000 3656 3195
Title:
“Publication of a paper in the Scientific Papers, Series: Administration and Management.
Authors’ names and surnames”
9. Contact
Correspondence address:
Redakcja Zeszytów Naukowych
Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych i Prawnych,
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach
ul. Żytnia 17/19, 08-110 Siedlce
Phone:
25 643 1517
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Website:
https://wnep.uph.edu.pl/zeszyty-naukowe