General information
Guideline
The article is to be prepared in English or Polish language.
Text of the work should be prepared in Word editor for Windows operating system. Capacity: 6 to 18 pages (including abstract, tables, figures, footnotes and literature).
The article should be prepared according to publication preparation guideline.
The authors guarantee that they have the appropriate authority from their employers and/or funding agencies to publish the work.
Submission of papers
- Author(s) should submit the manuscript(s) by e-mail: journalarchive@qpij.pl
In case of any questions or problems, please do not hesitate contact (e-mail: marek.krynke@wz.pcz.pl). - Each submission should include:
- the manuscript (DOC and PDF files) in the correct format according to Publication preparation guideline.
- the scanned Declaration (signed by all authors) that the paper was not previously published,
- the scanned License to publish (signed by author(s)), - Submitted article should be completed, with figures, tables etc.
- When fragments of other publications (figures, tables, etc.) are being used, authors are obliged to gain consent necessary for their usage in the article.
- The Editor reserves the right to make editorial changes in the text.
Editorial rules:
A manuscript submitted to QPI journal is subject to a preliminary verification by the Subject, Statistical and Technical Editors.
Taking into account standards determined for scientific magazines by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the zweszyty naukowe Quality.Production. Improvement Editorial Board introduces the following principles protecting against ghostwriting and ghost authorship:
- The Author/Authors of an article are obliged to reveal the percentage share of all the individuals in the making of this article (including their affiliation as well as contribution i.e. information on the authorship of concepts, assumptions, methods etc. used while preparing the publication). The principal responsibility for that lies on the Author who submits the article for publication.
- The Author/Authors of the article are obliged to inform the Editorial Board about the source of financing the article and the involvement of other institutions, societies or economic entities in financial and substantial support as well as in providing access to data, documents and information.
Publications ethics
Statement on Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice
Quality. Production. Improvement Jouranl is a peer-reviewed journal. The following statement spells out ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing articles for this journal (the Chief Editors, the reviewers and the authors).
Quality. Production. Improvement Jouranl is a peer-reviewed journal. The following statement spells out ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing articles for this journal (the Chief Editors, the reviewers and the authors).
Duties for Editors
1. Based on the review report, the Editors have the right to accept or reject the manuscript, or can send the same for the modification.
2. The Editors must ensure that each manuscript is an original work. After passing this test, manuscript is then forwarded to two reviewers for blind peer-review. Each of them will make a recommendation to accept/reject or modify the reviewed manuscript.
3. The Editors must ensure that each manuscript is reviewed for its intellectual content.
4. The Editor musts ensure that information regarding the manuscript is kept confidential.
1. Based on the review report, the Editors have the right to accept or reject the manuscript, or can send the same for the modification.
2. The Editors must ensure that each manuscript is an original work. After passing this test, manuscript is then forwarded to two reviewers for blind peer-review. Each of them will make a recommendation to accept/reject or modify the reviewed manuscript.
3. The Editors must ensure that each manuscript is reviewed for its intellectual content.
4. The Editor musts ensure that information regarding the manuscript is kept confidential.
Duties for Authors
1. Authors must guarantee that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere.
2. Authors must guarantee that the manuscript is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
3. Authors must guarantee that the manuscript has been submitted with the full knowledge and approval of Institution given as the affiliation of the authors.
4. Authors must guarantee that they have written entirely original work.
5. Authors should, also, provide all data related with their manuscript.
6. If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.
Duties for Reviewers
1. Reviewers should be kept confidential all information regarding to reviewed manuscript.
2. Reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of date used in the research. Any kind of similarity between the manuscript and other published paper, must be immediately brought in to notice to the Editors.
3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with the supporting arguments.
4. In case, the reviewers feel that it is not possible to complete the review process on time, must inform the Editors immediately, so the manuscript could be send to any other reviewer.
5. Reviewers should tell the Editors if there is any conflict of interest in reviewing of the paper.
Manuscript’s qualification / rejection criteria
A review form (online, login required) is available on the website of the journal. The review must end with an unambiguous conclusion of the Reviewer regarding the to the approval of the article for publication or its rejection. The reviewer can specify in the review form whether the article should be:
- published without revision,
- published with minor revision,
- published with major revision,
- re-reviewed again after revision,
- rejected.
If there is a need of revision, the author(s) is obliged to correct the text, introduce additions and changes required by the Reviewers. After the revision, the Editors decide about manuscript’s publication.
If the Reviewer in the review form indicated that the manuscript after the revision should be re-review, the manuscript after authors’ correction is again subjected to the review process by the same Reviewers.
In the case of one negative review, the Editors choose a third Reviewer. In the case of two negative reviews, the manuscript is rejected.