Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for publishing articles in Current Problems of Psychiatry 

Manuscript submission

The editorial office of the journal Current Problems of Psychiatry uses an online platform to accept new articles, through which authors can submit manuscripts:  https://www.editorialsystem.com/cpp/.

A manuscript may be considered for publication only if all authors truthfully declare that:

• the manuscript has not previously been published and is not under consideration by another journal;
• there is no undisclosed conflict of interest that could affect the objectivity or reliability of the data presented in the manuscript;
• the submitted material (e.g. an original article, review article, case report, or letter) is original and does not infringe the rights of any third party;
• the manuscript has been prepared in accordance with copyright law and does not involve plagiarism, self-plagiarism, ghostwriting, guest authorship, or honorary authorship;
• they consent to the journal’s peer-review and editorial procedures and agree to make any changes required as a result of the editorial process;
• they have read and accepted the journal’s publication policies; and
• if the manuscript is accepted for publication, they grant, on behalf of themselves and all co-authors, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, and irrevocable Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. The full license terms are available at the link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

All submitted manuscripts are screened using Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate).

General manuscript preparation

1. Types of manuscripts

The Editorial Board accepts the following types of manuscripts:

• original research articles;
• review articles, preferably systematic reviews and meta-analyses;
• case reports presenting unique or atypical forms of psychopathology or innovative diagnostic and/or therapeutic approaches; and
• letters to the Editor presenting well-reasoned comments, criticisms, or proposals for revisions relating to published articles.

The Editorial Board does not accept manuscripts presenting only bibliometric analyses of publications or descriptions of publication trends.

2. Manuscript length and number of authors

The editors set the following length limits for submitted manuscripts:

• original research articles: up to 6,000 words;
• review articles: up to 4,500 words;
• case reports: up to 2,500 words; and
• letters to the Editor: up to 1,500 words.

The word limit does not include the title page, tables, figures, or references.

The following limits on the number of authors apply:

• review articles and case reports: up to 4 authors; and
• letters to the Editor: up to 2 authors.

3. Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts submitted to Current Problems of Psychiatry should be prepared in Microsoft Word using a 12-point font (e.g. Arial or Times New Roman) and double line spacing.

For manuscripts submitted in English or another language accepted by the journal, a Polish-language abstract is required.

Measurements and concentrations should be reported using the International System of Units (SI). All abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the text.

Abbreviations should not be used in the abstract.

3.1. Figures, tables, and photographs

Figures and tables should not be embedded in the main text. Their intended locations should be indicated in the manuscript, for example: “Figure 1 here” or “Table 1 here”.

Figure legends should be provided on a separate page after the reference list. Tables should be placed at the end of the manuscript, after the figure legends, with each table on a separate page. The table number and title should appear above the table. All abbreviations used in a table should be explained in a note below it.

Only high-quality image files will be accepted. Figures should be submitted in TIFF or JPEG format at a resolution of 300 dpi and at a width of either 8 cm (one column) or 16 cm (two columns). Color photographs should use the RGB color model. Diagrams should be prepared in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.

Text captions should not be embedded in photographs. Use clear symbolic markers, such as arrows, crosses, or other symbols, and explain them in the figure legend. All markers must be large enough to remain legible after reduction.

If a figure has previously been published elsewhere, the authors must obtain written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce it.

3.2. Statistical analyses

The journal expects authors of original papers to perform statistical analyses at a high level, i.e., to avoid nominal variables and prepare groups, surveyed variables, and analyzed variables in such a way as to allow the use of parametric methods (in line with normal distribution). Consider effect size in comparisons (not just p-level), control results of multivariate analyses regarding multiple comparisons, and respect recommendations on methodology (assumptions) for advanced statistical analysis methods (e.g., regression analysis, MANOVA, etc.). Non-parametric methods may only be used to analyze results when the nature of the variables makes it impossible to use parametric tests.

The editors may reject a manuscript containing statistical and methodological errors without prior review.

3.3. Manuscript structure

Title page

The title page should include the manuscript title, the full names of all authors, each author’s ORCID iD, and all affiliations, including the institution, city, and country.

Affiliations should be linked to authors using consecutive superscript Arabic numerals. Affiliations should be provided in both Polish and English. The English version should not contain Polish diacritical marks.

Example:

Anna Kowalska¹, Małgorzata Nowak²
¹ I Klinika Psychiatrii, Katedra Psychiatrii, Uniwersytet…
² Zakład Genetyki Medycznej, Szpital…

ORCID iD

Each author should provide a personal ORCID iD. This enables accurate linking of the published article to the author’s profile in bibliographic databases. Further information is available at: https://orcid.org/.

Corresponding author

The corresponding author’s details should appear below the affiliations and should include the author’s full name, postal address, email address, and telephone number.

Abstract

The abstract, on the second page of the publication, should contain a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 250 words in original papers, review papers, and case reports.
Abstracts for all manuscript types, including review articles, should contain the following clearly identified sections:

• Introduction;
• Material and methods;
• Results; and
• Discussion and conclusions.

Review articles should take the form of a meta-analysis or a structured review. They should state a clear objective, explain and justify the literature-selection method, and generate new knowledge or conclusions.
The abstract of a case report should include a concise description of the case and its clinical history, together with a conclusion explaining the clinical significance of the case.
Abbreviations should not be used in the abstract.
Unstructured narrative reviews that do not produce new insights will not be accepted because they do not constitute an original scholarly contribution.

Keywords

Below the abstract, provide three to five keywords selected from Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html.

3.4. References

The reference list should include only sources cited in the text. References should be cited in square brackets and numbered consecutively in the order in which they first appear. Each reference should begin on a new line and be formatted in accordance with the Vancouver style.

Journal article

Include the authors’ surnames and initials, article title, abbreviated journal title according to Index Medicus, year, volume, issue, and page range.

Kowal N, Nowak A. Piętno schizofrenii. Bad Nad Schizofrenią. 2006;33(1):210–223.

If an article has more than six authors, list the first six authors followed by “et al.”

Guilbert TW, Morgan WJ, Zeiger RS, Mauger DT, Boehmer SJ, Szefler SJ, et al. Long-term inhaled corticosteroids in preschool children at high risk for asthma. N Engl J Med. 2006;354(19):1985–1997.

For articles published in a language other than English, provide the full name of the language in English at the end of the reference.

Forneau E, Bovet D. Recherches sur l’action sympathicolytique d’un nouveau dérivé du dioxane. Arch Int Pharmacodyn. 1933;46:178–191. French.

Websites

Non-peer-reviewed websites should not be cited as scientific sources. Online sources may be cited when they provide reviewed scientific material or are maintained by official scientific societies, governmental bodies, statistical agencies, or other recognized institutions.

Drug-interactions.com [homepage on the Internet]. Indianapolis: Indiana University Department of Medicine; 2003 [updated 2006 May 17; cited 2006 May 30]. Available from: http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/

Book

Include the authors’ surnames and initials, book title, place of publication, publisher, and year of publication.

Kowal ZG. Psychiatria. Lublin: Press; 1923.

Book chapter

Include the chapter authors’ surnames and initials, chapter title, the word “In:”, the editors’ surnames and initials, book title, edition, place of publication, publisher, year, and page range.

Nowak BM. Stany psychotyczne. In: Kowal AM, Głogowski P, editors. Podręcznik psychiatrii. 2nd ed. Lublin: Ananke; 1972. p. 203–230.

Statement on human and animal rights

All studies involving human participants or animals require prior approval from the appropriate ethics committee.
Research involving human participants must comply with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Animal studies must comply with the applicable ethical standards and with the Interdisciplinary Principles and Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research, Testing, and Education published by the New York Academy of Sciences Ad Hoc Committee on Animal Research.
The ethics approval statement, including the name of the approving body and the approval number, should be included in the Material and methods section.

Statement of informed consent

Studies involving human participants require written informed consent. The Material and methods section should include a statement confirming that participants provided written informed consent to take part in the study, in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.
Do not use names, initials, numbers, medical history, or any data that would allow identification of patients in the text or illustrative material (figures, tables).

Scientific Reliability

The Editors of journal Current Problems of Psychiatry emphasize that transparent disclosure of all contributions to a publication, including technical, material, and financial support, is an essential element of research integrity and high editorial standards. Such transparency reflects both professional responsibility and accountability to the scientific community.
Authors are required to present their research methods and results transparently, honestly, and accurately. Forms of publication misconduct include ghostwriting and guest or honorary authorship:

• ghostwriting occurs when a person who has made a substantial contribution to a publication is not listed as an author and is not acknowledged in the publication;
• guest or honorary authorship occurs when a person is listed as an author despite having made little or no substantive contribution to the work.
• Artificial intelligence (AI) is not an author. Authors of submitted manuscripts must disclose whether and to what extent artificial intelligence was used in the creation of the manuscript. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts whose authors fail to disclose the use of artificial intelligence or in which the extent of the AI’s contribution remains unclear.
• The editorial team declares that the authors of the publication are fully responsible for it, and all cases of detected misconduct will be disclosed. In the Cover Letter attached to the manuscript, authors must disclose their contributions, and the author submitting the manuscript is primarily responsible.

Information about financing sources

If the research received financial support, the authors should include a funding statement after the reference list, identifying the source of funding and, where applicable, the grant number.

Peer-review procedure

The journal’s peer-review procedure is based on the recommendations of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education set out in the document "Best Practices in Peer Review Procedures".
Manuscripts submitted to Current Problems of Psychiatry are evaluated for both scientific content and presentation. The journal uses a double-blind peer-review model, which means that the identities of the authors and reviewers are concealed from one another.

For the complete peer-review policy, see: About the Journal – 4. Review Procedure

Article processing charge (APC)

Current Problems of Psychiatry is an open-access journal. The article processing charge (APC) is paid only after acceptance and before publication.
The fee is PLN 600.00 or EUR 135.00, including VAT.
The journal does not charge submission, peer-review, editorial processing, language-editing, page, colour, or withdrawal fees. The journal does not offer APC waivers or discounts.

Payments should be made to:

Medical University of Lublin
Al. Racławickie 1
20-059 Lublin, Poland

Payment in EUR

Amount: EUR 135.00
IBAN: PL50 1020 3147 0000 8202 0084 6253
SWIFT/BIC: BPKOPLPW
Bank: PKO BP SA, Lublin Branch
Address: ul. Watykańska 7, 20-538 Lublin, Poland

Payment in PLN

Amount: PLN 600.00
Account number: PL94 1020 3147 0000 8302 0084 6188
PKOBP Oddział 1 w Lublinie

!!! Transfer reference: Curr Probl Psychiatry – article submission number and the first author’s full name.

Guidelines for Authors on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools

1. Author's responsibility: Content creation tools based on AI such as ChatGPT, Copilot, and other language models, may be used to support individual work on an article, but under no circumstances can they substitute author's personal input. The author(s) are fully responsible for the content of the article, including the legitimacy of any information supplied by AI tools, and for providing proper references to credible sources used to support claims in the article. Authors are solely responsible for any potential copyright violations resulting from the use of AI tools.
2. Transparency of use: If an AI tool was employed at any stage and any capacity during the writing process, its use must be described in a transparent and precise manner. It is recommended to fully detail the extent of support the AI tool has provided in the writing process in order to ensure full transparency for readers and editors. The description should list the AI tools and prompts used to generate content.
3. Breadth of use: AI-based tools may be used to help at different stages of the writing process such as correction, content suggestion, or bibliography, but cannot function as independent authors. AI tools are not considered a legal person, nor can they be a copyright owner, therefore it is not possible to list these tools as co-authors.
4. Criteria of use: Using AI tools exclusively to correct spelling or grammar mistakes and in a broader context of text editing does not require a specific disclosure in the article. However, more advanced usage of AI tools necessitates following proper disclosure as delineated in previous paragraphs.
5. Editorial decision: Each case of AI tools use will be individually evaluated by the editorial board of the selected journal. Final decision on whether the specific use and/or specific AI tool is acceptable belongs to the editorial board and is determined by the character of each individual article and the editorial policy of the selected journal.