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Author Guidelines

"Polish Journal of Public Health" („Zdrowie Publiczne”) is a scientific journal addressing issues of broadly understood public health presented in the form of peer-reviewed original, review and editorial articles.

Each author should register his/her article via the platform of Publishing House of the Medical University of Lublin (https://www.editorialsystem.com/pjphpl/ (wersja PL) https://www.editorialsystem.com/pjph/ (ver. ENG)). It will improve the flow of information between the authors and editors, and between the editors and referees.

Manuscripts for publication (text, tables, figures, graphs and original numerical data) must be submitted as a file in MS Word for Windows. All pages of the manuscript should be numbered, and the complete text should not exceed 18.000 charactersincluding spaces ie approx. 10 pages of standard manuscript (30 lines of ca. 60 characters/page).

Organisation of the material submitted for publication:
1st page: title, names and surnames of the authors, affiliations, addresses of institutions represented by the authors, address for correspondence, telephone number, e-mail;
2nd page: title, abstract in Polish and in English, 1,500-2,000 characters (according to standards of biographical databases), reflecting the structure of an original article (introduction, aim, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion) or of a review article, key words, 3-10 words according to “Medical Subject Headings” (http://www.tez-mesh.pl/);
3rd and following pages: title and text, references, tables, figures, graphs and original numerical data.

Organisation of original articles: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, references (no more than 15).

Original and review articles are published entirely in English. Editors accept for review papers both in Polish and in English. After receiving a positive review, the authors are expected to provide an English translation of papers submitted in Polish.

References should be cited by numerals in square brackets. The list of references should follow the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals”. References should be numbered in order of appearance in the text, as in examples on the website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html

Original articles and review articles should be submitted together with short biographical notes concerning the authors: names and surname, name of university and year of graduation, scientific (professional) title (degree), place of employment, position, main scientific interests or achievements.
THE EDITORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO QUALIFY THE MANUSCRIPTS FOR PUBLICATIONS.

NO CASE REPORTS WILL BE PUBLISHED.

The author is obliged to sign the following declaration: Neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under my/our authorship has been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. In case of selecting the submitted material for publication, the undersigned author(s) transmit the copyright to the Publishers of the journal to the Medical University of Lublin, the Publisher of Polish Journal of Public Health.

Authors should be aware of possible conflicts of interests. Especially, they are responsible for indicating their study funding sources, and other kinds of material or organisational support provided by companies, institutions, organisations or individuals interested in the publication of the paper. Possible conflicts of interests should be revealed to the editors in the form of a signed personal statement describing briefly the character of the relationships. The editors should also be notified about the absence of conflicts of interests in the form of the following signed statement: “I declare that there is no conflict of interests which could have influenced impartiality and reliability of the paper entitled “...”.

The Editors of Polish Journal of Public Health (Zdrowie Publiczne) while evaluating the manuscripts for publication use the double-blind peer review process, which means that the reviewer/s and the author/s do not know their identities.

In original articles where research involved humans or animals, information on the consent of the research ethics board (bioethics board).

The editors reserve the right to correct linguistic and nomenclature mistakes, make abbreviations and other editorial corrections.

 

Short Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

 

Medical University of Lublin journals - guidelines for authors regarding use of 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. Authors are fully responsible for the contents fo the article, including legitimacy of any information supplied by the AI tools and proper references to credible sources used to support claims in the article. The author(s) are solely responsible for any potential copyright violations resulting from the use of an AI tool.
  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, contnent 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.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

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