Cooperation with Problemy Ekorozwoju / Problems of Sustainable Development journal
The topic areas of the articles published in the Problemy Ekorozwoju / Problems of Sustainable Development journal are: architecture and urban planning, environmental engineering, mining and energy, forest sciences, agriculture and horticulture, philosophy, socioeconomic geography, spatial planning, security sciences, management and quality sciences, legal sciences, sociological sciences.
Important. Every paper submitted to Problemy Ekorozwoju / Problems of Sustainable Development should refer to the basic paradigms of sustainable development (so include social, economic and environmental issues and Sustainable Development Goals). We also prefer international comparisons than local studies, since problems are usually international or even global. We do not print papers based on bibliometric analysis only. We also do not print papers based on aggregate measures, if they don’t include differences between countries and trends in time.
The authors are asked to make submissions only via the LUT PH platform.
The papers may be submitted throughout the year, except for two breaks – summer break (1.07–15.09) and winter break (15.12–5.01).
The journal publishes only the original papers, which have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration by another journal. The manuscripts submitted by any other person than one of the authors will not be accepted. The submitting author makes a statement that the article’s publication has been approved by all other co-authors.
Important: The journal does not print more than one paper of the same author/authors not only in the actual number of the journal, but also in the following number. So the publication is possible only once a year. We also do not print more than 2 papers from one university in a single number.
The journal does not charge submission or publication fees for the manuscripts.
All the graphics and the pictures or photographs must be prepared by the authors. Using of grahics and pictures made by the other parites, just by writing the source is not allowable. The copyright rights must be bought or written permission from the author of copyrighted graphic obtained.
Organization of the article and the reviewing process
The average waiting time for publication is 6 months, because two issues are published each year.
Having received the submission the editorial board checks whether the paper meets the basic topic requirements – if the paper was written from the perspective of sustainable development and includes international comparisons (local level is acceptable only in case of the subjects unique from the international perspective). We also do not print papers of only bibliometric nature. If the basic criteria are fulfilled, two detailed reviews are prepared within 3 weeks.
The article must fulfil all the conditions included in the checklist above. Detailed guidelines to prepare the article are included in the file template.doc. It is vital that tha article would be prepared according to the journal's guidelines.
All the submitted works are checked in the anti-plagiarism program Crossref Similiarity Check (iThenticate). The overall similarity (Similarity Index) may not exceed the limit of 30%, and the single paper similarity may not exceed the limit 10%. Otherwise, the paper will be rejected by the editor and no other chance will be given to the author(s) to re-submit it.
Each article is a subject of the double-blind peer review. The works received after a positive assessment of the editorial office are sent to the reviewers, whose identity remains unknown for the author. In a situation where the article receives one positive and one negative review, the editorial office sends the article to the third review or makes the independent decision whether to accept or reject the text. In case of revisions required the authors have one month for revision. Detailed information about reviewing process are available here.
The review form is available here.
References guidelines
References quoted in the text should be given in parentheses and include the author’s surname and the publication year e.g. (Anderson, 2023). References should be listed as the following:
Journal
Surname and name initials of the author(s), year, article title, magazine title in italic, volume, issue, pages: from-to, DOI number. Example:
WALLACE K.J., 2007, Classification of ecosystem services: problems and solutions, Biological Conservation 139(2): 235-246, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.07.015.
Book
Surname and name initials of the author(s), publication year, title in italic, publishers’ name, publisher’s location. Example:
ROSE K.H., 2005, Project Quality Management: Why What, and How, Ross Publishing, Richmond, USA.
Publication in collective works
Surname and name initials of the author(s), publication year, article title, surname and name initials of the monograph editor(s), title of the monograph (in italic font), publisher’s name, publishers location, pages: from-to: Example:
PAPUZINSKI A., 2004, Philosophical Aspects of Sustainable Development Principle, Philosophical, Social and Economic Aspects of Sustainable Development, ed. Pawlowski A., Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland: 25-32.
Internet
Institution/ name of the web site, year of publication, title of the publication, Internet address, date of access. Example:
UNDP, 2015, Sustainable Development Goals, https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals/ (2.01.2023).
All the graphics and the pictures or photographs must be prepared by the authors. Using of grahics and pictures made by the other parites, just by writing the source is not allowable. The copyright rights must be bought or written permission from the author of copyrighted graphic obtained.
More information about the journal is here.
