Submissions

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.

1. Only articles that have not been previously published in other journals or that are not in the process of being published in other journals (e.g. in review, editorial correction, translation, printing) will be accepted.

2. Only original works that do not infringe the copyright of others will be accepted.

3. Priority will be given to papers with a high potential for impact on security issues and the socio-economic environment, i.e. those devised in English, referring to foreign literature (especially publications listed in SCOPUS and Web of Science databases)

4. The volume of the submitted work should not exceed a single page, i.e. 40 000 typographical characters including spaces. Research paper submissions should be limited to 7000 words. We recommend a maximum of 60 references, with 3–6 figures, illustrations and tables.

5. A paper submitted should contain among others:

• title without any abbreviations (unless those commonly known);
• author’s name and surname, scientific degree, e-mail, contact telephone number, affiliation, ORCID identifier;
• main text with figures, photographs, tables and attachments;
• list of cited literature sources.

6. The authors are required to include in the main text an abstract containing a short outline of the issues taken up in the paper in the original language and in English along with keywords – also in the original language and in English. The main text can be in English or in the original language.

7. Specific editing requirements:

1. main text:

• to be written in size 12 font (Calibri), formatted to 1.5 line spacing, with harmonised and continuous numbering (this applies to figures, tables and photographs, as well as sections);
• no hard spaces may be used;
• to be divided into sections (provided with titles) and subsections with numbered headings, according to the IMRaD  structure (Introduction; Methodology or Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion), e.g.:

• Introduction/The introduction should include the state of knowledge to date, the reason for the execution of the research and indicate the purpose of the article. The introduction is also intended to answer the reader's question: what has actually been done. The structuring of the introduction should be in the shape of a 'funnel', meaning that it should start with an overview and move on to progressively more detailed information. Illustrative sequence: outline of the general topic (background), summarising the state of knowledge so far (what is known), identifying the questions and gaps that have arisen (what is not known), justifying the research (why it is useful to find out what is not known), showing how the research in question affects the answers to these questions (the article's hypothesis or the question it answers);
• Methodology or Methods and Materials/The methodology should describe in sufficient detail the research carried out to allow for repetition, identifying specific research methods, techniques and tools;
• Results/The results should present what has been studied and the results obtained. They should also present new knowledge and highlight what is most important about it. In this section, it is recommended to use a graphical presentation of the results of the research;
• Discussion or Conclusions/The discussion or conclusions should provide principles, correlations, generalisations, highlight exceptions to the rule and unexplored areas, show compatibility of the results obtained with the results of others, present conclusions, answer the question posed in the introduction, critically evaluate the research done, show its limitations and weaknesses, make possible generalisations and state what influences the impossibility of making major generalisations, highlight new knowledge and the conclusions drawn from it, describe the significance of the research, show how the information obtained can be further used, outline your recommendations for further research;
• Acknowledgements and indication of the source of funding (funding) should be provided in separate chapters. The Acknowledgements section should list those individuals who provided assistance during the study (e.g. language assistance, help with writing or proofreading the article, etc.).    
  The funding section should indicate the source of funding, e.g. the name of the research project with the assigned contract ID number (in square brackets) and the name of the programme under which the project has been funded;

2) mathematical formulae (written in the equation editor) contained in technical publications should be distinguished according to requirements; preference is given to SI units; among others, the following is necessary;

• use italics to indicate variables and one- and two-letter indices;
• use plain text for numerals, physical units (such as m, s, kg), physical and mathematical constants (e.g. number e, imaginary unit i), function names (sin, cos, tg, log, ln, etc.), three- and multi-letter word abbreviations in subscripts (const, kryt), chemical formulae and symbols;

3) figures and tables should be incorporated in the basic part of the text, close to the place of their citation; it is recommended that drawings be made in vector graphics programs; in addition, drawings should be saved as separate files in JPG format and attached to the main material; tables should be devised in a text editor (independently of the illustrations), have short titles and column headings; each figure and table shall be appropriately numbered, assigned with a title and their source; the figure title is to be provided under the figure, and the table title – over it; sources of figures or tables should be provided – under the title of the figure and under the table, in one of the following ways:

• Source: devised on the basis of (Johnson, 2022) – a reference to literature,
• Source: (Johnson, 2022) – a reference to literature;
  • photographs should be submitted as JPG or TIFF files;
  • words and expressions of foreign origin should be written in italics and quotations should be put in inverted commas;
  • literature cited in the paper shall be presented after the main text;

Examples of bibliographic descriptions – Harvard style

Book: one, two or three authors

Fiorillo, F., (2004). Measurement and characterization of magnetic materials. Cambrigde: Academic Press.

Article in a journal

Markert, B. (2007). Definitions and Principles for Bioindication and Biomonitoring of Trace Metals in the Environment. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, no. 21, pp. 77–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2007.09.015.

Book – collective work edited by

Keene, E., ed., (1988). Natural language. Cambridge: Univeristy of Cambridge Press.

Chapter/article in a collective work:

Chopinet, M-H., (2019). In: Musgraves, J.D., Hu, J., Calvez, L. (eds.), Springer Handbook of Glass, Cham: Springer Nature, pp. 1–46.

Publications, reports issued by institutions, organisations, companies:

Central Statistical Office, (2009). Demographic yearbook: 2008. Warsaw: Statistical Publishing House.

• footnotes should be placed on individual typed pages, using continuous numbering;
• the article should be submitted using the ICI Publisher Panel system provided by the Publisher.

The processing of a submitted article takes approximately 3 months.

Please use Article template downloaded from below link:

https://sjsl.net/index.php/journal/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/3