Stages of qualification of the text for its publication as "INiG - PIB" Scientific Work:
1. Sending the text in an electronic version while maintaining the editorial standards of the publishing house, i.e. with separately attached illustrations (photographs) in printable quality, i.e. min. 1500 × 2000 px (300 dpi), with drawings, diagrams e.g. in a vector version, charts in * .xls format.
2. The text delivered to the editorial office shall be reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief or his deputy. After obtaining a positive opinion, the Chief Editor or his deputy transfers the work to the appropriate thematic editor, who points out two reviewers of the work performing the task based on the ethics policy of the Publisher.
3. The editorial secretary, after contacting the reviewer and obtaining confirmation of readiness to carry out the review of a given scientific work, directs the work to him along with the necessary documents. PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWING SCIENTIFIC WORK
4. The time for the review depends on the reviewer's ability, but it will not be longer than 60 working days from the date of sending the material for review.
5. After obtaining two positive reviews, the text along with the comments is sent to the author, if the reviewers have made comments regarding carrying out modification in the text. The author has 10 working days to refer to comments and send the corrected text to the editorial office.
6. In the case of obtaining one negative and one positive review of the text, the Editor-in-Chief of the Publishing House or his deputy makes a decision on selecting another reviewer, whose opinion will be decisive in the matter of accepting the work for publication.
7. In case of obtaining two negative reviews, the work is removed from the publishing plan, about which the author is immediately informed by electronic means (e-mail) to a previously given electronic mailing address. The author has the right to appeal against this decision. DECLARATION OF ETHICS
8. After the review and acceptance of the text into the publishing process, the names of the reviewers of the work may be disclosed.
9. Starting the publishing process:
a) Signing with the author / authors a publishing contract.
b) Initial internal stylistic correction, followed by possible corrections by the author, including supplementation of illustrative material.
c) External stylistic correction, followed by possible corrections by the author.
d) The finished text along with the correct graphic files is sent for DTP composition.
e) The text in the target layout developed for the INiG – PIB Publishing House - after the composition of the DTP - is forwarded to the author / authors to verify the correctness of the composition and subsequent correction. The author also receives several versions of individual cover designs in order to select one of them.
f) In the absence of errors in the text after the composition of the DTP and after accepting the cover - all material is sent to the printing house. The time of completing the print process is up to 10 business days.