Publishing ethics guidelines

The Editorial Board of „Biblioteka” attaches great importance to scientific reliability and compliance with the ethical principles accepted in science. In terms of good practice and publication ethics, the Editorial Board follows the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) – Polish version of the procedures is available in the translation of Ewa Rozkosz and Sylwia Ufnalska. In order to ensure the originality of scientific publications, the editors also use the Crossref Similarity Check anti-plagiarism system (the iThenticate software).

All persons involved in the publication process of the journal are obliged to adhere to the ethical principles accepted by the Board.

Responsibilities of Authors aspiring to publish texts in "Biblioteka”:

1. Authors are required to submit texts written independently, not yet published in part or in whole, nor submitted to another journal, including the names of any co-authors.
2. Any cases of plagiarism or so-called "ghostwriting" / "guest authorship" are unacceptable and constitute a blatant manifestation of scientific dishonesty. When they are detected, the Editorial Board shall immediately reject the submitted text and report such abuse to the relevant institutions (e.g., to the authorities of the scientific unit where the Author is affiliated).
3. The submission of a text already published in whole or in large part will be considered a violation of scientific ethics. If parts of it have already been published, they should be clearly marked (with an appropriate footnote) and the decision to publish the text will rest with the Editor.
4. If the Author simultaneously submits the same text to other journals, they are obliged to notify the Editorial staff.
5. Authors are required to disclose any conflicts of interest occurring in connection with the potential publication of the text in „Biblioteka”.
6. Authors are obliged to disclose all the sources of funding of the research that resulted in the submitted article.
7. Personal data and information required by and conveyed to the Editorial Board should be consistent with the facts.
8. Authors are obliged to read the contents of statements prepared by AMU/ „Biblioteka” Editing Board and the licence agreement regarding the publication of the article (marking the appropriate box is a confirmation of the Author’s acceptance of the terms of the contract).
9. Authors are obliged to reliably annotate with appropriate footnotes passages cited or referred to in the text of a study or thesis of someone else's authorship.
10. In case the Authors find errors in their submitted text at the review stage or other phases of the editorial process, they are obliged to notify the Editorial staff as soon as possible.
11. The Authors provide all of the information about affiliation and institutional relationships to allow the Editors of the journal to appoint an impartial reviewer.
12. Authors are required to comply with European Commission guidelines on Ethics in Social Science and Humanities, as well as on COPE guidelines on publication ethics (https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26), including the guidelines on Authorship and AI tools.

Responsibilities of the Editors and the Advisory Committee

1. The editors accept only original articles (and other texts) that are in line with the profile, scope, and purpose of the journal.

2. The editors only accept texts that are free of legal defects. Since plagiarism, self-plagiarism, ghostwriting, and guest authorship are examples of scientific dishonesty, the editors are obliged to expose all the detected cases of the aforementioned, including notification of the relevant bodies (institutions employing the authors, scientific societies, associations of scientific editors, etc.).
3. Guided by the content of the texts, the Editors appoint two reviewers affiliated with different institutions than those to which the authors are affiliated. Reviews are bilaterally anonymous (double-blind).
4. If a reviewer fails to prepare a review within the deadline, or for ethical reasons cannot prepare a review of a particular text, the editors will appoint a new reviewer.

1. The Editors accept only reviews that are reliable and substantive and prepared in accordance with the principles of scientific ethics.
2. In the case of a divergent assessment of the text by two reviewers, the editors may appoint a third reviewer.
3. Members of the Editorial Board accept for publication and submit for approval to the Editorial Committee only those texts that have received two unequivocally positive reviews.
4. The editors guarantee the confidentiality of the review process and the personal data of authors and reviewers and their security.

Resposibilities of Reviewers

The reviewer's primary duty is to evaluate the text objectively. All comments, evaluations and suggestions should be indicated clearly and supported by arguments.

1. Reviewers shall prepare reviews that are reliable, substantive and end with a clear conclusion. Reviews should be prepared in accordance with good manners.
2. Reviewers shall follow the journal's review procedure: - prepare reviews anonymously - prepare reviews in accordance with the criteria of the review sheet.
3. Reviewers shall prepare the review within the prescribed time limit.
4. If Reviewers are unable to prepare a review, they shall inform the Editor within one week of receiving a request to prepare a review.
5. Reviewers shall inform the Editor of a possible conflict of interest.
6. Reviewers shall inform the Editor of any detected manifestation of scientific dishonesty of the author (plagiarism, self-plagiarism, ghostwriting, guest authorship).
7.  Reviewers shall prepare reviews free of charge.

8. Reviews and all documentation of the review process are stored in the editorial archive on the PRESSto Platform.

Procedures in case of violation of journal ethics rules

1. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism, ghostwriting and guest authorship are manifestations of scientific dishonesty and exemplify unethical scientific practice. The Editorial Board will document all manifestations of scientific dishonesty, especially violations and breaches of ethical principles applicable to science.
2. The Board uses the Crossref Similarity Check anti-plagiarism system. All results of the anti-plagiarism check are analysed by the editors. If plagiarism or self-plagiarism is detected, the submitted text is rejected and the author is informed in writing of the basis for rejection of the text.
3. If the Reviewers report to the Editors a suspicion of plagiarism or self-plagiarism, the Editors check the validity of the suspicion and inform the Reviewers, the Author and the Editorial Committee of the results of the checking examination. If the validity of the suspicion is confirmed, the submitted text is rejected, and the author is informed of the basis for the rejection of the text.
4. If the readers of the journal report a suspicion of plagiarism or self-plagiarism to the Editors, the Editors check the validity of the suspicion and inform the Reviewers, the Author and the Editorial Committee of the results of the checking examination. If the validity of the suspicion is confirmed, the published text is withdrawn from all online platforms where the journal is available. Information about the basis for the removal of the text shall be provided on the electronic platforms and in the print version of the journal.
5. The Editors shall inform the relevant entities (institutions employing authors, scientific societies, associations of scientific editors, etc.) of all detected cases of plagiarism.
6. In case of detection of ghostwriting and guest authorship, the text is rejected. The Editors shall inform the Author(s) of the decision and its basis to the Author(s) of the text and to the relevant institutions employing the Author(s) or scientific societies with which the Author(s) is/are affiliated.

Anti-plagiarism policy

To ensure the originality and high quality of published articles, the journal applies the latest evaluation procedures and uses the Crossref Similarity Check anti-plagiarism system using iThenticate software. The system makes it possible to identify similarities in a text by comparing it with publications available on the Internet and indexed databases, and identifying the sources of passages. Works in which borrowings from other authors are found inappropriately cited or plagiarized will be rejected by the editors, and violations of either copyright or good scientific practice will be reported to the management of the author's employing institution. If plagiarism is found in a published paper, the Editorial Board will withdraw the text and post a notice to this effect on the journal's website and/or in the printed version.