NOTES TO AUTHORS

The following types of articles will be published:

• full-length articles describing original research;
• short articles, also reporting original work, but shorter and more concise as regards the subject matter; there should be no difference in the quality of research described in either type of article;
• reviews, which should be a critical evaluation of the current stage of research on a particular facet of environmental problems;
• invited, accelerated articles, stimulating the up-to-data research;
• matter for discussion, concerning the current news.

Every article will be reviewed. The Editorial Board of the "Polish Journal of Environmental Studies", assisted by referees, will screen the submitted articles. Papers accepted for publication must not have been published elsewhere.
Authors of papers concerning the experiments with animals are requested to include the opinion and approval of Local Commitee of Ethics.

Manuscripts

Papers should be typewritten on one side of a page (1.5 -spaced, font size 12, a margin of 2.5cm on all four sides of the paper). Two copies of a text, in English and a WORD (RTF) file on the CD, should be sent to the editor. Tables and Figures should be prepared on the separate pages and included into manuscript after the References. Authors are advised to keep a copy for themselves.

CD preparation

The text should be submitted on disk or CD. The files should be saved in the native format of the word processing program used. Most popular word processor file formats are acceptable.
The disk format, word-processor format, file name(s) and the title and authors of the article should be indicated on the disk. The content of the diskette must correspond exactly to the printed version of the paper.
Original figures and manuscripts will only be returned to the authors upon request to the Publisher within l month of publication. Otherwise they will be discarded.

Proofs

The address to which proofs are to be sent should accompany the paper. Proofs should be carefuly checked and returned immediately.

The recommended order of presentation

• T i t l e
• Author's name and affiliations, email address
• A b s t r a c t. An abstract of about 100 words, stating the features and drawing attention to the novel aspects.
• K e y w o r d s. Up to 5 keywords or key phrases, indicating the topic of importance in the work.
• I n t r o d u c t i o n. An introductory statement of the subject under investigation with any essential historical background.
• E x p e r i m e n t a l p r o c e d u r e s. Working details must be given concisely; well-known operations should not be described in detail.
• R e s u l t s. These could be presented in tabular or graph form, with appropriate statistical evaluation.
• D i s c u s s i o n of r e s u l t s. Statement of conclusions drawn from the work.
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• U n i t s a n d n o m e n c l a t u r e. The SI system of units and current internationally recognized (IUPAC) chemical nomenclature should be used. Common trivial names may be used, but should first be defined in terms of IUPAC nomenclature.
• I l l u s t r a t i o n s for reproduction should be clearly drawn on separate sheets of paper and submitted in duplicate.
• R e f e r e n c e s should be indicated in the text by consecutive numbers and the full references should be listed in the same order at the end of the article in the following form:

References

1. FILLERY J. R. P. Studies on denitrification. Soil Sx. Am. J. 43 (6), 1124, 1979.
2. ALBERTS B., BRAY D., LEWIS J., RAFF M., ROBERTS K., WATSON J. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed.; Garland Publishing: New York, pp 300-323, 1989.
3. JOHANSSON L., GUSTAFSSON J.P. Phosphate removalfrom wastewaters using blast furnace slags and opoka -mechanisms. Water Res. 34, 259, 2000.
4. KRECHNIAK J., ŁOBODA-PEPLIŃSKA T. Effect of selected pyrethroids on cholinesterase activity in rat. Bromatol. Chem. Toksykol. 24, 205, 1991 [In Polish].

Submission of manuscript

Hard copy of each manuscript, the covering letter, with the statement that this paper has been not published till now and DOC file on CD should be submitted to the Executive Editor by regular mail:

"HARD" Publishing Company
Post Office Box 6
10-718 Olsztyn 5
Poland

After submission each manuscript will be assigned with editorial number. The Authors are kindly asked using this number in the correspondence with the office of "Polish Journal of Environmental Studies".

Payment

The price of publication in "Polish Journal of Environmental Studies" is 18 EURO or 70 PLN per one page of manuscript for foreign and Polish Authors, respectively. The Figures and Tables are considered as one page of manuscript.
The price includes fifty reprints of an article, which will be send to the corresponding Author.