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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

Author Guidelines

1. The editors of the journal accept only original papers, not yet published and not intended for publication in other publications.
2. Acceptance of the paper for publication in the journal is tantamount to the transfer of publication rights by the Authors to the Scientific Publisher of the Pomeranian University.
3. Works should be delivered in electronic form (mail, CD, pendrive), word editor Word 97 for Windows or newer and with one-sided laser or inkjet printout, in A4 format, in one copy.
4. In the whole work applies:
1) standard Times New Roman font size - 12 points
2) title - 14 points
3) content outline, keywords, bibliography, summary - 11 points
4) footnotes, descriptions of drawings and tables - 10 points.
5. The following rules should be followed when editing a computer text:
1) the space between lines - 1.5
2) left and right margins - 2.5 cm
3) continuous page numbering
4) you can use bold letters (bold) and italics (italic)
5) do not use underlines
6) remove hyperlinks.
6. Minimum work volume of 20,000 characters with spaces - can be read in the "Tools - Word statistics" option.
7. The text of the article should contain the following elements:
1) author's name and surname, affiliation, email address - in the upper left corner
2) title (in Polish and English)
3) outline of content (directly below the title) - up to 0.5 pages of typescript, i.e. up to approx. 1000 characters
4) keywords (in Polish and English) - directly after the content outline
5) main text
6) tables (description of the tables also in English)
7) illustrations (description of the illustrations also in English)
8) footnotes,
9) bibliography
10) annexes
11) summary (in Polish and English) - up to approx. 0.5 pages of typescript, i.e. up to approx. 1000 characters, possibly including the name of the translator. The author is responsible for the content and correctness of the summary.
8. The full-page illustrative material (tables, drawings, diagrams and graphs) should be prepared and entered in the form of separate graphic files. The expected place of illustration should be marked on the margin of the work. Smaller tables, drawings, diagrams and graphs may be included in the text. Tables and drawings may not be larger than A3 the recommended maximum size for drawings and tables is 12.5 cm x 19 cm. This material cannot be made by hand photocopies and materials from the Internet are not allowed.
Photos should be provided with original, good quality, which will enable them to be prepared for printing. Photos on electronic media must be prepared in the size provided for in print, with a resolution of 600 dpi (black and white).
9. The illustrative material must bear the title (number and title above the table, and below the drawing and chart). Under each graphic element, it is necessary to enter the source from which it was taken or information that it is the author's own study or based on the work of other authors. The use of borrowed illustrative material requires the prior written consent of copyright holders. Authors are required to provide the Editorial Board with permission to use illustrative materials and tables from other publications.
10. Graphics prepared in MS Word should be made in a drawing module (not drawn on a document page), and made in other programs should be saved in a separate file in the format of the program in which it was made (it cannot be saved with document prepared in a text editor):
1) vector graphics - in the format: .bmp, .cdr, (Corel 9.0);
2) raster graphics - in the format: .tif, .jpg.

Editorial requirements

Statement for authors

Submission and review procedure of the articles to the journal The study of Security

Regulations of academic journal “The study of Security” of December 20, 2019 amending the regulations of October 28, 2016

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