Guidelines for Authors

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All articles submitted in Acta Physica Polonica B are reviewed in accordance with the blind review procedure, ensuring an impartial and objective assessment of the work.

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General information

1. Manuscript submission
   

   Submission of a manuscript indicates a tacit understanding that the paper is not actively under consideration for publication elsewhere and that the copyright will be transferred to the Editor during the process of submitting the paper.

   Manuscript should be submitted online via Submission Panel; details are provided below.

   The source files should be prepared as LaTeX (preferably) or TeX text files and the accompanying figures should be supplied in pdf, eps, png, tiff or jpg format. The bibliography database (.bib file) should also be supplied. The pdf file is welcome. All files should be packed in one zip or tar.gz ball.

   Authors are encouraged to use the Acta Physica Polonica B LaTeX style.

2. Manuscript content
   

   A manuscript should contain:

   • – Title,
   • – Author's (or Authors') names,
   • – Affiliation and mailing address,
   • – Abstract,
   • – List of references.
   
   
   • 2.1 Title
     

     A title should help the reader to place the paper in the body of physics. A good title contains several well-known key words, e.g. "Measurements of the average multiplicities of particles produced in the interactions of 300 GeV protons with nuclei".

   • 2.2. Abstract
     

     Each paper must have an abstract of length not exceeding 200 words written continuously, as a single paragraph. The abstract should be self-contained, should not contain figures nor quote any references. It should be clear, concise, and informative, giving the scope, the main results obtained, and, for experimental papers, where this is not obvious, some indication of the methods used. Mathematical expressions should be avoided.

   • 2.3. Figures
     

     Figures must be of a good quality. The following figure file formats are accepted: pdf, eps, png, tiff or jpg. When saving graphics in the jpg format, make sure that high quality is selected.

     Extraordinarily big figure/photo files will be sampled down to save space in the final PDF, still preserving the quality demanded for the published scientific paper.

     The size of the characters (labels, titles) in the figures should be similar to the standard text size of the article. Very thin lines must be avoided – lines thinner than 0.1 mm in the figures may be hard to see. Please note that these requirements concern figures scaled to the size as placed in the article body. The recommended fonts for any text or labels used in the figures are: Helvetica/Arial, Times, Symbol, Courier. If any other fonts are used, make sure when saving/exporting vector graphics from an application that the fonts are embedded.

   • 2.4. Bibliography
     

     Our recommendation to manage bibliography is to use BibTeX. The author can use any bibliographystyle (IEEEtran or unsrt are good examples), however the accompanying .bib file must also be submitted.

3. ORCID
   

   All authors are requested to provide ORCID identifiers when registering or submitting the manuscript. Note that for the submitting author the provided ORCID is validated by our staff. Providing an incorrect or non-existent ORCID will result in rejection of the registration or submitted manuscript until the correct ORCIDs are supplied by the submitting author.

4. Dataset Linking
   

   On request authors may provide additional material such as data, software, short movies or text documents. Files smaller than or equal to 64MB (67'108'864 bytes) will be stored on the APP B server, while for files larger than 64MB (67'108'864 bytes) links to the external servers will be provided on the APP B web page. We strongly recommend that authors make their datasets and software available to our readers and properly cite them in articles published in Acta Physica Polonica B.

5. Correction of proofs
   

   Authors should keep in mind that reading proofs is their responsibility. Proofs should be checked carefully and returned promptly via the Submission Panel as a list of changes or corrections marked on a pdf file. Only essential corrections should be made.

6. Copyright transfer
   

   The Author who submits the manuscript accepts the copyright transfer agreement on behalf of all the authors. The Copyright is transferred to the Jagiellonian University for publication in the Acta Physica Polonica B journals. The copyright covers the right to publish, commercially reproduce and distribute the Article in any form.

   The intellectual rights fully remain at the author or his/her employer. They also retain the right to copy, distribute and display the published version of this Article, and to create derivative works, as long as they credit the original Article source. Articles are published under the conditions of Creative Common License, CC-BY 4.0.

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 Editorial Procedures

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LaTeX

To download any of the following files try to use "Save Link As..." (or something like that) command of your browser. Clicking directly on a link can result in opening the file in your browser window - anyway you should then be able to save it to disk.

 LaTeX Document Class

 an "empty" paper which can be used as a template

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Submission Panel

In order to publish an article in Acta Physica Polonica B, we offer an automated module that guides you through all necessary steps from uploading files, review/editorial process up to the proofreading phase.

Before submitting a paper, a corresponding author must register in our electronic system. Registered users can use the following link to sign-in and proceed with the submission: Submission Panel.

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For Proceedings Papers only:

When filling submission data, please select the appropriate Conference Name which will be available on the list on the bottom of the form.