Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• Consider the Ethical Guidelines
• If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
• The article should be submitted in electronic copy. Text editor Microsoft Word; font Times New Roman. All submissions must be 1.5 spaced on one side paper of A4 format and with margins as follows: top 2 cm, left and right – 1.8 cm. Each paragraph should begin with indention of 0.6 cm. For article text font size is 12 pt, for summary and bibliography list font size is 10 pt.
• The maximum length of the acceptable article can not exceed 12 pages in Times New Roman with 1.5 spaces between the lines.
• The numbered conclusions are the strict requirement of the format.
• Please use Chicago style for references, this is the new requirement: (Rostkowski 2016, 6-7)
• Please provide info about the author at the end of the article using our journal standard.

Rafał. Prof., Adjunct in Department of Macroeconomics Institute of Economics at the

Faculty of Economics and Nagaj, Assoc Management University of Szczecin, Poland.

E-mail: wasik@wneiz.pl

Brigita Žuromskaitė, Assoc. Prof., Institute of Management at Faculty of Politics and Management

Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania.

E-mail: brigita@wp.eu

An article should include author’s name and surname, workplace and its’ address at the beginning of the article using our journal standard:

Rafał Nagaj

Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Szczecin

64 Mickiewicza, Szczecin 71-101, Poland

Brigita Žuromskaitė

Faculty of Politics and Management, Mykolas Romeris University

Valakupių st. 5, LT-10101 Vilnius, Lithuania

Ethical Guidelines

Research journal International Public Policy and Administration (PPAJ) strives to ensure the high quality of published articles and strictly maintain the requirements of academic integrity. Editorial board of PPAJ constantly develops the journal and is always ready to improve it by publishing corrections, clarifications and apologies when needed.

PPAJ ensures that:

• Every published article is original and was not published before.
• Every article, the preparation of which was funded by any projects or organizations, should include a remark informing the audience about it and briefly describing the role of the funders. It is the author’s duty to inform the editors about the funding and its source.
• PPAJ publishes original research articles. Under the decision of the Editorial Board, the issue may contain other sections as presentation at the conferences, review articles, letters to the Editor, book reviews etc.
• Editors maintain the quality of the material they publish by applying a set of different measures including, but not limited to, pre-evaluation of the paper originality, quality of the research and topicality before the review process, checking the text of the manuscripts using antiplagiarism tools, as much as possible ensuring the scrupulous and conscientious review procedures.
• Articles are accepted or rejected applying clear criteria, such as article’s topicality, originality, quality, relevance to the scope and aims of the journal, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious belief, political philosophy, institutional affiliation or other status.
• Peer review is organized strictly according to the description of this process. Articles should be reviewed by at least two active scholars confidentially appointed by the editors. Papers submitted to PPAJ are subject to peer review to maintain the standards of the journal, promote rigorous research within the field of learning technology, and to offer authors constructive feedback on their submissions. Manuscripts are sent out for review electronically, and all correspondence takes place via e-mail. Although the peer review process is accelerated by the use of electronic communication, traditional, high-quality peer-review standards are applied to all manuscripts submitted to the journal. PPAJ has a 'double blind' review process: identity of reviewer is not disclosed to the author and vice versa. Peer reviewers are asked to give their opinion on several issues pertinent to the quality and suitability of a paper, and to evaluate papers on the grounds of originality and importance. Reviewers are instructed to provide constructive and formative feedback to authors. Manuscripts as well may be returned to the authors by the editors prior to review, if they are out of scope, out of the limits of the word length guidance or not sufficiently prepared for publication. The author(s) must correct an accepted article in accordance with the remarks of the reviewers and editors, or provide a substantiated explanation, why they have not been incorporated. The corrected version of the article in electronic format should be provided to the editors at a mutually agreed time.
• Any invited reviewer who feels unqualified to review the manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editors.
• Any invited reviewer who has conflicts of interests resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the manuscript should immediately notify the editors to declare their conflicts of interest.
• In case authors disagree with the decision of PPAJ editors, they are highly encouraged to appeal it, addressing their complaints to the Editor-in-Chief. Editor-in-Chief is obliged to investigate the issue promptly and to inform in writing his/her final decision on the matter.
• PPAJ requirements for the articles are published in the section ‘Author Guidelines’ and are regularly updated.
• Already accepted articles cannot be rejected unless serious problems of academic integrity emerge.
• The changes of editors should not affect the validity of decisions, which were already made by previous editors.
• PPAJ editors protect the confidentiality of personal data of authors and reviewers, as well as other information, which by the author or reviewer was defined as confidential and a submitted manuscript itself.
• In case editors suspect misconduct, they are obliged to take action. After the rejection of the article, which raises concerns about the misconduct, editor has a duty to ask the author for written explanation and after the investigation Editor-in-Chief may take a decision to inform the affiliation institution and other appropriate bodies (regulatory bodies, funders of the research, etc.) about the case and ask to investigate it. Editor-in-Chief and editors have a duty to take all reasonable efforts to encourage proper investigation of the case.
• If any significant inaccuracy or misleading statement is already published, editors must promptly make all necessary corrections. If an appropriate investigation of competent institutions proves the article to be fraudulent, editors should promptly retract it and clearly for the audience and indexing system identify the reasons of the retraction.
• Editors work fully independently from the publisher and owner of the journal.
• Seeking to avoid the conflicts of interests, Editor-in-Chief and associate editors of PPAJ (while they are on duty) are not allowed to publish their articles in PPAJ. However, Members of Editorial Board are allowed to submit their articles for publishing in PPAJ.

PPAJ is always open for any suggestions in the field of development of the journal and improvements of existing policies and practices.