The Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences accepts original articles, short communications, and review articles covering the entire field of veterinary medicine. Case reports and case series are not accepted.
Manuscripts (in English) and their accompanying illustrations must be submitted via the online submission system .
The cover letter must include the names of at least three independent potential reviewers with relevant expertise (full institutional affiliation, area of expertise, and official institutional e-mail address required). Suggested reviewers must have no conflict of interest with the authors. The journal reserves the right to select reviewers at its discretion. Suggested reviewers may also be considered for inclusion in the journal’s reviewer database.
Submission of a manuscript constitutes a statement by the authors that the work has not been published previously and is not under consideration elsewhere, in whole or in part.
1) PREREQUISITES FOR PUBLICATION
The editorial policies of the Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences are guided by the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Authorship
The Editors of the Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences subscribe to the recommendations formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors regarding criteria for authorship. Accordingly, each person listed as an author or co-author of a submitted manuscript must meet all three of the following criteria:
i) conception, design, and performance of the work leading to the report, or interpretation of the evidence presented, or both;
ii) drafting the manuscript or critically revising successive versions and contributing to their revision;
iii) approval of the final version of the manuscript.
Meeting these criteria should provide each author with sufficient knowledge of, and participation in, the work to allow them to accept public responsibility for the content of the manuscript.
Retraction
The Editors of the Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences recognize their responsibility to promote the publication of accurate, objective, and unbiased data, as well as the observations and conclusions derived from such data. Accordingly, the Editors reserve the right to publish a retraction of articles that are subsequently determined to contain fraudulent data, observations, or conclusions, in accordance with COPE recommendations.
Use of Animals
Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement confirming that the study protocol was approved by an appropriate local Ethics Commission, including the approval (permission) number and the date of issue. The Materials and Methods section should contain a description of the analgesic and anaesthetic procedures applied, as well as humane methods of animal maintenance and sacrifice, where applicable.
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
The journal requires full transparency regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the preparation of manuscripts. If no generative AI tools were used, this must be explicitly stated. If generative AI tools were used, authors must specify which tools were used and the extent of their use.
Generative AI tools must not be used to generate research data, formulate research hypotheses, design the study, interpret results, or produce the manuscript or its substantive scientific content. Generative AI tools may be used only for limited editorial or language assistance under full human supervision.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools may not be listed as authors or co-authors. The use of such tools does not replace or diminish the authors’ responsibility for the originality, integrity, and scientific validity of the manuscript.
Manuscripts primarily or substantially generated by AI are not eligible for publication. Manuscripts that do not comply with this policy may be rejected or withdrawn from the editorial process.
Author Declarations
All manuscripts must include an Author Declarations section placed before the References. This section should contain statements on ethics approval (if applicable), the use of generative artificial intelligence, and conflicts of interest. Upon editorial request, authors may be required to provide clarification or justification regarding authorship.
Editorial Discretion
The Editors reserve the right to decline, suspend, or reject manuscripts at any stage of the editorial or peer review process if they do not comply with the journal’s requirements, fall outside the scope of the journal, or do not meet the required scientific standards. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all statements submitted to the journal.
2) REVIEW PROCEDURE
Manuscripts are evaluated by reviewers using the single-blind peer review process. The policy of the journal is to accept articles only after a positive peer review.
3) ACCEPTED ARTICLES
All accepted articles are professionally proofread prior to publication. Detailed information on post-acceptance procedures is available on the [Accepted Manuscripts] tab.
Publication schedule: As a quarterly print journal, we publish a limited number of articles in each issue. Due to space constraints, it may happen that an accepted article is scheduled for publication in a subsequent issue. Articles are published in the order of their submission and final acceptance (after completion of the review and evaluation process).
Charges: After acceptance, a page charge applies to each typed page of the manuscript file (Word format), calculated based on the submitted version of the article. The fee is charged per manuscript page, not per printed or typeset journal page. Additional manuscript pages exceeding the indicated length are charged at a higher rate. Color illustrations carry an extra charge. All current fees are listed in the Publication Fee tab.
Published articles: All articles are published in open access, with direct access via the PubMed database. The journal is printed quarterly in paper format and distributed to libraries.