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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.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

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Copyright Notice

Authors grant Polish Academy of Sciences a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. Authors also grant any user the right to use the article freely if its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified. The Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 formalizes these and other terms and conditions of publishing articles.

Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy and GDPR Clause

General Provisions

The data controller is the Polish Academy of Sciences, with its registered office in Warsaw (00-901), Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, NIP: 525-157-50-83, REGON: 000325713. Personal data are processed in accordance with generally applicable provisions of law, and are stored on appropriately secured servers.

The term 'GDPR' refers to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.

We respect the right to privacy and ensure the security of personal data. For this purpose, appropriate technical measures are applied, including the use of a secure communication encryption protocol (SSL). Personal data provided via any forms available on the website are treated as confidential and are not accessible to unauthorised persons.

Contact details of the Data Protection Officer: iod@pan.pl

Data Controller

The Polish Academy of Sciences acts as the data controller for the personal data of its clients and employees. This means that if you hold an account on our website, we may process personal data such as your name and surname, email address, telephone number, position, place of employment, and IP address. The Polish Academy of Sciences is also the data controller for individuals subscribed, for example, to a newsletter.

Personal data are processed:

  • in accordance with applicable data protection legislation,

  • in accordance with the implemented Privacy Policy,

  • to the extent and for the purposes necessary to fulfil the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that such processing does not infringe the rights and freedoms of the data subject.

Each data subject, where the Polish Academy of Sciences acts as the data controller, has the right of access to their personal data, the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, the right to object to processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The erasure of personal data may occur, in particular, as a result of the withdrawal of consent or the submission of a legally admissible objection.

The Polish Academy of Sciences reserves the right to continue processing personal data after the withdrawal of consent solely for the purposes of pursuing or defending legal claims, or where the retention of data is required under national or EU law, or under international legal obligations.

Personal data may be disclosed exclusively to entities authorised under applicable law, including competent public authorities.

The Polish Academy of Sciences does not disclose personal data to third parties other than those authorised by applicable legal provisions. The data controller has implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures, including data encryption and access control mechanisms, in order to minimise the risk of personal data breaches. Personal data are processed only by persons authorised by the data controller or by processors acting on its behalf under appropriate contractual arrangements.

Cookies

  1. The website automatically collects information by means of cookies. Failure to change the browser settings constitutes consent to the use of cookies.

  2. Cookies (so-called 'cookies') are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored on the end device of the website user and are intended to facilitate the use of the website. Cookies typically contain the name of the website from which they originate, the period of storage on the end device, and a unique identifier.

  3. The entity placing cookies on the end device of the website user and accessing them is the website administrator of the Polish Academy of Sciences, with its registered office in Warsaw (00-901), Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1.

  4. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

    • to adapt the content of the website to the user’s preferences and to optimise the use of the website; in particular, cookies enable the recognition of the user’s device and the proper display of the website, tailored to individual needs;

    • to create statistics that help to understand how users interact with the website, enabling improvements to its structure and content;

    • to maintain the user’s session (after logging in), so that the user does not have to re-enter their login and password on each subpage of the website.

  5. The website uses two main types of cookies: 'session cookies' and 'persistent cookies'.
    Session cookies are temporary files stored on the user’s end device until logout, leaving the website, or closing the web browser.
    Persistent cookies are stored on the user’s end device for the period specified in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the user.

  6. The following types of cookies are used on the website:

    • 'necessary' cookies, enabling the use of services available on the website, including authentication cookies used for services requiring authentication;

    • cookies used to ensure security, for example to detect abuse in the area of authentication;

    • 'performance' cookies, enabling the collection of information on how the website is used;

    • 'functional' cookies, enabling the storage of user-selected settings and the personalisation of the user interface, such as language or region preferences, font size, or website appearance.

  7. In many cases, web browsing software (web browsers) allows cookies to be stored on the user’s end device by default. Website users may change their cookie settings at any time. These settings may be changed in particular so as to block the automatic handling of cookies in the browser settings or to inform the user each time cookies are placed on their device. Detailed information on the possibilities and methods of managing cookies is available in the browser settings.

  8. The website administrator informs that restrictions on the use of cookies may affect certain functionalities available on the website.

  9. Further information about cookies is available in the 'Help' section of the web browser menu. This cookie policy template is protected by copyright held by IAB Poland.

Additional personal data, such as email addresses, are collected only in places where the user has expressly consented to this by completing a form. Such data are retained and used solely for purposes necessary to perform the relevant function.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the user had visited the respective website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, include additional third-party tracking systems, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

GDPR Information Clause

The data controller of your personal data is the Polish Academy of Sciences, Plac Defilad 1, 00-901 Warsaw, Poland, tel.: +48 22 182 61 00, fax: +48 22 182 70 50.

The data controller has appointed a Data Protection Officer, who may be contacted via email at: iod@pan.pl.

Your personal data are processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR, i.e. for the fulfilment of statutory tasks of the Polish Academy of Sciences, in particular those related to the promotion of the development of science and the establishment of the highest standards of research quality and ethical norms, serving society and contributing to the enrichment of national culture.

Your personal data will be retained for the period necessary, as required by applicable legal provisions.

Your personal data may be disclosed to other entities authorised to obtain such information exclusively on the basis of applicable legal regulations.

You have the right to request from the data controller access to your personal data, as well as their rectification, updating, erasure, and, in justified cases, restriction of processing.

In connection with the processing of personal data by the data controller, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the provisions of the GDPR.

The data controller does not transfer personal data to third countries or international organisations.

Legal basis: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).