The article should be sent to the Editorial Office online via the journal's website https://bozpe.pcz.pl/submit-your-paper from the panel Submit your paper.

The review should be sent to the Editorial Office online via the journal's website https://bozpe.pcz.pl/submit-review from the panel Submit review.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Guidelines for Authors

Articles inconsistent with the subject matter of the journal or duplicated and prepared in violation of the instructions for Authors will not be accepted.
The article should be prepared in English.
The Authors undertake to observe the rules of ethics in their publications.
The Authors are solely responsible for the substantive content of the submitted study, its originality and included information or any acknowledgements.
In the case of using fragments of publications, photos, tabular studies, graphs or drawings of other Authors, the Authors of the article are obliged to refer to the source or indicate access to the content of the publication based on the appropriate license or obtain permission from the author to use these materials in their article.
The Authors guarantee that they have appropriate authorization from their employers or research funding institutions to publish the results of the work.
The editorial office apply the "ghostwriting" and "guest authorship" barriers and also verifies articles for the possibility of occurrence of plagiarism; detected cases of scientific misconduct will be disclosed and documented, including notifying the appropriate institutions.
The article should be sent to the Editorial Office online via the journal's website https://bozpe.pcz.pl/submit-your-paper from the panel Submit your paper.
Sending an article is tantamount to consenting to its publication, placing it in an electronic version (pdf file) on the journal's website and other repositories and digital libraries, in which the journal is archived and also to the use and processing of article content according to the rules of Open Access on the base of Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA, without a time embargo.
The condition for publication of the article is the submission by the Author’s/all Authors’ of a statement about originality of the work and the free of charge consent for its publishing and distribution by the Publisher and making necessary changes in it resulting from the editorial work on the form available on the journal's website (Authors’ statement).
Articles accepted after peer review will be charged with an article processing charge (APC). The charge should be paid after obtaining positive reviews to the bank account given below.
The order of publication of individual texts is determined by the order of their publishing process (obtaining two positive reviews, timely sending of the corrected text after the Reviewers' comments by the author and technical and linguistic corrections), as well as the relevance and timeliness of the subject matter discussed in the article.
The editorial office reserves the right to make editorial changes in the text.

The Editorial Office do not return submitted materials.

The Editorial Board encourage Authors to place the published version of their work in a repository of their choice (e.g. Research Gate et al.)

Each submission of the article is carried out in the following steps:

Manuscript type,
Title of the article in English,
Keywords in English (3 to 5 words),
Abstract in English (150 to 300 words),
Name and surname of the Author/Co-authors, ORCID ID, e-mail, affiliation,
Manuscript topics,
Sources of financing,
Acknowledaments/Comments
Suggested Reviewers (three people - name and surname, e-mail, affiliation),
Scanned document of the statement with the Author's/Co-authors' signature,
The article in the DOC or DOCX file in the appropriate format in accordance with the guidelines contained in the instructions for Authors regarding the preparation of the article,
Statement on the processing of personal data,
Privacy Policy Statement,
Submitting the article.

Payments

An article processing charge (APC) is PLN 1000 PLN + 23% VAT
The charge should be paid after obtaining positive reviews on the BANK ACCOUNT:
BNP PARIBAS BANK POLSKA S. A.
ul. Kasprzaka 10/16
01-211 Warszawa
Nr 06 1750 1211 0000 0000 0416 8728; kod BIC: RCBWPLPW.
with a note: the article BoZPE, Surname of the Author (give the name of the first Author of the article).

Publication procedure

Initial manuscript assessment by the Editorial Office (average time - 14 days):

Checking the manuscript for compliance with the journal's subject matter, originality of the work (type of publication) and instructions for Authors.
Checking the manuscript for the possibility of occurrence of plagiarism, duplication of work and copyright infringement.Checking information about the contribution of the Author/Authors in order to prevent scientific dishonesty such as "ghostwriting" and "guest authorship".
Accepting and directing the text to the next stage or rejecting a text incompatible with the subject matter of the journal, duplicated, does not conform to the requirements of a scientific paper, prepared in a manner inconsistent with the instructions for Author/Authors, exceeding required volume or violating the principles of ethics in scientific publications by the Editor-in-Chief and Scientific Editors.
Notification to the corresponding Author about rejection of the article or referral for further processing.

Manuscript review (average time - 30 days):

Designation of Reviewers in accordance with the reviewing procedure.
Developing reviews in accordance with the reviewing procedure.
Sending the information about the results of the review to the corresponding Author.
Correction of the text by the Author/Authors and sending it to the Editorial Board.
If re-evaluation is necessary, sending the amended version of the text to the Reviewers.
Sending the information about the results of the re-review to the corresponding Author.

Paying the article processing charge (APC) to the bank account.

Language proofreading of the text by a native speaker.

Editorial preparation in the Publishing Office:

Sending the article to the Publishing Office.
Editorial work on the article.
Author's proofreading of texts.
Preparation of the final version of the article.

Publication of the article on the journal's website:

Placing the article on the journal's website.
Informing the corresponding Author about placing the article on the journal's website and sending him the article in an electronic version.
Assignment of DOI numbers.

Preparation of the printed version of the journal issue by the Publishing Office.

The average time for an article to be published is 120 days.

Instructions for Authors

The article should be prepared according to the instruction for Authors only in English.

The Instruction for Authors regarding the editing of the text is ready templates for the article.

An ORCID number is required for all Authors/Co-authors of the article, regardless of their status (employee, student) and affiliation.

In the case of using fragments of publications, photos, tabular studies, graphs or drawings of other Authors, the Authors of the article are obliged to refer to the source or indicate access to the content of the publication based on the appropriate license or obtain permission from the Author to use these materials in their article.

In the section Acknowledgements/Comments, please mention the contribution of individual Authors or entities to the publication, its originality, sources of financing, or any thanks.

The Harvard style should be used to prepare the bibliography.

In the text, please indicate the way of citation of your article:

Surname of the Author/Authors, First letter of the name with a dot (20xx) Title of the article. Construction of Optimized Energy Potential, volume number, pages, DOI: 10.17512/bozpe.20xx.xx.xx.

Data on the volume number, pages and DOI will be complemented by the Publishing Office.

The article should be sent to the Editorial Office online via the journal's website https://bozpe.pcz.pl/submit-your-paper from the panel Submit your paper.

Articles prepared contrary to the instructions and sent to the Editorial Office will not be accepted.

Instructions for Authors

Authors’ statement

The condition for publication of the article is the submission by the Author/all Authors of a statement about originality of the work and the free of charge consent for its publishing and distribution by the Publisher and making necessary changes in it resulting from the editorial work on the form available below.

The initial copyright of the article is held by the Authors. The Authors retain the copyright to their article. The Authors grant the Publisher the right of first publish of this article, and other non-exclusive publishing rights. The Authors declare that the article is not currently intended for publication in another journal.

The form should be completed, signed, scanned and sent to the online editor in a PDF file, via the journal's website https://bozpe.pcz.pl/submit-your-paper from the panel Submit your paper.

The journal's Editorial Office encourages all Authors to deposit only the published version of their work in the repository of their choice (e.g. Research Gate).

Authors’ statement

PUBLICATION REVIEW

General information about reviewing

Construction of Optimized Energy Potential is a peer-reviewed journal. The procedure for reviewing articles is in line with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, which are included in the brochure „Good practices in reviewing procedures in science”.

Good Practices in Reviewing Procedures in Science

European Peer Review Guide. Integrating Policies and Practices into Coherent Procedures

Review procedure

To evaluate each publication two independent Reviewers are appointed from outside the scientific unit affiliated by the Author of the publication.
The Editorial Board select the Reviewers according to the topics presented in the article sent for publication.
Authors and Reviewers do not know each other's identities (double-blind review).
The review contains a clear conclusion of the Reviewer regarding the conditions for admitting the article to publication or its rejection.
The condition for qualifying the article for the further publishing process is obtaining two unambiguously positive reviews.
If the article requires significant changes, the text is sent for re-review to the same Reviewer.
If one positive and one negative review is obtained, an additional Reviewer will be appointed.
Two negative reviews are the reason for rejecting the article.
The Authors are informed about the results of the review they receive for inspection after concealing the name of the Reviewer.
Authors should refer to the comments of the Reviewer and promptly return the corrected text.
The names of the Reviewers of individual publications are not disclosed.
The list of Reviewers of articles is available at least once a year on the journal's website and in the printed number.

Criteria for qualifying or rejecting publications

Each article is directed to the evaluation by at least two Reviewers who are experts in the field.

Each article is evaluated in terms of:

compliance of the title of the article with its content,
compliance of the article abstract with its content,
a new approach to the presented problem,
correctness of the substantive part of the article,
compliance of conclusions with results of research, simulations or calculations presented in the article,
correctness of the selection and use of literature.

The Reviewers can indicate whether the article fully or partially meets the criteria presented above, or fail to meet them or indicate a variant according to the comments. Next, the Reviewers provide comments/information for Authors. It is possible to attach a PDF file with the comments of the Reviewers. The Editorial Board are obliged to pass the reviewers' comments via e-mail to the Authors. Finally the Reviewers indicate whether the article fully or partially meets the criteria presented above, or fail to meet them or indicate a variant according to the comments.

The review contains a clear conclusion of the Reviewer regarding the conditions of acceptance of an article for publication or its rejection:

the article can be published without making changes,
the article can be published after making changes indicated in the review,
the article can be published after making the changes indicated in the review and obtaining the Reviewer's approval,
the article is not eligible for printing.

Review Form

Below is provided a review form for informational purposes only. The review should be sent online to the Editorial Office via the journals's website https://bozpe.pcz.pl/submit-review from the panel Submit review.

Review Form

Guidelines for Reviewers

The Reviewers undertake to observe the rules of ethics in their reviews.
The Reviewers must agree to the processing of their personal data entrusted to the Editorial Office of the Journal.
The Reviewers must declare that they have read the privacy policy posted on the journal's website.
If the Reviewer declines the invitation, it would be helpful to the Editorial Board to make suggestions for alternative Reviewers.
The Editorial Board asks the Reviewers to respond to the invitation as soon as possible, even if it is to be rejected. A delay in decision slows down the review process and means more waiting for the Author for his or her publication to come out.
The Reviewers should evaluate the presented work in an objective manner and present the formulated comments in a clear manner along with supporting arguments, so that the Authors can use them to improve the submitted material. The review will help the Editor decide whether or not to publish the article, it will also aid the Author and allow them to improve their manuscript.
Comments for Authors should not include any ad hominem remarks or personal details including Reviewer name. The journal has a double-blind review system, Authors and Reviewers do not know each other's identities.
The Reviewers except the detailed comments and information for Authors may also provide confidential comments to the Editorial Board.
The review should be sent online to the Editorial Office via the journal's website https://bozpe.pcz.pl/submit-review from the panel Submit review
As part of the performed review the Reviewer indicate whether the article meets the criteria required for scientific publications, or fail to meet them, presents relevant comments to the presented text and states if the article can be published without making changes or can be published after making the changes indicated in the review or is not eligible for printing.

Each Reviewer receives a certificate of completion of the review in a given calendar year.

The Editorial Board would like to thank sincerely all Reviewers on behalf of yourself and the Authors for the time you have taken to give your valuable input to the articles, to constantly improve the quality of the published content and the Journal.

List of Reviewers

General List of Reviewers

List of Reviewers in 2022

List of Reviewers in 2023

List of Reviewers in 2024