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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 Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • The customer as a person concerned in accordance with Act no. 18/2018 of the legislation codex of the Slovak Republic on the protection of personal data and on the amendment of some laws, I give my consent to the publisher (HACCP Consulting, Slivková 12, 951 01 Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce, IČO 41062191, DIČ 107111818063), to process my personal data and co-authors data for the purposes of recording and securing the process of the provided services. This approval is valid for the duration of the service as well as during the subsequent archiving of the submitted personal materials. I am aware that I can withdraw permission to process my personal data at any time in writing. These data are confidential and in accordance with Act no. 18/2018 Z. z. of the legislation codex of the Slovak Republic on the protection of personal data may also be provided to the Tax Office and the Ministry of Education, Sport, Science and Research of the Slovak Republic as well as the Center for Scientific and Technical Information of the Slovak Republic, Elsevier (Amsterdam, Netherland), Crossref (50 Salem Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940 USA) and other indexing services presented in our website or other websites which retrieving these data presented in the metadata or in the pdf file of the article according to the CC BY C 3.0 licence. At the same time, I acknowledge that the processed data will be archived and disposed of in accordance with the valid regulations of the Slovak Republic and the applicable EC / EU regulations: ct no. 18/2018 of the legislation codex of the Slovak Republic on the protection of personal data and on the amendment of some laws. 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). Directive (EU) 2016/680 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 by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA

Author Guidelines

Important documents for authors and reviewers:

Article template (to be used when writing an article)

License to publish (to be uploaded with article during the submission)

Author article revision checklist (to be used by author for self-evaluation before article submission)

Review checklist for reviewer

Instructions for authors

A guide to writing a scientific paper

Policy of the journal Potravinarstvo

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

We charge the submission fee. We charge the special submission fee for authors from third countries outside European Union and USA.  

What is included in the price? Price for authors from EU and OECD Price for authors from EU and OECD Price for authors from third countries
Initial assessment of the manuscript X X X
Processing the manuscript X X X
Article review X  X X
Assignment the DOI number X  X  X
Checking and linking references to the primary literature sources (DOI assigned references) X  X  X 
Layout edition X  X  X 
Correction of the manuscript (eg. Formatting the SI units, marks, numbers, technical terms, etc.) X X X
Examination of the manuscript with anti-plagiarism software and upload the article to the database in order to actively protect the authors rights X X X
Proofreading the manuscript before publication X X X
Publication of the article on the website of the journal  X X  X 
Long-term archiving of the article on the website of the journal  X X  X 
XML metada file creation for indexation in DOAJ database  X X  X 
XML metadata file creation for indexation in CROSSREF database  X X  X 
Registration of the article to the international databases  X X  X 
Long-term archiving of the article by library  X X X 
Work of the editor and journal employees  X X X 
Fee for OPEN ACCESS (immediate public disclosure of the article)  X X X 
Fee for publication of title and project number from which article was funded (APVV, VEGA, KEGA, etc.)   X  
 Price: 130 EUR / article 250 EUR / article 80 EUR / article

Prices are valid from 18th of May 2017. The journal provides significant discounts on the occasion of conferences organized at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, SUA in Nitra.

Order: Please send us an order issued by you, your department, or grant coordinator (to E-mail: capla@potravinarstvo.com, or post mail), and provide:

  • Title of manuscript,
  • price from pricelist

Upon receipt the order, we will send you an invoice and you can carry out the payment.

Payment:  Payment can be made:

  • by bank transfer to our bank account,
  • by PayPal, only on request.

Information for bank transfer payment: Ing. Peter Zajac, HACCP Consulting Slivkova 12 951 01 Nitrianske Hrnciarovce (VAT no.): 41 062 191 DIČ: 107 111 81 80 Bank name: Vseobecna uverova banka, Mlynske nivy 1, 829 90 Bratislava 25, Slovakia Bank code: 0200 SWIFT code: SUBASKBX Account no.: IBAN:  SK3502000000001794485058

Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences is published only in electronic version. Articles are published continuously in one volume per year.

Submission of manuscripts for review:

  • Authors should submit their manuscripts by our electronic system. To submit your manuscript use this link.
Notice:
  • Author is not entitled to recover submission fee for returned and not published article.
  • Manuscript should be in DOC or DOCX format. We recommend to use our Article template that contains preformatted text.
  • All authors of the manuscript have to signed the License. The License must be scanned and sent to the editor by E-mail.
  • Each author must be registered in the database of our journal. To register, click on this link.
  • Manucript can be written only in English. Article should have up to 10 typewritten pages.
  • The corresponding author will receive instructions for correcting manuscript from editor.
  • The editor is trustee of the manuscript until the review process is completed. The editor ensures that the review process is fair, thorough, and confidential. Communication with authors should only be through the editor.
  • 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).
  • Authors guarantees that the manuscript will not be published elsewhere in any language without the consent of the copyright holder(s), that the rights of third parties will not be violated, and that the publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Instructions for authors.
  • Editorial Board having the right to disapprove the manuscript.
  • Authors and advertisers are legally responsible for information published in articles or advertisement. Potravinarstvo, Editor and Editorial Board are not responsible for any third parties damages or claims for compensation arising out of or in connection with published articles or advertisement in Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences.
  • It is the journal policy that there are no page charges for published articles.
Open Access:
We are providing free online access to all published articles in our journal under the CC BY 3.0 license. Articles published in our journal can be :
  • downloaded,
  • shared,
  • used for scholar purposes,
  • used for commercial or no commercial purposes.
If you decide to use articles published in our journal you have to:
  • make statement (citation), that article was published first time in our journal.
Review: We are using single blind peer review model. Author does not know who is the reviewer. Author can track process, see files, reviews, revise and resubmit, at editor's request. Upon submission to Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences, a manuscript is assigned to an editor, who enlists reviewers to assist in the evaluation of the manuscript. The review process is confidential, which infers a bond of trust among the authors, editor, and reviewers. The editor is trustee of the manuscript until the review process is completed. The editor ensures that the review process is fair, thorough, and confidential. Reviewers are asked not to share the contents of the manuscript with anyone, except that they may ask a colleague to assist with the review with approval of the editor. Communication with authors should only be through the editor. Reviewers should notify the editor of conflicts of interest that may compromise their ability to render a fair and unbiased review. Authors must recognize their responsibility in maintaining the confidential nature of the review. Authors should suggest names of appropriate reviewers when submitting the manuscript and may list reviewers whom they consider unacceptable because of potential bias. These recommendations will be considered by the editor when assigning reviewers. A reviewed paper returned to authors for revision must be returned to the editor within 4 weeks. If not, the paper may be treated as a new submission. Under unusual circumstances, editors may extend the revision deadline beyond 4 weeks. Editor will:
  • Check submission (The editor check suitability, scope and formal aspects of the submission. The editor decides whether to conduct peer review).
  • Conduct peer review (The editor invites reviewers from the journal database or editors suggested by the author with interests to the article topic. At least two independent reviewers must perform a peer review. The reviewer submits review and recommendation which may be rated by the editor. The editor inform the author about review by an e-mail).
  • Reach editorial decision (The editor can make following decision: accept submission, revision required, resubmit for review and decline submission. A decision must made at least three members of the editorial board in the case of two different reviews. After accepting the following steps of the editorial process have to be completed: Copyediting, Layout editing and Proofreading).
Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement: The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential model for the journal Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences. It is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher. Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and can be downloaded from this link: Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Plagiarism Policy: Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences  does not allow any form of plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be a serious breach of scientific ethics by the Journal. Incidents of plagiarism in a manuscript or published paper whether detected or reported, will be dealt with severely in accordance with our Plagiarism Policy, which can be downloaded from this link: Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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