INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Correspondence should be sent to:
Editorial Office
Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
Medycyna Praktyczna
Cholerzyn 445
32-060 Liszki, Poland
phone: +48 12 293 42 20
fax: +48 12 293 40 10
email: pamw@mp.pl
www.mp.pl/paim
Instructions updated:
May 31, 2021
General information Polish Archives of Internal Medicine (Pol Arch Intern Med, Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej) is an international, peer‑‑reviewed online periodical issued monthly in English as the official journal of the Polish Society of Internal Medicine. The journal is designed to publish articles related to all aspects of internal medicine, both clinical and basic science, provided they have practical implications.
All articles must be submitted using our online manuscript submission and review system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/pamw/default.aspx, and will not be considered if sent by post or email. All correspondence from the journal office will be sent via email.
On submission you will be asked to suggest a minimum of 2 reviewers in the manuscript submission system, including their full names and email addresses. Reviewers from authors’ own department or those who published a paper with any of the co-authors during the previous 3 years may not be suggested.
Journal policy and content requirements Covering letter All submissions should be accompanied by a brief covering letter from the corresponding author to the executive editor. The covering letter should include full postal address, telephone number, and email address of the corresponding author; the manuscript title; and a brief description of the aims and findings of the study (in about 2–3 sentences). The covering letter should state clearly that all authors have read the manuscript and approved its contents, that the paper has not been published before or submitted for publication elsewhere, that all study participants provided informed consent, and that the study was approved by an appropriate ethics review board.
Open access and copyright The copyright to the submitted manuscript is held by the Author, who grants the Polish Society of Internal Medicine a nonexclusive licence to use, reproduce, and distribute the work, including for commercial purposes. Upon submission of the manuscript, the Author must read and fully accept all the statements and warranties outlined in the Licence Terms, otherwise the Editorial Board cannot commence any procedure related to the work, including the review process. The Author will be asked to tick an appropriate box during the submission process in order to confirm that he/she read the Licence Terms and agrees with their content.
The Licence Terms can be downloaded here.
Pol Arch Intern Med is an open access journal applying the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Under this Open Access licence, any author publishing with this journal agrees that anyone can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and can remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited, distributed under the same license, and used for noncommercial purposes only.
For commercial use, including reprints, please contact the journal office: pamw@mp.pl.
On general, figures in research papers should be the original figures generated by the authors. In cases where figures are obtained externally, or where figures have been previously published elsewhere, written permission for use of such figures should be included with submission.
Ethical considerations The authors are required to follow the ethical principles for clinical research based on the Declaration of Helsinki. The Methods section in original articles and research letters should clearly state that the study was approved by an appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee and that patients provided written informed consent to participate in the study. All personal details of patients must be kept confidential.
Plagiarism and duplicate publications All manuscripts submitted to Pol Arch Intern Med are checked for plagiarism using Similarity Check, a service enabling editors to screen published and submitted content for originality by providing access to the iThenticate software. Cases of suspected scientific misconduct, including plagiarism and duplicate publications, are handled according to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ Core Practices, as outlined in this flowchart (for Polish version, click here).
Article-processing charges Please note that the following charges apply for articles accepted for publication in Pol Arch Intern Med.
1 Original articles: 2000 PLN (500 EUR, 600 USD)
2 Review articles (unsolicited by editors): 1500 PLN (350 EUR, 400 USD)
3 Clinical images: 1500 PLN (350 EUR, 400 USD)
4 Research letters: 1000 PLN (250 EUR, 300 USD)
The remaining article types are not subject to payment of article-processing charges.
All prices include a VAT at a rate of 23%. An invoice will be sent once the paper is accepted for publication. Invoice payment is usually due within 21 days of the receipt of an invoice. Payment should be made to the following account:
Account holder
Medycyna Praktyczna Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. K.
ul. Rejtana 2, 30-510 Kraków
Bank
Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas S.A.
ul. Kasprzaka 10/16, 01-211 Warszawa
Account-No./IBAN-Code
PL32 1600 1039 0002 0033 3552 6152
SWIFT Code
PPABPLPK
Authorship Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content and be designated as author. All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: 1) the concept and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, 3) final approval of the version to be submitted. Authors who do not meet all 3 criteria should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section. For original articles, the contribution statement, which outlines the contribution each author made to the manuscript (eg, study design, statistical analysis, data interpretation, final revision of the manuscript) should be included at the end of the main text of the manuscript before references and after acknowledgments.
Only 2 authors may be designated as the authors who equally contributed to the submitted work and may be considered the “first” authors; this should be clearly stated on the title page and in the contribution statement. No changes to the authorship (including adding or removing an author, or changing the order of authors) will be allowed after accepting the manuscript for publication.
Conflict of interest All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership, employment, paid expert testimony, and patent applications / registrations. The conflict of interest statement should be included on the title page. If there is no potential conflict of interest, please use the following statement: “Conflict of interest: none declared.”
Language considerations All submissions to the journal should be in American English. The journal does not offer translation services.
All articles submitted to the journal should be written in correct scientific English with American spelling. Authors who are not native speakers of English are strongly encouraged to use professional language‑‑editing services prior to submission. These services can be found on the web using search terms like “scientific editing service” or “manuscript editing service.” Using an editing service is neither a requirement nor a guarantee of acceptance for publication. However, if the English language level of the manuscript is deemed insufficient, such manuscript will be rejected without peer review.
After a paper is accepted for publication, it is copyedited by in‑house editors to ensure maximum clarity and reach and enhance the value of the papers. Edited papers are typeset and sent to the corresponding author for approval before publication.
Review process All manuscripts are initially reviewed by the editors (initial in‑house review takes up to 5 working days). Manuscripts considered to be unsuitable for the journal will be rejected without peer review. Manuscripts deemed to have sufficient priority and quality will be forwarded to our external referees for peer review. Manuscripts that do not comply with the Instructions for Authors will be returned for revision prior to peer review. If you have questions regarding the suitability of your manuscript for the journal, please contact the journal office. A presubmission inquiry regarding original articles should contain a list of authors, manuscript title, and abstract in English.
Types of articles Pol Arch Intern Med publishes editorials, original articles, reviews, clinical images, research letters, and letters to the editor. Topics of interest include subjects related to all aspects of internal medicine—clinical and basic science—provided they have practical implications. See the TABLE on the next page for a summary of requirements for all article types.
Editorials Editorials contain commentaries on current important clinical studies or scientific issues. Editorials will be solicited by the editors. The main body of the manuscript should not exceed 1500 words. Up to 15 references are allowed. Editorials have a limit of 3 authors. However, upon request, the editors may give permission to increase the number of authors to 6. An abstract and key words are not required.
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