Technologia Alimentaria

ACTA Scientiarum Polonorum

Manuscript proceedings

1. Manuscript must by submitted by e-mail at address mailto:secretary@food.actapol.net, which gives all additional information.
2. Submission of the paper implies that it has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form without the written permission of the editor.
3. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any data and fi gures for which copyright exists.
4. All papers will be independently refereed, double blind reviewing is employed. All papers are reviewed initially by the Editor and/or delegated member of Scientifi c Board of Journal. This person(s) determines whether the paper covers the „Aim and Scope” of the journal, initially estimates its level and proposes reviewers. Reviews are carried out anonymously from (Polish or foreign) scientific centers other than author´s (authors´) of a given article paper. According to the results of the reviews, the paper is redirected to authors or to the additional reviewer. The chairman takes the fi nal decision whether to publish the paper or not. In cases where a manuscript is returned to an author for revision, it must be resubmitted within 60 days; otherwise it will be assumed to be withdrawn.
5. Please sign the attached bellow Copyright assignment form. It can be either emailed, with your electronic signature(s), back to sekretarz@food.actapol.net or faxed as a signed form to +48 61 848 7808.
   Declaration - Copyright assignment form
6. Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt, preferably by e-mail. Correction should be restricted to type settings errors only.
7. Page charges are obligatory for publications. For some specifi c cases the publications may be free of charge. Detailed information is available from the secretary.

Manuscript preparation:

1. Manuscripts for publishing in Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Technologia Alimentaria must confi rm to the manuscript proceedings. All submitted papers written in English must be prepared according to the following rules.
2. Paper length - in general papers should not exceed 12 pages (A4-format) inclusive of tables and illustrations.
3. Manuscripts´ style - the use of font type of Times New Roman and size of 12 pt 1.5-spaced is required. Font styles like bold and italic are accepted but without underlying of letters, words and sentences.
4. Tables and illustrations should not exceed 16.5 cm × 19.5 cm. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (e.g. in graphs) and include only essential data with appropriate statistical values. All descriptions should be printed with a font size 8-9 pt. Tables and illustrations should be numbered consistently and given a suitable caption and each one presented on a separate sheet.
5. Tables descriptions, descriptions of illustrations and fi gures must be written in English. Tables and fi gures numbers in Arabic numerals.
6. Units: the SI system should be used, e.g. gˇdm^-3 (not g/dm³).
7. Literature references in text - the author´s last names and year of publications should be given in brackets e.g. [Kowalski and Lewandowski 2000, Lewandowski 2001, Zalewski et al. 2001] or „...according to Kowalski [2000]”.
   The cited literature should be published in scientifi c papers of international range and only exceptionally the manuals positions should be included. Literature references should not be given in illustrations, fi gures, tables and under the page. All literature data mentioned in the text must be given in the literature references.
8. Literature references - must be listed alphabetically in the form as following: the author´s (authors´) last name (-s) with initials, year of publication (if more than one publication of the same authors, each should be marked by the letter a, b, c, etc. placed after year), article´s title, place, volume number, issue number, page numbering.
   Examples
   
   Brisson G.J., 1982. Lipid in human nutrition. MTP Press Limited, Lancaster, England.
   Desai J.D., Banat I., 1997. Microbial production of surfactants and their commercial potential. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 61, 1, 47-64.
   Huffman D.L., 1993. The development of low-fat ground products. 39ICoMST, 1-6 August, Calgary, Abstracts and Review Papers, Session 7, 293-303.
   Tamuri M., Mitsuo Y., Miyoshi K., Ishii Y., 1982. Heat and acid stable alpha-amylase enzymes and processes for producing the same. Patent USA, No 4, 284, 722.
   
   All title must be translated to English.
9. Last page: title, abstract, keywords in Polish (Polish speaking authors only).