Submissions

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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 formated accordingly to the instructions presented in the PLP_Template.doc.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word (97 or higher) or OpenOffice Writer document file format.
  • The submission file is editable (required for copyediting). In particular submission IS NOT in PDF document file format.
  • The length of the manuscript is kept within 3 pages.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • All co-authors have agreed for the submission of this paper
  • IMPORTANT! All co-authors data (full names, e-mails and affiliations) should be provided to the electronic submission system in the order they will be listed on publication.It should be done in the second step of the submission "Step 2. Entering the Submission's Metadata".  Papers submitted without contact information for all co-authors could be automatically rejected!

  • IMPORTANT! As mentioned above, providing full metadata for all authors is crucial for proper indexing of the paper in bibliographic databases.
    So we repeat our kind request, that you should carefully fill into the system:
      - full names
      - actual email address
      - affiliation
    for ALL Co-authors of the submitted paper.

    For the same reason, please provide at least 3 keywords (separated with semicolon ";").

Author Guidelines

Before making a submission please make sure that your paper fits the scope of the Photonics Letters of Poland. Each manuscript submitted via PLP system will be peer-reviewed (review policy). More information about scope and review policy can be found at: http://photonics.pl/PLP/index.php/letters/about.

The submitted manuscripts should be prepared strictly according to the guidelines presented in this template: PLP_Template.doc.

Please use this MS Word document as a basis for a new submission.The whole manuscript should be written in English. The length of the manuscript should be kept within 3 pages. We accept papers prepared in MS Word (97 or higher) or OpenOffice text editors. We do not accept papers submitted in PDF format.

Step by step guideline for the registration process can be downloaded HERE and the submission HERE.


IMPORTANT! Before staring submission please prepare a contact information for all co-authors (full names, e-mails and affiliations). A contact information for all authors should be provided during the submission process in "Step 2. Entering the Submission's Metadata". Papers submitted without contact information for all co-authors could be automatically rejected!

Plagiarism and Similarity Screening
Manuscripts submitted to Photonics Letters of Poland are routinely screened for text similarity using Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate. The similarity report is evaluated by the editors as part of the editorial assessment. Detected similarities are reviewed individually, taking into account properly cited material, references, preprints, and other legitimate sources of text overlap. Cases of suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, or inappropriate text reuse are handled in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics policy.

 

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Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0 , see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 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. 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).

Authors may deposit the submitted, accepted, and published versions of their articles in institutional or subject repositories without embargo. For full details, please see our Repository and Self-Archiving Policy.

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