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Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences

Editor-in-Chief: Tomasz M. Karpiński
Co-Editors: Miłosz A. Huber, Artur Adamczak
ISSN: 2084-3577
Frequency: at least 2 times per year

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The Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences is a peer-reviewed, open-access, article-based, international, scientific Journal, that publishes full-length articles on biological, medical and earth sciences. Journal accepts original research articles, case reports and review articles.
All manuscripts received by the Editor are considered as confidential documents. The manuscript is examined for the conformity to the Instructions for Authors by the Editor. Failure to meet the Instructions results in return of the manuscript for correction before evaluation. A notification of receiving the manuscript is sent by e-mail to the corresponding author within 5 working days.
Articles submitted to the Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences will be reviewed by the Editor(s) according to the highest academic standards. The review process is handled by 1-2 experts in the field. The review process lasts approximately 4-8 weeks.

ITEMS EVALUATED
    Invited referees, in confidence, evaluate the manuscript according to the following aspects: Present-day interest, Originality, Adequacy of methodology, Theoretical background, Essential level, Results and interpretation, Importance in its field, Conclusions, Language correctness.
All the above items can be evaluated as Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor. The manuscript can be evaluated as:
- acceptable in its present form
- acceptable after minor revision (no further review required)
- reconsidered after major revision
- not acceptable for publication.

When the review process is finished, a decision e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author, including the comments of the referee(s). Any corrections suggested by the reviewers, should be made within the period of time indicated in the e-mail. If the paper is accepted after major revisions, it will be submitted again for peer review to the same evaluator(s). After a second review of the corrected manuscript, a final decision e-mail concerning publication is sent to the authors. The final decision about accepting the manuscript for publication will be also available online at www.jbes.strefa.pl in the ‘Next Issue’ section. A proof is provided to the corresponding author before the article is published. The checked proof should be returned to the Editorial Office by e-mail within 5 working days.

The Journal is issued at least twice a year in electronic version. Each article is published online in PDF format at http://jbes.strefa.pl and http://www.journals.tmkarpinski.com/index.php/jbes/index as soon as it is ready for publication. Public access to articles in the Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences free of charge.

All articles are open-access articles distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.