Author Declaration Form

Declarations

After receiving positive reviews, the Author signs an author's declaration in English with the Lodz University Press.

The Authors grant the Lodz University Press the non-exclusive proprietary copyrights licence for their work.

Papers delivered for publication should include the following five declarations at the end of the main body of the manuscript (after conclusions, before the list of references):

  • contributions from individual authors. These contain information on the authors of the concept, assumptions, and the methods and study protocol used in development of the publication. The submitting author assumes major responsibility for this. The Editors, pursuant to the applicable law, are obliged to document any cases of scientific malpractice (ghostwriting and guest authorship), including to report them to relevant authorities [see: "Dobre praktyki w procedurach recenzencyjnych w nauce" (Good Practice in Review Procedures in Science), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Warsaw 2011; available at: ptantropologiczne.pl tab: Anthropological Review].
  • ethics statement. Where relevant, this statement should include information on any permissions/permits, compliance with specific regulations, and/or the name of an ethics committee approving an ethics protocol for the study along with unique ID/approval number. Where ethics clearance is not required/relevant, this declaration should state “Not applicable”.
  • data availability statement. This should state whether the data supporting the study’s findings are available and how they can be accessed. This section can include a link to a repository with a dataset. This statement will typically take one of the following formats: “Data are available open access at [link]”. “Data are available upon request from the corresponding author(s)”, “Data are not available due to [provide reason, such as ethics restrictions, nature of data etc.]”.
  • financial disclosure. This statement must include the source and manner of research financing, and the role of sponsors and financing institutions in article.
  • conflict of interest. This declaration must list any actual, potential, or perceived conflict/s of interest relevant to the publication (author, reviewer, editor). Factors determining this statement can be financial, personal, and/or academic.

A cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief upon submission of a manuscript should include the following:

  • originality statement. A statement that the paper has not been previously published or concurrently submitted to an editorial office of another journal, and also that it is approved by all authors for publication.