Submissions

 

The Editorial Board of the semi-annual „Journal of Face Aesthetics" accepts for publication original papers, review papers and case reports, as well as other reports in English and Polish, only if they have not been published anywhere before and have not been submitted for publication in other journals. If an article has more than one author, the Editors request written permission from all authors for its dissemination.

 

 

1. Original articles should be organised as follows: Title page, Abstract, Keywords (3 to 5 keywords), Introduction, Objectives, Material and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Conflict of interest, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Legends to figures.

 

2. The title page should include Author information: first name, last name, and academic title, ORCID, affiliation and mailing address.

 

3. Abstract: The original article should be preceded by an abstract of 200 to 250 words and should be divided into sections: "Introduction and objectives", "Materials and methods", "Results" and "Conclusions". The abstract for case and review articles should be between 100 to 150 words.

 

4. References are placed at the end of the manuscript, numbered and arranged in the order of sources cited in the text. References given in the body of the text include consecutive numbers of papers/chapters/books enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [3] or [2, 5, 7]. Subsequent bibliographic entries include: last name, first letters of authors' first names, full title of the paper followed by the name of the journal according to Index Medicus, year, volume and pages or publisher, place, year of publication and page. If the number of authors exceeds six, the sixth name should be followed by "et al". For collective papers, the title of the chapter, the Editors and title of the entire paper, the publisher, place, year of publication, volume and page. Review articles include literature of 20–35 items, research papers: original  15–20 items, case studies 12–15 items. Only papers from the last 10 years should be included in the discussion.

Examples:

articles

Kowalski J., Kaczmarek A. History of aesthetic medicine. JoFA 2018;1:34-39

chapters

Kowalski J. History of aesthetic medicine. [in:] Aesthetic medicine. Kaczmarek A. (ed.) PZWL, Warsaw 2011.

books

Kaczmarek A. Aesthetic medicine. PZWL, Warszawa 2011

Literature items should be listed one below the other.

 

5. The Editors reserve the right to make editorial, stylistic and logical corrections and abbreviations.

 

6. Conflict of interest. Authors should state potential sources of funding and identify the role of the sponsor in the research. Authors should state potential sources of conflict of interest, including disclosure of other relationships (such as employment, consulting, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expertise) providing potential sources of conflict of interest in relation to the submitted article.

 

7. The Editors accept articles delivered by email or on CD/DVD (word file or text document). Is it via the website?

 

8. If the text contains tables and graphs, they should be provided in separate files with titles. Photographic documentation should also be provided in separate files (JPG format: 300 dpi resolution, maximum quality, uncompressed, numbered, with a description in English and Polish). In the case of photographs, it is necessary to include the consent of the persons presented for the publication of their facial image.

 

9. The copyright to the submitted manuscript is held by the Author, who grants the Journal of Face Aesthetics (JoFA) a nonexclusive licence to use, reproduce, and distribute the work, including for commercial purposes.

 

10. Articles are assessed by reviewers on a double anonymity basis. If there is a conflict of interest between the reviewer and the institution funding the research presented, the reviewer informs the Editors.

 

11. The author(s) confirm(s) that they are aware of the terms of these regulations and accept them when submitting an article for publication.

 

12. Reviewing rules

 

The rules for reviewing articles in the scientific journal "JoFA" are in accordance with good practice in review procedures in science, published by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

 

All articles are pre-reviewed by professors who are members of the Editorial Board.

 

Reviewers from outside the unit where the author is affiliated are appointed to prepare the reviews.

 

Reviewing is done on a 'double-blind review' basis: full mutual anonymity is maintained between the Author(s) of the text and the Reviewers.

 

The names of Reviewers of individual articles or issues are not disclosed, and a list of Reviewers who have collaborated with the Editorial Board in that year is published in the second issue on the journal's website.

 

The review shall be in writing on prepared forms with information on the deadline for delivery of the review to the Editor and shall contain the Reviewer's unequivocal conclusion on whether to accept the article for publication or to reject it, with justification and suggestions for possible corrections.

 

The author receives the review for review and is assured anonymous contact with the Reviewer through the Editor. In contentious situations, an additional Reviewer is appointed.

 

The review process can take up to four months.

 

13. Appeals: we accept appeals to the Editors' decisions. However, strong evidence or new data/information will need to be presented in response to comments from the Editor and reviewers. The Editors do not expect frequent appeals, but in the situation of receiving a rejection decision, we recommend sending the manuscript to another journal. The decision to reject a manuscript for publication often involves an Editor's assessment of priority/validity. These are issues that authors cannot usually address through an appeal. Please address an appeal against a journal Editor's decision to the journal's Editorial Board.

 

14. Withdrawal of an article: Journal Editors will consider withdrawing an article if:

They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable either as a result of a serious error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error), or as a result of fabrication (e.g. data) or falsification (e.g. image manipulation).

This constitutes plagiarism.

The results have been previously published elsewhere and the authors have not provided adequate attribution to previous sources, disclosed them to the Editor, or provided permission for republication or justification.

Contains material or data that the authors were not authorised to publish.

Violates copyright or has another serious legal problem (e.g. defamation, invasion of privacy).

Reports unethical research and/or violates ethical rules for conducting research.

The author(s) did not disclose a major competing interest (conflict of interest) that, in the opinion of the Editor, would have a significant impact on the interpretation of the paper or recommendations by the Editors and/or reviewers.

There is evidence of any other breach of the journal's editorial policy.

A notice of withdrawal of publication entitled "Withdrawal: [title of paper]" signed by the Editor and, where appropriate, by the authors, is published in the next issue of the journal and included in the table of contents.