Publishing – Things to Remember
When choosing a magazine, it is worth:
- check the journal in the database of open journals DOAJ,
- check whether the publication will have a DOI identifier,
- check your scores on the current ministerial list: Announcement of the Minister of Science of January 5, 2024 regarding the list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences,
- check whether the publisher of the monograph is on the current list of publishers published in MEiN announcement of 22 July 2021,
- exclude magazines and publishers suspected of rapacity.
- establish the credibility of the journal. Check if it is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, check if it is in Journal Citation Reports. If the journal is not indexed in the above databases, its credibility should be verified. For this purpose, it is worth using Think-Check-Submit
We encourage you to read the article about predatory publishers and magazines How to search without being fooled, or "predatory journals"
When publishing, it is worth using open publishing programs.
It is worth making sure to include your ORCID number (international system for identifying the author and his/her work) with the publication.
How do I create an ORCID account?
Instruction: Creating an ORCID account
In the affiliation, please provide the name of the scientific group in which this publication was created. The correct Polish and English names of the University units can be found in currently applicable UML Organizational Regulations.
When writing a publication, it is worth using bibliography managers, thanks to which you can save descriptions from databases and other sources, quickly insert footnotes in the text, and based on the footnotes, the program will place a list of used literature at the end of the publication.
Selected bibliography management programs:
- EndNote (to use the house you need configuration)
- Mendeleev (free)
- Zotero (free)
Registration of publications in the UMLub Bibliography Database
- In order for the publication to be registered in the database, the full text (scan) or a link to the full text must be sent to the following address: informacja@umlub.pl or deliver a printed version/copy of the publication to the Department of Scientific Information and Library Didactics (Computer Room, room 107).
- In the base Bibliography UMLub journal articles, monographs, chapters from monographs, conference papers and abstracts, doctoral theses, patents and popular science publications are registered. Conference programs and certificates of participation in the conference are not subject to registration.
Rules for assigning points in the UMLub Bibliography Database
Publications are scored based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
Points from the list are awarded to (data from 2019):
– scientific articles from scientific journals and peer-reviewed conference materials published:
- in 2024 based on the list to MN announcement of January 5, 2024
- in 2023 based on the list to MEiN announcement of November 3, 2023
– in the years 2019-2022 based on the list to the MEiN announcement of December 21, 2021
according to the following principle:
Article or conference material included in a given list | 20 points, 40 points, 70 points, 100 points, 140 points, 200 points |
Article or conference material off the list | 5 points |
– scientific monographs from 2019-2024 based on the list of publishers announced in MEiN announcement of 22 July 2021
according to the following principle:
Publishing house level II | 200 points – authorship of a monograph |
Publishing house level I | 80 points – authorship of a monograph |
Publishing house outside the publisher list | 20 points – authorship of a monograph |
Scientific article it is a peer-reviewed article published in a scientific journal that presents a specific issue in an original and creative, problem-based or cross-sectional way, with a bibliography or footnotes.
The following are not considered scientific articles: editorial, abstract, extended abstract, letter, erratum and editorial note.
Scientific monograph it is a peer-reviewed book publication that presents a specific scientific issue in an original and creative way, with a bibliography or footnotes.
