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INFORMATIONS FOR AUTHORS

Manuscript preparation:

  1. Manuscripts for publishing in LogForum must confirm to the Manuscript proceedings of Journal's Editor. All submitted papers written in English must be prepared according to the following rules.
  2. Paper length-in general papers should not exceed 12 pages (A4-format) inclusive of tables and illustrations.
  3. The main text and abstracts and references must be saved as one text file. Tables, figures, graphs and other appendices must be saved to separate files, in applicable file format.
  4. Manuscripts' style- the use of font type of Times New Roman and size of 12 pt 1,5 -spaced is required. Font styles like bold and italic ones are accepted but without underlying of letters, words and sentences.
  5. Tables and illustrations should not exceed B-5 format (12.5 cm x 19.5 cm). All descriptions should be printed with a font size 9 pt. Text inside tables should be printed with a font size 8 pt. Single-spaced. Vertical lines are not desirable. Extension of table files of *.doc or *.rtf is required.
  6. Tables descriptions, descriptions of illustrations and figures must be written in English and Polish or German. Tables and figures numbers in Arabic numerals.
  7. Units-only SI units should be used, e.g. g×dm-3 (not g/dm3).
  8. Literature references in text - the author's last names and year of publications should be given in brackets e.g. [Kowalski and Lewandowski 2000, Lewandowski 2001, Zalewski et al. 2001] or "..according to Kowalski [2000]...".

The cited literature should be published in scientific papers of international range (LogForum included) and only exceptionally the manuals positions should be included. The literature references should not be given in illustrations, figures, tables und under the page. All literature data mentioned in the text must be given in the literature references.

  1. Literature references - must be listed alphabetically in the form as following: author's last names with initials, year of publication (if more than one publication of the same authors, each one should be marked by the letter a, b, c, etc placed after year), article's title, publisher's shortcut, place, volume number, issue number, page numbering.

Examples:

Krafft M., 2007, Kundenbindung und Kundenwert [Customer loyalty and customer value], Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg

Grzegorczyk M., 2007, Problemy pomiaru wartości klienta [Problems of measuring of customer value], Problemy Zarządzania, 16 (2), 114-127

Pfhol H.Ch., 1998, Systemy logistyczne [Logistics systems]. Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania, Poznań

Yin, R. K., 2003, "Introduction", in Robinson, S. (Ed.), Case Study Research Design and Methods, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA. pp. 1-15.

Gordon, Sherry R., 2010, Understanding and Improving Supplier Performance: Supplier Performance Management Retrieved from http://www.esourcingwiki.com/index.php/Supplier_Performance _Management (accessed 15 December 2010)

Lee Y.Ch., Oh H.J., Koo Ch., Sarkis J., 2011. Logistics decision model for environmental aspect using the analytic network process., AMCIS Proceedings - All Submissions. Paper 331. http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2011_submissions/331

Kumar, A., 2000, Analyzing system safety, Pollution Engineering, 32 (6), 46-49.

Cochran, J.K., Kaylani, H.A., 2008, Optimal design of a hybrid push/pull serial manufacturing system with multiple part types, International Journal of Production Research, 46 (4), 949- 965

Pande, P.S., and L. Holpp, 2001, What Is Six Sigma? McGraw-Hill Trade Logon Baltic project website. 2008. Available from Internet:<http://www.logonbaltic.info>.

Tripathy AK, Singh AK, 2004,  An efficient method of eliminating noisy information in web pages for data mining. Proceedings - The Fourth International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2004) pp 978-985.

  1. The example paper: Cyplik P., Hadas Ł., 2011, Production system virus analysis tool (PSVA) - problems identification and analysis framework - case study. LogForum 7,1,1. : (www.logforum.net/pdf/7_1_1_11.pdf )

Manuscript's layout:

  1. Title of a paper.
  2. First names and last names of Author(s).
  3. Abstract - each paper should be provided with abstract of about 600-1000 spaces. Abstract schould be structured
  4. Key words - up to 6 words or phrases for the main topics of the paper.
  5. The main text should contain the following elements: introduction with the aim of the work, methods, results and discussion (may be presented together or separately), conclusions (or summary), literature references.
  6. Title, abstract (600-1000 spaces) and key words in Polish and German as a translation of English version.
  7. Address- the corresponding author must be identified by e-mail and full postal address. The institutes where the paper originates should be also stated. The same information should be sent also for all co-authors.

Manuscript proceedings:

  1. Authors should submit two paper copies or the electronic version (preferred e-mail) of their paper to the Editor.
  2. Submission of the paper implies that it has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form without the written permission of the editor.
  3. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.
  4. All papers will be independently refereed, double blind reviewing is employed. In cases where a manuscript is returned to an author for revision, it must be resubmitted (together with its electronic version) within 30 days otherwise it will be assumed to be withdrawn.
  5. All authors must sign the "Transfer of copyright" agreement before the article can be published. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any data and figures for which copyright exists.
    Declaration Declaration - Copyright assignment form
  6. Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt, preferably by e-mail. Correction should be restricted to type settings errors only.
  7. All works and other correspondence should be sent to Izabela Świtalska (izabela.switalska@wsl.com.pl).

 

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