Information for authors
How to affiliate scientific publications?
How to affiliate scientific publications? - Guidelines for SUM authors
The affiliation is made by mentioning in the publication the surname and first name of the author and the name of the organisational unit, the name of the faculty and the name of the university.
NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY:
Name of Institution: Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
Name of Institution in English: Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Name of Institution in Latin: Universitas Medica Silesiensis in Katowice, Polonia
Abbreviated name of the University in both Polish and English: SUM
DEPARTMENT NAMES (full name in Polish and English with abbreviations):
- Wydział Nauk Medycznych w Katowicach (WNMK) / Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice (FMS in Katowice);
- Wydział Nauk Medycznych w Zabrzu (WNMZ) / Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze (FMS in Zabrze);
- Wydział Nauk Farmaceutycznych w Sosnowcu (WNF) / Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec (FOPS in Sosnowiec);
- Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu w Katowicach (WNOZK) / Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice (FOHS in Katowice);
- Wydziału Zdrowia Publicznego w Bytomiu (WZPB)/ Faculty of Public Health in Bytom (FOPH in Bytom).
POLISH AND ENGLISH NAMES OF THE UNITS:
The updated structure and names of units can also be found on the SUM website: https://sum.edu.pl/en
Access path: UNIVERSITY > THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY > DIDACTIC UNITS
The guideline above is based on:
- The Statute of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (PDF, 552 KB);
- Regulations of the Organisation of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (PDF, 593 KB);
- Decision No. 4/2018 of the 12th of January 2018 of the Rector of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice on the registration of scientific publications of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice - in Polish only (Word, 63,5 kb).
How to affiliate scientific publications? - download (Instruction PDF, 63.5 KB)
Translation of unit names
The document Structure and symbols of organisational units (DIDACTIC UNITS) contains the official names of SUM organisational units, which should be given in the affiliation of publications. English translation of SUM unit names available for download. (PDF chart, 402 KB).
Journal search engines for authors
The toolkit presented here is designed for authors who have just finished working on their article and are looking for a suitable journal (possibly high-scoring, thematically compatible with the newly created text) with a view to publishing it. These tools are free and reliable.
To get the most complete result (the most titles matching your query), enter the title of the new article and the text of the abstract in each of the search engines below. A link to the instructions for each of the tools characterised below is provided at the end of the description.
Information on journal scoring (IF and Ministerial) can be found on the SUM Library website or by using the search engine for scoring journals. (link).
Master Journal List search engine for journals indexed in Web of Science Core Collection. Use of the Master Journal List is only possible after signing up for a free account. Visit the page where you can find Guidelines for working with the tool..
JournalGuide - has the widest search coverage of any of the tools listed. Visit the page where you can find Answers to frequently asked questions FAQ.
JournalFinder - a search engine for journals published by Elsevier. It includes titles, bibliometric indicators (CiteScore, Impact Factor), information on the average time to acceptance of publications, rejection rates. Visit the page where you can find Answers to frequently asked questions FAQ.
Springer Journal Suggester - the tool collects information on journals published by Springer: titles, Impact Factor, publication model (Open Access, subscription), average time to decision, rejection rate. Visit the page where you can find Answers to frequently asked questions FAQ.
Wiley Journal Finder the search engine allows you to quickly access the most relevant information on journals published by Wiley. In addition to the journal titles, the user can see the IF value of each title found, the journal sharing model. The user manual can be found on the homepage.
Predatory and fake magazines
Warning against fake journals.
Invitations to publish in periodicals are sent to the e-mail addresses of SUM staff.
Unfortunately, there are also some that can be misleading by misrepresenting the IF value - which is often "self-calculated" and presented as "Unofficial Impact Factor", "Prognostic IF", "Real IF", "Journal IF".
Remember, the only reliable source of IF information is Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The database is accessible within the SUM web or through a remote work service.
A much more serious problem, as it is more difficult to detect, are journals that pretend to be recognised journals with an IF value and often in fact steal the identity of these journals.
On their websites, fake journals not only have the same title, but also the ISSN (used to uniquely identify the title in question, entering it into a worldwide information system), address and, of course, information on the IF value. This information is identical to the JCR database.
Currently, the best way to confirm a journal's credibility is to check whether its articles are indexed in Web of Science Core Collection.
Even well-known search engines, such as JournalSeek, provide the web addresses of fake journals JournalSeek provides an incorrect link to the journal 'Jokull', despite entering the correct ISSN 0449-0576 ( listed in the JCR database) - the result is a link to a fake journal page: http://www.jokulljournal.com. After checking Web of Science Core Collection it turns out that the correct one is the journal located at https://jokull.jorfi.is/.
Offers to publish papers quickly in prestigious journals should be treated with caution.
Predatory journals
„Identifying deceptive publishers: a checklist(PDF, 162 KB) - University of Toronto (CC-BY license)
„Where should I publish? A library handout for researchers" - Elsevier Guide (PDF, 1,08 MB)
How to check the credibility of a journal?
Determining the credibility of a journal starts by checking whether it is indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus or PubMed database. The inclusion of the title you are looking for in one of these is sufficient. We encourage you to watch the accessible YouTube tutorials prepared especially for you:
- How to check if a journal is indexed in WEB OF SCIENCE? [in Polish only]
- How to check if a journal is indexed in SCOPUS?[in Polish only]
Journals with an Impact Factor (IF) must be indexed in the Web of Science database.
If the journal you are looking for is not indexed in the above databases, we need to analyse the content of its official website ourselves.. There are many articles and presentations on the Internet outlining the criteria that a title must meet to be considered credible
We recommend the following to your attention:
- Think Check Submit is a worldwide campaign whose authors want to help researchers identify credible titles. This purpose is served by a list of questions that make it easier to analyse a journal page. The questions are grouped thematically into three segments, named after the campaign title ('Think Check Submit'), which organises the work. If the analysed journal meets all the given standards and criteria, we can send our article to the editor.
We recommend a tip from: „What researchers should know before submitting their manuscript"„. - Article by Susan A. Elmore and Eleanor H. Weston „Predatory Journals: What They Are and How to Avoid Them". (Toxicol Pathol. 48(4): 607–610, doi: 10.1177/0192623320920209).
Another valuable resource is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education's up-to-date list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed proceedings of international conferences. It includes only reliable journals indexed in the international databases Scopus and Web of Science, as well as Polish journals funded by the Support for Scientific Journals Programme, which are not yet included in the mentioned databases. However, it is recommended to consult the list only after using the above mentioned sources.
Please, note! The absence of a particular title from the ministerial list does not imply that the journal is fraudulent or predatory.The Department created the list for a purpose other than journal review.
The title of the journal as given on its official website must be identical to the form given in column B or E of the Ministry's list (these contain title entries according to the Web of Science and/or Scopus databases). We search for a journal by first entering the full title in the search engine. If there are no results, we restrict our search to a single word from the title of the journal. The word should be as short as possible, without special characters or diacritics.
In the case of titles in English or other foreign languages, particular attention should be paid to prepositions and pronouns - variations in these are an indication that the journal is not listed by the Ministry. The reliability of search results for Polish titles is increased by entering the title first with and then without Polish diacritics.
Impact Factor - Quartile - SNIP
Reference Manager
Open access publishing programmes
Other sources
Emanuel Kulczycki [in Polish only] How to write a good abstract?- on the blog "Researcher's Workshop"