1. Articles submitted to the journal Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society should be written concisely, synthetically and prepared in the MS Word text editor.
   
   
2. Editors accept theoretical, design and empirical texts which are original, previously unpublished papers.
   
   
3. Articles, notes, reports and reviews can be submitted to the journal. Articles of up to 8,000 words are accepted (including the bibliography, possible footnotes, abstract, keywords, figures and tables); notes, reviews and reports should be up to 1,200 words.
   
   
4. Authors submitting texts in English are requested to have their texts proofread (by a native speaker).
   
   
5. The Editorial Office accepts the texts prepared in the template available on the journal’s website and meeting all editorial requirements.
   
   
6. The article should be accompanied by the statement of the originality of the paper, which is available on the journal’s website.
   
   
7. The article should be prepared according to the guidelines available on the journal’s website.

1. The Author sends the text to the Editorial Office by e-mail to the address provided in the Contact section.
   
   
2. After receiving the text, the Author is sent back information confirming the receipt of the article.
   
   
3. Within two weeks, the Editorial Office tentatively accepts or does not accept the submitted text. The lack of acceptance may be of a twofold nature – complete (rejection of the article) or conditional (the Editorial Board may suggest necessary amendments, and only after implementing them may the Author resubmit the text).
   
   
4. The Editorial Office appoints two reviewers (described in detail in the Review Procedure section).
   
   
5. After receiving both reviews, they are immediately forwarded to the Author along with any comments in the text.
   
   
6. The Author amends the text as suggested or responds to the received reviews. The Author must reply to each comment that has not been implemented.
   
   
7. The Author makes corrections to the text in the track changes mode, marking all fragments changed with reference to the review.
   
   
8. Editors set a deadline for returning the article. After its receipt, editorial work follows, and the Author receives the final version of the paper for approval.
   
   
9. The Editors reserve the right to shorten and adjust the style of texts, and to reject the article even in the case of positive reviews, e.g. in the case of disagreement with the Author regarding editorial corrections.
   
   
10. After the editorial work is completed, the article is sent to the Publishing House. After typesetting, the Author receives the article in the PDF format for approval, together with a copyright license statement (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).
    
    
11. Upon submitting the article to the Editorial Office of Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society, the Author acknowledges and accepts the above procedure.

1. Reviews in the journal Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society are double-blinded (keeping the principle of confidentiality and double anonymity).
   
   
2. Each article submitted to the journal is sent to two independent Reviewers who have recognized achievements in the subject matter raised in the article. The Reviewers come from a different institution than the Author(s) of the submitted article.
   
   
3. The journal is published in two languages (Polish and English); therefore, articles submitted in Polish may also receive reviews in English. Articles written in English receive only a review in the same language.
   
   
4. The list of Reviewers from the given calendar year is published once a year, along with the publication of the 4^th issue in the given year.
   
   
5. Each article accepted for publication is checked with an anti-plagiarism program. If fraud is detected, an investigation is initiated in accordance with the COPE procedures. The Author is responsible for the submitted article and is fully responsible for the content with regard to the copyright of third parties.
   
   
6. Submitting an article to Transport Geography Papers of  Polish Geographical Society is tantamount to the Author’s consent to be subject to the review procedure binding in the journal.

The article should be prepared using the template available below.

Suggested article structure:

Introduction

• formulation of the research problem,
• presentation of the aim(s) of the study,

1. Literature background – literature review
2. Materials and methods used in the research
3. Results – the result of the conducted research
4. Discussion – how the obtained results relate to the results of other studies and analyses, in particular, other scientific studies

Conclusion

If there is a need to include information about the source of funding for the paper from the budget of a research project, this information should be included in the footnote to the title on the first page.

If the Author(s) wish to include acknowledgments, this should be done at the end of the article, before the References.

Sample affiliation of the authors:

dr Marcin Połom, Department of Regional Development, Institute of Geography, University of Gdańsk, ul. J. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk

e-mail: marcin.polom@ug.edu.pl 

In the case of two or more authors, the corresponding author should be indicated by adding a note in brackets:

dr Marcin Połom, Department of Regional Development, Institute of Geography, University of Gdańsk, ul. J. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, e-mail: marcin.polom@ug.edu.pl 

dr Maciej Tarkowski, Department of Regional Development, Institute of Geography, University of Gdańsk, ul. J. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, e-mail: marcin.polom@ug.edu.pl  (corresponding author)

Figures and tables:

• Figures should be prepared in black and white or in color – a JPG, TIFF file with a resolution of not less than 300 dpi.
• Tables should be prepared in black and white.
• All figures and tables must be referenced in the text.
• Arial 9 font is recommended for use in figures.
• Figures and tables should be sent in separate files with file names adequate to those included in the text, e.g. fig9.jpg.

References in the text:

According to T. Stryjakiewicz (1998), big cities are big.

Big cities are big (Stryjakiewicz, 2003).

Big cities are big (Kocanowski, Grawer, 2009).

Big cities are big (Wendt et al., 2012).

Big cities are big (Wendt (ed.), 2012).

Big cities are big (Wendt et al. (eds.), 2012).

Big cities are big (Stryjakiewicz, 2011, 2012a, 2012b).

Big cities are big (Socio-demographic characteristics ..., 2016).

For publications with two authors, both should be referenced; when there are three or more authors, the following notation is used (Goińska et al., 1987).

Referencing style:

Komornicki T., 2011, Przemiany mobilności codziennej Polaków na tle rozwoju motoryzacji [Eng. The transformations of everyday mobility of Poles against the background of automotive development], Prace Geograficzne, 227, IGiPZ PAN, Warszawa.

McDonald J.F., 1988, The first Chicago Area Transportation Study projections and plans for metropolitan Chicago in retrospect, Planning Perspectives, 3(3), 245–268.

Melosik Z., 2012, Mass media, tożsamość i rekonstrukcje kultury współczesnej [Media Education Culture. Towards media education], [in:] W. Skrzydlewski, S. Dylak (eds.), Media Edukacja Kultura. W stronę edukacji medialnej, Polskie Towarzystwo Technologii i Mediów Edukacyjnych, Rzeszów–Poznań, 32–49.

Referencing published materials:

Guzik R., 2015, Dojazdy do pracy w województwie małopolskim 2006-2011, Opracowanie na zlecenie Wojewódzkiego Urzędu Pracy w Krakowie, Małopolskie Obserwatorium Rynku Pracy i Edukacji, Kraków.

Badanie pilotażowe zachowań komunikacyjnych ludności w Polsce, 2015, GUS, Warszawa.

Referencing of materials available only on the Internet:

E-ferry: Prototype and full-scale demonstration of next generation 100% electrically powered ferry for passengers and vehicles, http://e-ferryproject.eu/ [accessed: 22 September 2019].

Eurostat. Air Emission Inventories (Source: EAA), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/ environment/air-emissions-inventories/database [accessed: 13 Oct. 2019].

Wold M.C., 2018, Dawn of a New Era – DNV GL, https://www.dnvgl.com/maritime-impact/Dawn-of-a-new-era.html  [accessed: 21 Sep. 2019].

Note: literature written in the Cyrillic alphabet is given in the original version and in transliteration.