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Special information for
authors concerning publishing fee
When AUTEX undertook the decision at the end of 2001 to resume
publication of the Autex Research Journal (ARJ), the Association
decided that as a promotional exercise during the initial period,
no publishing fee should be requested of the authors. This
decision was duly implemented, even all the papers published are
freely accessible on the Internet, which has definitely been
advantageous for the authors, as it increases the opportunity to
inform the worldwide scientific community of their research
achievements. The previously planned two-year promotion was then
extended up until the present moment, during which time the
editorial expenses have been totally covered by AUTEX. However,
the modest funds which AUTEX has hitherto been able to allocate
for publishing do not allow us to increase publishing activity.
Over time, it has appeared that the period between the editorial
office receiving an article and publishing it in a given issue of
the journal has increased year by year, and at present may even
exceed one year. What is more, the majority of the authors are not
been affiliated to universities which are AUTEX members, and which
could pay their contribution to the common AUTEX fund.
These are the reasons why, starting from 1 September 2006, AUTEX
has decided to introduce a publishing fee of €40 per journal page,
a decision which has been implemented. If the first author is
affiliated to an AUTEX university, the fee is diminished to €15.
The fee should be paid after the reviewing procedure is positively
finalised, and the article cleared for publishing in a given
issue. At that time, the author, after receiving an invoice from
the editorial office, should pay the fee to the following bank
account:
Bank Pekao SA II O/Lodz
IBAN:
PL25 1240 3028 1111 0000 2822 2228
SWIFT: PKOPPLPWLDZ
The author’s decision to pay the publishing fee should be
confirmed by the first author, together with signing a ‘Transfer
of publishing rights’ form, and at the same
time the payer should be indicated.
All articles delivered up to 31 August 2006 will be processed under
the conditions which have applied up to the present, that is,
without any publishing fee.
The Secretary of AUTEX
The Editor-in-Chief of ARJ
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