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AuthorsInformation for Authors Preparing the manuscript for submission The text should be written in a 12-point font with one-and-a-half spacing and margins of 2.5 cm (1 inch) on all four sides, A4 paper size. The editors reserve the right to edit the article for formatting. Title page The manuscript should have a title page containing the following information:
It is unacceptable to mention as authors persons whose contribution to the research has been scanty or actually non-existent (the so-called “guest authorship”). It is likewise inappropriate to conceal information on the contribution of persons who have actually participated in the creation of the publication. This should be recognized in form of acknowledgements at the end of the text or by including this person as a co-author. “Ghostwriting” and “guest authorship” are manifestations of scholarly unreliability. BLIND TITLE PAGE. Because reviews are blind, please include a blind title page only with the title. Abstracts The abstract should be in a structured form, not exceed 250 words, and it should consist of four paragraphs of 1-3 sentences each, labelled as follows: Background (Introduction): the purpose of the article or research, the primary thesis. Material and Methods: a brief description of the research; in the case of a review or opinion article, a characterization of the literature; for a case study, a brief description of the subject; the main parameters measured, etc. Results: the most significant results achieved. Conclusions: the most important 1-2 conclusions derived by the authors from the research presented in the article. The preceding structure does not apply in detail to review or opinion articles. Structure of the text The text of the article should be divided into six sections labeled as follows: Background (Introduction), Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, References. Before References, if appropriate, the authors may insert Acknowledgements; an Appendix may be attached at the end, if needed. Each section should be clearly designated by a title in boldface. When circumstances require, depending on the content and nature of the article, a different structure may be used, provided, however, that the structure of the article is clear, transparent and self-consistent. The editors reserve the right to return a manuscript to its authors for correction of structure. Background (Introduction) should give the scientific rationale for researching the given topic, the primary issues and controversies, an explanation of the aim of the study and the primary thesis. Material and Methods should contain essential information regarding how the experiment or research was conducted, including the essential characteristics of the experimental and control groups (age, gender, etc.), inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the randomization and masking (blinding) method used. The protocol of data acquisition, procedures, investigated parameters, methods of measurements and apparatus should be described in sufficient detail to allow other scientists to reproduce the results. In the case of published methods, the names with appropriate references should be given. References and a brief description should be provided for methods that have been published but are not well known, whereas new or substantially modified methods should be described in detail. The rationale for using such new or unknown methods should be discussed, along with a balanced evaluation of these methods, not omitting their limitations. The statistical methods should be described in detail to enable verification of the reported results. Results concisely and reasonably summarize the findings in form of text, tables and figures arranged in a logical and internally self-consistent manner. The number of tables and figures should be limited to those absolutely needed to confirm or refute the thesis. Data given in graphs and tables should not be automatically repeated in the text. Discussion should deal only with new and/or important aspects of the results obtained, without repeating in detail data or other material previously presented in Background or Results. The Discussion should focus on theoretical implications and/or practical consequences of the findings, including suggestions for further research. The Discussion should compare the results of the present study to those obtained by other researchers mentioned in the text. Conclusions must be linked with the goals of the study. New hypotheses with recommendations for further research should be advanced only when fully warranted and explicitly justified. Recommendations may be included when appropriate. Unqualified statements and conclusions not supported by the data obtained should be avoided. Acknowledgements list all those who have contributed to the research but do not meet the criteria for authorship, such as assistants, technicians, or department heads who provided only general support. Financial and other material support should be disclosed and acknowledged. References, chosen for their importance and accessibility, are numbered consecutively in the order of their occurrence in the text. References first cited in tables or figure legends must be numbered in such a way as to maintain numerical sequence with the references cited in the text, by Arabic numerals in square brackets, e.g. [5]. The style of references is that of Index Medicus (Vancouver). As a rule, the ratio of texts published in non-congress languages (including in Polish) should not exceed 30% of all entries in References. When an article has six or fewer authors, all should be listed; when there are seven or more, only the first three are listed, followed by "et al." All references should list
Examples: Mines AH. Respiratory physiology. New York: Raven Press; 1993. Merode de A, editor. Foods, nutrition and sports performance. An International scientific consensus conference. 4th-5th February 1991, Lausanne, Switzerland; 1991. Wilmore JH, Costill DL. Age and sex considerations in sport and exercise. In: Wilmore JH, Costill DL, editors. Physiology of Sport and Exercise. 3th ed. Champaign IL: Human Kinetics; 2004, 512-537. Allgrove JE, Gomes E, Hough J, Gleeson M. The effects of exercise intensity on salivary antimicrobial proteins and markers of stress in active men. J Sport Sci 2008;26:653-661. The genuine language of the reference should be preserved along with the translation into English in square brackets, e.g.: HoffmanK. Jazda konna dla początkujących [In Polish] [Horse riding for beginners]. Warszawa: OW Delta; 1999. Please do not translate the title of the journal or the name of the publisher. In case of an electronic publication, please provide, beside the URL, the date of access (e.g.: available at … accessed on …).
Tables are numbered consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text, with a brief title. A short or abbreviated heading should be used for each column. The arrangement of the table should be as simple as possible, without adding unnecessary horizontal or vertical subdivisions. Explanations, including the clarification of non-standard abbreviations, should be provided in footnotes under the table, and not in the table itself. The footnotes should be numbered independently for each table. Each table should be printed (not photographed) on a separate sheet of paper. Care should be taken that every table included with the manuscript is in fact mentioned in the text. The statistical measures of variations should be identified, such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean. If the data appearing in a table comes from another published or unpublished source, permission to reprint should be obtained and the appropriate reference provided. Figures should be professionally prepared; freehand or typewritten lettering is unacceptable. Original drawings, and other original unprocessed materials will not be accepted. Letters, numbers, and symbols should be clear and even throughout and of sufficient size as to remain legible when reduced for printing. Numbers should be presented according to the English standard, i.e. dot is used to separate a decimal (e.g. 1.3%) and a comma to indicate numbers larger than one thousand (e.g. 2,342). Titles and detailed explanations should be given in the legends, not on the illustrations themselves. Each figure should have a label pasted on its back giving the number of the figure and the author's name, and indicating the top and bottom of the figure. The editors cannot accept photographs or illustrations with visible writing, scratching or marring caused by staples or paperclips, or cardboard mounting. Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they are first cited in the text. If a figure has been previously published, the original source must be acknowledged and a written permission should be obtained from the copyright holder to reproduce the material, except for documents in the public domain. Photographs: BJHPA prints black-and-white photographs as standard practice. If photographs of people are used, either the identity should be masked or written permission should be obtained to use the photograph. Legends for illustrations should be printed on a separate page, doubled-spaced with Arabic numerals corresponding to the illustrations. When symbols, arrows, numbers, or letters are used to identify parts of the illustrations, each element should be clearly identified and explained in the legend. The internal scale and staining method used in photographs should be specified. Measurements of length, height, weight, and volume should be reported in metric units (meter, kilogram, or liter) or their decimal multiples. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius. Blood pressures should be given in millimeters of mercury. The recommended file formats for figures, except for these elaborated in Excel or Word, are: *.jpg, *.tif, with an image resolution of 300 or 600 dpi.Graphic files (jpg, tif, bmp) should be attached (separately) in their original formats which are fit for editing. Also MS Word and Excel graphs should be active and be fit for editing. Abbreviations and symbols are acceptable only when standard. Abbreviations should not be used in the title or abstract. The full term for which an abbreviation stands should precede its first use in the text, unless it is a standard unit of measurement. A text may be accepted if processed with the use of a standard text editor and accompanied by a printout or a pdf file (in case of e-mail submission). The use of standard 12-point fonts is advised. Tables, figures, drawings and photographs may be processed using any mode and software (preferably *.txt, *.doc, *.wpd, *.xls, *.bmp, *.eps, *.tif). CD-R or flash-memory are required. Sending papers directly at our e-mail address is accepted as well. In case of using regular mail, before sending the CD-R to BJHPA, the authors should be certain that (1) theCD or the flash memory contains the same version of the text as the printout; (2) the CD label gives the file name(s) and format(s); (3) the proper information is provided regarding the hardware and software used. In the event of a conflict between the version of the text on the CD and the printed version, the latter will be treated as authoritative.
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