ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA (AI&P) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles based on original experimental data or experimental methods, or new analyses of already existing data, in any aspect of ichthyology and fisheries (fin-fish only). AI&P is issued on paper and in electronic form at
http://www.aiep.pl (the journal is primary paper). The paper version appears two times a year. The electronic version is freely available on the internet (Open Access Journal) and the papers within individual issues are published as they are accepted, without waiting until the issue is complete. This substantially shortens the time of publication.
It is expected that investigators running experiments on live fish, and intending to publish their results at AI&P, will have obtained an approval of a local ethic committee for scientific experiments on animals or any other local animal care committee.
All authors listed on a manuscript must agree to its submission. We assume that the corresponding author, on the letter of submission, signifies that these conditions have been fulfilled.
Review process. Advancement of fisheries science is the major requirement in the evaluation process of AI&P. Preliminary suitability of manuscripts is determined by editors or members of the Editorial Advisory Board and submissions with insufficient priority are rejected promptly. Manuscripts not prepared in the advised style will be sent back to authors without scientific review. All other submissions are registered and the authors are notified (by e-mail) with the reference number, that must be quoted in subsequent correspondence. The registered manuscripts are sent to independent experts for scientific evaluation.
Conflict of interests. Authors of research articles evaluating or examining commercial products (e.g. fish feeds, anaesthetics, drugs, vaccines, etc.) should disclose to the editor, at the time of submission, any financial arrangement they may have with a manufacturer of such product or with a company making a competing product. It is expected that: 1) authors of such articles will not have any financial interest in a company (or its competitor) that makes a product discussed in the article; or 2) such arrangements will be in a clear form communicated to the reader.
All persons involved in the evaluation process (reviewers, members of the Editorial Advisory Board, editors) must report to the Editor-in-Chief any conflict of interest with regard to a manuscript under review or commercial companies involved with a product under study.
Permissions. Any material borrowed from other sources must be accompanied by a written statement from both author and publisher giving permission to AI&P for reproduction. It is assumed that authors citing papers still in press, unpublished data, and/or personal communications have obtained permission from all persons involved.
Copyright transfer. Upon acceptance of manuscripts, the authors convey, and otherwise transfer all rights, title, interest, and copyright ownership in said work to the
Publishing House of the West Pomeranian University of Technology (PHWPUT) (publisher of AI&P). Consequently, any material from published (or accepted) articles cannot be published without the prior written permission of the PHWPUT.
Disclaimer. The data and opinions appearing in the articles and advertisements herein are the responsibility of the author. Accordingly, the Publisher and the Editor accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate of misleading data, opinion or statement.
Printing costs and reprints. The publishing costs of the AI&P are covered by the PHWPUT. The authors do not pay per-page charges. The only exception is the costs of colour pages (in 2008 the cost price one colour page was 600 PLN (=200 USD). The authors obtain 25 reprints free of charge and a free PDF file can be downloaded from our web page. Additional copies of paper reprints may be ordered at cost price. A recent interpretation of the Polish taxation law treats free reprints as taxable income. We assume that the corresponding author is a sole recipient of the free reprints. Therefore all corresponding authors will receive a taxation form reporting this income. It is expected that corresponding authors will report this income in their annual tax return in their countries of residence (only where applicable).
