For Authors
General information
The papers only in English language are accepted. Please write your text in correct academic British/American English.
Periodicity: 2 issues per year
Deadlines for manuscripts submitting: March 30 and September 30.
Online publishing: June 30 (issue 1), December 31 (issue 2).
Fees
Papers in the MERAA journal are processed and published free of charge (journal does not charge any article acceptance charges or article processing/publishing charges - APCs).
Indexing
Journal is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Papers published in the MERAA uses conventional format of scientific papers based on IMRAD structure – IMRAD refers to the standard structure of the body of scientific manuscripts:
- Introduction
- Material and Methods
- Results
- Discussion (and Conclusions).
For screening/detect of plagiarisms in submitted manuscripts the MERAA uses service Similarity Check (iThenticate).
Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article preparation. For further information or help, please contact us on meraa@uniag.sk
Open Access
The MERAA is peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Submitting your paper author(s) agrees with these terms and accepted the Journal License to Publish.
All published content is freely available without charges or technical bariers to the users. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
Author rights/copyright/licences
Author retains copyright of its work. By submitting the work to the MERAA author agrees to grant the journal of a non-exclusive right to publish the submission. Submitting your paper author(s) agrees with these terms and accepted the Journal License to Publish.
How to submit your paper
Send your paper as attachment in RTF/DOC format to dana.orszaghova@uniag.sk. Important note: Requirements for article preparing are available at below (Article Formating :: Help).
Editorial process
- Manuscript registration (editor, executive board member)
- Manuscript checking by plagiarism detection software (editor, executive board member)
- Checking compliance with the requirements (editor, executive board member)
- Peer-reviewing of manuscript (reviewers)
- Communication with author(s), manuscript corrections — if are required (editor)
- Information about final status of submitted paper — acceptance (editor, executive board member)
- Online publishing
Guide for Authors
Paper Types
The MERAA published two basic types of articles: peer-reviewed papers and not peer-reviewed articles.
- Peer-reviewed papers: Original Articles, Short Communications, Reviews
- Not peer-reviewed papers: Book Reviews, News and Views
Original Article
This type of article should be fully documented and described main goals, experimental procedures and results of original research. Total length: 7 pages or 12 600 characters. Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections (required order). Mandatory: Title; Full authors(s) name(s); Affiliations; Abstract (max 250 words, 1 paragraph); Keywords (3-5); J Classification; Introduction; Material and Methods; Results and Discussion; Conclusions; References; Corresponding author contact information. Optional section: Acknowledgements.
Short Communication
Short article focusing on original research, proposal of a new theory or concept based on existing research, new models, hypotheses, innovative methods etc. Total length: 3 pages or 5 400 characters. Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections (required order). Mandatory: Title; Full authors(s) name(s); Affiliations; Abstract (max 150 words, 1 paragraph); Keywords (3-5); J Classification; Introduction; Material and Methods; Results and Discussion; References (max. 10); Corresponding author contact information. Optional section: Acknowledgements.
Reviews
Short articles that aim to provide overview of a particular fields or aspects of mathematical research. Total length: 2 pages or 3 600 characters. Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections (required order). Mandatory: Title; Full authors(s) name(s); Affiliations; Main text; Corresponding author contact information.
Guide for Authors (PDF)
Article Formating :: Help (DOCX)
Article Formating :: Help (DOTX)