Instructions for authors

SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS

Manuscripts of contributions to the 3rd edition should be sent by November 1, 2025 as an attachment in MS Word format, edited according to the article template, via email to swarmcraa.cz. The submission should include the author’s (or authors’) full name, academic degree, email address, contact phone number, affiliation, and ORCID, if available.

FEES

Authors are not charged any fees (e.g., APC nor others) for reviews, processing, or publication of their articles. At the same time, authors are not paid for their contributions.

EDITORIAL PROCESSING

Submitted manuscripts are first assessed by the editorial board for alignment with the journal’s focus. After anonymizing the author’s identity, the
manuscript is sent to two selected independent reviewers.

Upon approval of the manuscript by both reviewers and completion of the peer-review process, the editorial board sends the reviewers’ comments to the author for revisions. The revised manuscript is then prepared for publication. During preparation, any member of the editorial board may provide further feedback. The editorial board does not perform linguistic or grammatical editing but reserves the right to make minor stylistic changes to the text.

AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES

By submitting a contribution, the author (or corresponding author in the case of multiple authors) confirms agreement with the journal’s Publication Ethics and Policy. The author(s) must disclose any potential conflicts of interest to the editorial board.

Authors are required to address
reviewers’ comments promptly. If they disagree with a specific comment or argument, they must contact the editorial board with an explanation of their disagreement.

Providing linguistic and grammatical accuracy is the author’s responsibility.

SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDE:

• The title (without abbreviations),
• The author’s name and affiliation,
• An abstract and keywords,
• The main text with figures, tables, graphs, etc., and
• A list of references.

Abbreviations used in the text must be defined at their first occurrence. The ENTER key should be used only at the end of paragraphs. Less important text can be placed in parentheses () or numbered footnotes.

Sources should be provided in square brackets [] in the order they appear in the text and listed in the same order in the bibliography. After the citation number, specify where in the source the information can be found (e.g., page number, paragraph, etc.). Direct quotes should be placed in quotation marks and written in 50% black.