Scope

Central European Journal of Mathematics (CEJM) publishes bi-monthly and is devoted to the publication of research results in all areas of Mathematics. The primary mission of CEJM is to assist Central and Eastern European researchers in communicating their achievements to global scientific community, nevertheless, contributions from other regions of the world are by no means excluded. The journal is peer-reviewed, in electronic-only format. The language of the journal is English.

Manuscripts

Manuscripts should be submitted to CEJM preferably via online submission system Editorial Manager available for this journal at http://cejm.edmgr.com/ or directly by e-mail to the Managing Editor of CEJM at tsworowska@versita.com. In order to submit manuscript via Editorial Manager authors (first-time users) must create an Author account to obtain a user ID and password required to enter the system.

Manuscript submitted to CEJM should:

• contain original work
• not be considered for publication in the same time in any other medium,
• focus on core aim and scopes of the journal,
• be written in English (if author is convinced of high scientific value of his/her contribution but is unable to deliver text in English, he/she is urged to consult the Managing Editor of CEJM for further instructions),
• be delivered in electronic format.

CEJM publishes:

• research articles,
• survey papers,
• communications.

Peer Review Process

Each manuscript after uploading to the Editorial Manager receives individual identification code that is used in any correspondence with regard to the publication process. Managing Editor then sends it to an appropriate Editor. However a submission may be declined by the Managing Editor or by an Editor without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in CEJM. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or limited interest to a general mathematical audience) are returned to the author(s) without a review.

a) choice of reviewers

Editors of CEJM, each responsible for different area of Mathematics, seek advice from experts of in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, survey papers by at least three.

b) suggestions from authors

Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. Reviewers remain anonymous in any case.

Editors are fully responsible for decisions about manuscripts. The final decision whether to accept or reject a paper rests with them. Managing Editor only communicates the final decision, and informs the authors about further processing.

Revised manuscript submission

When revision of a manuscript is requested, authors should return the revised version of their manuscript as soon as possible. Prompt action may ensure fast publication if a paper is finally accepted for publication in CEJM. If it is the first revision of an article authors need to return their revised manuscript within 28 days. If it is the second revision authors need to return their revised manuscript within 14 days. If these deadlines are not met, and no specific arrangements for completion have been made with the Editor, the manuscript will be treated as a new one and will receive a new identification code along with a new registration date.

Final proofreading

Authors will receive a pdf file with the edited version of their manuscript for final proofreading. This is the last opportunity to view an article before its publication on the journal web site. No changes or modifications can be introduced once it is published. Thus authors are requested to check their proof pages carefully against manuscript within 3 working days and prepare a separate document containing all changes that should be introduced. Authors are sometimes asked to provide additional comments and explanations in response to remarks and queries from the language or technical editors.

Online First service

Manuscripts accepted for publication are published on-line in so called Online First service as soon as they are ready for publication (that is when final proofreading is performed by authors, and all concerns are resolved). Final manuscripts for publication may appear on the Web 1-2 months prior to regular issue publication. Once a manuscript appears on the Web site it is considered as published.

Reprints

After publication, the corresponding author is notified by email and receives the PDF file with the published version of the manuscript.

Erratum

If any errors are detected in the published material they should be reported to the Managing Editor. The corresponding authors should send appropriate corrected material to the Managing Editor via email. This material will be considered for publication in the earliest available issue of CEJM.

Transfer of Copyright Agreement

Submission of a manuscript indicates a tacit understanding that the paper is not actively under consideration for publication with other journals. Once the paper is accepted, authors are assumed to have transferred the copyright of the paper to the publisher, Versita.

Transfer of Copyright Agreement (TCA) should be filled in and signed by the corresponding author. Scanned copy of TCA should be sent by e-mail to the Managing Editor of the journal, as soon as possible.

Remark:

The author may retain copyright, and then no Transfer of Copyright Agreement is needed. For this purpose Springer offers the Open Choice program. Authors interested in this option are requested to contact the Managing Editor. The Open Choice fee is in the amount of US$ 3000.00.

Whenever an author requests Open Choice publication Versita will need the author's billing address and the DOI for the article to be published Open Choice. The copyright line in the article PDF will have to read as follows: (c) The Author(s) 2009. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com. In addition, the following statement will have to be inserted after the Acknowledgements (if any) and before the References: "Open Access (in bold) This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.

Transfer of Copyright Agreement