All articles published in the journal Science & Military are reviewed in an anonymous reviewing procedure (double-blind peer review). The review process is anonymous, carried out by at least two independent reviewers selected from the range of experts recommended by the Editorial board, where none of the reviewers are members of the same department as the author or any of the co-authors, or are in any way in the conflict of interest regarding the peer-reviewed article. On the reviewers decides the Editor in chief. As long as their opinions substantially differ, the Editor in chief  determines a third reviewer. The authors of the article  and the reviewers remain in a mutually anonymous relationship.

The reviewer is obliged to become familiar with the Ethical standards of the journal Science & Military,  with the Guidelines for authors,  with  the Review form and with the GDPR.  The reviewer shall write the review opinion in the required form and deliver it within the deadline by e-mail (scan signed by the reviewer) to the the editorial office. The reviewer shall critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the contribution in all required fields. In the conclusion of the review opinion, the reviewer shall assess the presented text as a whole and indicate whether it is recommended for publishing, or recommended for publishing after revision (no further review is necessary),  or recomended for publishing after revision  and further review,  or it should not be published (rejected). 

The result of the double-blind peer reviewed process is binding for the author of the contribution, who is required to implement the comments from reviewers. Results of the reviews procedure form the basis for editorial board's office decision-making about the publication / non-publication of the reviewed manuscript

The Editorial board archives the reviews form at least ten  years.

The editorial office of the journal Science & Military, however, welcomes the extension of the group of reviewers with other renowned experts. If you are interested in cooperation with the journal Science & Military as a reviewer, please, contact the editorial office by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

1. Scientific articles submitted for publishing have to be original, topical and never been published before.

2. Articles have to be written English language and in accordance with Ethical standards.

3. Length of the article should not exced 6 pages in defined format. Microsoft Word text editor must be used for writing. Articles must be written using Times New Roman, single line spacing and follow the following form: Title -12 point bold capital letters aligned to the center. Full author´s (co-author´s) name – 10 point normal letters aligned to the center. Abstract – 9 point normal letters, extent 3-5 lines. Keywords – 9 point normal letters. The article text – 10 point normal letters. Contact - full autor´s (co-author´s) name, affiliation, e-mail – 9 point normal letters at the end of the article. The article text will be written in 2 columns format with a 75 mm column width and 10 mm empty space separating the columns. The first line of each paragraph must be shifted 5 mm to the right.

4. Upper and lower margins must be set to 25 mm, left and right margins to 25 mm. Select mirror margins. The distance between the header / footer and the page margin must be 12,5 mm, while different odd and even pages must be selected.

5. Photographs for publication must be in black-white (not in color) of excelent quality with good contrast.

6. Equations in the text are also to be written using the equation editor. (Equation must be typed in Microsoft Equation, which is an integral part of Microsoft text editor.) They must be numbered. Numbers are to be enclosed in parentheses and aligned to the right margin of a column.

7. Figures, graphs and tables must be included in the text and numbered and must contain description. Figures must be identified as Fig. 1 followed gradually by the figure description. Graphs must be identified as Graph 1 followed by the graph description. Tables must be identified as Tab. 1, followed by the table description.

8. References must be fully and accurately documented (according to ISO 690). References should be quoted in the text in square brackets and listed in the order they have appeared in the text.

9. The specimen article (Template) can be found on the web-site:  http://sm.aos.sk/images/Template.doc can be used as an example of the correct format.

10. The Editorial board will consider submited article in the next scheduled meeting. If it decides to include the article in the next issue it submits the manuscript to the editors for review. The final version (before printing) will be sent to the author for the final revision. The authors are fully responsible for the level of language.

11. Contributions in A4 format edited according to the specimen article should be submitted in one hard copy to the Editorial office and also in electronic form to the e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

12. The deadlines for the delivery of the articles in calendar year are: March 1 and September 1.

Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement

• The ethical standards of publishing the journal Science & Military (here and after reffered to as “the ethical standards”) are binding for all subjects involved in the publication of the journal Science & Military (publisher, editorial board, authors and reviewers).

• The main objective of the ethical standards is to define the rights and responsibilities of all parties involved in publication process, so that maximum quality, neutrality, objectivity and transparency in the journal Science & Military is ensured.

• These ethical standards are processed according to the standards of good publication manners proposed by the international forum Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and contained in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Duties of journal (publisher and editorial bodies)

• The journal and its sections (journal publisher and editorial bodies of journal) bind themselves to act and approach everyone involved in the publication process in accordance with the ethical standards of the journal Science & Military, with morality and exclusion of any racial, sexual, religious, ethnic or political discrimination.

• The journal accepts instruments that allow the authors and others to draw attention to violations of ethical standards, as well as measures to prevent such violations. The journal binds itself to promptly resolve any complaints, archive them and take remedial action in collaboration with the complainant.

• The editorial office accepts manuscripts of scientific texts which are corresponding with the content of the journal. Manuscripts are reviewed in anonymous reviewing procedure by at least two reviewers. If their opinions substantially differ, the editorial office determines a third reviewer.

• The editorial office makes the decision about the publication of text upon the results of anonymous reviewing procedure. Manuscript review process is always executed independently of the author.

• Editors or editorial office members who publish in the journal Science & Military mustnˈt abuse their position. Publishing in the Science & Military journal by members of its editorial bodies is subject to the same rules and criteria applicable to text of other authors.

• The journal Science & Military maintains the anonymity and prevents origin of conflicts of interest among the authors, journal and its managing components and reviewers.

Duties of authors

• The author is obliged to become familiar with the instructions for authors, as well as the ethical standards of the journal Science & Military and to cooperate and communicate with the publisher to maximum extent.

• By submitting a manuscript to the redaction office the author declares that the submitted work is original and authentic. Further more he/she declares that he/she has full and unrestricted copyright on work, and that this work has not been and will not be offered for publishing in another periodical (or other publicly accessible information resources), during the time between submission and the final decision of journal Science & Military on its publishing or refusal.

• The author is responsible for the content of the work and for the work not containing information subject to confidentiality under applicable law.

• Plagiarism is unacceptable! In this context, the author also declares that his contribution was written in accordance with the standards of scientific work, while respecting the proper and full citation of used authors and their works, as well as the citation standards in relation to foreign ideas, which are correctly stated in the references. This is done by signing a Statutory Declaration.

• The author is obliged to avoid offensive statements that could harm other people or the reputation of the journal Science & Military. In case that the author finds a fatal error in the published work, he/she is obliged to immediately inform the journal and render assistance during the correction process.

• The author is obliged to keep and maintain records and information related to the creation and editing of the contribution. Based on these information and upon the request of the publisher, in case of doubt or investigation of complaints about violations of ethical standards author provides proof of authorship.

• The author does not enquire for the identity of the reviewer and notifies the publisher of the facts which might jeopardize the anonymity and objectivity of the peer-review process.

• In case that the work was processed with financial support or with the participation of another person, it is essential to clearly indicate these facts, including disclosure of financial support sources of the project, the sponsor, or the grant.

Duties of reviewers

• The reviewer is obliged to become familiar with the ethical standards of the journal Science & Military, with the review form and method of its execution.

• The reviewer approaches to an assessment of the text objectively, impartially and responsibly. Reviewer binds himself to process the review in time and with the required quality.

• In the case of a conflict of interest, time constraints, lack of expertise or the inability to make the review, he/she will inform the editorial office by the deadline.

• Results of the reviews procedure form the basis for editor’s office decision-taking about the publication / non-publication of the reviewed manuscript.

• Reviewer preserves anonymity and concurrently binds himself not to abuse the acquired information and ideas in connection with the conduction of the review in self-benefit. In case of discovering any content match with already published papers, reviewer will notify the editors office.

• The reviewer does not enquire for the dentity of the author and notifies the publisher of the facts which might jeopardize the anonymity and objectivity of the peer-review process.

Procedure for dealing with cases of unethical acts

Identification of unethical begaviour
• Anyone can notify the publisher of the violations of the ethical standards of the journal Science & Military. It is inevitable to provide all the information and evidence to start an investigation of the matter in question.

Investigarion of unethical behaviour
• The journal and all its sections will make an effort to investigate the matter in question and to draw a final decision.

• The  process  of  investigation  in  the  journal  Science & Military is impartial. It is based
on gathering all the relevant evidence. In case of violation of the principles by the journal, an impartial expert is invited.

• Any information related to investigation and results arising from it will not be provided to other people than those who are directly concerned.

Minor breaches of Ethical Standards
• Minor breaches are handled internally (not publicly and without participation of other people and bodies).

Serious breaches of Ethical Standards
• Serious breaches of Ethical Standards are handled by the Chairman of the Editorial Board cooperation with the Editorial Board and the publisher. In order to assess the level of prospective breach objectively it is possible to invite other persons and bodies for investigation and consultation.

Outcomes of the investigation of breaches of Ethical Standards (results of the investigation)
• The final decision depends on the seriousness of ethical principles violation or unethical behaviour.

• The result of the investigation could be in form of informing and advising the aggrieved person on the results, written warning (formal reprimand with an alert notice) or withdrawal of the text or the whole copy of the journal.

• By the decision made the aggrieved person could be banned from publishing in the journal Science & Military for a given period of time (if the person in breach is an author), review contributions (if the person in breach is a reviewer) or he/she could be with drawned from the position and his/her membership could be cancelled of the membership (if the person in breach is a member of the Editorial Board).

• In addition, the final results of the investigation may be reported to an employer or provided to the superior governing authorities for further investigation and the imposition of measures by the nature of the offense.