Business model

The publisher of the journal is the University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland. The publisher covers the entire costs of publishing the journal, provides access to devices and IT systems enabling the publication process and supports the implementation of training for members of the editorial team. The editorial team’s work is carried out on a voluntary basis. Reviews are prepared in the peer review system; reviewers cooperating with the editorial office do not charge for their evaluations.

The editors do not accept any advertisements and do not pursue commercial goals.

The journal is published in an open access mode with the use of open source software application for managing and publishing scholarly journals Open Journal Systems (OJS).

Publication fee

Publication in the journal is free. Authors do not pay any fees for the registration, review, publication, indexing and archiving of articles.

However, authors are responsible for covering the fees and costs related to the use of the images of persons, graphic materials and other legally protected materials in the articles submitted for publication, as well as for obtaining appropriate permits so that the publisher is not burdened with any obligations in this respect.