Business & IT
Scientific reviewed journal
SUBMISSION & REVIEW
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
The journal is a reviewed journal. All contributions in the journal except information and reviews as such are subject to double - blind type review proceedings with two independent reviewers, professors or notable experts. Reviews are kept in the editorial office. Each author receives 2 reviews of his or her contribution and the paper after being corrected is published unless it is rejected by both reviewers. If one of the reviews is negative, another (the third) review is ordered. Reviews are in the shape of a standardised form acknowledged by the scientific and editorial board of the journal. List of reviewers is available in the editorial office. At the end of the review process, an average of 58 % of papers is canceled / refused, an average of 42 % being accepted for publication. Typically the manuscript will be reviewed within 20 days. The length of the review process is a maximum of three months.
(435 kB) (197 kB)THE PUBLISHER
The Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the biggest and oldest technical universities in Europe. It was founded on the initiative of Josef Christian Willenberg on the basis of a decree issued on January 18th, 1707 by Emperor Josef I.
CTU currently has eight faculties (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Architecture, Transportation Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Information Technology) and about 21,000 students.
For the 2017/18 academic year, CTU in Prague is offering its students 128 study programmes within the framework of which there are 453 fields of study. CTU educates modern specialists, scientists and managers with knowledge of foreign languages, who are dynamic, flexible and can adapt quickly to the requirements of the market.
In 2017, CTU occupied the following positions in the QS World University Rankings, which include more than 4400 world universities: Civil and Structural Engineering – 51st to 100th position; Mechanical Engineering - 151st to 200th position; Computer Science and Information Systems - 201st to 250th position; Electrical Engineering - 151st to 200th position; Mathematics - 251st to 300th position; Physics and Astronomy - 151st to 200th position; Natural Sciences - 220th position; Architecture - 101st to 150th position, and Engineering & Technology - 201st position.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
COPYRIGHT POLICY
The journal uses Creative Commons copyright license policy CC-BY. Copyrights remain with the authors. The authors give permission to the publisher to publish their work and agree that users are allowed to copy and redistribute the work, transform and build upon it.
RETRACTION POLICY
If errors are found that are so significant that the article cannot remain in the journal, the article will be removed and replaced with a note stating the reason of retraction. If plagiarism is found, a whole article will be removed from the journal and replaced with a note indicating authors´ names and description of plagiarism. Authors and their institutions will be notified.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AUTHORS
(45 kB)ETHICS IN PUBLISHING
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of work of the author and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.
Information for authors about how to publish ethically is available in the section Publishing Ethics on Elsevier. For downloadable resources on ethics, visit the Elsevier Publishing Campus. Other useful information specifically developed for editors but useful for anyone with a deep interest in the topic is the Publishing Ethics Resource Kit for editors.
(180 kB)PUBLICATION ETHICS AND PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT
With regard to the highest standards of quality, the Editorial Board follows these publication ethics and publication malpractice prevention principles and upholds the standards of ethical behaviour and best practices with reference to core practices developed by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
(424 kB)DIGITAL PRESERVATION
The journal is digitally preserved by the National Library of the Czech Republic within its Webarchiv.
CONTACT
Department of Economics and Management in Civil Engineering
Thakurova 7
166 29 Prague 6
E-mail: bit@fsv.cvut.cz
Tel.: +420 22435 4524