Publisher - PJAIT

PJAIT Publishing House

The PJAIT Publishing House was established in response to the needs of our University's academic community and is closely connected with its dynamic development.

It publishes peer-reviewed scientific materials, monographs and academic textbooks, as well as works in the fields of art and new media. Their topics are focused on the following areas:

computer science
information management
Japanese culture
Japanese language learning
New Media Art

The publishing house began its activity—and this remains its main profile—with the publication of textbooks and scientific monographs aimed at developing high-quality specialists in the area of IT.

These publications are aimed at both practitioners and theorists dealing with IT issues and implementing them into various areas of life and science.

The Publishing House also offers a wide selection of Japanese language textbooks and publications promoting knowledge about Japanese culture. Also noteworthy are the periodicals concerning NeMA (New Media Arts). These publications discuss issues related to film, typography, among others. They are prepared with the utmost editorial care in the art and research studio Publishing Research Studio of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.

Books can be purchased in the online store: sklep.pja.edu.pl and on-site at the PJAIT Library (Building B, room no. 14 – ground floor).

The PJAIT Publishing House is listed among the publishers of peer-reviewed academic monographs announced by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Publishing Best Practices

Review process

The review procedure for publications in the Publishing House of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology takes into account the recommendations of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, developed by the Ethics in Science Team and presented in the publication Good practices in review procedures in science (2011).

1. Materials submitted for publication in the PJAIT Publishing House are subject to evaluation in the review process.

2. Reviews of scientific works are carried out by persons competent in a given field or discipline (including foreign reviewers) who do not have business interests, close personal contacts, or a conflict of interest with the Authors.

3. All reviews are confidential and anonymous.

4. The review format is descriptive.

5. Publication of the work depends on a positive review.

6. Submission of scientific research by the Author to the PJAIT Publishing House is tantamount to consenting to the review process.

7. The Author should consider the corrections suggested by the Reviewer.

8. Reviewers must not use knowledge of the work prior to its publication.

9. The process of accepting a scientific paper for publication:

9.1. Formal assessment – conducted by the Editorial Office of the PJAIT Publishing House. The submitted publication must meet basic editorial requirements (regarding language correctness and format).

9.2 Initial substantive assessment – aims to select and forward the paper to a reviewer.

9.3 Informing the author of the publication about the review outcome with a clear conclusion on whether the paper has been accepted or rejected. The reviewer may also provide comments, suggestions, or corrections that the author is obliged to implement.

10. Only original publications that do not infringe the copyright of third parties are accepted.

11. Information about the Reviewer is public – it is published on the editorial page of the publication.

Publication Ethics

1. Caring for good publishing practices and the reliability of scientific materials, the PJAIT publishing house website includes a detailed description of the review process and other information serving the transparency of the publishing house's operations.

2. Every effort is made to ensure that all stages of the publishing process run smoothly and on time. As part of our publishing activity, professional editorial and technical preparation of the text is provided in close cooperation with the author.

3. We comply with the provisions of the Copyright Act (Journal of Laws No. 24 of February 23, 1994) and require authors to do the same. We accept original works whose authors guarantee in the agreement that the work does not violate the copyrights of third parties. Authors are responsible for legally citing and using illustrations, tables, charts, etc., from other sources. Such material requires citing the source, and in the case of illustrations (photos), obtaining written consent from the copyright owner (and delivering it to the publishing house). Under the publishing agreement, copyrights are transferred to the publishing house, and the work may not be published elsewhere (in whole or in part) without its consent.

4. The Publishing House follows the advice and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding the education, detection, and exposure of undesirable publication practices, such as:

– redundant (duplicated, secondary) publication
– plagiarism
– data fabrication,
– changes to the author list (adding or removing an author),
– ghost authorship,
– guest or courtesy authorship,
– conflict of interest.

5. Authors are required to disclose as co-authors everyone who has significantly contributed to the creation of the study. Other individuals involved in its creation should be indicated in a footnote or in the acknowledgments. We raise awareness about such manifestations of scientific misconduct as improper authorship designation:

– ghostwriting, meaning failing to disclose as a co-author or acknowledge in the acknowledgments a person who made a significant contribution to the creation of the publication,
– guest authorship, meaning the opposite situation – when a person disclosed as an author had a negligible or no contribution to the creation of the publication.

The necessity of transparency and comprehensive determination of authorship is also linked to the requirement to indicate the sources of funding for the publication, the contribution of research and development institutions, associations, or other entities.

6. We consider the characteristics of an ethical review to be:

– the reviewer's competence and impartiality,
– objectivity and focus on substance,
– justification for both criticism and positive evaluation,
– punctuality,
– confidentiality and non-use of the work's content before publication,
– reporting suspected copyright infringements or plagiarism.

Online Store

PJAIT store is the place where you can stock up on gadgets with the University's logo and graphics to make you stand out from the crowd! Waiting for you there are pens, lanyards, bags, as well as socks, T-shirts and sweatshirts in various colors. In our store you can also stock up on Japanese must-have – chopsticks, as well as eco-friendly shopping bags!

However, the PJAIT store is not only gadgets. We also offer you a calligraphy notebook, textbooks for computer science and Japanese language, as well as various other publications from the PJAIT Publishing House, which will help you during your studies at our University.

PJAIT store