Submissions

YBL Journal

Instruction for Authors

• Submitted manuscripts must comply with the journal’s content and formatting requirements, as well as with the standards and expectations for scholarly writing established by the national and international academic community. To assist authors, we provide the following documents, which we recommend reviewing before uploading the manuscript to our online submission system.
  
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• The Ybl Journal of Built Environment publishes only original manuscripts prepared jointly by the author and/or co-authors that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration for publication.
• In the case of multi-authored manuscripts, the author who submits/uploads the manuscript is responsible for the joint work with the co-authors named in the study. The journal does not examine the percentage contribution of individual authors in multi-authored manuscripts.
• Submitted manuscripts may be theoretical or practice-oriented and may include original research conducted using online and traditional qualitative, quantitative, or other methods; re-analyses of secondary research; analyses of expert interviews; experimental reports; future-oriented trend analyses and forecasts; or book reviews.
• By submitting/uploading the manuscript, the author(s), through this affirmative act, declare(s) that the manuscript contains their own scientific results, has not been submitted and will not be submitted to another scientific journal or volume, and that no other person(s) hold(s) any copyright, property, or usage rights that would restrict or prevent publication by the Ybl Journal of Built Environment. Furthermore, the author(s) declare(s) that the illustrative material published in the article (images, figures, tables, other illustrations, etc.) is not protected by copyright.
• The author(s) have the right to review the peer reviewers’ reports.
• In cases of plagiarism or at least 33% similarity with a previously published study, the journal automatically rejects the submission.
• If, despite strict screening, a plagiarized manuscript, or one showing at least 33% similarity, or one infringing copyright or other rights of use is published and this is later discovered, the editorial board will remove the article from its website but will retain the author’s name and the title of the article and indicate in text form the fact of removal. Such authors may no longer publish in the journal, but their earlier publications (provided they are not plagiarized and are not subject to the 33% rule) may remain available.
• Any unlawful conduct related to the published manuscript is the sole responsibility of the author of the article. In such cases, the Ybl Journal of Built Environment excludes all liability.

Peer-Review Process

1. The author of the manuscript (in the case of multiple authors, the author who maintains contact with the editorial office) registers on the journal’s online platform and uploads the manuscript intended for publication in accordance with the journal’s formal requirements.
2. The secretary of the editorial board submits the manuscript for plagiarism checking. By uploading the manuscript, the author accepts that if the manuscript is plagiarized or if at least 33% of it has been previously published, the editorial board will automatically reject the submission.
3. If the manuscript does not meet the formal requirements, the secretary of the editorial board notifies the author, and until the appropriate formatting is completed, the manuscript will not be sent out for peer review.
4. The secretary of the editorial board, after consulting the opinion of the chair of the editorial board, forwards the manuscript to the section editor responsible for the topic. With the assistance of the editorial board members of the section, the section editor selects two independent reviewers. The reviewers are invited by the section editor.
5. The main criteria for selecting reviewers are that they:

• hold a scientific degree (PhD, CSc, DSc);
• are recognized experts in the given field;
• undertake to read and review the submitted manuscript within the specified deadline.

6. Before sending the manuscript out for review, the secretary of the editorial board removes the author’s name to ensure the reviewers’ independence in this respect as well.
7. Reviewers have 30 days to read the manuscript and provide their opinion in one of the following forms:

• suitable for publication without revision;
• suitable for publication with revision (providing written guidance on which parts should be revised or supplemented);
• not suitable for publication.

8. If the opinions of the two reviewers differ significantly (one reviewer considers the manuscript not suitable for publication, while the other considers it suitable without revision), then:

• the editorial board asks the two reviewers to modify their professional opinions based on consensus. If this is unsuccessful, then
• a member of the editorial board invited by the scientific secretary of the editorial board, or the section editor responsible for the topic, evaluates the manuscript as a third reviewer. In this case, only the opinions “suitable for publication with revision” or “not suitable for publication” may be issued.

No article may be published that is not considered suitable for publication by both reviewers.

9. The editorial board informs the author of the manuscript via the publication platform about:

• the opinion that the manuscript is suitable for publication without revision or suitable for publication with revision (in the latter case, the reviewers’ comments are provided in writing while preserving reviewer anonymity), and
• the expected date of publication.

10. If the reviewers find the manuscript suitable for publication with revision, in order to meet the expected publication date, the author(s) are requested to complete the required revisions within 30 days and return the revised manuscript. Repeatedly extended revision periods may affect the acceptance of future manuscripts.
11. The returned revisions are checked by the reviewers prior to publication; they have 15 days for this task.
12. Manuscripts deemed not suitable for publication are not retained by the editorial board.

Plagiarism Checking

The editorial board conducts plagiarism checks of manuscripts with the assistance of the Library of Obuda University to ensure that the published content is original and reliable.