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Author Guidelines

The editors accept original scientific texts in Czech, Slovak, or English. Submissions can be sent throughout the year to the editorial office email address proinflow@phil.muni.cz. The length of the peer-review process is two months. The journal is published twice a year in an electronic version, with the spring issue appearing on 30 April of a given year and the autumn issue on 31 October of a given year. Articles after the peer-review process are displayed on the main page of the journal until the official publication of the next issue; thereafter, they can be found on the Archive page or searched using the search box. Information on the peer review process can be found under the Publication Ethics tab.

Formalities of submissions

The manuscript must include:

  • Title in Czech (Slovak) and English
  • Structured abstract in Czech and English. It should include:
    • Purpose – introduction to the problem addressed, the aim of the paper, classification of the paper into a specific category, see below.
    • Design/methodology/approach – description of the research design, methods used, underlying theoretical framework, or paradigm.
    • Results – findings of the study, limitations of the research, practical or social implications of the research.
    • Originality/value – how the contribution is new or useful, author's recommendations
  • Keywords in Czech (Slovak) and English in the range of 3-10 terms.
  • A note about the author in Czech (Slovak) in the range of 250–1000 characters. Please include your name, place of work, and e-mail.
  • The list of literature used should be alphabetical and according to the APA standard. A manual for citing according to the APA standard (in Czech) is available, for example, from the Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, MU.

    • For a meta-analysis, all sources mentioned in the meta-analysis must be included in the list of sources used. It is good practice to mark these sources with an asterisk and add the following statement before the first entry in the reference list: "References marked with an asterisk indicate studies included in the meta-analysis." If the list of sources is too long, place the references from the meta-analysis in a separate list and submit this list as an appendix. If a reference to the meta-analysis is included in the text, it should appear in both the reference list and the appendix.

Categories of articles

  1. research study (report on research results)
  2. technical article (description and evaluation of technical products, processes, and services)
  3. conceptual article (not based on research but developing a hypothesis, including philosophical discussions, comparative studies of ideas and works of other authors)
  4. case study (in-depth study of a case, describes interventions and experiences with organizations or legal and other cases)
  5. review study (an overview or historical examination of a concept, technique, or phenomenon)
  6. literature review (heuristics of sources, commenting on or critiquing the literature; selective bibliographies advising on source selection; full, systematic, or critical bibliographies describing the development of a topic or exploring different perspectives)
  7. commentary (author's opinion, interpretation, critique, or response to criticism of a previously published article) – not peer-reviewed

Formatting of the paper

Apply Times New Roman font size 12 and 1.5 line spacing to the text. We recommend using italics only for exceptional emphasis on a word or phrase or for expressions in a foreign language.

Figures, graphs, and tables in the text should be automatically captioned as 'Figure 1 Figure caption', 'Table 1 Table caption' or 'Graph 1 Graph caption'. Figures, graphs, and tables must be submitted in sufficient quality and size for publication.

Documents should be sent in .docx format.

Referencing in the text should always be done according to APA citation rules, i.e. in the form of the year of the publication directly in the text: (Author, year of publication).

Footnotes: if relevant, include them directly in the text. If they are merely supplementary and irrelevant to the topic itself, omit them!

Research studies

Report on research results.

Technical articles

Description and evaluation of technical products, processes, and services.

Conceptual articles

Not based on research, but on developing a hypothesis, including philosophical discussions, and comparative studies of ideas and works of other authors.

Case studies

In-depth study of a case; describes interventions and experiences with organizations or legal and other cases).

Review studies

An overview or historical examination of a concept, technique, or phenomenon.

Literature review

Heuristics of sources; commenting on or critiquing the literature; selective bibliographies advising on source selection; full, systematic, or critical bibliographies describing the development of a topic or exploring different perspectives.

Commentaries

Author's opinion, interpretation, critique, or response to criticism of a previously published article – not peer-reviewed.

Copyright Notice

The authors are the copyright holders of the text. Articles are published under a CC BY 4.0 license unless otherwise agreed.

By submitting a manuscript to the publisher, the author acknowledges that their text is an original work that has not yet been published or sent to another publisher for review. Any plagiarism, submission of identical or previously published manuscripts, misrepresentation, and false statements about authorship and originality of the manuscript are considered unethical and unacceptable by the publisher. Unoriginal works and works that are plagiarized will not be published by the publisher.

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement 

We respect your privacy and we are committed to ensuring that your personal data is safeguarded. The following discloses our policies for collecting, using, and protecting the data that you provide to us when submitting an article. 

Personal Data Processing is performed pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and the Act No. 110/2019 Coll., on personal data processing. 

One of your rights under this Regulation is that you must be informed when your personal data – also known as personal information – is processed. 

Information on the processing of personal data at Masaryk University is available on the official notice board at 

https://www.muni.cz/en/about-us/official-notice-board/personal-data-protection 

 

Data Subject 

Under this Privacy Statement, persons who register or submit their works/articles at https://journals.phil.muni.cz/proinflow are considered data subjects (hereinafter “Data Subjects” or “you”). 

 

Controller  

Masaryk University, a public university with its registered office in Žerotínovo nám. 9, 601 77 Brno, Czech Republic. 

 

Data Protection Officer   

DPO of Masaryk University is Iva Zlatušková, e-mail: poverenec@muni.cz. 

 

Categories of processed personal data  

Masaryk University – ProInflow collects and uses personal data that is necessary for the processing and publication of submitted manuscripts. This data might include names, affiliation, and contact details, including e-mail contacts and postal addresses. 

Any personal data received by ProInflow will be used only for purposes connected to the processing and publishing of the manuscripts. 

Access to your personal data is restricted to the editorial team of ProInflow and the publisher’s editorial staff. Masaryk University will not disclose, distribute, or sell your personal data to third parties unless we have your prior permission or are required to do so by law. 

If the submitted material is accepted for publication, the authors’ names, institutional affiliations, and correspondence addresses, and the e-mail addresses of corresponding authors, will be published on the internet and may be available around the world. 

 

Categories of data subjects  

  • authors 
  • co-authors 

 

Purpose of personal data processing  

Processing and publishing of manuscripts/articles/works. 

 

Legal grounds for processing personal data 

The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this case is the performance of the contract, as it is necessary for the performance of the licence agreement. This information about the legal basis for processing has been added to the Privacy Policy to which reference is made in the Submission Requirements. 

Masaryk University will request your consent to process your personal data if you wish to subscribe to receive our Newsletter. 

 

Subjects having access to the data  

The editorial team of ProInflow and the publisher’s editorial staff. 

 

Basic Principles of Personal data Processing 

  • All data will be collected and stored for the purpose of the manuscripts publishing. 
  • In order to secure the data, we’ll cooperate with the Cybersecurity Team of Masaryk University.  
  • Masaryk University processes personal data only to the extent necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose of processing. Personal data are protected and secured to the maximum extent possible according to the standards of the controller and in accordance with applicable law. 

 

Period of personal data processing 

  • Personal data will be stored for no longer than it is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed. 

 

Rights of the data subject 

The data subject has the right under the Art. 15 et seq. of the General Data Protection Regulation   

  • withdraw consent to the processing of personal data,   
  • to request access to their personal data, 
  • request their rectification or erasure,   
  • to request restriction of processing, and   
  • object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her 
  • file a complaint in connection with the processing of my personal data with the Office for Personal Data Protection Pplk. Sochora 27, 170 00 Prague 7, mailbox ID: qkbaa2n, telephone number: +420 234 665 111, website: www.uoou.cz, electronic address: posta@uoou.cz 

 

Information for data subjects how to exercise their rights is available on the official notice board at  

https://www.muni.cz/en/about-us/official-notice-board/excercise-data-subject-rights.