Journal Policies and Instructions for the Authors ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Lidé města / Urban People is an international peer-reviewed journal in social and cultural established in 1999, and published in a print version and online in an open-access format. goal is to foster high-standard and ethically responsible academic research in social and anthropology and related disciplines by maximizing the free exchange of scholarly knowledg by Charles University’s Faculty of Humanities [ URL "https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-1.html"] , by independent Editorial Boards whose members are internationally recognized scholars. The issues per year, two in Czech and/or Slovak (in May and December) and one in English (in S The journal accepts original, as-yet-unpublished academic texts in the form of articles, r essays, academic editions, book reviews, and short reports. Czech and Slovak texts are pub Czech editions, while English contributions are issued in the English editions of the jour Lidé města / Urban People journal provides open access to all of its content immediately a The electronic archive is permanently open to the public, and it is independent of the jou The journal is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License There is no article processing charge, nor any other fee for authors. The author remains t owner of their work. The journal Lidé města / Urban People is regularly indexed in the Czech National Bibliogra "https://www.webarchiv.cz/cs/"] , in the Historical Bibliography of the Czech Lands [ URL biblio.hiu.cas.cz/"] , and in the databases of the Central and Eastern European Online Lib [ URL "https://www.ceeol.com/"] and EBSCO Information Services [ URL "https://www.ebsco.co included in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH Plus) [ URL "https://dbh publiseringskanaler/erihplus/"] . ****************************************************************************************** * Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement ****************************************************************************************** As a leading national journal in the field, Lidé města / Urban People is committed to meet standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process. Journal editors, authors, and reviewers all follow the Committee of Publication Ethics’ (COPE) Code of Cond other guidelines [ URL "https://publicationethics.org/"] , as well as the recommendations Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK) [ URL "https://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk"] . Publication decisions The Editorial Boards and Editors-in-Chief of Lidé města / Urban People are responsible for of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The governing bodies follow policies, academic ethical standards, and legal requirements, such as those regarding libe infringement, and plagiarism. Ethical standards All manuscripts are reviewed according to their intellectual content without regard to the race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, country of origin, or religious or political opinions Any conflict of interest between author(s), reviewer(s), and members of the journal’s Edit editorial stuff is inadmissible. Confidentiality Until publication, all manuscripts are kept strictly confidential. Personal data processin accordance with national and European GDPR regulations. The Editors-in-Chief, members of t Boards, and the editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manusc other than the corresponding author and the reviewers. Reviewers do not know the name(s) a of the author(s) before publication, and the members of the Editorial Board not until acce for printing. Disclosure of authorship and financial support All the authors and their affiliation must be indicated in their submissions. In order to called “ghostwriting”, “guest authorship”, and similar unethical practices, the authors ar disclose each author’s contribution to the publication (providing their affiliation and sp nature of the contribution). Similarly, the sources of financing of the research and writi explicitly indicated. In case of potential ethical misconduct on the side of authors or re Editors-in-Chief and/or Editorial Boards have the responsibility to document the violation pertinent bodies and authorities, and to either ask for corrections or retract the publica Principles regarding original work and republication Submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published, and they cannot be curren elsewhere. Submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constit publishing practice and is deemed unacceptable. The author remains to be the copyright own work, and the Lidé města / Urban People journal does not object to the re-publishing of th types of publications (e.g., books) if the earlier publication in Lidé města / Urban Peopl indicated. Acknowledgement of sources Proper acknowledgement of referenced sources and all work by others must always be include cite the publications that have been influential in shaping their work. Citation of public not used in the submitted work is not permitted. Correction of errors By participating in the peer review process, and by following the instructions of peer rev in-Chief, and of the Editorial Board, authors are obliged to make retractions or correctio both during the editing process, and after the publication. Authors are also responsible t notify the journal Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher about possible errors that they thems in the published article, and to cooperate with the editors to retract or correct the pape Urban People also welcomes other scholars to dispute research results and contribute to er The Editorial Boards and Publisher are willing to publish corrections, clarifications, ret apologies when needed. Copyright By submitting a work to the Lidé města / Urban People journal, the author declares they ar copyright holder of the work and of the eventual appendices (pictures, photos, etc.). If t should include parts that are in the copyright ownership of a third party, the author must permission to use such material in Lidé města / Urban People. Legal note By submitting a work to the Lidé města / Urban People journal and by accepting its final v printing, the author(s) agree(s) to the terms and conditions of the Czech Republic’s Copyr 121/2000), and to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Copyright Notice, whi the manuscript if and when it is published by this journal.