The manuscript of articles is submitted by the author in original and electronically (Word), without factual and linguistic faults. The manuscript shall be complete, i.e. with reference list (see below), figures, figure legends, main articles and overviews shall include English abstract and summary. Publication in another language than Czech shall be approved by editorial board.
The length of the complete manuscript must not exceed 15–20 standard pages (1 standard page = 1 800 characters including spaces) for main articles and overviews including appendices, only exceptionally and subject to approval of the editorial board it can be longer. Articles published in other sections shall not exceed 3 pages, exceptionally 5 pages in justifiable cases.
Summary and abstract (including key words) in English shall be added by the author to main articles and overviews. Abstract shall not exceed 10 lines (about 600 characters); summary shall be 1.5 to 3 pages long including translation of figure legends. The text of the abstract shall be submitted by the author at the same time as the manuscript, both in English and Czech. The editors retain the right to proceed to linguistic revision of submitted articles.
Reference list shall be appended to both original and reference articles. The cited sources, listed alphabetically according to family names of authors, shall be complete and precise. Bibliographic citations shall correspond to following examples:
Citation from a journal:
RASMUSSEN, T. F. (1994): Zkušenosti a pojetí územního a regionálního plánování v Norsku. Geografie–Sborník ČGS, 99, č. 1, s. 1–13.
Citatation from a book:
GREGORY, K., J. (2000): The changing nature of physical geography. Arnold, London, 368 s.
Citation of a chapter from a book:
MARCOU, G. (1993): New tendencies of local government development in Europe. In: Bennet, R. J. (ed.): Local government in the new Europe. Belhaven Press, London, New York, s. 51–66.
Reference to another paper in the text shall give the name of the author and in parentheses the date of publication. Example: Delimitation of migration region was investigated by Korčák (1961), later by other authors (Hampl et al. 1978).
Figures in digital form shall be submitted (together with the printed original text) also electronically (in one of the following formats .tif, .wmf, .eps, .ai, .cdr, .jpg). Figures exceeding A4 page size are not accepted by the editors.
Photographs in digital form shall have sufficient resolution (not less than 300 dpi). Photographs submitted in analogue form of a size of 13×18 cm in minimum to 18×24 cm in maximum shall be technically perfect and reproducible in black and white.
Figure legend shall include their origin (author’s name, source, or where they have been taken from, etc.)
Data on the author (on co-authors if applicable) shall be appended to the manuscript by the author: workplace address, including postal code, E-mail address.
All contributions are reviewed. Reviewers are anonymous and the editors do not give their reviews to the authors. The authors will be only informed about the result of the review procedure: whether their article was retained without modifications, refused, which are the comments (in such cases requirements to specific modifications are included).
No royalties are paid to authors and reviewers.
Acknowledgments of the author for financial backing by a grant agency will be published only after paying publishing fee of CZK 5 000,- in minimum to the bank account of the editors.
Complimentary copy is sent to authors of main articles and overviews after publication of the respective issue.
Offprints are done only for main articles and overviews in electronic form (*.pdf file). The editorial board retains the right to provide the published articles in electronic form (*.pdf file) on request to members of the Czech Geographic Society for study use.
Articles are to be sent to the address Redakce Geografie–Sborník ČGS, katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje Přírodovědecké fakulty UK, Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2, e-mail: jancak@natur.cuni.cz.
Articles not meeting the above requirements are not accepted by the editors.