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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • Submitted manuscript is author´s original work, which he can support with evidence upon request.

  • The author only submits manuscripts not published previously elsewhere.

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    The author is the sole owner of copyright for the submitted manuscript; in case there are co-authors all authors must be listed and agree with the publication of the manuscript.

  • The author clearly, accurately and unequivocally lists all sources used when writing the manuscript.

  • The author informs the editor about any conflicts of interest related to the submitted manuscript

  • The author grants the publisher free of charge the right to publish the manuscript in printed or electronic form, include the article in databases, in which the JMLB is included.

Manuscript Submission Guidelines:

A manuscript that does not meet the formal requirements following from these Guidelines cannot be accepted for the review proceeding.

1. The number of pages of an article (paper) should not, in general, exceed 15 standard pages. The head of editorial board of JMLB may exceptionally accept also larger articles, if considered highly relevant. The number of pages of a book review and commentaries should not, in general, exceed 5 standard pages. In addition, JMLB also accepts ‘discussion’ papers, and short reports of maximum 5 standard pages. 

2. The manuscript shall meet the following formal requirements: the article, including czech and english abstract (c. 5-6 sentences) and keywords (2-5), shall be written in Czech language using one of the generally available text editors (e.g. MS Word, preferred file suffix is rtf), font size shall be 11, type of font Calibri, line spacing 1.15 and borders at each side 2.5 cm. The manuscript must be paginated and divided into paragraphs and chapters, possibly with secondary titles. Notes in the manuscript are to be numbered in one series for the entire document and always included at the bottom of the corresponding page (footnotes). All citations is to comply with the ČSN ISO 690 and ČSN ISO 690-2 standard. 

3. For more details on bibliographic references and other requirements see citation samples, available for downloading from the magazine's website: http://medlawjournal.ilaw.cas.cz

4. Authors bear full responsibility for the language, contents and formal level of the manuscript. The editorial board of JMLB will only make basic necessary language modifications of the texts received.

5. A manuscript that does not meet the formal requirements from these Instructions may not be accepted for the review proceeding.

Citation Samples