Life Sciences and Agriculture

Journal of Water and Land Development

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Journal of Water and Land Development | 2009 | No 13B

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Abstract

Views on the objectives and role of water management have remarkably changed in the last years. The need of a complex water management that would consider all water users including agriculture and natural environment is often underlined. It is pointed out that agriculture and natural environment (including commercial forests) are basic consumers of precipitation water which is not considered in water and economic balances. More and more importance is attributed to the utilisation of waters from catchment basin and to application of non-technical measures of controlling water cycles. A large impact of agro-ecosystems and natural or semi-natural (forests, wetlands) ecosystems on water balance is underlined. This different approach to the problems of water management is expressed e.g. in Water Framework Directive of European Union devoted to surface and ground water protection. The directive attributes a great role to the protection of aquatic and water related ecosystems. More and more often it is realised that the total water resources are equal to the volume of atmospheric precipitation. Water management should involve not only the water in geological aquifers or river channels but also that which is retained in soil profile. Such elements of water balance as spatial distribution, interception, infiltration and recharge of ground water reservoirs, soil retention capacity, surface runoff and evapotranspiration depend largely on land use in a catchment. Through appropriate land use and catchment management, application of rational agro-technical methods, development of small retention, wetland restoration, and hampering water outflow from draining systems one may significantly affect water cycling in a catchment.

Small water resources of Poland, increasing water consumption, climate changes and requirements of environmental protection enforce the implementation of complex methods of water management and search for environmental-friendly methods of limiting economic losses caused by water deficit or excess. Saving water used for economic purposes and agriculture would permit better fulfilment of the needs of natural environment.

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Waldemar Mioduszewski
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Uncertainties as to how the climate will change and how it will influence the necessities and trends of irrigation development lead to a number of serious questions to be answered in the near future. How irrigation and water systems will have to adapt to climate changes is a challenge that planners, designers and O&M services will have to cope with.

It is widely accepted that air temperature in Poland will increase of 2–4°C, however a total yearly precipitation will not vary yet its pattern during the year may change towards higher in winter and lower in summer. Evapotranspiration and crop water demand may rise due to both an increase in temperature and duration of crop growth cycles.

Three main factors are expected to exert an accelerating influence on the development of irrigation: increased frequency and intensity of droughts and long-lasting precipitation-free periods with the high insolation and high air temperatures resulting from climate change; the intensification of agricultural production (e.g. in horticulture, orchards, seed crops), being forced by both domestic and European free-market competition; the necessity of reaching high level of quality for the majority of agricultural products.

To mitigate negative effects of climate change and extreme events, appropriate adaptation methods and adaptation strategies should be developed and implemented in existing irrigation and water control systems. A number of technological and organisational steps should be taken to improve operation, management, administration and decision making processes.

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Leszek Łabędzki
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In the projects of protection of soil-water environment there is a need to combine and process large amount of information from various disciplines to estimate parameters of phenomena and to determine the range and time table of necessary undertakings.

Due to complex assessment of processes taking place in aquifers, mathematical modeling is the best tool supporting evaluation off pollution in the ground water environment. It is also an effective method of forecasting the risk associated with the harmful impact of objects polluting grounds and grounds waters.

Significant application of mathematical modeling is the use for the enlargement of information gathered in the process of recognition and assessment of condition that prevail in soil-water environment. Results of modeling, if appropriately presented, could be an important element of decision support system in environmental management.

This paper describes procedures for developing an environmental remediation decision support system by linking CADD and GIS software with the hydro geological flow and transport models.

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Marek Ślesicki
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The runoff coefficient is one of the fundamental hydrological characteristics of a catchment. It indicates a share of the precipitation water that runs off from the catchment.

The results of the runoff coefficient calculation based on measurements carried out continuously in the Cerhovický Stream catchment over a considerable period of time, i.e. from 1988 up to 2006 are presented. The precipitation and runoff data in the catchment were used. Mean value of the runoff coefficient and the runoff coefficients for the agricultural and forest parts of the catchment are presented. The total mean runoff coefficient for the Cerhovický Stream is 0.19 with the standard deviation of 0.06. Mean runoff coefficient for the forest part is 0.13 and for the agricultural part – 0.24.

Differences between the years with a higher and a lower precipitation were followed as well. We also statistically evaluated possible hydrological changes caused by the construction of the highway and the market centre. For another possible explanation of quite high standard deviation of the mean annual runoff coefficient we followed the monthly runoff coefficient dependence on water temperature and of ground water table depth.

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Martina Vlčková
Marek Nechvátal
Mojmír Soukup
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In order to help develop a better understanding of relevant catchment processes, this paper presents the changes in physico-chemical features of the Wieprz River water during the spring snowmelt flood of 2006. The obtained results showed that the groundwater sampled from the springs and the water sampled from the river had a similar and quite stable composition of the basic physicochemical features in the period of solely groundwater feeding (the river is fed only with the water coming from underground sources). The physico-chemical composition of river water during snowmelt depended on the contribution of surface runoff in total outflow and the flood phase. The correlation coefficients between the discharge in the Wieprz River and the concentrations in the studied indices were significantly negative: pH, SEC, HCO3, Ca, Mg, Na, Sr, SiO2, Cl, SO4, F. Significantly positive correlations associated with an increase in discharge were observed in the case of: K, NO3, NO2, total organic carbon, chemical oxygen demand and biochemical oxygen demand. Step and bidirectional responses were noted during the snowmelt flood in the case of the content of NH4 and PO4.

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Stanisław Chmiel
ORCID: ORCID
Ewa Maciejewska
Zdzisław Michalczyk
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Almost half (47%) of Latvian forest areas (3611 thousand ha) are considered degraded or partly improved by the hydro-technical drainage. The degradation is caused by very poor soil aeration due to waterlogged conditions. The location of waterlogged forests in Latvia is neither uniform nor occasional. Comparison of the abundance of waterlogged forests and the amount of atmospheric precipitation showed that the waterlogged forests are mainly located in areas with least precipitation. This hydrological phenomenon is connected with water discharge in drainage ditches: even during the dry summers of the years 1963, 1964, 1975, 1976 and 2002 in the drained forests with deep peat soils water flowed continuously in 1 m deep ditches and the discharge exceeded the amount of precipitation. Using the data from 182 sample plots in drained forests with the peat layer depth of 4.2 m, it was found, that coniferous forests are most productive in areas where the peat layer is most dense. One of the possible explanations for this phenomenon is that the most intensive paludification and formation of most dense peat layer are characteristic for the areas with intensive water discharge from confined aquifers. This discharge provides necessary mineral nutrients for the forest soil regardless of the peat layer thickness. The forest productivity may increase several times due to the enhancement of water movement in soil and to improved soil aeration by hydro-technical drainage. Also the flow regime of rivers connected with the drained areas changes considerably, mitigating extremely high and low flow events.

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Peteris Zalitis
Aigars Indriksons
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Premises for the construction of balance equations of water reserves in the saturation zone of forest soil are presented in this paper. Changes of soil water reserves are dealt with as an effect of the atmosphere-tree stand-soil balance at the assumption of constant ground water flow and negligibly small losses for infiltration down the soil profile below saturation zone. These assumptions are met in permeable lowland forest soils, particularly in areas where the aquifer is situated on relatively shallow impermeable substratum. Then, for snow-free periods, it is possible to: 1) combine the increment of soil water reserves with precipitation above tree crowns and with plant and litter interception and 2) combine the losses of soil water reserves with plant transpiration and evaporation from the soil surface. The periods of increments and losses of soil water reserves are determined from limnigraph records of ground water table depth in piesometers. Examples are given in the paper of equations identified by long term data from 13 soil profiles localised in pine forests on Pleistocene floodplain of the Dunajec River. The data included: ground water table depth, physical properties of grounds in soil profiles, and hydro-climatic conditions. The equations combine increments and losses of water reserves in the saturation zone with rainfall and deficits of air humidity measured on a midforest meadow.

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Józef Suliński
Krzysztof Owsiak
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The Włodawka River catchment of an area of 725 km2 covers the central and eastern part of the Łęczna-Włodawa Lake District. Evaluation of the role of hydrogenic areas in runoff creation was based on materials of the Department of Hydrography and the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management data. The analysis was conducted for selected catchments in which additional hydrometric measurements and water quality tests were done. Such parameters as: the share of hydrogenic surfaces in total catchment area, types of wetlands, their hypsometric location and position with reference to drainage streams were taken into consideration for evaluation. The degree of anthropogenic transformation of the marshland was expressed in terms of density and depth of the drainage ditches that dissect it. It was found that the drained gyttja of Krowie Bagno plays a considerable role in increasing the minimum discharge. Wetlands in the Włodawka River catchment influence the conditions of the runoff and water quality, which is noticeable, primarily, in the concentration of organic carbon, and of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds.

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Marek Turczyński
Zdzisław Michalczyk
Stanisław Chmiel
ORCID: ORCID
Katarzyna Mięsiak-Wójcik
ORCID: ORCID
Sławomir Głowacki
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Some areas intended for afforestation are characterised by a lack of moisture and mineral nutrients. One of the approaches to improve water retention capacity of soils is the use of hydrogels (polymer soil conditioners). The presented experiment was performed with 4 different methods of hydrogel applications and control in a post-industrial area – a dumping ground of the Brown Coal Mine Bełchatów (Forest District Administration Bełchatów). The Aquaterra product (pure hydrogel) and hydrogel with nutrients (TerraVit) produced by Terra-Gubin company were used in all experiments. From 292 to 306 one-year old seedlings of Pinus sylvestris L. of an average height of 80–101 mm were planted in each plot. The influence of hydrogel application method on successful afforestation and growth of seedling was analyzed after the first vegetation year. Maximum number of surviv seedlings (93.3%) was observed for hydrogel applied through roots coating, minimum (72.4%) for hydrogel with fertilizers applied under plants. Results obtained for pure hydrogel surface application (89.1%) and pure hydrogel applied under plants (85.3%) can be compared with results from control plot (89.7%). Mean heights of surviving seedlings were similar (128–130 mm) for root coating, and both methods of hydrogel application under plants, in contrast with surficial hydrogel application (117 mm) and control where they were minimal (111 mm). Mean height increments in surviving seedlings were minimum in control plot (31 mm), and similar (38–40 mm) for root coating and surface application. The best results of height increments (47 mm) were obtained when hydrogel mixed with fertiliser was applied under plants. To sum up, in view of plant survival the best method of polymer soil conditioner (hydrogel) application was root coating; this method gave also satisfactory increments of plant height.

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Wiesław Ptach
Andrzej Boczoń
Michał Wróbel
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The aim of this study was to delimit lacustrine deposits underlaying present peatlands. On this basis, the location of water bodies in late Pleistocene and early Holocene was recognized. The lakes’ occurrence was presented on the background of geomorphological conditions. Lacustrine deposits occur mainly in depressions of the northern part of the Knyszyńska Forest. They are placed in upper parts of the Czapielówka River, Jałówka River, middle Sokołda River and upper Kumiałka River catchments. The thickness of gyttja varies between 0.4 and 2.5 m. These are detrital, calcareous and clay-calcareous gyttjas. Lacustrine sediments fill the bottoms of various meltout depressions. The origin of these depressions, as well as the whole glacial relief of the terrain, is often linked to deglaciation of the Warta ice sheet. However, kame deposits in the Janów village are younger than Warta glaciation. Moreover, the catchment relief of the upper Kumiałka River is similar to the relief which originates from Vistulian glaciation. Besides, there are boulder deposits directly under the lacustrine deposits. These three facts indicate a younger age of the melt-out depressions in the upper Kumiałka River catchment.

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Krzysztof Micun
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During the past several years big changes have been observed in waste water disposal, noticeable particularly in the improvement of water protection and sewage treatment. An important element of waste water disposal still requiring improvement is a low development of sewage systems in rural and urban areas. The main problem is an increasing amount of sludge, high degree of sediment hydration and considerable ability to anaerobic decomposition, a lack of areas for managing sediments near big cities and deposits of sediments on storage areas. Selected issues of waste water disposal and sludge handling in the Mazovian Province against a background of waste water disposal and sludge handling in Poland were presented in the article.

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Hanna Bauman-Kaszubska
Mikołaj Sikorski

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Correction notice

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Please note that correction requests may be subject to full review, and if queries are raised, you may be expected to supply further information before the correction is approved.

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Major errors are always accompanied by a separate correction notice. The correction notice should provide clear details of the error and the changes that have been made to the published version. Under these circumstances, Editorial team will:

  • correct the published online article;
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Minor errors may not be accompanied by a separate correction notice. instead, a footnote will be added to the article detailing to the reader that the article has been corrected.

Concerns regarding the integrity of a published article should be raised via email to the Editorial Office journal@itp.edu.pl.

Retractions

A Retraction will be issued where a major error (e.g., in the methods or analysis) invalidates the conclusions in the article, or where it appears research or publication misconduct has taken place (e.g., research without required ethical approvals, fabricated data, manipulated images, plagiarism, duplicate publication, etc.).

The decision will follow a full investigation by the journal’s editorial team. Authors and institutions may request a retraction of their articles if they believe their reasons meet the criteria for retraction.

Retractions are issued to correct the scholarly record and should not be interpreted as punishments for the authors.

The COPE guidance can be found here https://publicationethics.org/guidance/guideline/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

Retraction will be considered in cases where:

  • there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication or image manipulation) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error);
  • the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper referencing, permission, or justification (e.g., cases of redundant or duplicate publication);
  • the research constitutes plagiarism;
  • the Editor no longer has confidence in the validity or integrity of the article;
  • there is evidence or concerns of authorship for sale;
  • citation manipulation is evident within the published paper;
  • there is evidence of compromised peer review or systematic manipulation;
  • there is evidence of unethical research, or there is evidence of a breach of editorial policies.
  • the authors have deliberately submitted fraudulent or inaccurate information.

Where the decision has been taken to retract an article, Editorial team will:

  • add “Retraction” on the published version of article;
  • issue a separate retraction statement, titled ‘Retraction: [article title]’, that will be linked to the retracted article.

Article removal

An Article Removal will be issued in rare circumstances where the problems cannot be addressed through a Retraction or Correction notice. Editorial team will consider removal of a published article in very limited circumstances where:

  • the article contains content that could pose a serious risk of harm if acted upon or followed;
  • the article contains content which violates the rights to privacy of a study participant;
  • the article is defamatory or infringes other legal rights;
  • an article is subject to a court order.

In the case of an article being removed from “Journal of Water and Land Development” website, a removal notice will be issued in its place.

Expressions of concern

In some cases, an Expression of Concern may be considered where concerns of a serious nature have been raised (e.g., research or publication misconduct), but where the outcome of the investigation is inconclusive or where due to various complexities, the investigation will not be completed for a considerable time. This could be due to ongoing institutional investigations or other circumstances outside of the journal’s control.

When the investigation has been completed, a Retraction or Correction notice may follow the Expression of Concern alongside the original article. All will remain part of the permanent publication record.

Expressions of Concern notices will be considered in cases where:

  • there is inconclusive evidence of research or publication misconduct by the authors, but the nature of the concerns warrants notifying the readers;
  • there are well-founded concerns that the findings are unreliable or that misconduct may have occurred, but there is limited cooperation from the authors’ institution(s) in investigating the concerns raised;
  • there is an investigation into alleged misconduct related to the publication that has not been, or would not be, fair and impartial or conclusive;
  • an investigation is underway, but a resolution will not be available for a considerable time, and the nature of the concerns warrant notifying the readers;

The Expression of Concern will be linked back to the published article it relates to.

 

EDITORIAL PROCEDURE

Preliminary evaluation

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial evaluation by the Editors to ensure they meet the requirements and editorial policy of the “Journal of Water and Land Development” (JWLD). Submissions that are incomplete or not formatted according to the journal’s guidelines will be returned to the authors with recommendations for correction. Upon successful registration on the editorial platform, authors will receive a reference number for their manuscript. The Editor-in-Chief or a designated Section Editor reviews every submission and assigns it a priority status, resulting in one of the following decisions: (a) the manuscript is forwarded directly for peer review; (b) the manuscript is returned to the authors with suggestions for revising the presentation of data; or (c) the manuscript is rejected. If the authors revise the manuscript adequately, it will be sent to at least two independent reviewers. This preliminary evaluation phase typically takes 1 week.

Authorship statement

As part of the submission process through the editorial platform, authors must confirm the originality of their work, validate the listed authorship, agree to copyright transfer, and accept the terms of the peer review process.

Conflict of interest

Authors are required to disclose any financial or personal relationships that could be viewed as potential conflicts of interest at the time of submission. This information is treated confidentially during the review process and does not influence editorial decisions. Similarly, reviewers and editors must disclose to the Editor-in-Chief any relationships that could be perceived as conflicts of interest in relation to a manuscript under review.

Review process

Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are sent to independent experts for peer review. The Editorial Office retains the right to select appropriate reviewers. Typically, reviewers return their feedback within 3–4 weeks of submission. Authors are expected to address and respond to all reviewer comments thoroughly.

The objective of the peer review is to provide a qualified evaluation of the manuscript’s scientific quality. Reviewers offer constructive feedback to help authors improve their work and enhance its suitability for publication. While confidential remarks to the editors are considered, comments intended to improve the manuscript should also be shared with the authors.

It is important to note that review times can vary depending on factors such as the availability and responsiveness of reviewers, the complexity of the manuscript, and the extent of revisions needed.

Acceptance

The review process at JWLD follows a double-blind model, ensuring that both the authors and reviewers remain anonymous. Manuscripts are accepted for publication only after receiving favourable recommendations from independent reviewers. Reviewers are asked to complete a standardised "Reviewer’s Questionnaire" and provide a clear recommendation regarding the manuscript’s suitability for publication.

If there is a significant difference of opinion among reviewers, the Editor-in-Chief may: (a) share all reviews among the reviewers for additional insight, (b) seek further opinions from additional reviewers, or (c) carefully weigh all feedback and make a balanced final decision. To support this process, reviewers are encouraged to provide detailed justifications for their recommendations. Reviews that clearly outline both strengths and weaknesses of the manuscript are especially valuable.

If a revised manuscript is submitted or if authors believe their arguments were misunderstood during review, reviewers may be asked for further comments. However, the Editorial Office is cautious about repeated reviewer contact to avoid undue pressure and will assess the necessity and relevance of any follow-up requests.

In the case of rejection, authors have the right to appeal if they believe the reviewers have misunderstood or overlooked key aspects of the manuscript. Editors will then evaluate whether the appeal justifies reconsideration.

Common reasons for rejection

Manuscripts may be rejected outright—without being sent for peer review—if they are of insufficient quality. Common reasons for rejection include:

  • A high Similarity Index detected by plagiarism detection software.
  • Absence of key components of a scientific manuscript.
  • Poor English language quality.
  • Incomplete or low-resolution figures and tables.
  • Non-compliance with the journal’s “Instructions for Authors.”
  • A topic of limited significance or relevance to the field.
  • Poor manuscript structure or missing sections.

Complaints and appeals

A complaint may arise over the conduct of editors and/or peer reviewers. Some possible reasons for complaints are:

  • intentional delay of reviewing process,
  • undisclosed conflicts of interest,
  • breach of confidentiality,
  • misuse of confidential information,
  • practical issues, such as unresponsive journal staff.

An appeal is a formal request to reconsider a decision taken by the journal. It might be related to decisions in regular journal operation (e.g. a manuscript being rejected) or to a verdict taken by a team investigating a particular situation (e.g. a published manuscript being retracted due to suspected data manipulation).

The authors submit a formal complaint/appeal to the journal principal contact by email or post (journal@itp.edu.pl). Within a week, the journal will form an investigation group consisting of at least three Editorial Team members (not previously involved in handling the manuscript in question) and report back their names and how they can be contacted.

The actual investigation time may vary depending on the complexity of the case. The investigation team provides fair opportunities to all parties involved to explain their motives and actions. The purpose of the investigation is to establish whether misconduct took place (as reported or in the light of new circumstances discovered), whether it was performed deliberately or as a genuine mistake, and to estimate the scale of its negative consequences.

Based on the facts collected, the investigation team decides on the corrective actions to be taken as well as whether some penalty is to be applied to the person who performed the misconduct. Depending on the misconduct severity, the penalty may range from a reprimand to an expulsion from the reviewer pool/editorial board and a report being sent to the institution to which the person in question is affiliated.

 The authors are informed about the investigation outcome upon its completion.

In its work, the investigation group relies on the recommendations and guidelines provided by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): https://publicationethics.org/appeals

In complex cases, an external ethical advisor might be called for.

Guidance from COPE ( https://publicationethics.org/ ):

Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers (English)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.9


Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.7


How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2018.1.1


Text recycling guidelines for editors
URL: http://publicationethics.org/text-recycling-guidelines


A short guide to ethical editing for new editors
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.8

Guidelines for managing the relationships between society owned journals, their society, and publishers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2018.1.2


Retraction guidelines
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.4


Peer-review Procedure

Reviewing procedure

Procedure of reviewing submitted papers agrees with recommendations of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education published in a booklet: „Dobre praktyki w procedurach recenzyjnych w nauce”.

Reviewing form may be downloaded from the Journal’s web page.

1. Papers submitted to the Editorial Office are primarily verified by editors with respect to merit and formal issues. Texts with obvious errors (formatting other than requested, missing references, evidently low scientific quality) will be rejected at this stage.

2. Primarily accepted papers are sent to the two independent referees from outside the author’s institution, who:

- have no conflict of interests with the author,
- are not in professional relationships with the author,
- are competent in a given discipline and have at least doctor’s degree and respective scientific achievements,
- have unblemished reputation as reviewers.

3. In case of papers written in foreign language, at least one referee is affiliated in a foreign institution other than the author’s nationality.

4. Reviewing proceeds in the double blind process (authors and reviewers do not know each other’s names) recommended by the Ministry.

5. A number is attributed to the paper to identify it in further stages of editorial procedure.

6. Potential referee obtains summary of the text and it is his/her decision upon accepting/rejecting the paper for review within a given time period.

7. Referees are obliged to keep opinions about the paper confidential and to not use knowledge about it before publication.

8. Review must have a written form and end up with an explicit conclusion about accepting or rejecting the paper from publication. Referee has a possibility to conclude his/her opinion in a form:

- accept without revision;
- accept with minor revision;
- accept after major revision,
- re-submission and further reviewing after complete re-arrangement of the paper,
- reject.

9. Referee sends the review to the “Journal of Water and Land Development” by Editorial System. The review is archived there for 5 years.

10. Editors do not accept reviews, which do not conform to merit and formal rules of scientific reviewing like short positive or negative remarks not supported by a close scrutiny or definitely critical reviews with positive final conclusion and vice versa. Referee’s remarks are presented to the author. Rational and motivated conclusions are obligatory for the author. He/she has to consider all remarks and revise the text accordingly. Referee has the right to verify so revised text.

11. Author of the text has the right to comment referee’s conclusions in case he/she does not agree with them.

12. Editor-in Chief (supported by members of the Editorial Board) decides upon publication based on remarks and conclusions presented by referees, author’s comments and the final version of the manuscript.

13. Rules of acceptation or rejection of the paper and the review form are available at the web page of the Editorial House or the journal.

14. Present list of cooperating reviewers is published once a year.

15. According to usual habit, reviewing is free of charge.

16. Papers rejected by referees are archived by Editorial System.

Download:
Review Sheet


Reviewers

Journal of Water and Land Development List of reviewers 2025


  • Dr. Yahiaoui Abdelhalim Institute of Technology, University of Bouira, Algeria
  • Dr. Hudhaifa maan Al-Hamndi Tikrit University, Department of Soil Science and Water Resources, Iraq
  • Prof. Majd Alaali Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
  • Assoc. Prof. Salman Dawood Ammar College of Engineering University of Basrah, Civil Engineering Department, Basrah, Iraq
  • Dr. James Anderson Clemson University, Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, James C. Kennedy Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation Center
  • Master Hengky Anggoro PT Mitra Setia Tanah Bumbu, Indonesia
  • Prof. Jacek Antonkiewicz University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Jactone Arogo Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Biological Systems, Blacksburg, United States of America
  • Dr. Ozan Artun Cukurova University in Adana, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Turkey
  • Assoc. Prof. Habib-ur-Rehman Athar Bahauddin Zakariya University, Institute of Botany, Multan, Pakistan
  • Prof. Abouabdillah Aziz Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture de Meknès, Morocco
  • Prof. Azmeri Azmeri Universitas Syiah Kuala, Engineering Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
  • Prof. Amr M.M. Badawy South Valley University, Faculty of Science, Zoology Department, Qena, Egypt
  • Dr. Undrakh-od Baatar Central Asian Soil Science Society, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Dr. Wojciech Bąba Institute of Technology and Life Sciences – National Research Institute, Falenty, Poland
  • Prof. Aleksandra Badora University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, Poland
  • Dr. Badriah Asiri University of Jeddah, College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Saudi Arabia
  • Prof. Henryk Banaszuk Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Białystok, Poland (retired)
  • Master Petra Barroso Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Czech Republic
  • Prof. Sandor Bartha Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary
  • Dr. Anna Baryła Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Prof. Erum Bashir University of Karachi, Department of Geology, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Dr. Olgirda Belova Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Forestry, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
  • Dr. Nadhira Benhadji Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute, Falenty, Poland
  • Dr. Lynn Besenyei Self-employed researcher, previously University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Małgorzata Biniak-Pieróg Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Environmental Development and Protection, Poland
  • Dr. Charles Hin Joo Bong Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, State Public Work Department, Malaysia
  • Prof. Małgorzata Bonisławska West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Aquatic Bioengineering and Aquaculture, Poland
  • Dr. Łukasz Borek University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Land Reclamation and Environmental Development, Poland
  • Dr. Abderrezzak Boudjema Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen University, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences and Earth and Universe Sciences, Algeria
  • Dr. Housseyn Bouzeria Abou Bakr Belkaid University of Tlemcen, Département d'Hydraulique, Algeria
  • Assoc. Prof. Adam Brysiewicz Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute, Falenty, Poland
  • Prof. Dorota Burska University of Gdańsk, Department of Chemical Oceanography and Marine Geology, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Irena Burzyńska Forest Research Institute, Laboratory of Natural Environment Chemistry, Sękocin Stary, Poland
  • Prof. Tzu-Chia Chen Krirk University, International College, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Dr. Erik Chovancek University of Turku, Department of Life Technologies, Finland
  • Dr. Iwona Chwastowska-Siwiecka University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, Poland
  • Prof. Roman Cieśliński University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Poland
  • Assist. Prof. André da Silva State University of Londrina, Department of Civil Engineering, Paraná, Brazil
  • Dr. Jarosław Dąbrowski Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute, Falenty, Poland
  • Dr. Ewa Dacewicz University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, Department of Sanitary Engineering and Water Management, Poland
  • Dr. Ralf Dannowski Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Land Use Research, Institute of Landscape Hydrology (retired), Müncheberg, Germany
  • Dr. Sofia Das National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City, India
  • Prof. Tina Dasic University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Serbia
  • Dr. Ander M de Lecea University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Afric
  • Master Alla Demianiuk National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine
  • Dr. Nickolai Denisov Zoï Environment Network, Switzerland
  • Dr. Oussama Derdous Kasdi Merbah University, Department of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Ouargla, Algeria
  • Dr. Jini Devi Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Department of Biotechnology, Abishekapatti, India
  • Prof. Evens Emmanuel Université Quisqueya, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • Prof. Said Ezrari Mohammed First University of Oujda, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Lab Bioresources, Biotechnology, Ethnopharmacology & Health, Oujda, Algeria
  • Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Faligowska Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agronomy, Poland
  • Dr. Stanisław Famielec University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Hiouani Fatima Mohamed Khider University, Biskra, Algeria
  • Assoc. Prof. Marcin Feltynowski University of Lodz, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning, Poland
  • Prof. Krzysztof Fortuniak University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Poland
  • Prof. Renata Gaj Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poland
  • Dr. Bernard Gałka Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Institute of Soil Science, Plant Nutrition and Environmental Protection
  • Dr. Abbas Gholami Shoaml University, Department of Environmental sciences, Amol city, Iran
  • Assoc. Prof. Eskinder Gidey Mekelle University, Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Ethiopia
  • Dr. Maciej Gliniak University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Power Engineering and Automation, Poland
  • Dr. Januarius Gobilik Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • Dr. Janusz Golski Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Inland Fisheries and Aqaculture, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Renata Graf Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Poland
  • Prof. Andrzej Greinert University of Zielona Gora, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Depatment of Environmental Design, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Mateusz Grygoruk Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Wateer Center, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Stanisław Grześ Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poland
  • Dr. Justyna Hachoł Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Institute of Environmental Protection and Development, Poland
  • Prof. Rania Hadi Mohamed Princess Nourah Bint Abdurahman University, Faculty of Science Biology Department, General Directorate of Emergency, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Dr. Amanda Hale Western EcoSystems Technology (WEST Inc.), Cheyenne, United States
  • Dr. Karolina Hap University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Dr. Islam Hassan National Research Centre, Water Relations and Field Irrigation Departmen, Agricultural and Biology Research Institute,Giza, Egypt
  • Prof. Salim Heddam 20 Août 1955 University, Agronomy Department, Hydraulic Division, Skikda, Algeria
  • Dr. Yevheniy Herasimov National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Research Department, Rivne, Ukraine
  • Dr. Marcin Herkowiak Institute of Technology and Life Sciences – National Research Institute, Poland
  • Dr. Entin Hidayah University of Jember, Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Indonesia
  • Dr. Muhammad Hilman Fu'adil Amin Universitas Airlangga, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Biology, Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Dr. Tomasz Horaczek Institute of Technology and Life Sciences – National Research Institute, Falenty, Poland
  • Prof. Lyudmyla Hranovska Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture of NAAS, Department of Irrigated Agriculture and Decarbonization Agroecosystems, Ukraine
  • Prof. Katarzyna Ignatowicz Białystok University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Poland
  • Prof. Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Romania
  • Dr. Khairul Iqbal Syiah Kuala University, Faculty of Engineering, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
  • Prof. Valentina Iurchenko Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ukraine
  • Dr. Jan Jadczyszyn Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute, Pulawy, Poland
  • Dr. Mateusz Jakubiak AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Management and Protection, Kraków, Poland
  • Dr. Ewelina Janicka Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Joanna Jaskuła Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Bartosz Jawecki Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Landscape Architecture, Poland
  • Dr. Marcin Jewiarz University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Raimundo Jiménez-Ballesta Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Spain
  • Dr. Anil Joseph GeoStructurals Pvt Ltd, Pullepaddy, Cochin, India
  • Prof. Krzysztof Jóżwiakowski University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Department of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Dr. Marta Jurga-Zotow Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Protection, Poland
  • Dr. Tomasz Kaczmarek Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Microbiology, Poland
  • Prof. Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Land Protection, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Grzegorz Kaczor University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Sanitary Engineering and Water Management, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Marek Kalenik Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Hydraulics, Water and Sanitary Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Tatiana Kaletova Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Department of Water Resources and Environmental, Slovak Republic
  • Assoc. Prof. Magdalena Kalisiak-Mędelska Calissia University, Poland
  • Prof. Vasyl Karabyn Lviv State University of Life Safety, Department of Civil Protection and Computer Modeling Ecology-Geophysical Processes, Ukraine
  • Dr. Nikolaos Karkalos National Technical University of Athens, Department of Manufacturing Technology, Greece
  • Prof. Jan Kazak Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Spatial Economy, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Cezary Każmierowski Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Department of Remote Sensing of Environment and Soil Science, Poznań, Poland
  • Prof. Nahed Khairy Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt
  • Master Ruly Khasanah State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel, Faculty of Science and Technology, Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Dr. Mohamed El Amine Khelfi University of Blida 1, WSE, RLPPWR, Algeria
  • Dr. Adam Kiczko Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Water Engineering and Environment Restoration, Poland
  • Dr. Adam Kiczko Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Prof. Özgür Kişi Technical University of Lübeck, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Germany
  • Prof. Zbigniew Kledyński Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Dr. Kamila Klimek University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Department of Mathematical Statistics, Poland
  • Dr. Anna Kochanek State University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sącz, Institute of Engineering, Nowy Sącz, Poland
  • Dr. Apoloniusz Kodura Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Prof. Marek Kopacz AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Prof. Jolanta Korzeniowska Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Kosiada Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agicuture, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poland
  • Master Milica KOSIĆ NanoPoli Centre Ltd., Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Kotowski University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Prof. Victor Kovalchuk National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine
  • Prof. Pyotr Kovalenko Institute of Water Problems and Melioration of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Dr. Anna Krakowiak-Bal University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Kamil Krasuski Polish Air Force University, Institute of Navigation, Dęblin, Poland
  • Dr. Denik Krisnayanti Nusa Cendana University, Civil Engineering Department, Kupang, Indonesia
  • Prof. Mariusz Kulik University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, Poland
  • Dr. Ramesh Kumar Central University of Rajasthan, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Environmental Science, India
  • Dr. Jerzy Kupiec Poznan University of Life Science, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Poland
  • Prof. Krzysztof Kupren University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Geoengineering, Poland
  • Dr. Karolina Kurek University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Dr. Alban Kuriqi Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
  • Dr. Stanisław Lach AGH University of Krakow, Faculty of Geo-Data Science, Geodesy, and Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Management and Protection, Poland
  • Dr. Lenka Lackóová Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Department of Landscape Planning and Ground Design, Slovak Republic
  • Prof. László Lakatos Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Ecology, Eger, Hungary
  • Master Nikolina Landeka University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Dr. Okanlade Lawal-Adebowale Federal University of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Abeokuta, Nigeria
  • Prof. Taras Levsiukov National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Department of Geodesy and Cartograph, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Dr. Sławomir Ligęza University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Institute of Soil Science and Environment Shaping, Poland
  • Dr. Aleksandra Loba Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Ramin Lotfi Dryland Agricultural Research Institute, Iran
  • Prof. Biljana Lubarda University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Biology Department, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Prof. Jurik Lubos Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (WREE), Slovak Republic
  • Dr. Jamal Mabrouki Mohammed V University in Rabat, Faculty of Science, Morocco
  • Prof. Agnieszka Machowska Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Hydroengineering and Hydraulics, Poland
  • Prof. Kamil Maciuk AGH University of Krakow, Faculty of Geo-Data, Geodesy and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (AEnRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt
  • Dr. Agnieszka Mąkosza West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Mateusz Malinowski University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, Poland
  • Prof. Myroslav Malovanyy Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management Department, Ukraine
  • Dr. Chiara Martino University of Palermo, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Italy
  • Dr. Magdalena Matusiak Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Poznań, Poland
  • Dr. Manuela Mauro University of Palermo, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Italy
  • Dr. Marcin Małuszyński Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Dijana Mihajlović University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Dr. Florentina Mincu National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, Bucharest, Romania
  • Master Norzila Mohd Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Bangi, Malaysia
  • Dr. Katarzyna Moraczewska-Majkut Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Mardhati Muhammad Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Serdang, Malaysia
  • Master Asep Mulyono Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Assoc. Prof. Ainur Mussina Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • Dr. Pavel Navitski Oral Roberts University, School of Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Tulsa, United States
  • Prof. Arkadiusz Nędzarek West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Aquatic Bioengineering and Aquaculture, Polan
  • Dr. Gauri Nerkar ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Crop Improvement Division, Coimbatore, India
  • Master Nguyen Minh Ngoc Hanoi Architectural Unversity, Faculty of Urban Environmental and Infrastructural Engineering, Viet Nam
  • Dr. Eko Noerhayati Universitas Islam Malang, Fakultas Teknik, Indonesia
  • Prof. Vahid Nourani Tabriz University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iran
  • Dr. Elida Novita University of Jember, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Indonesia
  • Assoc. Prof. Nurhadi Nurhadi Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia
  • Assoc. Prof. Paweł Oglęcki Warsaw University of Life Science, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Prof. Beata Olszewska Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Dr. Rafał Olszyński University of Łódź, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Poland
  • Dr. Wojciech Orzepowski Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Grzegorz Orłowski Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute, Falenty, Poland
  • Dr. Lavdim Osmanaj University of Pristina, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kosovo
  • Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Otremba Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poland
  • Prof. Pelin Ozturk Gocmen Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Turkey
  • Prof. Taras Pasternak Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Instituto de Bioingenieria, Spain
  • Dr. Bogumiła Pawluśkiewicz Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Department of Environmental Improvement, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Pentoś Wroclaw University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Nature and Technology, Poland
  • Dr. Ariva Permana Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Thailand
  • Prof. Vasyl Petruk Vinnytsia National Technical University, Department Chemistry and Environmental Safety, Ukraine
  • Dr. Agnieszka Petryk Cracow University of Economics, College of Public Economy and Administration, Poland
  • Prof. Karol Plesiński University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Marek Podlasiński West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, Poland
  • Prof. Cezary Podsiadło West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Agriculture, Poland
  • Dr. Krzysztof Podwysocki State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Assoc. Prof. Ryszard Pokładek Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Dorota Porowska Warsaw University, Faculty of Geology, Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Arkadiusz Przybysz Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Poland
  • Dr. Wiesław Ptach Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Erik Querner Querner Consult, Wageningen, Netherlands
  • Assoc. Prof. Dorota Richter Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Botany and Plant, Poland
  • Prof. Jaromír Říha Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic
  • Assoc. Prof. Maimun Rizalihadi Universitas Syiah Kuala, Department of Civil Engineering, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
  • Assoc. Prof. Roman Rolbiecki Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Kıvılcım ROMYA BILGIN Başkent University, Faculty of Comunication, Ankara, Turkey
  • Dr. Katarzyna Rozbicka Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Banpu Ruan Hangzhou Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou, China
  • Dr. Oleksandr Rudik Odessa State Agrarian University, Department of Field and Vegetable Crops, Ukraine
  • Prof. Mansuor Salem Wadi Alshati University, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Barak, Libya
  • Dr. Salmawati Salmawati Earth Resources Engineering from Kyushu University and Master's degree, Mining and Mineral Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
  • Assoc. Prof. Burak Saltuk Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Biosystem Engineering Department, Antalya, Turkey
  • Dr. Ahmed Saqr Mansoura University, Faculty of Engineering, Irrigation and Hydraulics Department, Egypt
  • Dr. Dario Savoca University of Palermo, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Italy
  • Dr. Biju Sayed Dhofar University, Department of Computer Science, Salalah, Oman
  • Dr. Delei Shang Tsinghua University, Department of Civil Engineering, Beijing, China
  • Prof. Weishou Shen Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, China
  • Dr. Tamara Shevchenko O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Department of Water and Wastewater Engineering, Ukraine
  • Dr. Mehrdad Shokatian-Beiragh University of Tabriz, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iran
  • Dr. Aida Shomali University of Tehran, College of Aburaihan, Department of Horticulture, Iran
  • Dr. Leszek Sieczko Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Edyta Sierka University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Poland
  • Prof. Hanna Siwek West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Janusz Siwek Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Department of Hydrology, Poland
  • Prof. Barbara Skowera University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Ecology, Climatology and Air Protection, Poland
  • Dr. Paulina Śliz Cracow University of Economics, College of Public Economy and Administration, Poland
  • Prof. Sergiy Snizhko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Ukraine
  • Assoc. Prof. Dini Sofarini University of Lambung Mangkurat, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Banjarmasin, Malaysia
  • Prof. Alfred Stach Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poland
  • Prof. Piotr Stachowski Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Department of Land Improvement, Environmental Development and Spatial Management, Poland
  • Dr. Julia Stachurska The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Developmental Biology, Kraków, Poland
  • Dr. Donatella Sterpi Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Italy
  • Dr. Radosław Stodolak Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Marcin Stróżecki Poznan University of Life Sciences, Meteorology
  • Dr. Ery Suhartanto Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Brawijaya, Indonesia
  • Prof. Agus Suharyanto Universitas Brawijaya, Fakultas Teknik, Indonesia
  • Prof. Marek Suproniuk Military University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
  • Dr. Marcin Sykuła Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruniu, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Poland
  • Prof. Barbara Symanowicz University of Siedlce, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Wojciech Szewczyk University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, Department of Agroecology and Crop Production, Poland
  • Prof. Sławomir Szymczyk University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Poland
  • Prof. Amina Taleb University of Tlemcen, Faculty of Life and Natural Sciences, Algeria
  • Prof. Feng Yenn Teo University of Nottingham Malaysia, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Prof. Renata Tobiasz-Salach University of Rzeszów, Faculty of Technology and Life Sciences, Poland
  • Dr. Lesly Torres Universidad de la Rioja, EnoIUR, Enología: Química, Tecnología Enológica y Análisis estadístico, Spain
  • Prof. Goran Trbić University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Dr. Milena Truba University of Siedlce, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Grasslands and Landscape Architecture Development, Poland
  • Prof. Eliza Uzunova Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Department of General and Applied Hydrobiology, Bulgaria
  • Dr. Iryna Vaskina Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poland
  • Dr. Ignacio Villanueva Instituto de Hidrología de Llanuras, Argentina
  • Prof. Liana Vuta University Politehnica of Bucharest, Department of Hydraulics, Hydraulic Machinery and Environmental Engineering, Romania
  • Dr. Mariusz Wala WSB Merito Chorzów, Poland
  • Prof. Wayan Wangiyana University of Mataram, Faculty of Agriculture, Indonesia
  • Assoc. Prof. Andrzej Wałęga University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Dr. Magdalena Wijata Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agriculture, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Réka Wittmanová Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Slovak Republic
  • Dr. Jakub Wojkowski University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Poland
  • Dr. Agnieszka Wolna-Maruwka Poznań Univeristy of Life Sciences, Department of General and Environmental Microbiology, Poland
  • Prof. Katarzyna Wolny-Koładka University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Microbiology and Biomonitoring, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Soon Yee Wong University of Nottingham Malaysia, Department of Civil Engineering, Malaysia
  • Dr. Edyta Wrzesińska-Jędrusiak Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute, Falenty, Poland
  • Dr. Janusz Zarajczyk University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Transport Machines, Poland
  • Prof. Jacek Żarski University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Laboratory of Plant Irrigation and Agrometeorology, Poland
  • Dr. Francisco Zavala-García Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Agronomía, Mexico
  • Dr. Anna Zbierska Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Land Improvement, Environmental Development and Geodesy, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Ziernicka-Wojtaszek University of Agriculture in Kraków, Department of Ecology, Climatology and Air Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, Poland
  • Dr. Maria Zuba-Ciszewska The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Social Sciences, Poland
  • Prof. Grzegorz Żurek Institute of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization – National Research Institute, Radzików, Poland
  • Prof. Andrzej Łachacz University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Soil Science and Microbiology, Poland

Plagiarism Policy


Plagiarism Policy

1. The Editorial Team of the “Journal of Water and Land Development” (JWLD) is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. According to Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) plagiarism is defined as: When somebody presents the work of others (data, words or theories) as if they were his/her own and without proper acknowledgement. Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All manuscripts submitted for publication to JWLD are cross-checked for plagiarism using iThenticate/Turnitin software.
2. Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else's prior ideas, processes, results or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilises a large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references. This can range from getting the same manuscript published in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some new data.
3. Manuscripts found to be plagiarised (overall similarity index of the manuscript should not be more than 15% for research articles and 20% for review articles with a limitation of less than 3% similarity from any individual source) during initial stages of review are out-rightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal. In case a manuscript is found to be plagiarised after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct a preliminary investigation, may be with the help of a suitable committee constituted for the purpose.
4. If the manuscript is found to be plagiarised beyond the acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author's Institute / College / University and Funding Agency, if any. A determination of misconduct will lead JWLD to run a statement bi-directionally linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and provide a reference to the plagiarised material.
5. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be marked on each page of the PDF. Upon determination of the extent of plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.

Types of Plagiarism

The following types of plagiarism are considered by JWLD:

1. Full Plagiarism: Previously published content without any changes to the text, idea and grammar is considered as full plagiarism. It involves presenting exact text from a source as one's own.
2. Partial Plagiarism: If content is a mixture from multiple different sources, where the author has extensively rephrased text, then it is known as partial plagiarism.
3. Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses complete or portions of their pre-published research, then it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete self-plagiarism is a case when an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.

JWLD respects intellectual property and aims at protecting and promoting original work of its authors. Manuscripts containing plagiarised material are against the standards of quality, research and innovation. Hence, all authors submitting articles to JWLD are expected to abide by ethical standards and abstain from plagiarism, in any form.

The authors must ensure that the submitted manuscript:
- describes completely the original work;
- is not plagiarism;
- has not been published before in any language;
- the information used or words from other publications are appropriately indicated by reference or indicated in the text.
Existing copyright laws and conventions must be observed. Materials protected by copyright (for example, tables, figures or large quotations) should only be reproduced with the permission of their owner.

In case, an author is found to be suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published manuscript then, JWLD shall contact the author(s) to submit his/her/their explanation within two weeks, which may be forwarded to the special commission constituted for the purpose, for further course of action. If JWLD does not receive any response from the author within the stipulated time period, then the Director / Dean / Head of the concerned College, Institution or Organization or the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author is affiliated shall be contacted to take strict action against the concerned author.

JWLD shall take serious action against published manuscripts found to contain plagiarism and shall completely remove them from the JWLD website and other third party websites where the paper is listed and indexed. The moment, any article published in the JWLD database is reported to be plagiarised, JWLD will constitute a special commission to investigate the same. Upon having established that the manuscript is plagiarised from some previously published work, JWLD shall support the original author and manuscript irrespective of the publisher and may take any or all of the following immediate actions or follow the additional courses of actions*:

1. JWLD editorial office shall immediately contact the Director / Dean / Head of the concerned College, Institution or Organization or the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author(s) is (are) affiliated to take strict action against the concerned author.
2. JWLD shall change the PDF copy of the published manuscript from the website and the term Retraction shall be appended to the published manuscript title.
3. JWLD shall disable the author account with the journal and reject all future submissions from the author for a period of 03 / 05 / 10 years or even ban the authors permanently.

*Any additional courses of action, as recommended by the commission or as deemed fit for the instant case or as decided by the Editor-in-Chief, implemented from time to time.

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