The ACC JOURNAL is an international scientific journal which came into existence in 2009. It is published by the Technical University of Liberec. Four universities joined in the Academic Coordination Centre Neisse (ACC) participate in its production. There are usually three issues per year.

The ACC JOURNAL is a periodical publishing original reviewed scientific papers, scientific studies, papers presented at conferences and summaries of findings of research projects. The first issue contains contributions focused on natural sciences and technology, the second one is focused on the science of economics, and the third one on social sciences.

ACC JOURNAL is a reviewed one. It is building upon the tradition of the "Scientific Treaties" published between 1995 and 2008. The ACC JOURNAL has been indexed in the database of the Research, Development and Innovation Council since 2015 - list of reviewed non-impact journals published in the Czech Republic.

Statement of Originality

When submitting a contribution for publication in the ACC Journal, the author will enclose a statement confirming that the text is an original article which has not been submitted for publication to any other publisher. The text of the statement can be downloaded in DOCX format.

Copyright

The articles are published as Open Access. All articles are freely available to read, download, copy and print.  If the author of an article includes any copyrighted material, they must obtain written permission from the copyright holder before publishing the article in the journal. The author publishing in ACC JOURNAL grants the journala license to publish the article at the very time when the contribution is accepted, based on the recommendation of the review process. 

Downloading articles from ACC JOURNAL is permitted for non-commercial purposes. For commercial use, permission from the editor is requested.

The publisher applies the license CC BY-NC 4.0. The author of the article is the copyright owner and guarantees the journal´s publisher rights to the article in terms of the license CC BY-NC 4.0.

Articles

Submitted papers are to be written in American English with German, Polish, and Czech translations of the English abstracts, except for contributions on social sciences, which can be written in one of the Euroregional languages with abstracts in the three remaining languages. The author is responsible for the originality, alongside the professional and formal correctness of the article.

Instructions for Authors

The template of the article can be downloaded in DOCX or LaTEX format. In the case of the author not complying with the instructions, the editors reserve the right to return the article for readjustment.

Articles can be divided into the following categories:

1. Original research articles,
2. Systematic Literary Research, e.g. review studies, etc.,
3. Excellent Dissertations,
4. Essays (only Issue C, Social Sciences),
5. Book reviews.

Papers published in the category 1. must contain the following sections (see template):

• Introduction,
• Literature review,
• Methodology,
• Results,
• Discussion,
• Conclusion.

The details of sections required are stated in our template.

Review of the Papers

The international editorial board will decide whether to publish articles based on an independent review process The journal uses a double-blind peer review process, whereby reviewers are always from a different institution than the author(s). Essays and book reviews are not peer reviewed.

Submitting Articles

Articles in the DOCX format are to be sent electronically to:acc-journal@tul.cz 

Deadlines for Submission of Articles

• 31 March. Issue A, Natural Sciences and Technology,
• 15 June. Issue B, Science of Economics,
• 31 October. Issue C, Social Sciences.

This up-to-date information and the Guidelines for the Authors come into force on January 1, 2025 for the number 1/2025, Issue A, Natural Sciences and Technology.

Starting January 1, 2026, articles are published in open volume mode. Manuscripts for all three issues are accepted simultaneously throughout the year. After successful completion of the review process by November 30, articles are published according to their focus in the relevant issue of the ACC JOURNAL until the end of the year:        

• Issue A - Natural Sciences and Technology
• Issue B - Science of Economics
• Issue C - Social Sciences

If the review process is not finished by November 30, articles will be published next year in the relevant issue of the ACC JOURNAL.

For Reviewers

Independent domestic and foreign reviewers with no competitive, collaborative, or other relationship with the author(s) of the manuscript are selected based on their qualifications, expertise, experience, and/or academic research activities in the relevant field. The evaluation should be objective, well-argued, clearly formulated, and prepared in accordance with the review form. The review form is provided upon request. The reviewer should immediately inform the scientific editor if he/she feels that he/she does not have sufficient expertise to prepare a review within the required deadline and quality, or if he/she suspects plagiarism. The reviewer is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all the information provided regarding manuscripts during the review process.  The reviewer's responsibility is also to check manuscripts for compliance with the template for preparing publications.

prof. Dr. Ing. Petr Lenfeld  | Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering | petr.lenfeld@tul.cz
prof. Ing.  Miroslav Žižka, Ph.D. | Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics | miroslav.zizka@tul.cz 
PaedDr. Helena Neumannová, Ph. D. | Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics | helena.neumannova@tul.cz
doc. Ing. Petr Červa, Ph.D. | Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies | petr.cerva@tul.cz
doc. PaedDr. Hana Andrášová, Ph.D. | University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Education | andras@pf.jcu.cz  
Ing. Jiří Chaloupek, Ph.D. | Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education | jiri.chaloupek@tul.cz 
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Kasper, Ph.D. | Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education | tomas.kasper@tul.cz 
prof. Ing. Iva Petríková, Ph.D. | Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering | iva.petrikova@tul.cz
prof. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Plevný | University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Economics | plevny@fek.zcu.cz 
PD Dr. rer. pol. habil. Eckhard Burkatzki | TUD Dresden University of Technology/IHI Zittau, Business Management, esp. Responsible Management | eckhard.burkatzki@tu-dresden.de
Prof. Dr. - Ing. Frank Hentschel | Zittau / Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering | f.hentschel@hszg.de
Prof. Dr. phil. PhDr. (MU Brno) Annette Muschner | Zittau / Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Management and Cultural Studies | a.muschner@hszg.de
dr hab. Piotr Gryszel, prof. UEW | Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Branch in Jelenia Góra, Department of Marketing and Tourism Management | piotr.gryszel@ue.wroc.pl
dr hab. Urszula Markowska-Przybyła, prof. UEW | Universitet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu | Filia w Jeleniej Górze | urszula.markowska-przybyla@ue.wroc.pl
dr hab. Grażyna Węgrzyn, prof. UEW | Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Branch in Jelenia Góra |grazyna.wegrzyn@ue.wroc.pl