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Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR UJMA JOURNAL

Content design
The journal publishes semi-scientific, professional and, exceptionally, scientific articles, debates, short essays and reviews of articles, short reports on disasters and important events, literature reviews, reviews of new books and other contributions in the field of civil protection. It deals with typical natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, landslides, landslides and rockfalls, hailstorms, frosts, droughts) and other disasters. Special attention is paid to prevention, in particular to the study of hazards, disaster protection, and prevention in the Republic of Slovenia. The articles are published in Slovenian language with English abstracts.

Text preparation, peer review, and proofreading
The Editorial Board only accepts articles that have not already been published elsewhere in the same format. If the article has been submitted as a contribution to a conference, the details of the conference (name, place, and date, e.g. 'Workshop on Natural Disasters, Ljubljana, March 13, 2012') should be included in the first footnote on the first page of the manuscript (name, place and date, e.g. 'Workshop on Natural Disasters, Ljubljana, March 13, 2012').
The review and linguistic revision are the responsibility of the editorial board, which also reserves the right to correct, reword, or reject the article. The author receives the reviewed article, corrects it, and sends it back to the editorial team immediately, whereupon the text is proofread. After proofreading, the author receives the manuscript again for review and sends it back to the editorial office corrected.

The structure of the manuscript
Each article should contain the following elements:
- an abstract in Slovenian: maximum length 150-200 words to summarize the essence of the paper;
- English abstract: preferable but not mandatory (editors can provide this);
- Introduction: introduces the topic, cites previous work and the background to the topic, and, where appropriate, explains the methodology, concepts, and terms used;
- main body: outlines the problem, justifies and documents it, analyzes and critically evaluates it;
- Concluding remarks: outline the results and shortcomings and make suggestions for further work;
- sources and references: are listed at the end of the article.
Special care should be taken when writing the abstract, which is the most read part of the paper after the title. It should be short, and no word should be superfluous. It is not necessary to use phrases such as "The author discusses ..." or "The article shows ..."; it is better to start with the content. For example: 'The article shows how, with some medical data and some common sense, we can ...'; better: 'With some medical data and some common sense, we can ...'.

Length of the article
The article should be no longer than 10 pages with 1,875 characters and spaces per page. This does not include figures and tables.

Title and subtiutles
The title of the article should be as short as possible and written in large, underlined letters (font size 14). Under the title, the names of the authors should be given, together with the following information about the authors: academic title, affiliation address, and the author's e-mail address. Retired authors may include a home address, but only an e-mail address.
All subtitles should begin at the left margin.
Level 1 subtitles should be written in lowercase (font size 14).
Level 2 subtitles should be written in lowercase (font size 12).
Level 3 subtitles should be in lower case italics (font size 12).
Level 4 Subtitles should be in italics (font size 12).
Example:
Title: ACCIDENT
Level 1 Subtitle: Natural disasters
Level 2 subtitle: Biological accidents
Level 3 subtitle: Epidemic
Level 4 subtitle: Epizootics

Image material
- All visual material (photos, drawings, diagrams) must be attached in separate files and may not be inserted into the text. The intended location for each image must be indicated in the text.
- Do not save images in .jpg format. This does not apply to images taken with digital cameras.
- Images that are attached in digital form should be saved in .ai, .eps or .tif format. Images created in one of the Microsoft Office software packages are not suitable for printing and can only be used as a basis for creating new images.
- Graphs and diagrams should be attached in their original format (.xls), together with the numerical data on which they are based.
- For maps and diagrams produced with ArcGIS that are based on raster layers (e.g. .tif of relief, aerial or satellite imagery, etc.) in addition to vector layers, submit three separate files: The first should contain only vector layers, without any polygon transparency, along with a legend and colophon (export in . ai), the second with only the raster background (export in .tif format) and the third, the control file, with the vector and raster layers together as the final map should look in the book (export in .jpg format). This is necessary to ensure that the printed map retains the appropriate quality.
- Save screenshots in .tif format.
- The photographs to be scanned should be of good quality, clean, and free of fingerprints. If you are scanning the images yourself, scan them at a minimum of 300 dpi.
- Drawings to be scanned or used as the basis for new drawings should be of good quality, high contrast, and on white paper.
Images are everything except tables. Photographs, graphs, drawings, maps, etc. should be labeled 'Image of ...' and numbered with an Arabic numeral in the order in which they appear in the text. Each image must be accompanied by a text in Slovenian or English, otherwise the translation will be provided by the editors. Photos should be accompanied by the author of the photo in brackets. No periods after captions unless the caption is a sentence.
Example:
Figure 1: Flooded goat house near Blatna Brezovica (photo: M. Sušnik)
Figure 1: Flooded "kozolec" near Blatna Brezovica (photo: M. Sušnik)
Figure 2: The bridge at the beginning of the road in Davča is suspended in the air (photo: P. Pejakov)
Figure 2: The bridge at the beginning of the road in Davča was left hanging in the air. (photo: P. Pejakov)
In the text of the article, please refer to the figures in the full word and lower case (example: ... in Figure 13 ...).
As with the text, the editors reserve the right to change the graphic attachments due to quality problems. Images of poor quality will not be published, or an article will not be published if the images are an integral part of the article.

Tables
Tables should be labeled 'Table ...' and numbered with Arabic numerals. No periods after table headings unless the heading is a sentence. Each table must be accompanied by a text in Slovenian or English, otherwise the translation is the responsibility of the editor.
Example:
Table 1: Expected damage to residential buildings in the event of a magnitude 7 earthquake according to MCS
Table 1: Expected damage to residential buildings due to a magnitude 7 MSC earthquake
Refer to the tables in the text of the paper by using the whole word and lower case (example: ... in Table 4 ...).

Equations
Only use equations if necessary. If you use them, state only the most important ones and omit all derivations (for which you cite the relevant literature if necessary). Follow generally accepted conventions when writing equations.

Units of measurement
It is obligatory to use the legal units of the International System of Units (SI) and the permitted non-SI units.

Enumeration
When enumerating use a), b), c)... followed by d), etc.
Decimal points (0,1) are used instead of (0.1).

In-text references
Cite in the text the literature and other sources listed at the end of the paper in one of the following ways:
- if there is an author, include the author's last name and year in parentheses: (Turnšek, 1980)
- if there are two authors, cite both: (Suhadolc in Panza, 1993)
- if there are several authors, cite only the first author and add et al.: (Karnik in sod., 1979).
Footnotes should only be cited when necessary and should appear on the page to which they refer.

Reference list
Please list the references and other sources used in alphabetical order at the end of the paper. When listing the references, the necessary information for finding and organizing these works should be given. For the sake of clarity, we suggest this arrangement:
(a) Books: author's surname and first name, year of publication, title, place, publisher, page cited or total number of pages in the publication
Example with page citation: Pučnik, J., 1980. Velika knjiga o vremenu. Ljubljana, Cankarjeva založba, 45.
Example with total number of pages: Pučnik, J., 1980. Velika knjiga o vremenu. Ljubljana, Cankarjeva založba, 367 str.
b) Articles in journals: Author's surname and first name, year of publication, title, name of journal, year, page
Example: Prochazakova, D., Schenkova, Z., Karnik, V., 1979. Macroseismic fields of the main Friuli shocks of 1976. Tectonophysics, 53, 249–259.
c) Contributions to proceedings: author's surname and first name, year of publication, title of the contribution and then information about the proceedings (title, publisher and page; the editor can also be named).
Example 1: Turnšek, V., 1980. Sanacija po potresu poškodovanih zgradb. V: Potresni zbornik, OK SZDL in TKS Tolmin, 215–226.
Example 2: Mader, G. C., 1982, Land use planning after earthquakes. V: Jones, B. G., Tomaževič, M. (urednika), Socia and economic aspects of earthquakes, Institute of Testing and Research in Materials and Structures, Ljubljana, Program in Urban and Regional Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 589–605.
If two or more papers with the same authors and the same year are included in the list of references and sources, sort them in alphabetical order of titles and add a small letter to the year in alphabetical order, e.g. (Turnšek, 1980a), (Turnšek, 1980b), etc.
(c) Cite online sources: Link and date of access
Wikipedia, 2016. Kaikoura earthquake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kaik%C5%8Dura_earthquake, 2. 6. 2022.