The journal Scientific Letters of the University of Bielsko-Biala: Engineering Studies (SLUBBES) is an open access journal dedicated to publishing findings resulting from conferences, workshops, and similar events, in all areas of engineering.

For all articles published in the journal SLUBBES, copyright is retained by the authors. Articles are licensed under an open access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, meaning that anyone may download and read the paper for free. In addition, the article may be reused and quoted provided that the original published version is cited.

Each article is reviewed by two experts. The experts have at least a doctoral degree. Two positive reviews are required to publish the article. In case of one negative review, a third reviewer is assigned. Two negative reviews result in rejection of the article. The author and reviewers remain anonymous to each other. Reviewers receive a review form in which they choose the options of allowing the article to be published (without revisions, with revisions) or decide to reject the article. On the basis of positive reviews and after taking into account the comments in them, the final decision to publish the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief.

The editorial office operate according to the principles of publication ethics developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE – http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct). The author of the article attaches a statement in which he declares respect for the law and ethics. If the author is found to have violated the principles of publication ethics, the editors will inform the entity employing the author and the main scientific information platforms.