“Acta Haematologica Polonica” (AHP) is a peer-reviewed, English language, gold open-access journal. It is the official bimonthly of the Polish Society of Haematologists and Transfusiologists as well as the Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine. The Journal has been associated with haematology and transfusion since 1970. AHP publishes original research articles, clinical vignettes, and reviews. "Acta Haematologica Polonica" covers areas of physiology and pathology in hematology and transfusion medicine, among other leucocytes, erythrocytes, platelets, immune system, mechanisms of hemostasis and clinical aspects of haematological malignancies. Journal publishes:  original studies, reviews, expert guidelines, short communications, clinical vignettes, letters to the Editor, and editorials.

“Acta Haematologica Polonica” (AHP) is committed to prompt evaluation and publication of submitted articles. All manuscripts together with supplementary files (if applicable), should be submitted online via the journal web page. The submission and review process is fully electronic, and submissions by e-mail or postal mail will not be accepted. Please follow the manuscript preparation directions presented. Manuscripts submitted for publication in the Journal are evaluated as to whether they present new insights into the announced topic and are likely to contribute to progress in research or to changes in medical practice. Received manuscripts are initially examined by the Journal editors. Manuscripts with insufficient priority for publication are rejected immediately to allow the authors to recognize deficiencies and submit the paper to another journal or resubmit a revised version. Incomplete submissions or manuscripts not prepared in the required style are sent back to the authors without scientific review.

If the manuscript is accepted for review, the authors will be notified electronically only with reference to the article ID number in the electronic system. Articles are evaluated by at least two outside referees who are contacted before being sent a paper and asked to return comments within the period indicated by Editors. All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents, and reviewers are instructed to treat manuscripts as such. The peer review process is also confidential, and the identities of reviewers are not released. Referees are asked to provide a written review together with the recommendation of acceptance, requirement for revision, or rejection of the article.

Authors are notified of decisions by e-mail only. Selected papers are edited to improve accuracy and clarity, and length. Criteria for acceptance of manuscripts or review forms are available at the Journal web page. AHP operates with a  “double-blind” peer review policy, meaning that reviewers of papers won’t get to know the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) won’t get to know the identity of the reviewer. The idea is that everyone should get a similar and unbiased review. The list of reviewers cooperating with the Journal is announced once a year. In potential cases when author(s) of manuscripts and reviewers are no more anonymous, reviewers are asked to confirm in writing no conflict of interests, i.e., no direct personal relationships (first- and second-degree kinship, legal ties, relationship by marriage), superior/subordinate professional relations or direct scientific cooperation within the two years preceding the review. Papers submitted to AHP but not accepted for publication may, in some cases, be eligible for publication in other journals of the Publisher.

Editors or Editorial Board members may submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in AHP, but they are completely excluded from the peer–review process and publication decisions when they are authors or co-authors of a manuscript. Manuscripts authored by a member of Journal’s editorial team (editors, Editorial Board members) are independently peer-reviewed, and the peer review process is managed by the alternative members of the Editorial Board.  All possible measures are undertaken to avoid any potential conflict of interest in the handling of such manuscripts at all the stages.

Reviewers’ criteria for manuscripts qualification:

• The title reflects the subject undertaken
• Assumptions are proper
• Work of practical nature
• Work of educational nature
• Aims are clearly defined
• Appropriate methodology*
• Ethical criteria fulfilled*
• Research-based work*
• Results are adequately presented*
• Statistical analysis is reliable*
• The discussion refers to results*
• Conclusions are based on study findings*
• Conclusions refer to aims*
• Suitably chosen, proper number and up-to-date references
• Proper length
• All figures and tables are required
• Standard of written English acceptable

*Criteria exclusively for research papers

All articles published in “Acta Haematologica Polonica” are available in open access formula and are published under Creative Common Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0, International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) allowing to download articles and share them with others as long as they credit the authors and the publisher, but without permission to change them in any way or use them commercially.

Via Medica (Publisher) self-archiving policy establishes that authors can archive only accepted manuscripts including final PDF version and/or  'ahead of print' in any repository. In details, the author may only post their version provided acknowledgment is given to the original source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on Via Medica (Publisher) website. Apart from the link mentioned, the acknowledgment should be provided with the full bibliographic record.