Journal Description
European Polygraph is an international scholarly journal devoted to the detection of deception, in particular to polygraph examinations and their scientific foundations in psychology, psychophysiology, forensic science and other forensic disciplines. The journal also addresses the ethical aspects of deception detection, its legal regulation, methodology, history, practical applications, and its use in various areas of security protection, including criminal investigation, court proceedings, police work, special services, institutional practice, and information verification.
The journal was established as an international forum for the presentation of scientific achievements, research findings, practical experience, and theoretical reflection concerning polygraph examinations and other methods of deception detection. The field of polygraph examinations involves basic and applied research in many disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, psychophysiology, criminology, forensic sciences, law, criminal procedure, human rights, labour law, and, increasingly, neurophysiology. A particularly important place in the journal’s profile is occupied by the psychological dimension of deception detection, including the psychological mechanisms of deception, cognitive and emotional processes related to the examinee’s responses, psychophysiological symptoms accompanying deception, and the proper interpretation of psychophysiological reactions.
The aim of European Polygraph is to publish reliable, original, and methodologically sound scholarly works that contribute to the development of knowledge on deception detection, polygraph examinations, and their application in forensic, investigative, security, administrative, professional, and legal contexts. The journal combines scientific and practical perspectives, facilitating the exchange of experience among researchers, forensic experts, psychologists, lawyers, criminologists, security specialists, and polygraph practitioners.
The thematic scope of the journal includes in particular:
• the psychological mechanisms of deception;
• psychophysiological symptoms accompanying deception;
• legal and ethical frameworks for deception detection;
• the use of polygraph examinations and other forms of instrumental and non-instrumental deception detection in criminal proceedings, security protection, institutional practice, and information verification;
• techniques and methods of polygraph examinations, including their validity, reliability, and utility;
• prospects for deception detection at the neurophysiological level;
• analyses of practice and case studies in the field of deception detection;
• the history of polygraph examinations and other methods of deception detection;
• expert training and professional standards in this field;
• legal studies concerning the admissibility and evidentiary value of polygraph examinations;
• book reviews, literature reviews, training materials, and reports from conferences and seminars devoted to the journal’s subject matter.
European Polygraph publishes original articles, including works based on empirical and experimental research, review articles, case studies, analyses of practice, legal and historical studies concerning deception detection, book reviews, literature reviews, training materials, and conference reports.
Peer Review Process
The journal applies a double-blind peer-review procedure. This means that the identities of the authors are not disclosed to reviewers, and the identities of reviewers are not disclosed to authors. Each scholarly article is normally assessed by independent reviewers with expertise relevant to the subject matter of the submitted manuscript.
The editorial process includes initial screening for relevance to the journal’s scope, formal assessment, scholarly peer review, editorial decision, possible author revisions, language and technical editing, and final preparation for publication. Editorial decisions are based exclusively on scholarly merit, originality, methodological quality, relevance to the journal’s scope, and compliance with publication ethics.
Open Access Policy
European Polygraph is an open access journal. Articles published in the journal are made available online to readers without access charges. The aim of the open access policy is to increase the visibility, accessibility, and impact of published research within the international scholarly and professional community.
Article Processing Charges
The journal does not charge authors any fees for manuscript submission, editorial assessment, peer review, publication, or online access to published articles. There are no submission charges, article processing charges, publication charges, page charges, or colour charges.
Copyright and Open Access License
Articles published in European Polygraph are made available under the journal’s open access policy. Unless otherwise stated, articles are published under the following Creative Commons license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
This means that users may copy and distribute the published article, provided that the original author and source are properly credited, the article is not used for commercial purposes, and the article is not modified, transformed, or adapted.
Publication Ethics
European Polygraph is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and scholarly integrity. Authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher are expected to act in accordance with the principles of honesty, transparency, confidentiality, accountability, and respect for intellectual property.
The journal does not accept plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, manipulation of research material, ghostwriting, guest authorship, honorary authorship, redundant publication, or simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to another journal or publisher.
Authors are required to disclose conflicts of interest, sources of funding, the contribution of individual authors, and permissions for the use of copyrighted material where such material is included in the manuscript.
If a breach of publication ethics is identified, the journal may take appropriate action, including rejection of the manuscript, publication of a correction, expression of concern, or retraction of the article.
Scoring, Funding, Indexing and Availability
European Polygraph is listed as a scored scientific journal in the official list of scientific journals of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The journal currently receives 100 points.
The journal received funding from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the programme “Rozwój czasopism naukowych” — RCN/SN/0150/2021/1. The strategic objective of this support is to improve the citation metrics of published manuscripts and to advance the journal’s international reach and recognition.
European Polygraph is available internationally and is indexed, abstracted, or discoverable in numerous scientific databases, catalogues, academic search engines, and discovery services, including:
Arianta; Baidu Scholar; BazHum; Cabell’s Whitelist; CASE; CEEOL – Central and Eastern European Online Library; CEJSH – The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities; CNKI Scholar – China National Knowledge Infrastructure; CNPIEC; De Gruyter Online – Academic publishing; Dimensions; EBSCO databases; EBSCO Discovery Service; Genamics JournalSeek; Google Scholar; Index Copernicus; J-Gate; JournalTOCs; KESLI-NDSL – Korean National Discovery for Science Leaders; Microsoft Academic; MyScienceWork; Naviga / Softweco; POL-index; Primo Central / ExLibris; ProQuest databases; Publons; QOAM – Quality Open Access Market; ReadCube; Semantic Scholar; Summon / Serials Solutions / ProQuest; TDOne / TDNet; Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory / Ulrichsweb; WanFang Data; WorldCat / OCLC; and eRIKA, the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University’s Repository.
The journal has ISSN 1898-5238 and eISSN 2380-0550.
„European Polygraph” received funding MNiSW under the program „Rozwój czasopism naukowych” RCN/SN/0150/2021/1
Amount of co-financing: 47000 PLN, total project cost: 124000 PLN.
The strategic objective is to improve the citation metrics of published manuscripts and to advance the journal’s international reach and recognition.
The development concept for editorial practices will be pursued in areas that are closely linked to the journal’s strategic growth plan, among others:
1. Enhancement of editorial workflow efficiency through the implementation of advanced tools and management methodologies for handling manuscripts from submission to publication, including the adoption of professional publishing management software.
2. Strengthening the prospects of European Polygraph being indexed in leading international bibliographic databases by optimizing the online dissemination of journal content and improving website functionalities.
3. Increasing the academic appeal and prestige of European Polygraph through its inclusion in internationally recognized bibliometric indexing services.
4. Improving the citation metrics of scholarly articles published in European Polygraph by enhancing the journal’s visibility and discoverability within the global academic community.
5. Expanding the network of contributing authors and peer reviewers by actively engaging new collaborators and fostering international cooperation.
