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Focus of magazine
1. Focus of magazine
The Bulletin of the National Drug Headquarters (hereinafter NDH) is a professional, reviewed magazine of the NDH of the Criminal Police and Investigation Service of the Police of Czech Republic. It is issued quarterly and it publishes reviewed contributions from all fields of criminalistics, forensic disciplines, toxicology, addictology, and psychopharmacology. Unreviewed articles should correspond with the focus of the magazine and to concern drug issues by their contents. The purpose of the Bulletin is to inform professional community about all newest aspects and development trends in the field of drug crime, to unify practice of police authorities, to publish the most important closed cases at the territory of the Czech Republic as well as abroad.
The Bulletin publishes:
editorials
reviews - up to 10 standard pages
original research papers - up to 10 standard pages
short communications - up to 6 standard pages
papers - unreviewed popular articles
book reviews
reviews of devices, measuring techniques and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear devices
biographic articles and reports from congresses and symposiums
Article Types and Descriptions
There is a reserved space for paid advertising in each issue of the magazine.
The editorials are reserved for the management of the NDH and they comment current events in drug field in a qualified and brief way. Original research papers summarize important results achieved in a given topic of the professional field and their theoretical and practical consequences and contexts. Synoptical articles with a broader focus dedicated to current and interdisciplinary themes are considered being convenient.
Reviews serve as a source of enlightenment for those who are specialized in other fields than the subject of the review above all for policemen working in drug field, for forensic experts, for toxicologists and for students of forensic sciences. Therefore they should be got rid of unnecessary details.
Original research papers are addressed to specialists from forensic sciences, to toxicologists, and to doctors above all. Such contributions should have a standard structure (introduction and purpose of work, used methodology, data processing, evaluation of results and conclusions).
Short communications are destined for informing about current events by their extent e. g. a warning report about a new psychotropic substance, about a wave of intoxications, about changes in legislation etc.
Book reviews evaluate the reviewed work from the point of view of the state of literature of the given field of science and emphasizes its mission and importance. It is suitable to acquaint readers with the content of the work (nevertheless it is not necessary to reprint it in details) and to evaluate the way of presentation of the book, its pluses and minuses, and a scientific benefit of the book. Reviews are usually written based on the call of editors. The editors are not obliged to publish unrequested reviews.
The section of reviews of devices accepts mostly contributions based on the call of editors eventually it should bring very current trends about new devices mainly about mobile detection devices from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear area.
Reports from business trips, professional meetings bringing facts about their course are published only if they offer valuable information of a broader importance.