Peer-review process

The peer review process includes the following steps:

1) Initial per review process by the editor

2) Double Blind Review

3) Editor's Revision and Decision

 

1. Initial review by the editor:

After the article is submitted to our journal, the high qualified journal editor screens the manuscript and decides whether it is good enough quality and whether it follows the ethical policies of the journal. Unsuitable articles may be rejected without peer review at the editor’s discretion. Manuscripts that are not properly prepared will be returned to the authors for revision and resubmission. No judgment on the potential impact of the work will be made at this stage.

2. Double blind review:

Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review. A double-blind peer-review process is applied, where authors' identities are not known to reviewers. Usually, reviewers are well-known experts in the topic of the submitted manuscript and have publications in the field of research.

As result of this stage reviewer could make one of the following decisions:

▪ reject the article;

▪ revise and resubmit;

▪ accept with minor changes.

▪ accept with major changes.

All reviewer comments should be responded to in a point-by-point way. In case of the authors’ disagreement with a reviewer, they must provide a clear response.

3. Editor's decision and revision:

After completion of all procedures listed above, editorial office will issue letters stating one of the following decisions:

▪ the article is rejected with clearly stated reasons for rejection;

▪ the article is accepted for publication.