Review

Peer Review Process

• The review process is carried out by members of the Editorial Board and/or independent experts in relevant fields. Review procedure is double-blind when names of reviewers and authors are not revealed to each other.
• Reviewers evaluate theoretical and methodological level of the paper, its practical value and scientific significance.
• Our journal will first check the plagiarism of a manuscript by using StrikePlagiarism after it is submitted.
• The manuscript can be sent for review to several reviewers.
• Typically the manuscript will be reviewed within 30 days.
• The revised version is sent back to the original referees for re-review. The revised manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter that includes a point-by-point response to referees' comments and an explanation of how the manuscript has been changed.
• If author disagree with a reviewer comments they may send a reasoned response.
• The final decision to recommend the manuscript for publication is taken by the editorial staff on the basis of the referees' reports. Authors of papers are notified promptly.

Handling papers from editorial board members

The member(s) of the editorial board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in the journal. This represents a potential conflict of interest, especially in cases of submissions from decision-making editors. 

During the review process, submitters will not engage in the selection of reviewers and decision process. The review process will be supervised and decisions made by a senior editor who will act independently of other editors. In some cases, the review process will be handled by an outside independent expert to minimize possible bias in reviewing submissions from members of the editorial board.

In order to ensure transparent and impartial treatment of such manuscripts, they will be subject to the following:

• Member(s) of the editorial board manuscripts will be subject to the double blind peer review and the Editor(s) will not have access to information regarding their papers beyond that available to all authors.
• Member(s) of the editorial board manuscripts will be reviewed by a minimum of two external peer reviewers.
• Member(s) of the editorial board manuscripts are treated as all submissions to the journal and may be subject to the full range of editorial decisions: reject without peer review, multiple revisions, reject after revision and/or accept.