Editorial proces (peer review)

  1. Reviewers are independent of the authors. All texts submitted to the journal are reviewed by two reviewers under the double-blind review standard, which means that the author does not know the reviewers’ identities, nor do the reviewers know the identity of the author.
  2. A condition for accepting a text into the review procedure is its compliance with the formal requirements in force in the journal.
  3. The author is obliged to remove from the text and from the file containing the text all data that would allow their identity to be determined. This also applies to information that could identify the author indirectly (in particular in footnotes).
  4. Reviewers of a text submitted to the journal are affiliated with an academic institution other than that of the author. Reviewers are required to maintain objectivity and to disclose any conflict of interest if they obtain information about the authorship of the reviewed text.
  5. Reviewers should prepare the review within 30 days of receiving the request to do so, using the form sent by the editorial office together with the review request.
  6. The review form contains three possible final assessments of the text: 1) the paper should be accepted for publication; 2) the paper should be accepted for publication after the reviewer’s comments have been addressed; 3) the paper should not be accepted for publication.
  7. After two reviews have been obtained, they are sent to the author.
  8. In the case of two reviews recommending acceptance of the text for publication (the paper should be accepted for publication), the text is accepted for publication.
  9. In the case of two reviews recommending rejection of the text (the paper should not be accepted for publication), the text is rejected. Resubmission of the text is possible only if the author makes substantial changes, subject to evaluation by the editorial office.
  10. In the event of a review outcome other than those described in points 8 and 9, the text may, by decision of the editorial office, be referred to a third reviewer (a “super review”). The third reviewer’s recommendation is decisive for acceptance or rejection of the text.
  11. If the text is accepted for publication, the author is obliged to make the revisions indicated in the reviews and to comply with the editorial comments within the deadline set by the editorial office, which shall not be shorter than 7 days from the date the reviews and comments are sent to the author.
  12. Compliance with the reviewers’ recommendations and the editorial comments is a condition for publication of the text.