Review procedure and duties of reviewers
Peer review procedure (reviews are carried out by researchers actively working on the issue and at the same level as the scientist submitting their paper).
In a mutually anonymous review procedure, the paper is submitted to two reviewers who are experts in the field and do not have the same workplace as the author of the paper, nor are they members of the editorial board. In case the two reviews differ significantly, the paper is submitted to a third reviewer. The final approval for publication will be decided by the editorial board on the basis of the anonymous reviews. The review is written and archived by the editors. The selection of reviewers is ensured by the editorial board.
Reviewers must maintain objectivity, they must not misuse the information provided in the peer-reviewed paper for personal or other purposes.
Reviewers are obliged to draw attention to relevant published works that have not yet been cited in the evaluated text.
Reviewers should refuse to conduct a review due to a conflict of professional interest. The following are considered to be conflicts of interest:
- professional, financial or personal benefit of the reviewer from approving or rejecting the peer-reviewed paper;
- cooperation on the project in the past five years;
- fundamental difference of opinion on the main topic of the peer-reviewed paper;
- close professional or private relationship with the author or one of the members of the author team.