Peer Review and the Publication Process

● All the manuscripts, submitted for the publication, undergo reviewing and approved by the Editorial Council.
● The manuscript undergoes initial review and verification for compliance to the topics of the periodical and the formal requirements.
● If the article does not comply with the subject-matter of the periodical, it is excluded from revision, and the author is notified about it.
● The reviewer is assigned by the Editorial Board (internal review) or the manuscript is submitted for evaluation to an independent expert (peer review).
● The review process is anonymous both for the reviewer and author.
● After reviewing the manuscript may be: Rejected, Returned to the author for revision. Accepted for publication.

The review includes:
● Evaluation of the paper content and judgment on whether it is suitable for publication.
● Enumeration of methodology and tools errors (if there are any).
● Suggestions for the text improvement.

In case of an unfavorable verdict of the reviewer, the manuscript is discussed on the session of the Editorial Board, which makes a decision on rejecting of the article or the need for the further review by an independent expert.

● The final decision on the manuscript publication and approval of the whole content of the article are adopted at the Editorial Board’s meeting.
● The review and approval of manuscripts is from 1 to 1, 5 months, and then they are published in order.
● The Editorial Board has a full right of making decision on an extraordinary publication of the article.
● Making manuscript ready for the publication presupposes fine-tuning of the text by the Editorial Board according to the editorial standards adopted for the periodical.
● Editorial changes are not co-ordinated with the author.
● Articles are printed free.

The manuscript is not returned to the author.