EVALUATION OF ARTICLES (PEER REVIEW)
EVALUATION OF ARTICLES (PEER REVIEW)
Revista Română de Istorie Economică/Romanian Journal of Economic History is an annual academic journal, the current issue being published in October-November of each year. Manuscripts are received by the editors on a continuous basis by email or through the dedicated submissions form published on the journal's website. The evaluation process of the submitted maanuscripts is based on several stages, the most important is the peer review system. It is based on the principles accepted at the European level: impartiality, transparency, efficiency, confidentiality, research ethics, responsibility for the quality of work, avoiding conflict of interests. The editorial board of the journal recognizes and applies the rules adopted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): https://publicationethics.org/
The system used by the magazine is double-blind review, in which the identity of the author is not known to the evaluators and vice versa. Two evaluators, specialists from different scientific or university centers, are usually appointed to evaluate the journal. Reviewers will respond to the invitation to review manuscripts within the deadline set by the journal's editors. If the evaluator finds a conflict of interest or does not have the necessary expertise to evaluate the manuscript, he will decline the invitation. The evaluator remains anonymous to the author(s) and the information or ideas obtained through the evaluation process will not be allowed to be used for a potential personal benefit of the evaluator. The evaluation system respects the mandatory main phases as developed by the European Science Foundation and presented in the European Peer Review Guide. The following stages are strictly observed: the preparatory phase in the editorial board in which the calendar of preparation of the issue is discussed; the preliminary processing of the articles received by the editorial board, the selection of evaluators according to the subject of the articles; next step is the evaluation in the form of peer review. The evaluation of the submitted materials is based on a previously established evaluation form applied to all submitted manuscripts, in certatin cases, if necessary, the form may be detailed, but keeping the main indicators.
In the peer-review process, the evaluation period will not exceed 90 days from the receipt of the manuscript. The editor-in-chief or secretary of the editorial board will inform the authors about: the acceptance, the need for revisions/completions or the rejection of the manuscripts. Minor revisions will be submitted by authors within maximum 30 days, and significant revisions within 90 days. The authors are in all cases responsible for the content of the article.
The journal uses warning notices about the potential conflict of interest in the article review activity potentially generated by a possible relationship of the evaluator with the author, friendship or conflict / rivalry or any other reason. The journal can adopt severe measures in case of plagiarism or unclear author situation. The process of preparing the journal for printing is the next mandatory stage in the policy of the editorial staff. The editorial board is responsible for establishing the order of arranging the articles and preparing the table of contents.