Peer Review Procedure

Peer Review Procedure: Type of Review, Reviewer Selection Criteria, Timelines, Documentation, and Decision-Making

Review Process

The Bulletin applies a double-anonymous peer review procedure, whereby authors are unaware of the identities of the reviewers, and reviewers have no information about the authors of the manuscript.

The procedure consists of two stages: initial editorial screening and scientific peer review.

Initial Editorial Screening

The editorial team conducts a preliminary review of the manuscript, during which the following are assessed: relevance to the journal's scope and subject area; compliance with formatting requirements; adherence to the principles of academic integrity (text originality, use of AI, declaration of conflicts of interest, etc.).

If the manuscript does not meet the requirements, it may be returned to the author for revision or rejected without proceeding to scientific peer review.

Scientific Peer Review

Prior to submission for scientific peer review, the editorial team ensures that the manuscript contains no information that could identify the author(s); all author details and affiliations are removed from the manuscript.

The manuscript is sent, via the open journal system, to at least two independent reviewers who are specialists in the relevant field and have no conflict of interest with the authors. Each reviewer receives a system request to: 1) confirm their agreement to review the article; and 2) acknowledge the deadline for submitting the review.

Reviewers assess the manuscript according to the following criteria: relevance of the research topic; presence of new scientific approaches or findings; soundness of the analysis and conclusions; logical structure and clarity of presentation; quality of scientific argumentation; writing style; and compliance with the Bulletin's academic scope and requirements.

The reviewer assigns a score for each criterion and provides one of the following conclusions: