Responsibilities of reviewers and information about conflicts of interest are discussed in the Code of Ethics.
2. Review form
Review form is a structured document that consists of:
- questions to which the reviewer assigns “yes”, “to some extent” or “no” judgements;
- the part in which reviewers state reasons for their decisions or state their recommendations to the editors or to the author (section 2.1);
- overall assessment of the manuscript (section 2.2).
2.1 Reasons and recommendations
Reviewers should give reasons for their decision and give their recommendations to the author and the editors. There is a relationship between the quality of the final version of the paper and the detail or specificity of the reviewer's comments and suggestions. Vague or non-specific comments and recommendations leave the author too much space to make changes. In that case, reviewer does not provide a clear and specific guidance to the author on how to meet the criteria of publishability on the pages of Filozofia. As a result, it is difficult for the editors to verify whether or not the author follows the reviewer's recommendations.
2.2 Recommendation
Within the overall assessment, reviewers should include a final recommendation to the editor. Reviewers should choose one of the following options:
- Accept Submission
- Revisions required
- Resubmit for review
- Resubmit elsewhere
- Decline submission
- See comments
