Black Sea Journal of Health Science adopts a rapid and effective time management approach to ensure the validity and reliability of articles published in the Journal. Therefore, the average acceptance time for submitted articles is 120 days. This timeframe may vary depending on the response time of reviewers and the corresponding author, who will make any necessary corrections.

Initial Manuscript Evaluation
Each submitted manuscript is pre-reviewed by the Editors-in-Chief for its suitability for the Black Sea Journal of Health Science. The manuscript may be rejected before the peer-review stage if it does not fit the journal's scope. In addition, the manuscript is sent back to the author in case it is not well-written according to the spelling rules. Checking the manuscript by a native English speaker is recommended if it is written in English.

The policy of Peer Review
Black Sea Journal of Health Science employs a double-blind peer review, where the reviewer and author remain anonymous throughout the process.

Reviewer Evaluation

Articles deemed suitable for peer review by the Editors-in-Chief are assigned to the relevant section editor or sent directly to at least two or more expert referees from different institutions for review. Articles are sent electronically to the referees through the online journal system, with author information concealed. Articles requiring revision after peer review are forwarded electronically to the author(s) through the online journal system. Author(s) must consider the reviewers' comments, criticisms, and corrections, provide a detailed explanation of each comment, criticism, and correction, and respond to the reviewer in Word (doc. or docx.) or PDF format. Author(s) must also provide a detailed explanation if they disagree with the reviewers' criticisms. Corrections to peer-reviewed articles, along with a list of corrections, must be uploaded to the online journal system within 30 days to complete the article revision process. Otherwise, the existing article may be re-evaluated as a newly submitted article.

Final Evaluation
After the author(s) respond to the reviewers' comments, critiques, and corrections on their articles, and if the reviewers request a re-review of the revised article, the revised article and the response letter are sent back to the relevant reviewers. This process continues until the article is accepted or rejected. After the reviewers' positive or negative feedback on the article for publication is completed, the final decision regarding publication is made by the Editors-in-Chief. Articles accepted for publication are added to the early review queue and placed in the publication queue. Rejected articles are returned to the authors with a rejection decision.

Evaluation Times
The average referee evaluation period for 2024: 64 days.
The average publication time for 2024: 106 days.