If one of the reviewers’ reports
states that the article "cannot be published" and the other
reviewers’ report states the article "can be published", the editor
sends it to a third reviewer, and the responsible author is notified of this
result via e-mail or journal platform.
If one of the reviewers’ reports
states that the article needs "editing" and the other states that the
article "cannot be published", the editor reviews the article once
more. After this review, the editor either cancels the whole process or sends
it to a third reviewer and the responsible author is notified of this result
via e-mail or journal platform.
If at least one of the referee
reports states that the article should be "corrected", the article
will be sent back to the author with both of the referee reports via e-mail and
journal platform. At this point, the author is requested to complete the
editing on the article within one month and upload the edited article to the
journal platform.
The author uploads the edited
article to the system and the reviewers’ review the article again and state
their opinion within four weeks.
If the reports coming from the
reviewers’ state that the article "cannot be published", then the
author is notified of this result by an e-mail and journal platform, and the
article is taken out of the review process.
If the reports coming from both
reviewers’ state that the article "can be published", then the author
is notified of this result by an e-mail and journal platform, and the article
gets taken into the publication alignment.
The reviewers upload their review
reports about the articles within a four-week period.
The uploaded article(s) are taken
into a review by the editor for seven days with respect to content, form and publication
policy. The articles that are not in line with the policies are not reviewed
any further and not redirected to the reviewers. The articles that are in line
with the policies and successfully pass the preliminary review are directed to
editorial board and to list two reviewers by the editor.