Peer Review Process
All articles submitted to the Editorial Board of Folia Philologica are subject to the peer-review procedure.
Steps of peer review:
- Authors should submit articles that meet the journal's requirements.
- Plagiarism Detection. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to plagiarism checking. The level of the author's text originality is determined by means of the appropriate software.
- All manuscripts submitted to the Editorial Board are sent to reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief appoints the reviewers.
- Members of the journal’s Editorial Board act as reviewers.
- As a rule, within 3–5 days, the reviewer makes a conclusion about the possibility of publishing the article (they fill in a standard form containing final recommendations).
- The review is carried out confidentially based on double-blind review principle (neither the author nor the reviewer know each other). The author and reviewer communication is mediated by the executive editor.
- If the reviewer indicates a necessity to improve the article, the latter is sent to the author with a suggestion to consider the reviewer’s comments while preparing the improved version of the article or confute them justifiably. In a separate file the author should respond to all reviewer’s comments and explain all changes made in the article. The revised version is re-submitted to the reviewer for taking a decision and preparing a motivated conclusion on the possibility of publication.
- The final decision on the possibility and relevance of publication is taken by the Editor-in-Chief and, if necessary, by the Editorial Board.