Istoricheski Pregled (Historical Review)

GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWERS

Research articles submitted to the Journal undergo a process of double-blind peer review undertaken by two independent experts (hereinafter referred to as reviewers) selected on the basis of their academic competences and meeting the minimum requirement to have obtained a Ph.D. degree.

Anonymous reviewers agree to respect the confidentiality of the review process, not to disseminate the received manuscript and to adhere to the Ethical Code of the Journal. The reviewers are encouraged to maintain a profile in Web of Science and ORCID. They agree to verify their review in Web of Science. The Editorial Board, in turn, shall keep a strict confidentiality of the review process by which the content and any other detail related to the submitted article are not publicly disclosed. In the reviewer's profile on Web of Science, only the number of reviews verified by the Journal will be publicly visible. According to the international academic practice, reviewing the submitted articles is a professional activity for which the reviewers does not receive a fee.

The reviewer receives all the materials (the manuscript and Reviewer’s Form) from the Journal’s official email by which the names, addresses, and affiliations of the author(s) are removed. The reviews can be written in Bulgarian, English or Russian – at the discretion of the reviewer evaluating the manuscript.

The reviewer agrees to deal with the evaluated manuscript in a well-intended, honest, objective and critical manner. In the Reviewer’s Form, the date of finalizing the review shall be clearly indicated. The thus accomplished review is to be sent via the official email of the Journal.

A review that does not meet the established academic standards or contains abusive qualifications of the manuscript or its author shall not be considered. The Journal is not obliged to inform a reviewer whose review is rejected for one of the above reasons.

After receiving the acceptance letter from the Editorial Board, the Reviewer shall log on their Web of Science profile through its Peer Review tab and verify his review based on the acceptance letter received from the Editorial Board. The Journal’s policy encourages the reviewers to timely verify their approved review on Web of Science.

The decision to publish or reject a manuscript is based on the reviewers’ recommendations. The acceptance of an evaluated manuscript for publication in the Journal does not necessarily mean that the Editorial Board agrees with all opinions expressed by the reviewers. If the two reviewers are in disagreement, the manuscript is sent to a third super-reviewer on the basis of whose recommendations the Editorial Board takes the final decision.

Additional information and training materials on the review process can be found here:

https://webofscienceacademy.clarivate.com/learn

https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/navigating-peer-review/certified-peer-reviewer-course