Submitting a paper to the ‘Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology’ is tantamount to the acceptance of subjecting it to the reviewing procedure.
Only papers prepared in accordance with the ‘Instruction for Authors’ are reviewed.
The editors ask at least two experts in the field to which the subject of the submitted article pertains for reviews. The reviewers are asked to prepare their reviews within a month, on the review form provided by the editors.
Whenever possible, the Journal uses double-blind review.
If the anonymity of the review cannot be guaranteed, the reviewers are obliged to sign a statement declaring no conflict of interest. Conflict of interest is understood as: subordination in a workplace; other economic relations that may hinder impartial evaluation; direct scientific cooperation within two years prior to the review; immediate personal relationship.
After receiving the reviews, the editors present their conclusions to the author, asking them, if necessary, to implement the changes suggested by the reviewers.
The names of the reviewers who assessed the articles that were published, withdrawn, and rejected in a given year are listed in one of the Journal’s issues in the following year and at the Journal’s website.
In justified cases, e.g. in the case of texts published in the ‘Chronicle’ section, which presents information about national and international scientific and scholarly events, a departure from the foregoing rules is allowed, and such texts may be assessed by the editors and the Editorial Board.
