Peer Review Policy

The ​​Romanian International Conference for Education and Research carries out a two-stage peer review process: desk peer review (internal peer review) and blind peer review (external peer review). The submitted manuscripts are assessed by the editorial committee based on the following criteria: compliance with the research area of the conference, compliance with the structure mentioned in Guidelines and Templates, and the proper use of the English language (articles should be written using correct grammar and they should be easy to read). During the desk peer review stage, articles/abstracts that are not a good fit for the Conference scope will be automatically rejected. Articles that need improvement in structure and wording will be returned to the authors to make changes to the text. The manuscripts that are deemed eligible by our editorial team and that pass the desk review stage (with or without changes) move to the blind peer review stage. Each peer review report should include detailed comments if the author is required to make any changes. Authors are not permitted to request reviewers. In the case of manuscripts rated with “minor changes”, the authors will return the amended article according to the indications of the editorial team. The Conference Editor will verify the implemented changes and, if the changes follow the indications in the peer review report, the manuscript will be published. If this is not the case, the paper will be rejected. In the case of manuscripts with “major changes'', the reviewer will verify again if the text complies with the given indications. If yes, the article will be published; if not, the article is returned to the authors for further modifications or it is rejected.

The ​​Romanian International Conference for Education and Research has its own volunteer-based network of reviewers, made up of members of the academia. The reviewer database is updated regularly by our editorial team and it is categorized based on the subject expertise. The editorial team will ensure that the reviewer assigned for blind review is different from the author and has a different affiliation by verifying the relevant identification details (full name and affiliation). The ​​Romanian International Conference for Education and Research pays special attention to the peer review process and it ensures the author-reviewer confidentiality. This means that the reviewer receives the manuscript for evaluation without the author`s name and affiliation, and the authors receive the peer review report with the anonymised reviewer name.