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Submitted manuscripts undergo a multi-stage assessment and editorial process aimed at selecting, preparing and publishing articles of the highest scholarly quality. Authors submit one complete, non-anonymised manuscript. All submitted manuscripts are screened for text similarity plagiarism using The Crossref immediately after submission.
The Managing Editor assesses the similarity report before the manuscript proceeds to further editorial evaluation and possible peer review. Identified similarities are considered in their scholarly and textual context and are not automatically treated as evidence of plagiarism.
The Managing Editor also conducts an initial assessment of the manuscript’s scholarly character and compliance with the formal requirements set out in the Guidelines for Authors, the official manuscript template and the journal’s Ethical Standards. If a manuscript substantially fails to meet these requirements, for example by significantly exceeding the prescribed length, it may be rejected before peer review. The authors are informed of the decision by the Managing Editor.
The Editorial Board of Vojenské reflexie reviews all articles and their compliance with the requirements and mission of the journal. The approved articles are send for out for assessment by two reviewers. The process is based on the „double-blind peer review“ system, which means, that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. Care is taken to ensure that the reviewer and author are not from the same institution.
The role of reviewers is to assess whether an article meets the criteria for publication in the journal Vojenské reflexie, to point out any errors, and to advise the journal’s editor on the publication of the article. In science, a scientific article is considered a primary source; that is, it provides the first (comprehensive) account of a particular problem and enables1:
Scientists to access observations.
The replication of experiments.
The evaluation of proposed or new ideas.
Based on their content, there are two basic types of scientific articles2:
original articles, which present new (groundbreaking) information, new results, methods, or findings
review articles, which summarize or synthesize data from the literature. They provide descriptive and/or critical evaluations of original articles and usually include an extensive bibliography.
In addition to scientific articles, the journal also accepts reviews and news items:
A review analyzes a publication and offers a personal perspective on it, including whether it fulfilled its purpose. It shares the author’s viewpoint with other readers.
A news item is a report on a past or planned event (e.g., a conference).
Authors must address the reviewers’ comments, either by making the requested revisions or by providing a reasoned response, and must submit the revised manuscript within the deadline specified by the Managing Editor. The revised manuscript remains subject to editorial evaluation, and completion of the requested revisions does not in itself guarantee acceptance.
If the revisions are inadequate or are submitted after the specified deadline, the manuscript may be rejected.
Although manuscripts undergo editorial assessment, editing and language proofreading, authors remain responsible for the accuracy of their content and language and for compliance with the Guidelines for Authors and the journal’s Ethical Standards.
The Peer Review Feedback Form includes detailed assessment of the article and its individual parts, the justification of the opinion, and conclusion of the assessment. The conclusion states whether the article is recommended for publication in its original version, or whether it should be rewritten or amended according to the reviewer´s recommendations (or sent for re-assessment) or rejected. The authors of the articles are informed about these facts by the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman of the Editorial Board.
