Reviewer Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted to the Faculty of Education Scientific Journal are reviewed by experts in the specific field, and the journal follows the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

Reviewer requirements

• A doctorate and research experience in the specific field of the manuscript.
• Objectivity and integrity, and the ability to give precise scholarly criticism.
• No interest or relationship with the author that could compromise impartiality, such as kinship, supervision or recent collaboration.

Before accepting an invitation

• Reviewers respond to the invitation within one week, accepting or declining.
• Reviewers decline if the manuscript is outside their expertise, if they cannot meet the deadline, if they know the author's identity, or if they have a competing interest.

During review

• The review is completed within four weeks of accepting the invitation, using the journal's review form.
• The manuscript is a confidential document: reviewers do not share it, do not upload it to AI tools, and do not use any information from it before publication.
• Reviewers do not try to identify the author or contact the author directly.
• Reviewers who suspect plagiarism, fabrication or duplicate publication inform the Editor-in-Chief, identifying the passages and the evidence.

Content of the report

• A short summary of what the manuscript offers, followed by an assessment against the criteria in the Peer Review Policy.
• Specific, actionable comments, separated into major and minor.
• A clear recommendation: accept, minor revisions, major revisions or reject, with reasons for a rejection.
• Professional language, free of personal criticism.

After review

Reviewers may be asked to check the revised version to confirm that the revisions were made. Reviewers communicate with the journal through its online platform.

The journal's review form is sent to the reviewer with the invitation.