Peer-Review

The main criteria of article evaluation are provided in the template together with one of the conclusions: the paper may be accepted without revisions, with minor or major revisions, or if it should be rejected. Reviewers have a posibility to prepare their reviews using a template or to make remarks in the text of the manuscript. The aim of the latter is to anchor specific criticisms and suggestions to the specific points in the paper and in this way to provide authors with clear feedback that might help them to improve their work. Comments in the texts are mostly welcome if the reviewer‘s verdict is to make minor or major revisions.

Most papers are reviewed by external reviewers. Individual papers, however, may be reviewed by the members of the editorial board, editor-in-chief included. Each paper is reviewed double-blind by two reviewers. In case of their disagreement a paper is sent to the third reviewer. To speed up the process of reviewing authors are asked to provide anonymised manuscripts  without any traces of their identity. Complains and appeals can be provided by the authors in the Open Journal System. Final decision concerning publication is taken by the editor-in-chief. Average time interval from acceptance to publication of a paper is approximately 3-5 months.

Thank you for your time and effort,
On behalf of the editorial board of Deeds and Days,
Prof. habil. dr. Rūta Petrauskaitė