Peer-Review

Most of the manuscripts submitted to Deeds and Days are evaluated by independent external experts. In exceptional cases, where specific expertise or rapid assessment is required, members of the editorial board may be involved in the review process. Each article is evaluated by at least two anonymous reviewers, who are provided with the authors' anonymised versions of the manuscripts. The aim is to ensure an objective and impartial evaluation.

The Editorial Board pays particular attention to the prevention of conflicts of interest by ensuring that only experts who have no recent professional relationship with the authors of the manuscript provide reviews. This ensures complete impartiality and academic transparency of the reviews.

In the case of special issues or any other content curated by guest editors, the Editor-in-Chief remains responsible for the content of the entire journal. Articles in special issues shall be subject to the same editorial supervision as regular articles. Articles submitted by the guest editor(s) for the special issue(s) must follow an independent peer-review process and must represent no more than one quarter of the articles in the volume.

The basis for the review is clear and structured evaluation criteria defined in a standard evaluation table. It highlights the most important aspects of the scientific work and provides an overall conclusion. Reviewers are invited to complete this table or, if preferred, to comment directly in the margins of the manuscript. This procedure helps to ensure that the evaluations are clear and constructive, and that authors can make targeted improvements to their texts.

Communication between authors and reviewers, as well as possible appeals, is carried out through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, which allows for smooth and transparent communication. The final decision on the publication of an article is taken by the Editor-in-Chief after considering the conclusions and recommendations of the reviews. Once the decision to publish has been taken, the article appears after 3-5 months.