FOR REVIEWERS

We ask all peer reviewers to read and accept our PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT in full version which is available for download HERE.

The following rules come from our code of ethics, which is a part of the above mentioned document:

GUIDELINES FOR  PAMIĘTNIK TEATRALNY  PEER REVIEWERS

1. A reviewer should inform the editorial board as soon as possible about any risk of the conflict of interest involving the paper received for review and of any other reason why the reviewer would wish to withdraw from the review process.
2. Throughout the process of manuscript review and evaluation, reviewers are obliged to observe the strictest confidentiality.
3. Reviewers shall evaluate the  manuscripts objectively, refraining from any subjective or personal comments. A review, whose purpose is to support the author in improving their manuscript, should include a clearly stated explanation of the recommendation.
4. Reviewers should point out where the manuscript under review lacks pertinent references or bibliographical information. Whenever possible, reviewers are obliged to inform the editorial board if the paper or its part is similar to any other work which has already been published.
5. Reviewers may not use the manuscripts under review for any purpose other than the review itself. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
6. Reviewers consent to their full names being published once a year on the journal’s website.

MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA:

• Originality of approach in the light of recent research
• Significance of the research problem
• The relevance of methodology and its application
• Use of relevant archival materials (if aplicable)
• Text structure
• Soundness of argumentation and clarity of exposition
• Writing style and linguistic correctness

Review form

Our review procedure is described here.