Reviewing an Article Manuscript
Reviewing an Article Manuscript
All articles that have been checked for correct formatting in accordance with the requirements of the journal, as well as for plagiarism, undergo a further review procedure. Peer review is a mandatory component of passing a manuscript for publication in a journal.
The peer review process in Al-Farabi journal is carried out through the practice of closed (“blind”) double peer review. Scientists with doctorate and candidate degrees, as well as a doctors of philosophy (PhD), specializing in scientific direction of a submitted manuscript, are appointed as peer reviewers.
Reviewing process is carried out on a confidential basis. A manuscript of an article is sent to a peer reviewer through the electronic platform without attribution and author’s (authors’) data. A "Reviewer’s Instruction Booklet", which contains the main principles that have to be reflected in the evaluation of a manuscript, is sent to a peer reviewer. They contribute to an objective assessment of quality and content of submitted article.
After receiving a review of a manuscript, which contains an assessment of possibility of publishing an article only after corrections, taking into account a peer reviewer’s comments, a review is sent to an author (authors) via the electronic platform without indicating reviewer's data as a reply to author's answer with the wishes to eliminate comments made and make corrections to the text of manuscript. Author can, without responding to comments, eliminate them in article text and send it back to scientific editor.
After receiving a response to the comments made by peer reviewer and making changes and corrections to article text, sending it back to the editorial office, all materials are sent to the reviewer for re-reviewing.
A manuscript, which received positive reviews from two experts and the scientific editor, is recommended for publication in the journal of socio-humanitarian research "Al-Farabi" in the order of their acceptance for publication. Manuscripts approved by the editorial board are transferred to the executive secretary of the journal for formation of the next issue of the journal.
In case of receiving one negative review of manuscript, and the other positive, manuscript is sent to the third peer reviewer or member of the editorial board, who is a specialist in the thematic focus of article, and who gives his opinion on the subject of publication. The final decision on publication / rejection of manuscript is made after receiving the third review or an editorial board member’s opinion by the editor-in-chief of the journal "Al-Farabi".
Upon receipt of two negative reviews, manuscript is rejected, and author is notified for correspondence.
Reviews of article manuscript are stored in electronic format on the electronic platform of the journal for 3 years.
Free Access Policy and Archiving of Materials
The journal of socio-humanitarian research "Al-Farabi" provides open access to its content on the official website of the journal. Email address: ……………….
All information on the site is given in three languages: Kazakh, Russian and English, providing informational access to the site content not only for Kazakhstani, but also for foreign contingent of scientists and readers.
The site contains information on the editorial policy of the journal, its goals and thematic focus, conditions for article publishing, reviewing policy, publication ethics, data on the composition of the editorial board and international editorial board, as well as other information of interest to site visitors.
Authors and readers can familiarize themselves with the electronic versions of the current issue of the journal, as well as the archive of the issues for previous years. All publications of the journal in electronic form are distributed free of charge.
Privacy Terms
Information about the authors is published in the section of the journal "Our Authors". It contains the following information - full name, place of work, position held, academic degree, title.
The editorial board of the journal maintains confidentiality regarding the disclosure of information to peer reviewers about author (s) of article and to author (s) about peer reviewers. It also does not disclose information about articles under consideration to third parties.
