3. Peer-review process and responsibilities of reviewers
- All reviewing judgments shall be objective;
- Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate;
- Reviewed articles shall be treated confidentially;
- Reviewers shall have no conflict of interest with respect to reviewed articles;
- Reviewers shall point out relevant published work which is not yet cited;
- Editors publishing in their own journal must not exploit their position (the process of peer review must be handled independently of the author);
- Reviewers shall assess the manuscript in a timely manner;
- For further information concerning the responsibilities of reviewers see for example the Reviewing Procedure Flowchart for our journals Folklore. Electronic Journal of Folklore and Mäetagused.