Peer Review

Peer Review Policy

Sciencevio journal pages state what is peer reviewed, which review model is used, who makes decisions, and which content types are handled differently.

Peer Review Peer Review Policy

Overview

Sciencevio peer review is designed to evaluate originality, methodological quality, ethical presentation, clarity, and relevance to journal scope.

Review route

Research manuscripts normally pass through editorial screening and external expert review before a final decision.

  • Initial check for scope, completeness, author declarations, conflicts, ethics, data availability, and originality.
  • Assignment to reviewers with relevant expertise and no declared conflict where possible.
  • Editorial evaluation of reviewer comments, author responses, and journal standards.
  • Clear labeling of content that receives editorial review rather than external peer review.

Decision categories

Editors may issue decisions according to the level of revision or evidence required.

  • Accept after editorial and production checks.
  • Minor revision for limited corrections or clarifications.
  • Major revision when substantial method, analysis, reporting, or interpretation work is needed.
  • Reject when scope, quality, originality, ethics, or evidence standards are not met.

How this page is used

This information supports authors, reviewers, editors, conference contributors, and readers by making the Sciencevio publishing route clear before submission and consistent after publication.

Before submission

Use the policy to prepare declarations, files, permissions, ethics details, and journal or conference fit.

During review

Editors and reviewers use the policy to keep decisions consistent, documented, confidential, and independent.

After publication

Corrections, reuse, metadata, archiving, complaints, and record updates are handled according to the published policy route.