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Editorial and Peer Review Process<\/h1>\n

The editorial and peer review process of articles to be published in journals of Medical Communications follows the code of good practices by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education stipulated in the paper entitled Dobre praktyki w procedurach recenzyjnych w nauce<\/a><\/em> as well as the recommendations of ICMJE<\/a> and WAME<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Manuscripts submitted for publication are subjected to formal assessment by the Managing Editor. Incomplete manuscripts or manuscripts that fail to meet formal criteria are sent back to authors for correction.<\/p>\n

Once a manuscript is deemed formally correct, it is subjected to further assessment. Each manuscript is registered under a particular number and sent to two independent reviewers \u2013 these are specialists in the field within which the article\u2019s subject falls, not linked to the unit the authors are affiliated with, having no conflict of interest with the authors (arising from professional hierarchy, family relationship or a direct scientific cooperation within two years that precede the date of reviewing).<\/p>\n

The double-blind review mode is applied, which means the identity of the reviewers is not revealed to the authors and vice versa \u2013 the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors and other reviewers. However, for the editorial and peer review procedure to be clear and transparent, the editors of each journal list the names of all reviewers that have reviewed manuscripts in a given calendar year. The list is provided in the first or the last issue for the given calendar year as well as on a journal\u2019s respective website. The initial stage of the peer review process (the assessment of the submitted manuscript) is concluded within 2\u20133 weeks. Following this period, the reviewers provide the reasons of substance for their assessment and express a clear opinion on the manuscript in accordance with the following optional statements:<\/p>\n