Peer review process
Articles intended for the peer-reviewed section of the journal must be prepared as original or review articles, in line with the journal’s focus. The author undertakes that the article sent for publication in the Forum for Conservator-Restorers journal has not been previously published in any other publication (except for internal reports of the author’s institution) and is not being prepared for publication in any other publication. Copyright and licensing conditions are concluded implicitly, i.e. at the moment when the author sends their Work to the editorial office. In such a case, no written or oral contract is concluded. By sending their Work, the author confirms that they acknowledge and agree to these conditions.
Original/review articles are assessed by the editorial board on the basis of a review process after two opposing reviews have been prepared, which are immediately communicated to the authors. Authors are given time to supplement their texts if necessary. Authors may name a maximum of two people with whom they disagree as potential opponents of the article. The review process is anonymous on both sides (unless the reviewer or author requests otherwise).
Reviewers are recommended by the editorial board. Experts in the field to which the article relates are selected, primarily from among academics or researchers, or persons outside the academic or scientific sphere but with a high professional reputation. Reviewers evaluating a contribution should, if possible, be from different institutions and must not be from the same institution as the author of the article being evaluated.
Informative articles (short reports, profiles of personalities, reviews of new books, information about interesting events, etc.) do not have to meet the criteria set for the peer-reviewed section of the journal. Their content is reviewed only by the editorial board.
The editorial board will inform the author of the submitted articles of its final decision on publication, including the reasons for rejection.
