peer review - STATISTICS 2009-2010

Referee's report form

Ask the list of anonymous referees (only for societies and organizations in charge of the scientific evaluation): vittorio.caporrella@unibo.it

Peer-review policy
The journal employs the double-blind peer review process, where both reviewers and authors remain anonymous throughout the review process. All research articles are submitted to two anonymous referees, usually not belonging to either the Editorial Staff or the International Advisory Board (<90%). The reviewers are chosen preferibly outside of the Department (>80%).

The reviewers won’t know the author's identity, as any identifying information will be stripped from the document before review. Reviewers' comments to the editors are confidential and before passing on to the author will made anonymous.

Manuscripts passing the initial review are assigned to an Managing Editor, who ask one or more of the Editors to provide a list of relevant academics with expertise in the field. The Managing Editor then chooses two reviewers from this list.

The names of the reviewers remain strictly confidential, with their identities know only the Managing Editor, the Associate Editor and the Editor-in-chief.

In cases where there is strong disagreement either among peer reviewers, further expert advice may be sought.

Confidentiality
Reviewers should treat the contents of the manuscript under review as strictly confidential, not to be disclosed. The reviewers’ assessments will be sent to the authors, although the names of the evaluators will not be revealed.

Based on the reviewers' comments, the Editorial Board makes a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript, and communicates to the authors the decision, along with referees' reports.
Whether major revisions are proposed, acceptance is dependent on whether the author can deal with those satisfactorily.

The list of all referees (in alphabetical order and with no connection with the article reviewed) might be passed on to the commissions of the societies in charge of the scientific evaluation of the journals or published in compliance with the requirements of the relevant authorities. In no case the connection between the referees and the given article reviewed will be revealed, nor the date of the assessment.

Types of contributions:
Articles: papers evaluated by double-blind peer review
Editorial material: submissions not evaluated by double-blind peer review