Peer Review Process
The process of submission to acceptance in Concepts and Functions in the Building Engineering can be summarized in 6 main steps:
The review process of articles follows: All articles are initially reviewed by the editorial board of the journal. Papers approved by the editorial board will be sent to two expert reviewers. The review process in Concepts and Functions in the Building Engineering is double-blind. Authors can introduce two expert reviewers at the time of submission, but the journal decides about the proposed reviewers, and in any event, the name of the selected reviewer will not be disclosed to the authors]. In the reviewing process, the article is first reviewed by two expert reviewers in the relevant field. For publication, two reviewers need to have the same opinions on a particular manuscript. If both expert reviewers approve the article, it will be accepted for publication.
If the article is approved by one expert reviewer but rejected by the other, the author will be asked to revise it and the third referee will decide to accept or reject the article (see review process, for more information).
Reviewers’ decisions for the manuscript will be one of the following:
Approve the manuscript in its current form
Approve the manuscript with minor corrections.
Approve the manuscript with major corrections: This means that the manuscript needs general and structural changes (After revising the manuscript by the author, it will be sent to the reviewers for further judgment; if the reviewers approve the manuscript, the article will be published. The article will be rejected if the comments have not been addressed correctly and the reviewer thinks further revisions are needed.