PEER REVIEW POLICY

Peer Review Policy

The European Hebrew Journal (EHJ) follows a double-blind peer review process in accordance with international academic publishing standards.

1. Editorial Screening

All submitted manuscripts are first evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief or assigned Associate Editor to assess:

  • relevance to the journal scope
  • basic academic quality
  • adherence to submission guidelines
  • plagiarism check (using similarity detection tools)

Manuscripts that fail to meet minimum standards are rejected without external review.

2. Peer Review Process

Manuscripts that pass editorial screening are sent to 2–3 independent expert reviewers in the relevant field.

  • The review process is double-blind
    (authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other)
  • Reviewers are selected based on:
    • academic expertise
    • publication record
    • absence of conflict of interest

3. Review Timeline

The standard review period is up to 90 days.

In exceptional cases (e.g. need for additional expertise or revisions), this period may be extended with notification to the author.

4. Evaluation Criteria

Manuscripts are assessed based on:

  • originality and contribution to the field
  • methodological rigor and validity
  • clarity and coherence of argumentation
  • theoretical and empirical relevance
  • quality of references and academic grounding

5. Editorial Decision

Based on reviewers’ recommendations, the final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief:

  • Accept
  • Minor Revision
  • Major Revision
  • Reject

In case of conflicting reviews, a third independent reviewer may be assigned.

6. Ethical Standards

The journal strictly follows international publishing ethics standards, including principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The journal does not tolerate:

  • plagiarism
  • data fabrication or falsification
  • duplicate submission or publication
  • unethical research practices

All submissions are subject to plagiarism detection prior to review.

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Politika recenzije

European Hebrew Journal (EHJ) primenjuje sistem dvostruko slepe recenzije (double-blind peer review) u skladu sa međunarodnim standardima akademskog izdavaštva.

1. Urednička provera

Svi pristigli rukopisi prvo prolaze uredničku evaluaciju koju vrši glavni ili pridruženi urednik, radi procene:

  • usklađenosti sa tematikom časopisa
  • osnovnog akademskog kvaliteta
  • poštovanja uputstva autorima
  • provere plagijata (softverska analiza sličnosti)

Radovi koji ne ispunjavaju osnovne kriterijume bivaju odbijeni bez slanja na recenziju.

2. Recenzentski proces

Radovi koji prođu uredničku proveru šalju se na recenziju 2–3 nezavisna stručna recenzenta.

  • Recenzija je dvostruko slepa
  • Recenzenti se biraju prema:
    • stručnoj kompetenciji
    • naučnim publikacijama
    • odsustvu konflikta interesa

3. Trajanje recenzije

Standardno trajanje procesa recenzije je do 90 dana.

U izuzetnim slučajevima rok može biti produžen uz obaveštenje autoru.

4. Kriterijumi evaluacije

Radovi se ocenjuju na osnovu:

  • originalnosti i doprinosa nauci
  • metodološke utemeljenosti
  • jasnoće i logičke strukture
  • teorijske i empirijske relevantnosti
  • kvaliteta literature i izvora

5. Urednička odluka

Na osnovu recenzentskih izveštaja, konačnu odluku donosi glavni urednik:

  • prihvatanje
  • manja revizija
  • veća revizija
  • odbijanje

U slučaju kontradiktornih recenzija, može se angažovati treći nezavisni recenzent.

6. Etički standardi

Časopis primenjuje međunarodne etičke standarde u skladu sa smernicama Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Časopis ne toleriše:

  • plagijat
  • fabrikovanje ili falsifikovanje podataka
  • dvostruko objavljivanje
  • neetičko istraživanje

Svi radovi prolaze softversku proveru plagijata pre slanja na recenziju.

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