• Guidelines for Reviewers
• Review form
• ai use by peer Reviewers
• peer Reviewer confidentiality

Guidelines for Reviewers

Expert evaluations and recommendations provided by peer reviewers support the Editor-in-Chief in evaluating manuscripts and making publication decisions, while helping to ensure that published research is valid, rigorous, and credible.

Papers published in the journal should meet established standards regarding their relevance to the journal’s readership, technical quality, and presentation.

Reviewers are asked to assess manuscripts promptly upon receipt and to submit their reviews as soon as possible, preferably within six weeks. If a reviewer is unable to meet this deadline, alternative reviewers may be invited.

Review form

The peer review form is designed to assist reviewers in evaluating manuscripts. If revisions are recommended, reviewers should be as specific as possible in describing the required changes and should clearly distinguish between recommended and mandatory revisions. If a manuscript is considered unsuitable for publication, reviewers should recommend its rejection.

Please return the review to the Editor-in-chief: reili.argus@tlu.ee.

ai use by peer Reviewers

Estonian Academy Publishers supports the use of AI tools, provided that peer reviewers base their evaluations on their expertise and not solely on AI-generated content. Peer reviewers are expected to adhere to generally accepted publication ethics and best practices. The use of AI tools, including the name of the tool and the manner of its use, should be disclosed in the peer review text.

However, peer reviewers should remember that manuscripts may contain sensitive or proprietary information that must not be shared outside the peer review process. Therefore, we ask that reviewers refrain from uploading manuscripts into generative AI tools.

peer Reviewer confidentiality

The identities of reviewers are not disclosed to authors unless the reviewers have given their explicit permission. Reviewers should treat submitted manuscripts as confidential documents and should not use or disclose unpublished information contained in a manuscript without the permission of the author(s). As there is no direct communication between authors and reviewers regarding a manuscript, such permission can only be obtained through the editors.