REVIEWING POLICY

All articles for the “Russian Journal of Biomechanics” are subjected to mandatory peer-review procedure. Manuscripts with content that is technically weak or inappropriate for the scope of the journal, failing to meet acceptable standards of English usage, or with incomplete bibliographies will genertally rejected by Editor-in-Chief without regular review process. If the manuscript is not accepted for publication, the Editorial Board sends the author a motivated refusal. 

Generally, each manuscript is initially sent to two referees. Referees must send their review reports until the deadline to Editor-in-Chief, who is responsible for sending the paper evaluation results to the corresponding author of the paper. Authors should follow the advice of the referees and Editor-in-Chief when they feel this advice will improve the paper. When they do not agree with the advice, they should write a detailed arguments describing their reasons for disagreeing to Editor-in-Chief.

The revised manuscripts will normally be sent back to the referees for additional review.

The Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief act as conduits for discussion between the corresponding author and referees once a decision has been made on a paper. In cases of conflicts or arguments for reconsidiration, Editor-in-Chief will invite the additional referee to review the entire file.

The corresponding author receives one free copy of the issue with his published manuscript.

REVIEW FORM