Review Process
The scientific and practical journal “Achievements of Clinical and Experimental Medicine” applies a double-blind peer review process. During the review process, the identities of both authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other.
After submission, manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening to ensure compliance with the journal’s scope, scientific standards, and formatting requirements. Manuscripts that meet the basic criteria are sent for review by at least two independent experts with relevant expertise in the subject area.
The peer review process is conducted on a confidential basis. Authors have no possibility to contact reviewers directly, and all communication is carried out through the editorial office.
Reviewers must inform the editorial office of any potential conflict of interest related to the subject of the manuscript, institutions involved, or possible authorship if it can be identified.
Based on the reviewers’ recommendations, the Editor-in-Chief makes one of the following decisions:
- accept the manuscript for publication;
- request revisions according to reviewers’ comments;
- reject the manuscript.
The journal follows the principles of peer review and publication ethics recommended by international organizations, including the World Association of Medical Editors and the Committee on Publication Ethics.
During the review process, the following aspects are evaluated:
- relevance and scientific novelty of the study;
- appropriateness of the study design and methodology;
- reliability and completeness of the results presented;
- validity of the conclusions;
- compliance with principles of research and publication ethics.
Reviewers may inform the editorial office about suspected cases of academic misconduct, including plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, duplicate publication, or other forms of unethical behavior.
Reviewers must treat all manuscripts as confidential documents. They are not allowed to copy, store, distribute, or use any information from the manuscript for personal or professional purposes other than those related to the peer review process.
To ensure academic integrity, all submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using the Unicheck plagiarism detection system.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in manuscript preparation must be clearly disclosed by the authors. AI tools cannot be listed as authors and do not replace the responsibility of authors for the accuracy and integrity of the submitted work.
