Editorial process

The journal adheres to a double-blind peer review policy. The editorial process consists of two stages: preliminary review and peer review, and lasts from 4 to 8 weeks.

First stage: Pre-review

All manuscripts submitted to "Physical Rehabilitation and Recreational Health Technologies" are first checked for compliance with the design requirements, and then submitted to the editor-in-chief, who assesses their suitability for review. In addition, at this initial stage, the editor-in-chief checks submitted materials for plagiarism, fraudulent data, and duplicate content, even with the help of plagiarism detection tools. Although this rarely happens, manuscripts can be accepted at this stage. Usually, at this stage, manuscripts are rejected due to lack of originality, serious scientific errors, grammatical errors, inadequate command of the English language, or inappropriateness of the journal's topic. Manuscripts that meet the minimum criteria are then sent to reviewers either directly by the editor-in-chief or by a deputy editor appointed by the editor-in-chief.

Manuscripts that do not meet the journal's standards or the journal's ethical policy will be rejected prior to peer-review.

Second stage: review

If the article is not rejected at the preliminary review stage, it is submitted for review. Each article is usually reviewed by two independent reviewers (there may be more if necessary, and in some cases the review process may be based on the report of only one reviewer), after which the member of the editorial board in charge of the relevant scientific issue decides on publication in one of the following ways:

  • Reject - the article is unacceptable for publication, resubmission is not considered
  • Serious revision - the article requires major changes and requires re-consideration without guarantee of acceptance
  • Minor revision - the article is accepted on a preliminary basis, subject to the conditions that must be met when preparing the final version of the manuscript.

In both cases of revision, authors are given a 2-week deadline to return revised manuscripts. Any extension of this period should be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief.

A maximum of two rounds of major revision per manuscript are normally provided.