Peer-review policy

The Editorial board of the journal Research Announcements “Heritage BG” makes the final decision on the publication of a manuscript following a double-blind peer review process. Reviewers are expected to provide impartial, objective, and constructive evaluations that offer clear and useful feedback to authors. The review policy is based on the following documents, which are adopted and applied by both the reviewers and the Editorial board:

Ø  COPE Ethical Guideline for Peer Reviewers https://publicationethics.org/guidance/guideline/ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers

Ø  The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. Revised edition 2023 https://allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/European-Code-of-Conduct-Revised-Edition-2023.pdf ; in Bulgarian https://allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CoC2023-Bulgarian-Final.pdf

Ø  Publishing Ethics Resource Kit for Editors / Elsevier https://www.elsevier.com/editor/perk?trial=true.