Arbitration and blind peer evaluation system, protocol for communication of the decision made and estimated deadlines for editing an article

ARBITRATION SYSTEM

In compliance with these best practices, Laboratorio de Arte has published its review system for selecting articles, as well as the evaluation criteria to be applied by external reviewers—anonymous and peer reviewers- who are not members of the Editorial Board, to the Institution and to the authors. The criteria are based exclusively on the scientific relevance of the article, originality, clarity and relevance of the work presented. Laboratorio de Artekeeps these criteria updated.

EXTERNAL ANONYMOUS PEER REVIEW

The Editorial Board will reply to the authors on the admission for processing of their text within a month (not including holiday periods), without prejudice to the subsequent publication decision based on the reports by the external evaluators. Admission for processing will be subject to the compliance of these “Author Guidelines for Manuscript Submission” and to the initial assessment of the article by the Editorial Board itself.

The Editorial Board may directly reject the works received, without resorting to an external review process, if they are deemed to be unsuitable for the journal because they lack the required quality standards, for not responding its content to a standardized structure (Introduction, Approach, Methods and Materials, Analysis or Study, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References), because they are not in line with the scientific aims of the journal, because they do not adapt to the rules of publication or because they contain evidence of scientific fraud.

When the Editorial Board of the journal Laboratorio de Arte has verified that the article fulfils the standards relating to style and content indicated in the instructions for authors, the article will be sent to two anonymous experts, no belonging to the Editorial Board,  to the Institution and to the authors, within the specific field of art history investigation, for a double blind review. When one of the two evaluations is negative, a third report will be requested.

The assessment will be influenced by the interest ot the article, its contribution to knowledge of the subject matter, its innovative contribution, the correct relationships established, the critical judgment developed, the bibliographical references used, its correct writing, etc., and it will provide recommendations, if any, for possible improvement.

Based on the degree of compliance with the modifications requested, the Editorial Board will decide on whether or not the publication of the article should proceed. Such decision (publication without changes; publication with minor corrections; publication with significant corrections; not advisable for its publication) will be communicated to the main author by the Secretary of the magazine, as well as the observations and comments of the reviewers.

If the manuscript has been accepted with modifications, the authors will have to resubmit a new version of the article, addressing the requirements and suggestions of the external reviewers. The articles with significant corrections can be sent to the Editorial Board for verification of the validity of the modifications made by the author.

Considering the degree of compliance with the requested changes, the Editorial Board shall decide whether or not the article is published.

PROTOCOL FOR NOTIFYING THE EDITORIAL DECISION TO THE AUTHORS WITH REASONABLE REASONS

Following the Editorial Board's decision, the journal will notify the author of the decision on their article. This communication will be sent via the OJS (Journal of Journalism and Sport) via email, specifying the reasons for the decision.

If the publication is ultimately accepted, the authors assign the reproduction rights to the illustrations and the rights for the digital edition. Requesting reproduction rights is the sole responsibility of the authors.

ESTIMATED TIMES FOR THE ARTICLE EDITING PROCESS

Once the article has been accepted and the journal begins publishing, it will be formatted and the authors will be sent initial proofs for review, including any necessary corrections. These corrections should not substantially alter the structure of the text. This process can take approximately three months from the start of the new issue's publication. After the authors have returned the corrected proofs, the journal will complete the editing process with its final layout in both PDF and HTML formats. The new issue will then be published in the journal's OJS and printed on paper, a period that typically lasts another three months.