Peer Review

Peer review process

After the closing of the Call for Papers/Llamada a artículos period, the Management Committee will evaluate the suitability of the proposals submitted both for the subject matter and objectives of the journal and for the rules established for the writing of articles. Then, with the help of the Editorial and Scientific Committees, two reviewers of recognised prestige in the subject matter will be selected to carry out an evaluation using the double-blind system. The reviewers will carry out their considerations following the review templates. The anonymity of authors and reviewers will always be guaranteed in all exchanges of information. The article and the results of the double-blind peer review will be passed on to the Editorial Committee, which will decide, in the light of the reports issued, which papers will be published and, if appropriate, which will need to be reviewed and in what terms. If the two evaluators provide opposing assessments, a third assessment will be requested.

The results of the evaluation will be:

Publishable: accepted without modification.

Requires revision: publishable with minor modifications and without the need for a second evaluation.

Re-assessable: published with major modifications and requires a second assessment.

Not publishable.

In the eventuality that modifications are required, the author will receive the reviewers' reports. Together with the new version of the article, the author must send a justified response to these reports to the Editorial Committee. The new version will clearly identify the modifications and will be reviewed by the reviewers themselves.

Astrágalo urges reviewers to use friendly, conciliatory and constructive language in their reviews.

Astrágalo, will publish a limited number of articles per volume. It should be noted that even if an article is accepted or continues to be reviewed, it may be deferred for publication in a future issue. In this case, it is up to the author to withdraw the article or accept its publication in a future issue.

The list of external reviewers will be published on the Astrágalo website annually. Reviewers must indicate at the end of their review if they do not wish to appear on the published list.