Peer Review Process

The peer review procedure (expert assessment) is carried out to ensure a high scientific and theoretical level of the journal"Scientific works of the Kyiv Aviation Institute. Series: Legal Bulletin "Air and Space Law"The purpose of the review is to facilitate the careful selection of author's manuscripts for publication, to provide an objective assessment of the quality of the submitted material, as well as to determine the quality of its level of compliance with scientific, literary and ethical standards. All reviewers must be objective and adhere to the provisions of the Publication Ethics section.

Taking into account the requirements for professional publications of Ukraine (order of the Ministry of Education and Science № 32 of 15.01.2018), the article is reviewed by a scientist who has a degree and conducts research in a specialty that corresponds to the subject submitted for publication. less than three publications in scientific publications included in category "A" and / or category "B" of the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine, and / or in foreign publications indexed in Web of Science Core Collection and / or Scopus databases, published in the last five years:

  1. "Scientific works of the Kyiv Aviation Institute. Series: Legal Bulletin "Air and Space Law" follows the "double-blind" review, according to which expert evaluation is carried out anonymously for both the reviewer and the authors.
  2. Scientific articles prepared in accordance with the section of the Guide for authors who have passed the initial control in the editorial office are allowed to the peer review stage.
  3. The initial examination of a scientific article is carried out by the editor-in-chief or a member of the editorial board of the journal by a specialist in this field of law.
  4. In case of compliance with the requirements for publication of the journal, the manuscript is submitted to the technical editor, who provides the article with a registration code and removes information about the author or authors (the process of coding the article).
  5. The coded article is sent by e-mail to the member of the editorial board responsible for the scientific direction of the content of the article, as well as to external reviewers.
  6. The member of the editorial board and external reviewers to whom the coded article was sent, fill in the standard forms of the review and choose one of the options:
    • Accept for publication without changes;
    • Accept for publication after making minor changes;
    • Accept for publication after significant changes (additional review)
    • I do not recommend for publication
  1. In case of refusal or need for revision, the reviewer must provide a written reasoned explanation of the reasons for such a decision. An independent research expert should review the manuscript within two weeks of receiving the article.
  2. Recommendations of reviewers are sent by e-mail to the technical editor. Articles that need to be revised are sent to authors with specific recommendations for improving the quality of the material without identifying the reviewers.
  3. The revised version of the article is sent to the editorial board for re-examination and review. In case of repeated negative review results, the article is rejected and is not subject to further consideration.
  4. The average review time of manuscripts is -2-4 weeks.
  5. The final decision on the publication of the article is made at a meeting of the editorial board, which takes into account the reviews received and reports of plagiarism.
  6. The decision of the editorial board is communicated to the author. The editors of the journal do not enter into discussions with the authors of the rejected articles.
  7. Further work with the article, which was accepted for publication, is carried out by the editorial board in accordance with the technological process of preparation of the journal.
  8. Reviews and recommendations for each article are stored in the electronic edition for 2 years from the date of publication of the journal in which the peer-reviewed article is published.