Review Policy

All research articles proposed for publishing in the journal “Inclusivity” need to undergo a rigorous review. The peer review process respects the originality and personal opinions of the authors, but reserves the editor's right to demand changes, based on reviewers' comments in order to preserve high scientific quality and our readers' interest.

The selection of the articles follows the principles and pathway set by our mission. The article selection process goes as follows:

• The editorial staff pre-selects the articles based on the quality of the material received, the compliance with academic rigor and drafting requirements, but also taking into consideration the topics assumed for the upcoming issue.
• Following this preselection, the articles move on towards the double-blind peer-review phase.
• The reviewers are independent and are chosen by taking into consideration three main aspects. First, the reviewer must not share any institutional affiliation with the author. Secondly, reviewers have editorial expertise enabling them to assess the submissions accordingly. Thirdly, they must also have extensive knowledge on the topic of the article that is submitted.
• Thus, two reviewers read the articles and assess them based on the following criteria:
• The relevance of the submission to the topics approached by the journal.
• The scientific quality of the submission - the state of the art, theoretical framework, methodology.
• The topical and innovative aspects of the submission.
• Following the double-blind peer review, the editorial staff decide whether to publish the contribution, to ask for improvements following the peer review or to reject the submission.