REVIEWING PROCESS

Reviewing Process


In accordance with the decision of the editorial board of the Virgil Madgearu Review of Economic Studies and Research, on improving quality standards, the process of reviewing articles that are published in each issue consists of the following steps:
- articles are sent to the editor in chief, who verifies that all required elements are present (according to the Informations to the authors' section);
- the editor in chief then distributes the texts to specialized reviewers, after having ensured the anonymity of each work;
- the work is accompanied by the form of assessment that is attached on the site;
- reviewers are required to make the observations and comments in writing on 1-3 pages, which are sent to the editors and submitted back to the authors, to revise, or supplement, the text of the article to be published;
- recommendations aimes at one of the four census situations: article accepted in its original form, accepted with minor changes, accepted with substantial changes, the article is rejected;
- along with the evaluation on 1-3 pages, reviewers must give scores according to the 10 criteria set out in the appropriate form.
Based on this assessment procedure, it is possible to track the quality criteria required of all articles provided for publication.

 

Evaluation Form

 

Please perform the assessment of the article the following terms:

1. A written assessment - observations and comments (1-3 pages).
2. Based on the evaluation of the form below.

 

		Score
1.	The title is relevant and reflects the content of the work
2.	The abstract summarizes the content of the article
3.	The introduction presents relevant studies in the area and cite the main results obtained by other authors in that field
4.	The work fits in your chosen field, being scientifically relevant
5.	The article presents consistency, appropriate with the topic chosen. The research method used is clear and well founded.
6.	The sources used are appropriate (well-known authors, official databases, examples, etc.)
7.	The work presents originality, it is signifficant for the economic theory and practice in the field
8.	Conclusions is a summary of relevant research results and outlines clear prospects
9.	Appropriate bibliographic sources, new. There is a link between sources and references presented at the end of the paper
10.	The paper uses an academic language, appropriate for the context, avoiding any errors

(Please give scores of 0-10 for each of the criteria in the form.)

Recommendations:
1. Article accepted in its original form
2. Accepted with minor changes
3. Accepted with substantial changes
4. Article rejected

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