Publication procedure

Publication procedure

 A two-person peer review is mandatory for publication of an article in the journal "Defence and Science". A reviewer for each article is selected by the editor-in-chief, in consultation with the members of the editorial board. The reviewers are scientists and researchers working in different universities (both in Georgia and in other countries) whose competence and academic works are consistent with the content of the article. The publication procedure consists of 10 stages and fully covers no more than 90 days from the receipt of the article.

Stages

Activities

Dates

I

The article is received on the official e-mail of the magazine defenseandscience@eta.edu.ge

From May 1 to September 31 at the latest

II

Determining compliance of technical parameters. In case of discrepancy, the paper is sent to the author for correction

4 days

III

The author's time to correct inconsistencies of technical parameters

4 days

IV

Plagiarism is checked via the program. If plagiarism is detected, the paper is sent to the author for correction.

5 days

V

Time for the author to correct plagiarism

10 days

VI

Selecting a reviewer according to the topic and sending the paper

 

4 days

VII

Preparation of conclusions by reviewers

 

25 days

VIII

Discussion of reviewers' conclusions. A paper criticized by a reviewer is sent to the author for Discussion of reviewers' conclusions. A paper criticized by a reviewer is sent to the author for correction

 

5 days

IX

If necessary, more time for authors is allocated to work on their papers

 

30 days

X

If necessary, the editorial board makes a decision on the publication of the revised article

 

3 days