The procedure for reviewing the manuscripts set by the Editorial Board of «History of Education Journal»

Manuscripts received by the Editorial Board of "Historical and pedagogical journal" (further - the journal) are sent for review after the determination of matching the articles and the journal profile and requirements for the articles.

To carry out the review of the manuscripts it is possible to engage members of the Editorial Board and highly qualified scientists and specialists of the Nizhny Tagil State Social Pedagogical Institute and institutions of higher education as reviewers. The reviewer can not be the author or co-author of the article under review.

Review terms in each case are determined by the managing editor of the Journal, taking into account conditions for rapid publication of articles (but not more than 2 months from the date of receipt of the manuscript by the editor).

After receiving positive reviews the executive editor of the Journal will inform authors on the admission of an article for publication, indicating the timing of publication. The copy of the review is sent to the author with the Journal, which published the article.

Article not recommended for publication by the reviewer to re-examination is not accepted. The text of the negative reviews is sent to the author by e-mail on behalf of the Editorial Board of the Journal.

The originals are kept in the editorial reviews of «History of Education Journal» within three years from the date of publication.

Requirements for the review content

The review should include a qualified analysis of the article material, its objective reasoned assessment and informed recommendations.

The review should include the author's name (s) and the name of the reviewed article, the date of the review, the reviewer's signature, information about the reviewer (name, title and degree, place of work, position).

The review highlights the following issues:
  • matching the content of the article and its title;
  • illumination of actual problems of pedagogy and its originality;
  • availability of the article to readers in terms of language, style, material location, visibility of tables;
  • suitability of publication of the article taking into account the previously released literature on the subject;
  • the amount of the text, which should not exceed one standard printed sheet (16 typewritten pages) and be at least 0.5 nominal printer's sheets (8 pages).
  • what positive aspects and disadvantages of the article must be corrected by the author.

The final part of the review shall contain the conclusions of the article in the whole and a clear recommendation about the advisability of its publication in "Historical and pedagogical journal" (recommended, recommended taking into account the correction of deficiencies noted by the reviewer or not recommended article for publication in the journal).