Publishing Ethics ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Theological Reflection is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that adheres to all ethical necessary for publishing high-quality original articles in the field of theology. Communic authors, editors, reviewers and the editorial board is transparent and professional. It is accordance with the COPE [ URL "https://publicationethics.org/files/2008%20Code%20of%20Con of Conduct. All articles published in Theological Reflection must be relevant to the journ expertise and pass the peer review process. Acceptance to the review process The author who offers a manuscript to Theological Reflection guarantees that the text is h has not been published anywhere else and is not offered for publication elsewhere. He/She that ideas and formulations in the text not authored by him/her are properly identified as their author is acknowledged in the appropriate citation. Offering the same manuscript to journal at the same time is unethical and unacceptable. Similarly, it is unethical and una author to plagiarise or deliberately make inaccurate statements in his/her text. Detailed authors can be downloaded HERE [ URL "ETFENG-314-version1-tref_informace_pro_autory_11_3_2 Submissions are first reviewed by the editors, who assess whether the article or review co the characteristics of the journal in terms of subject matter, scope and level of preparat article is accepted for anonymous peer review. Otherwise, the editors will inform the auth for non-acceptance. Review process The editors are sending an anonymized version of the article to two independent experts fo reviewers must be from an institution other than that of the author of the article. They w journal on a voluntary basis and have the right to decline to review a particular manuscri discretion, e.g. if their current workload or other commitments prevent them from completi in a timely manner. Reviewers should not accept manuscripts that they do not feel competen or in relation to which they feel a conflict of interest. Reviewers who have accepted a ma assessment are expected to submit their assessment within four weeks. All manuscripts offe for review are considered confidential documents. The assessment should be conducted impar should be clearly formulated and supported by arguments. Reviewers should draw attention t author uses and does not cite in the manuscript. Any such notice should be accompanied by reference. The reviewer should alert the editors if he/she sees similarities between the m review and another text with which he/she is familiar. The form for reviewers can be downl "ETFENG-314-version1-tref_recenzni_posudek.doc"] . Upon receipt of the reviews, the editors will inform the author of the outcome (acceptance reservations, acceptance with reservations, or rejection) and send him/her any requests fo is a prerequisite for the publication of an article in Theological Reflection that the aut revises his/her text in light of the reviewers' reservations. In the event of an indecisiv the reviews, the editors will commission a further review. The editors are responsible for of the articles offered to the journal will be published. They base their decision on the recommendations and may also refer to the journal's editorial board. They evaluate manuscr on the basis of their intellectual content and their contribution to the field of research only provide information on a submitted manuscript to the author, reviewers, potential rev editorial advisors, and in some cases, members of the editorial board and the publisher. T make every effort to ensure the integrity of the review of the manuscript; in particular, disclose the name of the author of the manuscript or the names of the reviewers to the aut Proofreading The authors are responsible for the linguistic accuracy of their published texts. Before s press, the authors are sent the published texts for final proofreading. At this stage, onl to the text are allowed. Authors are obliged to proofread and send their texts back to the delay. Misconduct statement Editors are responsible for preventing, identifying, and addressing any misconduct related manuscript or an already published article. If there are concerns about an ethical aspect or published article, they should address the matter accordingly. If they are unable to re within the editorial office, they may invite two independent members of the editorial boar them to form an internal ethics committee. Where possible, editors should follow the proce by COPE [ URL "https://publicationethics.org/"] in resolving problems. Declaration of open access to the content of the journal Theological Reflection is an open access journal, which means that all content is availabl on the journal's website. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print or link to the of articles in this journal without needing prior permission from the publisher or author. accordance with the BOAI [ URL "https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org"] platform de Journal Theological Reflection uses a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [ URL "https://crea licenses/by/4.0/"] license for peer-reviewed articles and other text it publishes. By subm to the journal, authors agree to use the CC BY 4.0 license for their work. Copyright is re publisher. Fees and honoraria The journal Theological Reflection does not charge any fees for the acceptance of articles editorial processing and publication. 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