Quêtes littéraires guarantees a rigorous review process according to the following principles:
- Each article is reviewed by two independent reviewers not affiliated to the place of work of the author of the article.
- At least one reviewer’s affiliation should be in a different country than the country of the author of the article.
- Author/s of articles and reviewers do not know each other’s identity (double-blind review process). Reviewers’ ethical obligations are explained in section Publication Ethics: Duties of Reviewers.
- Review is in the written form and contains a clear judgment on whether the article is to be published or rejected (reviewing form.pdf). The double peer-review process takes at least 2 months.
- In case of contradictory opinions, the editor may decide to refer a paper to a third reviewer. The decision of the third reviewer is final.
- The editor presents the author with reviews without disclosing the reviewers’ identity. The author of the paper is obliged to respond to reviewers’ suggestions before publishing a paper.
- The identity of the reviewers of particular articles is not revealed, the list of collaborating reviewers is published on the journal’s website.
