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The reviewers are obliged to:<\/p><ul><li>deliver an objective, independent opinion,<\/li><li>ensure that there is no conflict of interests \u2013 they should have no personal relationships or business relations with Authors,<\/li><li>keep any information regarding the content and opinion confidential.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u21d2 When the Reviewers are chosen, the Editor-in-Chief sends them a written offer with either a short description or an abstract of the article, defines the range of reviews and sets a deadline.<\/p><p>\u21d2 If the Reviewers accept the offer, the Editorial Board provides them with a full version of the article and an obligatory peer review report.<\/p><p>\u21d2 Reviewers\u2019 personal details are classified and they can be declassified only at the Author\u2019s request and with the reviewer\u2019s permission in case the review is negative or the article contains arguable elements. Once a year, the Editorial Board publishes in its journal the full list of the Reviewers cooperating with the journal.<\/p><p>\u21d2 Once the review process is complete, the Reviewer delivers electronic version of the review by e-mail and the Editorial Board:<\/p><ul><li>informs the Author that the review has been submitted to the journal (when the reviewer states that the article does not require corrections or it requires only minor editorial corrections),<\/li><li>forwards the review with critical comments to the Author, who is encouraged to make corrections suggested by the reviewer. If the Author disagrees with certain remarks, he\/she is under obligation to prepare response letter substantiating his position.<\/li><li>sends the revised article to the Reviewer again, if the Reviewer finds it necessary.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u21d2 The Editorial Board makes the final decision about publishing the article based on analysis of the review and the revised version of the article that the Author has resubmitted.<\/p><p>\u21d2 If one of the reviews is negative, the Editor-in-Chief makes decision about rejection of the article or invites an additional reviewer so as to get an extra opinion before making a decision. When both reviews are negative, the Editor-in-Chief rejects the article.<\/p><p>\u21d2 The final version of the article is sent to the Author.<\/p><p>\u21d2 Non-scientific articles do not need to be reviewed and they are accepted for publication by the Editor-in-Chief.<\/p><p><strong>Ethics and publication malpractice statement<\/strong><\/p><p>Ethics and publication malpractice statement concerning copyright materials published in Packaging Review journal (compiled on the base of COPE \u2013 Committee on Publication Ethics \u2013 guidelines)<\/p><p>Alfa-Print Sp. z o.o. Publishing House, as a publisher of technical magazines and scientifical journal \u201cPackaging Review\u201d, is obligated to support adherence to ethical standards in copyright materials, publishing high quality materials and prevent any scientific misconduct. Adherence to ethical rules is expected equally from all participants of the publication process: authors, editors, reviewers and the publisher.<\/p><p><strong>Editor\u2019s responsibilities<\/strong><\/p><p>The Editor evaluates papers in a fair and objective manner, with no regard to the author\u2019s race,<br \/>gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, political philosophy, ethnic or geographic origin. The Editor\u2019s decision is made only on the basis of the article being analyzed, taking into consideration its originality, scientific value, clarity, importance of the research or information for the science and technology community in a given domain.<\/p><p>The Editor treats all papers received form the Authors as confidential and does not disclose them to persons that are not directly participating in the publication process (authors, editors, reviewers etc.) and does not use them for their own research purposes without the Author\u2019s written consent.<\/p><p>The Editor enables the Author to publish a factual discussion concerning a part of an article being reviewed. The Editor does not block the possibility of publishing negative research results. The Editor and the Editorial Board pay special attention to the applicable legal requirements concerning copyrights.<\/p><p><strong>Reviewer\u2019s responsibilities<\/strong><\/p><p>The object of peer review is to assist the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board in making decisions concerning the article\u2019s publication and to possibly help the Author in correcting or improving their work.<\/p><p>The Reviewer should objectively evaluate if they are able to review a given article, taking into<br \/>consideration the paper\u2019s substance and a deadline determined by the Editorial Board.<br \/>The Reviewer declines reviewing a given article if they identify a conflict of interests resulting from e. g. financial, personal or professional connections with article\u2019s author(s), company or an institution associated with the paper.<\/p><p>The Reviewer treats all papers received form the Editorial Board as confidential and does not<br \/>disclose them to third parties or use them for their own research purposes without the Author\u2019s<br \/>written consent. The Review should be formulated objectively, clearly, unambiguously, without<br \/>personal criticism. Critical notes should be supported by matter-of-fact statements.<br \/>The Reviewer should notify the Editor of any similarity of an article being reviewed to any other papers that they know.<\/p><p><strong>Author\u2019s responsibilities<\/strong><\/p><p>The Author submits exclusively the original and unpublished papers, stating that they have the<br \/>rights to dispose these materials. Submitting a paper simultaneously to several publishing houses in unacceptable.<\/p><p>An article should be prepared with appropriate citing and present methods, research and results<br \/>clearly so that the Author\u2019s reasoning can be followed and possible repeating of the research can be done by other researchers in a given domain. The Article should take into account the state of knowledge in a given domain, and the research results should be described and analyzed extensively and objectively. If partial results have been previously published, the Author should inform the Editor and state it in the article.<\/p><p>The Author declares that the research data used in the publication have not been fabricated or<br \/>manipulated.<\/p><p>The article\u2019s authorship is limited to the persons who made significant contributions to the idea,<br \/>objectives, methods, research execution and interpretation of results as well as the substantial<br \/>development of the article. All persons who made substantial contributions to the article must be listed as co-authors. The Author submitting the paper should disclose contributions of each and every author and make sure that all co-authors accept the article\u2019s submission to the journal and the final version of the article.<\/p><p>The Author should inform the Editorial Board about significant errors found in the paper and<br \/>cooperate with the Editor to correct them before publication or to make a correction in form of an errata.<\/p><p>The Author should store raw data to make it accessible to the Editorial Board or the authorized<br \/>institutions if inquired.<\/p><p>The Author confirms, in justified cases, that all research were conducted in accordance with ethical and formal regulations applicable in a given domain of science (e.g. bioethics commission\u2019s consent).<\/p><p>The Author should disclose information concerning financing the publication, contributions made by scientific research institutions, associations and other parties, as well as the possible conflicts of interest connected to the article.<\/p><p><strong>Procedures in case of unethical practices<\/strong><\/p><p>In case of alleged misconduct in the published or submitted article, especially in case of plagiarisms such as ghostwriting or guest authorship, the Editor takes measures to clarify the situation; the first step is to ask the Author to comment it. 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