Medieval Worlds is an online open-access journal with a double-blind peer review system. The publication of a manuscript is expected to follow standards of ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing: editors, authors and reviewers.
The editors, the boards and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the author and reviewers (including potential reviewers). The members of our international advisory board and of our editorial board help the editor in the search for and choice of external reviewers.
Editors should evaluate manuscripts solely for their intellectual content without any bias to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors. They should not consider reviewing manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Material from submitted, unpublished manuscripts should be kept confidential and must not be used by others without the express written consent of the author.
Authors are requested to warrant that their article is their own original work, which does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity, and cannot be construed as plagiarising any other published work, including their own previously published work.
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should appropriately cite or quote publications that have influenced the content of their work. The corresponding author ensures all named co-authors' consent to publication and to being named as a co-author. All persons who have made significant scientific or literary contributions to the work reported should be named as co-authors. Others who have participated to a lesser extent should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
Reviewers are asked to return their reviews within six weeks. They must not show or discuss the contents of the manuscript with others. The purpose of peer review is to assists editors in making editorial decisions and possibly also to assist the author in improving the paper through editorial communications.
Material from submitted, unpublished manuscripts should be kept confidential and must not be used by others without the express written consent of the author. Reviewers should not consider reviewing manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Reviewers are expected to express their opinions objectively. They should avoid statements damaging to the author's reputation. Criticism should be directed against the work, not the author.
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published work of which they have personal knowledge.