About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Acceptance of Publications

The editorial team will decide whether a submitted text will be accepted for publication. The editorial assistants will check each submitted article in advance for correct form (complying with the citation rules, observing the specified length restrictions) and pass it on to the editorial team together with the corresponding report. If the formal criteria are not met but the editorial team decides that the content is suitable for reviewer examination for prospective publication, a member of the editorial team will inform the author and  suggest revision and resubmission.

Quality Assurance

The scientific quality of articles will be verified by two reviewers who are either part of the editorial team or invited by the editorial team.

Peer Review Process

The Peer-Reviewing is performed in a double-blind procedure. Peer reviewers are selected by the editors with respect to their professional expertise. Completion of reviewing within four weeks is intended.

The  reviewing of submissions is based on following criteria:

-       relevance in the scientific field or in current scientific discourse

-       originality, level of innovativeness

-       appropriateness of research methodology (in quantitative research: quality of statistical analysis and presentation of results)

-       scientific foundation (e.g. consideration of relevant literature) 

-       level of linguistic expression

-       clarity of structure

-       coherence of written text (topic and comment)

-       precision of abstract

Every submission will undergo a plagiarism check.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to the contents, according to the assumption that the free public availability of research benefits a global sharing of knowledge.

Sponsors

SFU Research Bulletin is funded exclusively by SFU. We are publishing double-blind, peer reviewed and open access.