Review process

Studies and A/V works are subjected to a review process, while other types of written texts (interviews, book reviews, and other formats) are not. The latter’s acceptance is a decision of the journal’s editor-in-chief.

Submissions that need to go through peer review are first assessed by the journal’s main editor-in-chief or the audio/visual section’s editor-in-chief, depending on the submission type. They evaluate whether the submissions meet the aims and scope of the journal and the basic requirements of academic publications. If submissions do not sufficiently meet these criteria, the relevant editor-in-chief will decide for a desk rejection. Otherwise, the relevant editor-in-chief will initiate the review process.

Mediální studia / Media Studies Journal deploys a conventional double-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is concealed from the submitting author and vice versa. The submitted manuscripts are reviewed by two independent reviewers. Reviewers who are experts on the topic of the article reviewed are selected and invited by the relevant editor-in-chief. Commonly, the review process takes 2-3 months, starting from the reception acknowledgment of the submission.

The journal’s editorial staff will do their utmost best to ensure a reasonable time for the review; however, it cannot take responsibility for possible delays caused by (finding) reviewers. After the reviews have been submitted to the journal, the relevant editor-in-chief will decide on the outcome, and this decision is then communicated to the author(s). All decisions of the editors-in-chief are final.

In case revisions are required, the author(s) of the submission will be requested to revise their text within a deadline specified by the editor-in-chief. In this case, for written texts, the author(s) will submit a new version with changes marked (e.g., by track changes), complemented by a review response letter, describing and motivating the changes (and non-changes).